The construction work on Kavieng’s first modern city mall will commence next year in February, opposite Bisi Trading. The ground breaking ceremony for this project, that is a joint-venture partnership between the New Ireland’s business arm; the New Ireland Development Corporation (NIDC) and developer, Modern Niugini Estate Development Limited, took place over the past weekend. On hand to officiate the ground breaking were New Ireland Provincial Executive Council Chairman for Works and Infrastructure Andrew Minkiong, Chairlady Assisting the Governor on Finance, Misbil Nelson, New Ireland Development Corporation (NIDC) Chairman Mr. Chris Tarkap and Developer Roger Lin. Speaking on behalf of…
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Rabaul District Development Authority (RDDA) welcomed its newly appointed board members in a swearing-in ceremony held at the Rabaul District Headquarters on this week. The swearing-in ceremony marked the official start of another term with the newly appointed board members pledging to serve the people of Rabaul district dutifully. The ceremony was presided over by District Senior Magistrate Maristella Painap and saw the participation of Rabaul Open Member, Dr. Allan Marat, as the newly elected Chairman. Dr. Marat’s election as the Member for Rabaul Open came after the dismissal of the leave of application filed by dismissed Rabaul MP, Graham…
“Agriculture is very important; however, it lacks progress in negotiation.” This was the statement by the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister & National Events Justin Tkatchenko who presented Papua New Guinea’s stand at the APEC Ministerial Meeting (AMM) Plenary Session 2, in the United States. He said the world continues to face a food crisis and rising global inflation as food and fuel prices continue to soar. “These have not only worsened pre-existing challenges from climate change and natural disasters but also have significant disproportionate economic impacts on many small developing countries, including Papua New Guinea.* “Therefore, PNG looks forward…
PNG Prime Minister James Marape met with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of United States International Development Finance Corporation on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit as he ended his meetings with members of the American business community. The United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC), headed by CEO Scott Nathan, is America’s development finance institution that funds private sector-based projects and businesses right across the world. During the meet, the DFC CEO laid out the availability of DFC in financing businesses and developers of the private sector in countries interested in bettering themselves and their communities. Prime Minister…
The Oro Provincial provided a brand new vehicle to the Public Curators, to improve the efficiency of their service delivery within the province. The presentation of the vehicle is expected to facilitate in duties and inspections related to deceased estates and matters falling under the purview of the Public Curators as well as play a role in supporting Juvenile Justice, Parole, and Land Mediation when required. Oro Governor Gary Juffa was on hand to hand over the vehicle, where he emphasized the importance of using the vehicle responsibly and not for any unauthorized purposes. Operations at the Public Curator’s Office,…
U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) through its PNG Lukautim Graun Program (LGP) are rolling out a poultry program in the Morobe Province. A total women groups and over 400 individual women farmers and their households are participating in this program. This program is part of the USAID Women’s Global Development Prosperity (WGDP) Initiative and includes empowering women through equal opportunity within the workforce, in business development ventures and through entrepreneurship. Program Participants Ludwina Posing, who is a member of the PNG Unified Womens Groups from Sagir village, Tanam within the Huon Gulf District, said she was thankful to the…
“What an achievement for the women Bougainville and of women in Papua New Guinea!” The words of a jubilant Francesca Semoso, who is now just, three weeks into her tenure as the North-Bougainville MP and the first woman out of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB) to be elected to the National Parliament. She was speaking at the recently held ‘Leading with Impact; Women in Leadership Retreat PNG’ that was co-hosted by the National Parliament & the Bougainville House of Representatives (BHoR), in Port Moresby. In one of her first few official engagements as an MP, Semoso’s speech was one…
A growing number of farmers in Alotau, Milne Bay Province, continue to learn about and grow their own rice, as part of the Food Security Rice Project. The caretaker of Food Security & Nutrition Advisor with the Milne Bay Provincial Government, Division of Agriculture & Livestock (DAL), Mr. Skipa Christopher, who is running the Food Security Rice Project, said right now, there are about 100 individual farmers that are part of this project. “Motuyuwa Village has just come onboard with this project, and they have committed almost 900 hectares of their traditional land, to grow rice.” He said people have…
As the Women in Leadership Retreat came to an end today, Central Governor Rufina Peter was on hand to give her closing remarks, to a day of inspirational and insightful discussions, that was held at the Hilton Hotel in Port Moresby. She said going forward, the priority was how to get more women into the local level government (LLG) and eventually, onto the floor of parliament. She said now is the time to start working in their respective capacities to realise these aspirations. Governor Rufina made a special mention of Dame Carol Kidu, who was also in attendance at the…
The Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University of Papua New Guinea, Professor Betty Lovai was part of a four-person panel, discussing the topic of ‘Navigating the Present: Gender Equality in Contemporary PNG’, at the Women in Leadership Retreat in Port Moresby. Professor Lovai said the main challenge in this conversation is mindset and a change of mindset. She explained that she took on this challenge personally, as a women leader herself and in her space as a female academic at the University of Papua New Guinea. “Changing the mindset of people, starts through education.” “It has to start from home to…