The UPNG ENB Students Association will be hosting its' first mini ENB Night for the year to raise funds towards their end of year Book Drive Project and also towards supporting the welfare of the ENB students on campus. UPNG ENB Students Association President Mr Joachim Lolok said the Night is scheduled for the 22nd of April at Club Illusions and all are welcome to come and support the cause. “Due to the result of most students back home not making it into tertiary institutions; the funds raised will go towards transporting the books over to ENB after receive them (books) from Australia under the partnership with South Pacific School Aid,” said Mr Lolok. "We want students back in the province to make a difference in their lives and we believe that reading enhances knowledge and helps students in their learning," Mr Lolok added. Within the 4 districts in the province, Rabaul, Pomio, Gazzelle & Kokopo, different schools will be selected by the team to receive the books. Mr Lolok said they will not only look into schools in the rural areas but schools in the urban areas of the province as well. Apart from the Book Drive, the students association will also concentrate on one of their big fundraising events which is the Commemoration Day of the Twin Volcanic Eruption that happened in Rabaul. Mr Lolok said, this will take place during the middle of the year here in POM where funds raised through this will go towards their Book Drive Project as well. He added that it is a stressful job but the students make time out of their busy schedules to carry out these projects to help their people back home. “We want that change from our province. We can’t wait on the government to do everything. Sometimes we have to step up and help the people from our provinces,” Mr Lolok said.

Little Franko Barnabas only 10 years of age from Lese Oalai, a small village in Gulf province went missing around 2:30pm on Thursday 24th of March 2022 at Gordons in the Nation’s Capital. Jenny Toivita the mother of the missing boy says she brought in her 3 sons from the village because they were sick and took them to Gerehu General Hospital to seek medical treatment however it has only been two weeks into her visit and she has lost her son. Ms Toivata said they are simple village folks and her kids know very little of the city and she is worried that her son may be having a hard time out there. “Ol pikinini blo mi no save lo Mosbi gut, mipla sa stap long ples (My children do not know Port Moresby city very well). Ol liklik na bigpla long ples tasol (They have grown up in the village). Ol I no save long wanpla man lo Mosbi na mi save osem pikinini blo mi em poret bikos em liklik na em sa toktok liklik tasol (They do not know anyone else in Port Moresby and I know that my son is definitely scared and alone out there because he rarely talks to anyone).” Ms Toivita says, she left her second born son Eugene Barnabas at home with little Franko and headed for the market (Gordons) with her first born son, but minutes later Eugene ran out of the house and left little Franko without any supervision. Ms Toivita said, Franko ran out of her elder brother’s house at Gordons where they have been residing for the last 2 weeks and was missing from then on. She filed a missing persons report firstly at Gordon’s police station and then at Boroko and Hohola Police Stations around 9am on Friday 25th of March 2022. According to Senior Constable Bairen Jimbe, they have filled in an OB entry and have asked Ms Toivita to bring in a picture and other important details (colour of clothes he was last seen in, description of how he looks like, etc.) to complete the missing persons report but she hasn’t gone in yet. Whilst speaking to the PNGFM News team this morning, Ms Toivita said she has informed friends, family and familiar faces around Gordons to keep an eye out for her son. With deep sadness, Ms Toivita is appealing to the general public in NCD and especially around Gordons area to report to the 3 police stations mentioned above if they come across a little boy walking alone and to make sure to ask him for his name & if it is him or if they have any information to call up the stations.

Kavieng Hospital in the New Ireland Province has been running without a CEO since last year. Dr Alex Wangnapi, the former CEO for Kavieng Hospital said, since his contract ended and his suspension without reason on the 10th February 2021, no appointments have been made yet. His suspension is still in place however no chargers have been laid against him yet. Mr Wangnapi is calling on NDOH and the Department of Personal Management to see through this incident that has happened within the Hospital board of management. Furthermore, Mr Wangnapi stated that he is not pleased with NDOH trying to sort out Madang CEO PHA’s problem which arose recently and when they have not done anything yet in the New Ireland province since last year. “They are responding to the incident in Madang very quickly whereas in New Ireland province it is taking a lot of time for them to resolve this issue”. He is also certain that all documents have been given to NDOH & DPM and has said that once there is a suspension, processes and procedures are in place according to DPM employment contract and that has not been followed. Meanwhile, morale and staff performance at the hospital has been down and patients sit and wait for more than 2 hours before they are checked and given treatment. The hospital board of management have not taken proper procedures to put up advertisements & selection of new CEO and the executive management.