The people of Papua New Guinea (PNG) will soon have access to the much-needed cancer service at the Port Moresby General Hospital (PMGH) with Phase (III) of the project already underway. PMGH Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Paki Molumi thanked the Marape-Rosso Government for the release of K50 million funding to complete Phase (III) of the Cancer Centre Project, which is now awaiting signing of contract by the Head of State. Dr. Molumi said cancer equipment that are yet to be procured are the TrueBeam Linear Accelerator (LINAC) for the second cancer bunker, Brachytherapy machine for the treatment of cervical…
Author: Emmanuel MAIPE
Ok Tedi Development Foundation (OTDF) continues its efforts to train the young people of Western province in the various areas of development, this time it’s sending two cadets for maritime training. OTDF announced recently the addition of two new cadets to the Maritime Cadet Program to undergo sea time training, strengthening the commitment to safety, education, and skill development in partnership with P&O Maritime Logistics (P&O ML). The cadets, Ms. Jacklyn Jeremiah and Mr. Sailas Waimona, will embark on a journey of 24 months of sea time training aboard P&O vessels, as part of the prestigious OTDF Maritime Scholarship Program.…
The phase two of the upgrading and sealing of the Kiunga-Tabubil Highway and the rehabilitation and sealing of the Daru Town roads will now commence after Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) signed two project agreements recently. The agreements were signed on the 06th of July in Port Moresby between OTML and China Railway Construction Engineering Group Co. Limited for Phase Two of the Tabubil-Kiunga Road Sealing Project, and Leon Enterprise Limited for Daru Town Roads Rehabilitation Sealing and Upgrade. Phase one of the Tabubil-Kiunga Highway sealing from Kiunga to Kilometre (KM) 26 is well underway, and phase two will commence…
The Port Moresby Australian Football League (AFL) Association, is for the first time looking at putting in a total of eight teams to participate in the National Championship coming up in November in the city of Port Moresby. The Association President, Mr. Douglas Lai, said the AFL National Championship is a big deal for the sporting code and having not participated in one for the past two years since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, the association is going to go big for both its male and female teams. “We will be bringing in two sides (male and female) for each…
The supply of electricity from the PNG LNG Project at Hides in Hela province to the New Porgera Mine in Enga province along with landowner matters, were the topics of a recent meeting convened by Prime Minister (PM) James Marape and leaders of Hela. The meeting highlighted the urgency of these issues, where PM Marape emphasized the need for immediate resolution for them before the anticipated reopening of the New Porgera Mine. Addressing the context of the discussions, the Hela stakeholders, acting through the Hela Provincial Government, submitted a comprehensive documentation in September 2021 regarding the New Porgera Mine, outlining…
The National Capital District (NCD) Metropolitan Superintendent’s concerns over the increase in troubles during the recent school cultural shows, is adamant to work together with the schools in the city to minimize such incidences from occurring again during school organized events. NCD Met. Supt. Silva Sika said the fighting incident on Saturday 19th August at Gerehu following the Gerehu Secondary School cultural show and the issues that followed the Caritas Technical Secondary School cultural show last week Saturday, only shows that criminal elements are accessing these events to commit crime and stir up trouble. The city’s police boss said he…
The Commander of Defence Force (CDF) Major General Mark Goina has been suspended for three months, all to allow the General Board of Inquiry (GBOI) established by the Defence Minister to continue the inquiry into the fatal shooting of two service men, the wounding of another soldier, and a civilian during a training exercise on 04 July in Kupiano, Central province. Prime Minister (PM) James Marape made the announcement, saying that the Cabinet finally received a brief from the Minister for Defence in relation to the unfortunate deaths of the two members of the force, the wounding of another, and…
It has been one year since the 2022 National General Election (NGE) was held and like the previous elections before it, it was riddled with violence; however, the question now posed is that will the next National Election be better. Enga Governor Sir Peter Ipatas is one of the Members of Parliament who is adamant to see this change for the better and is enquiring what the government is doing now to get the Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission (PNGEC) to work on improving the election process going forward. “To maintain democracy, it is important for government to make sure…
The Independent Consumer and Competitions Commission’s (ICCC) recent online survey on the BSP Financial Group Limited’s (BSP) new banking system has concluded that despite the upgrade, more problems followed after affecting alot of its customers. The ICCC Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Paulus Ain said that the key finding of the survey, revealed that despite BSP’s claim that the new Core Banking System would deliver an enhanced customer experience for all customers by providing a greater range of digitally enabled services making it simple and efficient for customers; that was not the case as revealed in the survey.…
The Member for Vanimo- Green, Belden Namah, has blamed the Treasurer for killing the logging industry by increasing the Log Export Tax over 50%, which was included in the 2023 National Budget passed last year. Mr. Namah argued that the increased logging tax has resulted in unemployment, revenue losses from the logging industry and landowners affected due to poor royalties being paid out to them. Namah said that the Treasurer, Ian Ling Stuckey, made a decision to increase the Log Export Tax, where parliament passed through the budget on the 2nd of December 2022. He questioned why the Treasurer had…