The Local Level Government (LLG) elections will be conducted mid next year with funding to be made available for it. That was the confirmation from the Minister for Provincial and Local Level Government (LLG) Affairs, Soroi Eoe when responding to questions from the Southern Highlands Governor William Powi, on the status of the long awaited LLG elections in the country. “This is an important election of the third level of government, which is an important part of our government system; therefore, funds will be made available. I know our government will make the funds available to fund this very important…
Author: Emmanuel MAIPE
The Port Moresby AFL (POMAFL) Association has decided against holding a grand final rematch, instead coming up with a decision to settle the match following the unfortunate brawl during last weekend’s A- Grade grand- final that disrupted the match. POMAFL President Mr. Douglas Lai in a written statement, said that the fight during last weekend’s grand final match involving supporters and players from both the Gereka Bombers and the Gordons Kokofas, was unfortunate. “On the matter, we regret that we have reached the end of this season with this reprehensible grand final result with the seniors’ game ending in the…
The Minister for International Trade and Investment, Richard Maru has assured parliament that the Pacific Maritime Industrial Zone (PMIZ) Project in Madang is on track to commence construction by next year and onwards. Minister Maru, when responding to questions from the Member for Kundiawa on the status of the PMIZ project during question time in parliament this week, said the project is currently in the negotiation phase with RD Tuna Cannery, to partner with the government to develop the project. “So, the government’s plan is to go into a joint venture agreement with them, start the fishing and look at…
PNG Power Limited (PPL) has confirmed that power supply has been restored to the Highlands Region after a fault along the transmission line from Ramu Hydro Power Station was fixed just recently. Previously, PNG Power workmen could not enter the area where the fault was located to carry out this urgent maintenance work last week because they faced some strong resistance from local landowners of the area, putting workmen’s lives at risk. According to PNG Power, arrangements had to be made with the police and military personnel on the ground to find an approach to the local landowners in order…
PNG Power Limited (PPL) has been able to restore power supply to most parts of Madang that were affected by the massive 6.7 magnitude earthquake that rocked the province and neighboring provinces over the weekend. According to the State-owned power company, the focus was to restored power to the main areas like the hospitals, schools, police stations, provincial administration facilities and the local businesses. PNG Power also confirmed that there are still some areas that have no power yet like the areas along the main highways, but the company has assured that engineers are working on fixing that to ensure…
Due to the damages caused to the airport runway at the Madang Airport from the 6.7 magnitude earthquake that rocked the province and its neighboring provinces over the weekend, airline services into Madang will be limited. For the national flag carrier Air Niugini, it has now temporarily downgraded its services to Madang to Dash 8 operations due to damage caused to part of the runway by the earthquake on Saturday October 7th. The airport authority, the National Airports Corporation (NAC) is currently working on a plan to fix the damages caused to the runway. Similarly, all Fokker and Boeing 737…
The OK Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) has thrown support behind the hosting of the big World Indigenous Business Forum (WIBF) coming up later this month with a K100, 000 sponsorship, recently presented to Department of International Trade and Investment. The OTML Manager Corporate Affairs, Mr. Dexter Wagambie said OTML was thankful for the opportunity to be part of WIBF. “OTML is a 100 per cent Papua New Guinea (PNG) owned entity with 67 per cent direct shareholding by the Independent State of PNG and the people of Western Province holding a 33 per cent interest.” “This is a testament that…
On- field spectator violence at the Moni Plus Port Moresby AFL 2023 Cup’s Senior Men’s grand final match over the weekend resulted in the match being called off when things got really out of hand with police called in disperse the rowdy crowd. It was after the half time when the incident started, the match went on as normal with some intensity shown by the Gereka Bombers and the Gordons Kokofas. The match was going well, and the fans were all into it supporting their clubs but whenever the Kokofas boys ended up on the end of the field where…
Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has condemned the attack on Israel, saying war-related violence is out of place in this modern day and age. He said: “In this day and age, we condemn attacks on each other to resolve disputes.” “In a world where the modern family of nations are coming together under the United Nations charter and rules on human rights, any issues we may have with each other must be resolved through peaceful means.” “Papua New Guinea has shown this since 2001 when we came together to sit at the table in the Bougainville Peace Process.” “We settled…
More than 200 Israelis died in a surprise large-scale attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday, the army said, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to reduce the group’s Gaza hideouts to “rubble”. Intense air strikes on the coastal enclave brought the Palestinian death toll to at least 232, Gaza officials said, following Hamas’s massive rocket barrage and ground, air and sea offensive, in the conflict’s bloodiest escalation in decades. Gun battles raged into the night between Israeli forces and hundreds of Hamas fighters in at least 22 Israel locations, including at least two where gunmen were holding…