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.…
Author: Emmanuel MAIPE
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…
The country’s bid to get into the NRL Telstra Premiership in the near future would also depend on finding the best players that Papua New Guinea (PNG) can produce through the training programs especially from the junior programs up, to form that dream team. One person in particular who knows very well about this, is Brisbane Broncos Ambassador and former Club Captain Alex Glen, who was in Port Moresby recently with other Broncos team members including from the NRLW, on a run for BSP to support their financial literacy programs in schools. From his experience in the NRL and from…
Driving change through the establishment of a small businesses may seem way off for some small startups, but with commitment and the right attitude this can be achieved. That was the message from Brisbane Broncos Ambassador and former Club Captain, Alex Glen when speaking about his small business and who he got into the idea of helping the youths in his community in New Zealand, find that right path in life. The former professional rugby league player turned SME owner, said one thing that rugby league taught him in his run with the best team in the Australian NRL was…
The incoming Papua New Guinea (PNG) national MP for North Bougainville, Francesca Semoso, says “what you see is what you get”. Semoso is the third woman MP in PNG’s national parliament and the first woman from Bougainville to win The incoming Papua New Guinea (PNG) national MP for North Bougainville, Francesca Semoso, says “what you see is what you get” seat in the national parliament. A staunch advocate for Bougainville’s independence, she is part of the PNG prime minister James Marape’s Pangu Pati. Semoso said Marape knows she has been pushing for independence in Bougainville for the past twenty years.…
The newly opened Papua New Guinea (PNG) Embassy in Jerusalem in Israel remains closed at this time after opening just last month, due to the current Israel- Palestine war that has left most of Gaza in ruins from Israeli bombardments. The Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary, Mr. Elias Wohengu in a statement said that the two PNG Foreign Affairs officers assigned to the new Embassy there have already departed Jerusalem after the Embassy was closed on the 17th of October in view of security concerns. The two officers left Israel on the same day. “A number of PNG citizens in…
The Brisbane Broncos team are in Port Moresby once again for a visitation to schools, to BSP branches and other organizations, and this morning the team dropped by the PNGFM office to pay a visit to the Yumi FM, Nau FM and Legend FM studios and meeting the staff and radio personalities. Former club Captain and Broncos ambassador, Alex Glen is among the group members that dropped by. The team included Broncos hooker Tyson Smoothy, Cameron Bukowski who joins the NRL Squad this year after graduating from High School, and the NRLW team representatives Romy Teitzel and Annette- Claudia Nu’uausala.…