The total of K10 million has been allocated by the government to go towards the relief supplies for the displaced people from the Mt. Ulawun volcano eruption in the West New Britain (WNB) province this week. This was confirmed by the Minister for Defence and caretaker Minister for National Disaster, Win Bakri Daki, when responding to questions from the Governor for West New Britain province Sasindran Muthuvel, during question time in parliament today. The governor asked the Minister to request for assistance from partner countries of Papua New Guinea (PNG) like Australia and the United States and China, in terms…
Author: Emmanuel MAIPE
The Government’s ambitious Connect PNG program since its launching 2020, has seen the creation of road links to places that were once isolated from main centers; however, the matter of its priority of roads was questioned by the National Capital District (NCD) Governor in parliament this week. Governor Powes Parkop during question time in parliament, asked if there was some sort of structure in place in the Connect PNG program that gives priority to road links of economic benefits to provinces and districts, before going on to other road links. The governor’s question was directed towards the Minister for Works…
The Provincial Health Authorities (PHAs) have come under the gaze of the prime minister after concerns were raised about how these health authorities are operating and their use of funds for health sector administration in the provinces. Prime Minister (PM) James Marape in parliament today, without revealing too much about the 2024 budget allocation for the health sector, said that health will continue to be a major priority. “We are ramping up more allocation to the health sector. The health sector will continue to receive great support,” said the PM. “I will ask the health minister to present all PHA…
Credit Corporation (PNG) Limited has extended its financial services to the Highlands region with the recent opening of its new branch in the city of Mt. Hagen, Western Highlands Province (WHP). The new branch is located at the Gapina Development Building and offers customers a range of financial services for individuals and businesses. The opening of the branch was officiated by Credit Corporation’s Head of Lending, Ben Kaspar who stated that the branch is a testament to the company’s dedication to improving customer accessibility and service quality. “Our customers are at the heart of everything we do here at Credit…
After over a decade of continuous hard work to establish a platform for the youths of the Sinesine Yongomugl district of Simbu province to voice their concerns, the district finally has a new District Youth Development Council to do that, and more, all thanks to some great collaborative work. It took 11 years of continuous work in order to have a formal, independent youth voice mechanism and structure that is legitimate and recognized by the Youth Development mandated agency, under the leadership of the local Member of Parliament, Kerenga Kua, who set the foundation of establishing the United Sinesine Yongomugl…
The people living along the Purari River in the Gulf province who have been facing some serious times with the bad weather conditions, are now getting much needed relief supply with the help of the Papua LNG Project team. The local communities along the waterway, have been greatly affected by the recent flooding and king tides that destroyed farming land, clean drinking water and land for shelter. In response to this, the Project team launched a Disaster Relief Mission on the 02nd of November to assist villages in its area of influence, with 30 tonnes of food rations and medicines.…
A total of ten students from two major universities in the country have been given the opportunity to do some hands on work as part of their practical with one of the country’s major mining projects. These ten high-performance students from the Papua New Guinea (PNG) University of Technology (UOT) in Lae and the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) in Port Moresby, were given this opportunity of a lifetime after they were selected to be involved in an immersive 11-week industrial training program with Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) in the Western province. The trainees, seven from PNG UOT…
The newly created district of Wau Wari in the Morobe province is now in the process of establishing its own youth program aimed at supporting and engaging the youths in the development aspirations of the new district. The Wau Waria district’s ‘Youth Empowerment Program’ was initiated by the Open Member Mr. Marsh Narewec, and for its effective implementation, the establishment of the youth council is the way forward. This then leading to the National Youth Development Authority (NYDA) being invited for a one-day consultation which was held on the 10th of November. The outcome of that consultation set forth three…
The recently held 14th World Indigenous Business Forum (WIBF) lived to its purpose of making connections between indigenous businesses in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and indigenous businesses from overseas. A satisfied Minister for International Trade and Investments, Richard Maru, said these connections will go a long way to assisting Papua New Guinea (PNG) businesses find better market opportunities in the overseas markets. “The connections that we have made during this Forum will not stop here. The Papua New Guinea indigenous business community want to connect to the global indigenous business network,” said Minister Maru. “We want to work with the…
The review process of the National Youth Development Authority (NYDA) Act 2014, which was conducted very recently in the city of Lae for the Momase region, was done with the aim to amend the Act to align it with the revised National Youth Policy (NYP) 2020 to 2030. The purpose of the Act review is to identify and remove impediments in the NYDA Act and introduce amendments that will foster effective youth service delivery at the sub-national level and creating legal pathways for youth service providers to anchor youth interventions within the legal ambit. The current NYDA Act and the…