Morobe Governor Luther Wenge has announced a plan to build a new University in Morobe Province. He has announced plans to build the University at Wawin outside 40 Mile where the National Department of Livestock Farm is situated. He made this announcement last Friday during Wawin National School of Excellence 21st grade 12 graduation. Wenge said he as the provincial minister for education and governor he will ensure this plan becomes a reality. He said the plan to build a University is to cater the growing number of students expected to pass out from Wawin National School of Excellence and…
Author: Fredrick JEJERI
Community leaders in Wain Erap Local Level Government area in Nawaeb District, Morobe are concerned on the rising trade and consumption of marijuana in the area. Ward six Councilors Mandina Bum said most of the dealers and consumers were school leavers. Ward nine councilor Mathias Gotong also shared similar concerns and said councilors needed police, Local Level Government councils president and District to work together in addressing the issues. Already Erap has four murder cases reported to have occurred under the influence of marujuana. Two youths have been convicted and are at Buimo Prison Centre. Morobe Provincial Police Commander Jacob…
The annual 59th Morobe Show goers expressed gratitude over the manner this year’s event was organised. Majority of the show goers mostly females and kids, said this year’s show was well organised when comparing the previous years shows. One of the females Jinjin Mea said unlike in the previous shows where kids, elderly people and females have fallen victims to harassment, pick pocketing and violence cases, this year’s show was more controlled and their safety was protected. She stated that in this year’s event, females and kids were able to walk in and out of the show ground freely without…
The Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) class streamlined in the National School of Excellence throughout the country is part of the education restructure system. This was a statement from the Department of Higher Education, Science, Research and Technology’s first secretary Mr. Andrew Angorobe. He said under the 1-6-6 education restructure system, the department has initiated and introduced this streamed class to prepare students at the earliest stage to study foundation year courses while they are studying at the National School of Excellence. Angorobe said National High Schools have also been changed to National School of Excellence throughout the country…
Wawin National School of Excellence in Morobe Province graduated 152 grade 12 students last Friday. Out of the 152 students, 18 of the students were from Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) class. This was school’s 21st grade 12 graduation staged inside the school campus. School principal Mr. Pal Pu described the graduation event as special compared with other graduation events as for this year, the school graduated pioneer STEM students. He said despite lots of challenges encountered over the academic year, the school with its stance on faith and religious activities has made it possible to overcome situations and…
Some parts in Morobe Province are still facing landslides and rocks rolling down the mountains during windy times. This has been happening after the recent 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit Morobe. In Wain Erap Local Level Government area in Nawaeb District, a man aged 52 from Lemang village got covered by landslides on Saturday morning. He was walking from U.T camp to Bayang village when rocks rolled down the mountainous part of the area hit and pushed him down slopes. While struggling, landslides covered parts of his body. Locals at the nearby communities rushed out, searched the landslide area and…
Morobe Provincial Government’s Head of Human Resource Management has announced it will fund public servants to attend short Small Medium Enterprises (SME) and Financial Literacy courses before they retire. The Human Resource Manager Kusak Meruk said Morobe Provincial Government (MPG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Personal Viability (PV) courses and will further sign an agreement with Pacific Institute of Leadership and Governance (PILAG) to prepare public servants on how to manage their final entitlements when they retire from the public sector. Meruk said PILAG’s program on teaching SME and Financial Literacy courses have convinced him, thus he…
The Lae City Authority (LCA) has started conducting random checks on Liquor outlets, gaming and entertainment centres, night clubs and food bars in order to see if they are complying with health and safety regulations. These random checks are a done in a partnership between LCA, department of labour, ICCC, IRC, police, IPA and immigration. The random checks commenced last night saw the joint task force were able to shut down several gaming and Liquor outlets. The initiative was recommended by Member for Lae MP and Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso to ensure all businesses comply with laws while operating…
Community members in Morobe Province have expressed mixed reactions and have publicly cried foul over the first-of-its-kind government allocation of funds to mark and celebrate the 2022 National Independence Day tomorrow. Most of them did not support the government’s resolution to allocate K1million to each districts just to observe the national event. They said the funds could have been prioritized on other vital services that were lacking in the remote parts of the country. The Marape/Rosso government has announced it had sourced K1million from respective District Development Authority funds throughout the country which are yet to be disbursed to their…
Morobe Provincial Education Program Advisor Keith Tangui has announced it will collaborate Australian Football League (AFL) with its Niu Kick program to reach out to the most remote schools in the province. PPA Keith Tangui announced this at the Erap Primary School during his visit to launch the six cluster primary schools expo which commenced yesterday. He promised to work with the sporting code which has a program to link students to sports and academic activities to further their studies in Australia if they were selected. Tangui described the AFL initiative as a successive bridging program to connect young kids…