Teachers through out the country are yet to be paid their 3% pay increase because the PNG Teachers Association is yet to meet with the Department of Personnel Management (DPM) on this matter. This was made know in parliament this morning by the Education Minister Jimmy Uguro, during question time. He said the DPM is still waiting for the PNGTA to meet with the department to do the necessary paperwork to make sure that 3% is paid this year. The minister, when responding to questions from the member for Moresby North East John Kaupa on the matter, explained also that…
Author: Emmanuel MAIPE
Great news for Nasfund Contributors Savings and Loans Society (NCSL) members, it has been confirmed that the NCSL Members Services will be back online today. According to NCSL, Members Online Portal service should be back online at 5pm this afternoon; however, the Loan Application service will be back online on Monday 20th March. For the Employer Online Portal, which includes Loan Endorsement, Processing Member Contributions and Processing New Membership. For the USSD service, the SMS Banking services will come online on Tuesday 21st March, while the Poro Card service is temporary unavailable but should resume in mid- April. Members without…
Sir Bob Dadae was officially sworn in as the 11th Governor General of Papua New Guinea (PNG) this morning in Port Moresby, marking his second term in office as the representative of King Charles in the country. The ceremony took place at the National Parliament House Chamber at Waigani in front of members of parliament and dignitaries. He first took the Oath of Allegiance and the Declaration of Office and following that, he was officially sworn in by the Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea Sir Gibs Salika on the floor of parliament. Sir Dadae was re-elected as the country’s…
The country’s national power generation and transmission company- PNG Power Limited, is not going to be sold because it’s got some major financial issues that it is currently dealing with. The Minister for State Owned Enterprises William Duma in parliament today, admitted that the power company owes various creditors substantial amounts of money and already two of those creditors have taken the power company to court. However, this matter is being sorted out and the minister stressed again that PNG Power will not be sold off for cheap as a last-minute measure to get out of these problems. “I can…
The Minister for Foreign Affairs Justin Tkatchenko has announced that the next high-profile individual to visit the country will be the Prime Minister for India Narenda Modi, when he visits the country in May to meet with Pacific Island leaders in May. The minister said the Indian Summit with Pacific Island Leaders will take place on the 21st of May and onwards. It will see the Indian PM also hold bilateral meetings with heads of Pacific Island states on political and business partnership. Fourteen Pacific Island state leaders will meet up in Port Moresby to attend the summit. “This is…
The recently launched Moresby South 5 Year District Development Plan aims to continue to empower the people by improving basic services provided to the two thousand plus population living in the electorate. The Member of Parliament (MP) for Moresby South and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Justin Tkatchenko, when launching his district development plan last night in Port Moresby, said the five-year plan also covers both new projects and current projects in the electorate. Some of the areas covered in the five-year plan include education, health, community development and the settlement issues. MP Tkatchenko said the development plan is all about…
Nasfund Contributors Savings and Loans Society (NCSL) has assured its members that their contributions are safe and secure despite the shutdown of its system due to a cyber security threat. According to the NCSL Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr. Vari Lahui, they have had to shut down their online portal and other services to protect the entire system from being breached and data stolen. “This issue happened on Wednesday 1st of March when we were starting out start of the day process, when we identified a threat in our system and so based on the expert advice we received, we…
The upcoming Papua LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) project, apart from the general economic benefits that it will be generating, the project will create opportunities for people through spinoff business activities. That is exactly what the Central Province Governor, Rufina Peter, wants to create for her people in anticipation of the commencement of the construction phase of Papua New Guinea’s next large scale LNG project. She revealed that the provincial government will assist locals to get into agrobusinesses to support the Papua LNG project. She said agrobusiness is one potential spinoff businesses that the people of Central province can tap into.…
Taxis and buses in the city of Port Moresby, as a mark of respect for the murder of one of their colleagues in the Central province yesterday, staged a convoy around the city to pay their respects. According to the Second in Charge (2IC) of National Capital District (NCD) traffic police, Inspector Patrick Lepo, the public transport operators were supposed to meet at the Kone Tigers oval at Waigani, but that has not happened yet. Inspector Lepo also said that the taxis and Public Motor Vehicles (PMV) seem to be operating normally today despite the convoy that was staged during…
The people in Porgera and neighboring Paiam town will now have access once again to the financial and banking services provided by the BSP Financial Group Limited (BSP). This after the bank re-opened its Porgera sub- branch on Tuesday 07th March after a year of closure as a result of security issues during the 2022 National General Elections that force the sub- branch to close its doors. In announcing the re-opening of its operations in Porgera, BSP Group CEO Mark Robinson said now that the sub- branch has re- opened, the people must now take ownership of the banking facility…