A total of 35 persons, allegedly involved in Monday’s riot at Koki, in the National Capital District, were arrested and detained following a massive police operation across the Koki suburb. NCD Metropolitan Superintendent Silva Sika personally took charge of this operation to identify and arrest the suspects responsible for yesterday’s carnage. Koki was rocked by violence on Monday when opportunists rioted, looted shops and smashed the windows of vehicles of commuters traveling along Healy Road. The extent of the damage, loss, and injuries sustained by victims, both locals and foreigners, are yet to be determined at this point in time.…
Author: Helen-Jennifer BUBUWAU
Transparency International PNG (TIPNG) held its Annual General Meeting recently at the Holiday Inn, Port Moresby to present its annual report for the year 2022 to its members. The 2022 Financial Statements for TIPNG was conducted by DFK Mayberry returned an unqualified audit and represented fairly the Association’s financial position and of its financial performance in accordance with accepted accounting practices in Papua New Guinea and the Associations Incorporation Act 1966. The AGM also saw the election of Peter Aitsi as chair & Belinda Kanau as secretary to serve for the coming year. Other directors re-appointed were Richard Kassman, Christopher…
Teachers in East New Britain have been urged to improve their lesson planning and preparation. This after they attended the Provincial In-service Training week for Rabaul District where they revisited the structure and content of Standard Based Curriculum (SBC). Speaking at the closing at Malaguna Secondary School was Rabaul District School Inspector Mrs. Cecilia Tapil who stressed on the importance of lesson timetables. “We have to consider that children have a limited attention span and we have to have a variety of activities to keep the children interested,” Tapil said. She added that equal focus should be given to students…
This year will see the Chimbu Province stage the Kundiawa Cultural Show, after almost 10 years without such an event. This was made known by the Minister responsible for Tourism, Arts & Culture, Isi Henry Leonard, when officiating at and launching the Kundiawa Cultural Show recently. He said the Chimbu Province holds one of the highest mountain peaks in the country, that is Mt Wilhelm and this needs to be properly packaged and promoted as a tourism product so the people can benefit from it. “Mt Wilhelm holds the potential to be the biggest resource for the province and it…
The CPL Group showcased their ‘We PNG Buy PNG’ Campaign at the 5th Annual SME Breakfast with the Prime Minister at the APEC Haus in Port Moresby. The ‘We PNG Buy PNG’ Campaign is the group’s support towards Small to Medium Enterprises in bringing their produce to market through Stop & Shop & City Pharmacy, through their extensive network of farmers across the country who are involved in their supply chain. Hosted by the PNG SME Magazine and supported by the SME Corporation, and Department of Commerce and Industry, the event marked the start to the SME week which saw…
Papua New Guinea is stepping up to fight domestic terrorists who are involved in kidnappings, killings, rapes, and other acts to terrorise communities. This from the Internal Security Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jnr and Commissioner of Police David Manning, who are both working across law enforcement agencies and the Office of the Attorney General to draft the planned amendments to the Criminal Code Act. Commissioner Manning indicated that international organized crime networks are behind domestic terrorists. “These intended amendments will give police greater capacity to take down domestic terrorist activities through increased powers to search, investigate, intercept, and prosecute people involved…
Leaders should not boast about providing the basic rights of people including education, health care, sanitation, roads and electricity. These were the sentiments of the Kokopo Lord Mayor Isidor Bonga, when differentiating between basic services and initiated programs. He said recently there have been numerous bold statements full of political rhetoric influencing the minds of people with basic services that is already provided to the public as a part of the government’s duty to ensure the welfare of its citizens “The people will not ask or demand the government for these services because it is already entailed in the system…
Port Moresby City residents are skeptical at the news of the recently declared betelnut free zone in Boroko’s Central Business Hub in Port Moresby by the National Capital District Commission. The ban entails an absolute zero tolerance for the selling, buying, chewing, spitting and littering of betelnut in the area and hefty penalties for noncompliance and or community service ranging from 2 to 6 hours and even imprisonment. Considering past bans, many city residents are now raising concerns of the effectiveness of this new betelnut ban. Mr. Robinson Leka, who commutes regularly through the Boroko CBD, said the betelnut ban…
About 300 Cocoa Farmers in the Huon Gulf District of the Morobe Province sold an estimated 2000 plus bags of dried cocoa beans, generating K8 million in total, in the first quarter of 2023 alone. The Babuaf cocoa farmers’ cooperative is a leading farmers’ group based in Wames project site in the Lower Watut area in Wampar local level government (LLG) in Huon Gulf, Morobe. The Cooperative is being assisted by Chepan Yaling, a field officer and veteran cocoa breeder with over 15 years of experience in the industry. Chepan is ensuring that the farmers affiliated to the cooperative were…
PNG Air Flights to Wapenamanda in the Enga Province resumed over the past weekend. This is after services were suspended on the 13th of June due to safety concerns following a civil unrest. Passengers are advised you can now book tickets to travel online on PNG Air website www.pngair.com.pg or the nearest PNG Air, Post PNG Sales Office, and Travel Agent. PNG Air further thanked customers for their continued understand and the team is looking forward to welcoming them back onboard soon.