The twelve landowner villages that received their share of payments from the K19.4million dividend proceeds from Mineral Resources Star Mountain (MRSM) Limited’s equity in Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML), were urged to put to good use the funds that they will continue to receive to sustain their future beyond the life of the mine. Western Governor, Taboi Awi Yoto, told the recipients that OTML has less than 10 years before it winds down. The task of the provincial government now is to look after the people after the mine closes, but the people must also make further investments and go…
Author: Emmanuel MAIPE
Villagers of Porebada village in Central province were proud recipients of dinghies with outboard motors yesterday that should go to ease their livelihoods making a living from fishing the seas to sustain themselves. This was made possible when the Mineral Resources Development Company (MRDC) through its subsidiary Gas Resources PNGLNG Plant Limited (GR-PNGLNG PL), handed over a few of its Community Investment Trust Fund (CITF) to Porebada beneficiaries of the PNG LNG Project. The Board Director for Porebada village on the GR-PNGLNG PL, Mr. Peter Vagi, said the dinghies are going to be distributed among all the thirty-five clans. “This…
The Port Moresby Australian Football League (AFL) Association has finally got the go ahead from the office of the Controller of the PNG Covid-19 National Pandemic Response to start the 2021 season, mid-year. Port Moresby AFL Association President Mr. Douglas Lai also confirmed that the pre-season will start this Saturday 26th June at the Colts Oval. However, the games will be played following strict COVID-19 sports protocols. “We will be following strict COVID-19 protocols and that means there will be no spectators during the games,” he said. Meanwhile, the city competition this year will be played from time to time at villages…
If there was any lesson to learn from the government’s closure of the Porgera Mine last year, one thing is for sure; that the people must be able to sustain themselves whenever the mine reaches its life span, and closes. That is the message from Ms. Elizabeth Iarume, who is the President of the Porgera Women in Business and the owner and operator of the Aumbi Guesthouse in Porgera. She said the people have come to depend on the mine for almost everything and when the mine closed due to the non- renewal of its Special Mining Lease (SML) license…
The people of Porgera and Paiam Town in Enga province, have been busy for the past couple of days preparing things to welcome the prime minister and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Barrick Niugini Limited (BNL) to officially hand over the Framework Agreement to the landowners of the Porgera Mine. The Porgera Special Mining Lease (SML) landowners in a statement said, they have been conducting community awareness following the signing of a Framework Agreement between the State and BNL in April, which paved the way for the reopening of the mine. During these community awareness activities key aspects of…
It is not over yet for Papua New Guinea’s Opposition side despite the country’s Supreme Court just recently ruled in favour of the government over the case filed by the Opposition Leader on the legality of parliament’s adjournment to August during the last sitting. In fact the Opposition is currently studying the ruling handed down last week Friday (21/05/21) by the five-men Supreme Court bench which ruled unanimously that the action of the Speaker of Parliament, Job Pomat, to adjourn Parliament was constitutional and refused all the associated orders sought by the Opposition Leader, Belden Namah. According to the Opposition,…
Staff from PNG FM Ltd, the parent company of Yumi FM, Nau FM and Legend FM, were among members of all other media houses in Port Moresby that rolled up their sleeves and received their first dose of the AstraZeneca Vaccine yesterday (22/05/21) at the National Football Stadium (NFS). The vaccination for media houses was in line with the efforts to minimise the transmission of the coronavirus for frontline workers because media personnel also interact with a lot of people daily. Although the vaccination is not mandatory, a good number of staff members decided to put safety first and received…
For the country to see the economy really pickup and the industries to fully recover from the downturn brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the COVID-19 vaccination program must reach a very extensive level. That’s according to the Director of the Papua New Guinea Institute of National Affairs (PNG INA) Mr. Paul Barker when highlighting the importance of the vaccination program on the economy of the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. He said to achieve this; the targeted group of people must be vaccinated and there must be enough vaccines to go around, and although the vaccination rollout has started,…
Apart from vaccinating the frontline workers involved in the COVID-19 response in the country, the vaccination of people against the virus in the private sector organizations is also of importance as it will enable business continuity and investment generation, especially at a time when the country’s economy is in need of a boost. The Executive Director of the Business Council of Papua New Guinea (BCPNG) Mr. Douveri Henao, said corporate organizations that interact with people on a daily basis, the food industry or those that have high level intensive 24 hours operations, will have to ensure all their employees are…
The AFL code is expecting the resumption of the usage of its sporting venues throughout the country by the weekend. The AFL PNG Senior Football Operations Manager, Mr. Rex Leka, said apart from Rugby League the Papua New Guinea Sports Foundation has not officially given permission to the various codes to commence the usage of their respective sporting venues. But that could change this week. “I believe the National Control Centre will have information on the rest of the codes,” he said. The go ahead should be given by the Office of the Controller of the PNG COVID-19 National Pandemic…