“While I understand the reason behind the murder charges, what I do not understand is the delay for the psychiatrist to evaluate the suspect.” A heartbroken and visibly distraught mom of the two boys, Elsie Rentia told this newsroom today, while breaking down at the news that the suspect in her babies’ murder has been charged. It has been 10 days since the horrific double murder of 5-year-old Shane Benjamin and 2-year-old Ethan Benjamin by their father at Morata 1 on Tuesday 27th of April 2021. Police have now charged the main suspect Dave Benjamin Gau with two counts of…
Author: Genesis KETAN
There is a moral decay within the people and there is no regard for the country’s Rule of Law by people. Director of Development Tribal PNG and Human Rights Activist Ms. Ruth Kissam made this comment in regards to the recent increase in killings and lawlessness in PNG. “There is generally no regard for the Human Life with people taking matters into their own hands giving rise to unnecessary killings and lawlessness because perpetrators are not convicted and are walking away with crimes,” Ms. Kissam said. “People are out here seeking justice for themselves because they feel like they will…
With Mothers Day just around the corner, there are so many different ways one can plan to celebrate and appreciate their Mothers on this day. Likewise, a local business man has decided to offer his service for free to all mothers in the Nations Capital for two hours as part of his contribution in celebrating Mothers Day. 45 years old Wek Kewa from the Mul-Baiyer District in Western Highlands Province is the owner of the Kanny Trans Services based here in POM City and since 2016, he has been providing 2 hours of free taxi service to mothers throughout the…
A total of 42 candidates are contesting the current Moresby Northwest Electorate by election in the nation’s capital, and among the hopefuls is a current law student at the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG), who intends to make some changes to the way some things are run, with issues affecting students in mind. Mr. Nisia Limbao is a 27 year old young man who hails from a small tribe called Yangakuni in the Wapenamanda District in the Enga Province. A final year Law student, Limbao decided to contest simply because he felt the pinch of the ignorance of mandated…
National Pandemic Controller Mr. David Manning earlier this week gave the directive for all Primary and High Schools throughout the country to resume classes to mark the beginning of the second term for this year. The directive includes that it is mandatory for all students and teaching staff to observe the covid19 safety protocols by wearing of masks, regularly washing of hands, and practicing social distancing the classrooms and schools. This will prove to be a task for most schools especially with the number of students in a class is too high. Head teacher of the Sacred Heart Catholic Primary…
Under the 12 new measures released by National Pandemic Controller Mr. David Manning this week, measure number 5 directs a mass burial for dead bodies that are filling up the Mortuary especially at the Port Moresby General Hospital. PMGH Chief Executive Officer Dr. Paki Molumi said he said there are 230 dead bodies at a morgue when its capacity can only cater for 110 corpses. Dr. Molumi also said that from the total number of dead bodies, half are unclaimed corpses. “The morgue here at POMGEN is overcrowded with dead bodies and half of these bodies are unidentified and unclaimed.”…
Located in Tapini, Goilala District, Eruame Primary school has been closed since 2010 and for 10 years, and along the way many school aged children have missed out on opportunity to receive education. Head teacher Mr. Casiano Amai told this newsroom it was a community initiative to reopen the school after realizing that most of their children were uneducated. “Since the closure of the school till now, children in the Loloipa Ward have not received any form of schooling and most have them have become young adults.” “That should not be the same situation for the young ones in the…
A phone nowadays is used to make a call, shoot a text, an email or usually socialize on Social Media with friends and family. However, one young man has truly captured the positive essence of a phone after he completed his first publication on his old Wowi Phone recently. 23 year old Gerard Ivaloa of Central, Gulf and Morobe Province has published his first book- 70 REMINDERS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE published under the Shane Baiva Publications receiving his first batch last week Friday. Ivaloa said it was not easy writing this 206 pages book with over 85 000 words especially…
Gender Based Violence in PNG has been escalating through the years with not much recognition and acknowledgement from responsible authorities as a serious Human Rights issue facing our Women and girls. This sentiment was shared by the Governor of NCD, Powes Parkop this week during the launch of a Legal Help Desk that is set to help the survivors of Gender based violence to prosecute their perpetrators. This was done in partnership with in the Port Moresby Chamber of Commerce and Industry to commemorate National Women’s Day. “Women in PNG tend to give up and accept the violence and abuse…
Taxi services is a basic service that most people rely on when traveling places and is a normal sight in Port Moresby, however the same could not be said for outisde centers of PNG who rely mostly on PMV’s and their good old fleet. That’s about to change for Wabag District in the Enga Province with the introduction of the Wabag TAXI services by a local man who decided to challenge himself by starting this service on Monday. Robert Angoman, 48 year old from Wakumale village in Wabag District, was a taxi driver in Port Moresby back in the late…