A two weeks mourning period has been announced by the Prime Minister James Marape starting Friday 26th February to Friday 12th March, to pay respect to the founding father of Papua New Guinea, the late Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare. The PM also says Cabinet has designated Monday the 1st of March to be a Public holiday for the nation to start remembering the late Grand Chief. The 12th of March 2021 has been designated by the Cabinet as another day of public holiday. “Hopefully if the national organizing community led by myself and the Prime Minister’s Department and…
Author: Emmanuel MAIPE
Prime Minister James Marape announced that this coming Monday the 1st of March will be a Public Holiday for the nation to start remembering the late Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, and Friday the 12th March is also to be another public holiday as well. In a press conference today, PM Marape said a two weeks mourning period has been announced by the Prime Minister starting today 26th February to 12th March, to pay respect to the founding father of Papua New Guinea, the late Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare. Listen in to the news on NAU FM, Yumi FM…
Despite the Police Commissioner, Mr. David Manning tested positive for COVID-19, the Police Headquarters (PHQ) where his office is located, has not gone into a 14-day lockdown period as required. This was confirmed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police Operations, Mr. Donald Yamasombi this morning. In fact, Mr. Yamasombi has ordered the headquarters to close for a few days only to allow the health team to disinfect the whole building, beef up the COVID-19 screening facilities at the main entrance, and then open on Thursday to resume normal operations. “I am urging everyone (police officers and civilian staff) to…
The Acting Papua New Guinea (PNG) Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Simon Sinai, made it clear this week that there is enough time available to hold by elections this year, like a by election for the Moresby Northwest seat left vacant following the death of the late Sir Mekere Morauta. However, Mr. Sinai clarified that it is only after July this year that no more by elections will be held before the next National Election in 2022. “The law forbids me not to go beyond 24th July 2021, which is exactly one year before the next issue of Writs. So, we have…
The return of the Writ for the Bougainville Regional Seat to the Governor General on Tuesday marked the end of the by election; however, the same cannot be said about the payment of the services provided to achieve a successful by election. According to the Acting Papua New Guinea Electoral (PNGEC) Commissioner Mr. Simon Sinai, this was due to the insufficient budget allocated for the by election. He said the PNGEC requested for K15million to cover for the three electorates. The K15million divided into the three electorates will see about K5million spent for each electorate conducting the by election. …
The state of Papua New Guinea this week signed documents that will see Total, the developer of the Papua LNG project, move forward with its planning and design phase of the country’s second LNG project in Gulf and Central. Petroleum Minister, Kerenga Kua, said this is significant as it guarantees the protection of the fiscal arrangement. “The documents we have signed guarantees the protection of the fiscal arrangement. The cost of construction, the tax regime and all those things are stabilized, so it gives certainty to project planning and project execution. So that was a very important milestone process that…
The AFL Junior Development Program is taking a new approach to deliver its schools and community AFL programs this year, one that is focused on quality over quantity. The Junior Development Program Manager, Mr. David Topeni, explained that the new term approach will see plans developed and executed for each school term. This will enable the Junior Development teams to effectively deliver the programs, including the Niukick program. “Term plan is not like every year, yearly targets. It will be a short-term plan easy to achieve within each term,” said Mr. Topeni. He further explained that the previous approach…
Local company Lifu Holdings Limited (LHL), trading as Mobil Pit Stop Service Station, has given away the prizes to the final winners in Port Moresby for its Free Fuel Winners promotion for the month of December 2020. This week saw more than five lucky winners receiving prizes ranging from 12 months of free fuel supply to mobile phones, shopping vouchers and 65-inch flat screen TVs. LHL Managing Director, Margaret Lifu, said the promotion was to give back to their customers for their support, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic period which has disrupted a lot of things, including business. “2020…
The constituents of the Moresby Northwest electorate in the National Capital District (NCD) should see a by election held in the coming months for the vacant seat following the death of the late member, Sir Mekere Morauta. That was the indication from the Acting Papua New Guinean (PNG) Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Simon Sinai, when giving a brief update on election matters in the country. “The Moresby Northwest Electorate by election dates would be set for February or March and announce soon after the mourning period fades in the next few weeks,” said the Acting Electoral Commissioner. However, the timing of…
Local company Lifu Holdings Limited (LHL), trading as Mobil PitStop service station, has given away the prizes to the final winners in Port Moresby for its Free Fuel Winners promotion for the month of December 2020. Today saw more than five lucky winners receiving prizes ranging from 12 months of free fuel supply to mobile phones, shopping vouchers and 65-inch flat screen TVs. LHL Managing Director, Margaret Lifu, said the promotion was to give back to their customers for their support, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic period which has disrupted a lot of things, including business. “2020 was a particularly…