Tokarara Primary School’s newly appointed Head Teacher Mr. John Paison said during his short experience since October last year 2023, he has faced challenges but remains confident for the 2024 Academic Year. Tokarara Primary School is one of the oldest government public schools in Tokarara Rakatani Road providing early childhood and junior studies to the communities inside and outside of Tokarara. Mr. Paison stressed the recently run down infrastructure was attended to since his appointment. The recent developments involved efficient refurbishment of classroom walls, ceilings, stairs, and painting, to regain the trust and interest of over 1400 students to feel…
Author: E'lle- Gore YASI
Transport and Civil Aviation Minister Walter Schnaubelt recently announced officially the appointment of Ms. Maryanne J. Wal as the new Chief Commissioner of the PNG Accident Investigation Commission (AIC) on Friday 02nd February 2024. “As the Transport and Civil Aviation Minister, responsible for the PNG Accident Investigation Commission, I take this opportunity to congratulate Ms Wal on her appointment as the new Chief Commissioner of the Commission,” said Schnaubelt. By notice in the National Gazette No. G33, on January 19, 2024 her appointment by the Head of State became effective. The office had been held in an acting capacity by…
Breakout playmaker Ezra Mam has become the latest Brisbane Bronco to commit long-term to the club, signing a five-year contract extension to the end of the 2029 season. The 21-year-old set the NRL alight during 2023 in his first full season in the top grade, making the Broncos’ No.6 jersey his own with a string of standout performances. A Broncos Academy graduate who started in the club’s talent pathways aged 13, Mam made his NRL debut in Round 11, 2022 against the Knights and now has 38 appearances under his belt including 24 tries and 16 try assists. His 2023…
Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Solomon Islands (SI) both have made commitments to working closely moving forward in strengthening the bilateral relationship between the two pacific island nations. Solomon Islands High Commissioner to PNG, H.E. William Soaki while paying an official visit on Minister Tkatchenko recently, offered his congratulations for his reinstatement and committed to move the outstanding bilateral agreements between the two countries. “We noticed that during your previous tenure in this role, we achieved a lot in the short period of time and we look forward to working with you to continue this relationship,” H.E Soaki expressed…
The Department of Treasury has approved the Manus Provincial Government Budget of over K180 million that was presented recently to Prime Minister (PM) James Marape. The Manus budget of K180, 594, 462 million was presented last week by the Manus Governor Mr. Charlie Benjamin, which include the Manus District Development Authority Budget for the 12 local level Government (LLG) to the PM to comply with the Section 105A of the organic Law on Provincial and LLG. PM Marape was also pleased to announce that the Manus Provincial Budget and the Budgets for Enga, New Ireland Province and the Autonomous Region…
The New Ireland Development Corporation (NIDC) and its Subsidiary New Ireland Solar (NI Solar) on the behalf of the New Ireland Provincial Government, will negotiate its new K2.5 million solar Power management to the Central LLG at Konos. “The Provincial Government’s investment of K2.5 million is a substantial amount to light up Konos,” said Mr. Tarkap. The Chairman for NIDC Christian Tarkap mentioned that the Namatanai solar power plant, which NI Solar had invested K6.5 million on, would have likewise provided significant benefit to the Namatanai people for the previous three years. Nevertheless, their member for parliament, Walter Schnaubelt, chose…
The Education Department released their final notice approved by the Secretary Dr. Uke Kombra, to Head Teachers and Principles to stop receiving addition School fees from student’s parent and guardians. This is following the Governments paid of amount of K316 million to cover for term1 of 2024 tuition, boarding and project fees for every student. The funds were released directly to the to school accounts or via provincial trust accounts last week Thursday and Friday. Despite official instructions for students not to be charged additional school fees and denying their right to classes, we are getting many reports of defiant…
The 2024 Digicel ExxonMobil Cup Football Conference commenced over the next five days, created by the Papua New Guinea National Rugby League Competition (PNG NRLC) to gather 12 teams, to best assist contending teams to prepare for the season, which kicks Off on April 13th. The conference has three focus groups-the Franchise Managers, the Head coaches, and the medical Trainers. As part of the collaborative approach to the season, the Franchise Manager Head will have close engagement with the PNG NRLC team to ensure adequate governance and compliance as top priority. The head coaches will also maintain acknowledgement of the…
The Tokarara Secondary School once again is ready for the 2024 academic year with new challenges and new goals to execute throughout the busy year. Tokarara Secondary School student number grows every year especially the intermediate category of grade 9 & 10 with 8 full classrooms every year. With over 1600 students, TSS is prepared for this year and with the teaching staff steadfast to adjust to adequately attend to the student’s needs. Tokarara Secondary School Deputy Principal Mr. Jennor Taniwey stressed that new classrooms are in our plans to accommodate more student in the near future. According to Mr.…
The Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Member for Lae Open, Mr. John Rosso on behalf of the people of Lae city, the business community and stakeholders, congratulated the Australian Government and its people on celebrating Australia Day recently on Friday 26th January. Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Australia share a bilateral relationship spanning pre-independence till today. Mr. Rosso stressed that Lae city and the Morobe province appreciates Australia as being the biggest supporter through the Australia-PNG Partnership. “We are grateful for the support of the Australia- PNG Partnership in the areas of education, sports and cultural exchange as well as…