The National Capital District (NCD) Election Manager Mr. Kila Ralai has re-assured the residents of the city that he will continue in his role until the 2022 National General Election is complete. Mr. Ralai made this announcement after taking questions and criticism from the candidates from Moresby North- East on the way he as the election manager, is managing the election process that has resulted in a further delay to polling. Initially he intended to resign as NCD Election Manager, but as things calmed down and with the blessing of the candidates, Mr. Ralai said he will continue his duty…
Author: Emmanuel MAIPE
The polling day for the Moresby North- East electorate in the nation’s capital, Port Moresby had been further delayed for two days after the election team failed to complete preparations for polling to take place today. National Capital District (NCD) Election Manager Mr. Kila Ralai said the polling has been further delayed to Monday 11th July because they are still doing the distribution of ballot papers that led to the cancellation of polling which supposed to start at 8am in the morning. Mr. Ralai explained that the completion of the distribution of the election materials is important to ensure every…
The prime minister has come out to say that the arrests of his son in relation to the huge amount of money transported in bag to Hela province on the eve of polling, was only a misunderstanding. Prime Minister (PM James Marape explained that his son was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and that money confiscated was meant for a local construction company and has no ulterior motive behind it. He said his son was with a group that was being given a tour of the PNG LNG facilities when the incident occurred. “They happened to…
Polling for the 2022 National General Elections started today Monday the 04th of July, but already Manus province has announced a delay in its polling schedule. The Acting Provincial Election Manager for Manus Mr. Tony Balema said he received approval from the Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission (PNGEC) head office in Port Moresby after requesting for a delay due to issues with logistics and the late arrival of election materials to the provincial capital, Lorengau. He said the delay is for two days meaning that the people of Manus will go to the polls on Wednesday 06th of July. According to Mr.…
It will be one-day polling for the various provinces in the highlands region with security teams moving between provinces to provide security on the respective polling days as per the polling schedule. The Papua New Guinea (PNG) Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Simon Sinai, said polling for the highlands is scheduled to start on Monday the 04th of July with Hela province to go first. For the Enga province the polling day will be on the 07th of July, Southern Highlands province polling day will be on the 11th of July, Jiwaka and Western Highlands province will be on the 13th of…
The Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates Commission has praised political parties for their excellent support so far for the women candidates which they have endorsed for the 2022 National General Election. The Acting Registrar of Political Parties, Mr. Emmanuel Pok, said this is something significant displayed in this election which has increased the chances of women of being elected to office. “Unlike previous elections, in this election political parties have endorsed a significant number of female candidates and going in and supporting them in their campaigns with their candidate posters and banners. That’s the support that women are receiving,”…
The new club in the 2022 Moni Plus Port Moresby Australian Football League (AFL) premiership, the Alavana Swans, continues to raise the interest of youths in the sport with the home games it hosts in the big village of Hula, Central province. Just last weekend the club hosted its third home game at the Raukele Park where it took on the competition heavyweight the Bismark Maritime West Eagles in front of home fans. The Swans lost that match, but the focus remains and that is to gain more interest from the young population so to have more of them playing…
The West Sepik Province Electoral Office is making the final preparations for its teams to conduct the polling and counting by providing the final training to the election teams to cover the districts as it waits for the last lot of election materials to arrive by the end of this week. The Provincial Election Manager Ms. Salote Kai confirmed that most of the election materials have already arrived in the province transported in with the assistance of the Australian Defence Force, but the last lot of things required by the election teams , which are the stationary items for the…
Although things have picked up from the devastating impacts of the COVID- 19 pandemic, there are still challenges that Nambawan Super Limited (NSL) must overcome to ensure it delivers to its members and their contributions. Speaking at the recent 2022 Nambawan Super Employers Conference, the NSL Board Chairman Mr. Reg Monagi told the members and their employers that this year has its own challenges as the year progresses compared to 2021 when things picked up and looked good for NSL returns on investments that translated into some good outcome for members’ contributions. “Last year the fund achieved a net surplus…
The Bismarck Maritime West Eagles is the team to beat in the 2022 Moni Plus Port Moresby Australia Football League (AFL) season as they continue to reign over everybody else. According to the President of the Port Moresby AFL Association Mr. Douglas Lai, the Eagles sit at the top of the competition ladder of the Senior Men’s division. “The Eagles are sitting on top of the ladder with 24 points after recording six straight wins out of six matches so far since the season started,” said the president. Looking at the top five, Mr. Lai said results from game six…