NCSL is excited to welcome its new Manager E-Banking, Gila Ebenosi and Manager Finance, Edwin Mondo to the team. Gila comes across from BSP Financial Group Limited and possesses more than 12 years of experience in Digital Banking, Project Management, IT and Retail Banking within the banking and financial services industry. He joined the team in May 2023 as Manager E-Banking and will oversee all electronic banking functions from product development to customer service delivery. He is excited to share his experiences in Retail and Digital Banking and be part of NCSL’s growth aspirations through innovation and improving members’ experience.…
Author: Helen-Jennifer BUBUWAU
NCSL successfully hosted its 8th Annual General Meeting (AGM) last week in Port Moresby to inform its members on the Society’s 2022 financial performance and provide a status update on the remediation work currently underway to restore all services after the IT outage on 1st March 2023. NCSL CEO, Vari Lahui presented the 2022 Financial Year results to the members and was pleased to announce total revenue increased by 8.5% to K 39.5M, with a net profit of K16.1 million, an increase of 16%. CEO Lahui said, “our Members’ Savings also increased by 8.2% to K267.9 million. Year on year…
“Rubbish needs to be separated and sorted by categories to make it easier to dispose of accordingly.” These were the sentiments of Rabaul District Health Manager Mr. Garry Mano, during a cleanathon to mark World Environment Day (WED), as garbage segregation plays an important role in protecting the environment. “Have different bins for paper, plastic, metal, glass and even food waste.” “Separate wet waste from dry waste and by doing so we can identify what needs to be recycled. “Waste segregation can also reduce the risk of injury or exposure from sharp objects such as broken glass and tins.” He…
Papua New Guinea’s leading superannuation provider Nasfund commemorated the 2023 World Environment Day by celebrating its progressive effort toward its tree-planting initiative that started two years ago. As part of Nasfund’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the Fund has made a commitment to plant 3000 trees by the year 2030 under the ‘’Trees For Life’’ initiative that is driven by the Port Moresby Nature Park. Whilst observing the global event this year, the organization is also proud to announce that it has already made significant progress towards this goal, having planted 1270 trees since 2021. Over the weekend, Nasfund Port Moresby-based…
TMW Group will join the rest of the world to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of World Environment Day and support the 2023 theme ‘Solutions to plastic pollution’. World Environment Day will fall on the 5th of June and for the TMW Group, this year marks the 8th consecutive year that the company takes part in worldwide celebrations to observe this very important day for the environment, as it serves as a reminder and a call to action to protect the environment. TMW Groups World Environment Day will involve a clean-up campaign around the Napa Napa Road and neighboring coastal areas.…
Trukai Industries under its Roots brand has announced its support for a rugby touch football tournament in Port Moresby. The Touch Football Papua New Guinea Inc. recently received a total of K8,400 sponsorships of cash and kind. This include merchandise, rugby balls and rice which will go towards supporting their National Touch Football Tournament that will take place in June. The four days trial games will have 134 athletes display their skills to impress selectors who will choose the best to represent the country in touch rugby during the Pacific Games. Trukai Industries’ Marketing Manager Maryanne Tom said this support…
Residents in the wards of Rabaul Urban Local Level Government (RULLG) in the Rabaul district have been urged to adhere to town rules and dispose their garbage responsibly. Rabaul Urban LLG Environmental Health Officer Ms. Josephine Varip who spoke on behalf of the LLG Manager Mr. Joshua Wowo said that Waste management is important as it reduces pollution and creates a clean environment to live in. She highlighted these during a radio awareness program by the Rabaul district team on Tuesday leading up to the cleanathon yesterday to commemorate the East New Britain Day 46th Anniversary of the East New…
A newly cut 5 kilometer road into Ward 9 of Wain Erap LLG by the Nawaeb District Development Authority, will open up more economic activities for the people. After almost 49 years of no road access, the new road cut is also expected to connect the villages of Kalawang, Balawang and Kasingan. Funding for this new development was approved through the leadership of Nawaeb MP Theo Pelgen and endorsed by the Wai/Erap LLG President Kunump Ameke who allocated K250 000 to contract the road. While officiating the opening ceremony of the road, Mr. Ameke expressed that the road was needed…
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister (PM) James Marape met with the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Richard Marles on the margins of the inaugural Korea-Pacific Islands Summit in Seoul, Korea. Both leaders discussed issues of concern for both countries including giving updates on the recently signed Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the United States and the proposed Bilateral Security Treaty (BST) with Australia, Visa issues and the PNG NRL Bid. Marape informed Marles that the Bilateral Security Treaty that Australia would like to have with PNG is a work in progress and requires the PNG side to consult the country’s…
EVoting is the best way forward in Papua New Guinea’s next general election. This was proposed by the Secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Mr. Steven Matainaho during the recent National Election Summit. “The concept of eVoting in the country is to save time, resources and funding, as well as honest voting will be done,” Mr. Matainaho said. The DICT Secretary admitted that the manual process during election has and will continue to be a challenge for the government. “We must seriously look into digitalizing the voting process in the country as we will save time…