The Governor General Sir Bob Dadae has gone ahead to sign all 486 writs this afternoon at the Government House in Port Moresby, officially starting off the 2022 National General Elections. This turn of events occurred despite the PNG Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai announcing earlier this afternoon the deferral of the elections by another week to Thursday 19th May 2022 at 4pm. Governor General Sir Bob Dadae said the start of the 2022 National General Election was delayed for too long already, with the earlier deferral, and as such he went ahead with the current date (12th May) to sign…
Author: Emmanuel MAIPE
The Social Democratic Party’s (SDP) rigorous selection process of interested persons to run under its party banner for the 2022 National General Election, has seen only two female intending candidates to contest in the election selected. The two female candidates are Dorothy Tekwei for the West Sepik Regional seat and Angela Nelson for the Alotau Open seat in Milne Bay province. According to Party Leader and Governor for National Capital District (NCD), Powes Parkop, the two females were selected among a huge number of people that submitted application requesting the run under the party banner in the election. “Many have…
The Papua New Guinea (PNG) senior men’s Australian Football League (AFL) national team, the PNG Mosquitoes, continue to reign as world champions now that the biannual International Cup has been further postponed to 2024. According to PNG AFL Commission, the Mozzies will remain world champions for another year and the women’s Flames national team, remain in the top 10 of the world rankings. The PNG Mosquitoes will now be defending their title next year after beating New Zealand in 2017 in the last International Cup. The next event was to be held in 2020 but due to the COVID- 19…
The need for sustainable investment or supporting community initiatives to better the lives of people long after a resource project ends, was one of the main topics discussed during a recent media workshop on the media coverage of the extractive industry. A presentation by Ok Tedi Development Foundation (OTDF) at the recent two days Chamber of Mines and Petroleum Media Workshop, highlighted the need to report or put out more information to the public on what extractive resource companies are doing in the project impact communities in terms of community initiatives apart from the usual extraction of raw materials. OTDF…
The boys from the Northern- Momase team are the champions of the inaugural Port Moresby Australian Football League (AFL) MoniPlus Easter Cup challenge after a tough battle for the cup against a strong Highlands region side in the grand final at the Colts Oval yesterday. The Northern side secured a total of 5 goals and 5 behinds reaching a total of 35 points, ahead of the Highlands side who secured 4 goals, 4 behinds to reach a total of 28. The Northern side team captain, Emmous Wartovo, had nothing but praises for his boys who put up a good challenge…
Even the rain couldn’t stop it from happening, the inaugural Port Moresby Australian Football League (AFL) MoniPlus Easter Cup challenge kicked off this afternoon with a total of six teams: four men’s and two women’s teams, each representing the four regions. Port Moresby AFL Association President Mr. Douglas Lai who was at the sidelines today, said the men’s division started things off. The first game saw the Momase region with 7 goals and 5 behinds to reach 47 in the fourth quarter to defeat Southern which secured 4 goals and 3 behinds reaching total 27. In the second match of…
The government should have made better decisions back then on some projects in the resource sector that would have eased current economic burdens, than just to resort to imposing additional tax on vital service providers today to make up for lost revenue. Opposition Leader Belden Namah who made this statement, said although the state may be arguing that the additional tax imposed on Digicel PNG and BSP Financial Group will go towards increasing tax revenue for the country, it may only put more burden on the people. Instead, Namah said that there are other projects that the government could have…
Opposition Leader Belden Namah is not going to stand- by and watch while workers face imminent cuts to their retirement savings or the population facing high costs in communication after the government decision to introduce additional tax and therefore, has filed a Supreme Court Reference this week to challenge that decision. Speaking at a press conference in Port Moresby, Namah said apart from the recent request by the government for Digicel PNG to pay K100 million in tax, the additional tax of K190 million on the BSP Financial Group Limited announced last year, which is expected to come into effect…
Set for this week will be the double launching of two events in the Port Moresby Australian Football League (AFL) Association 2022 calendar, and one of the events will be the start of a new tournament to mark an annual Easter sporting event for the code. According to the Association President Mr. Douglas Lai, the 2022 Port Moresby AFL season and the inaugural AFL Easter Cup tournament will be simultaneously launched this Thursday 14th of April. The president said the double launching is part of the idea to get things flowing after the last season had to be cancelled due…
The people of Lealea village in Central province continue to put to good use the funds allocated to them from the PNG LNG Project, to establishing community projects to benefit them like a new modern multi purpose community hall. The village officially opened this new community hall yesterday much to the delight of the villagers who will be using this new facility for many years to come. Lealea village is one of four PNG LNG project impacted villages that continue to benefit from the project and as long as the massive LNG Plant sits on their land, the funds allocated…