Every second Sunday of the Month of May, people around the world celebrate Mother’s Day. Mother’s day is an important day, because mother’s are the givers of life. Without their lives, we would not have our lives. Here is how some of you will be celebrating your mums, come this Sunday.
Author: Helen-Jennifer BUBUWAU
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape said he was offended by his Foreign Minister’s Justin Tkatchenko’s remarks, labelling social media critics of his daughter as “primitive animals” but has chosen to forgive him. This followed an apology from Tkatchenko to the people of Papua New Guinea for remarks he made on Australian Broadcasting Corporation. “We should not be labelling our citizens as ‘primitive animals’ even if they have wronged us.” “Deputy Prime Minister Hon. John Rosso and I summoned Minister Tkatchenko on Thursday to explain the circumstances behind the public outburst, especially against his use of the words ‘primitive…
“Roads are of paramount importance and a priority that links all other developments to be accessed.” These were the remarks of Rabaul District Administrator Mr Benedict Mode when commissioning the new double cell Reinforced Concrete Box Culvert (RCBC) along the Korere-Tavui Road in Rabaul District, East New Britain. “This is an economic road and farmers need to bring their cocoa and copra with other fresh produce to the market.” “Most of the time they had to wait or walk to the nearest junction to find transport.” “This project was funded by the Rabaul District Administrations under the District Services Improvement…
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape termed the country’s very high electricity rates, a ‘cardinal sin and the setting up of the National Energy Authority was the Government’s response to this situation, while PPL would be just an energy service provider. He made these when addressing workshop on innovation in the electricity sector in the country, with a focus on renewable energies. This workshop was organized by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank and attended by representatives from both the Government and public sector. PM Marape said considering that the country has a high prevalence clean…
Three police officers in the National Capital District have been served with Serious Disciplinary Charges (SDOR) by the Police Internal Investigation Unit yesterday. This is in relation to a video that went viral on social media where the three were seen to be consuming what appears to be methamphetamine or ice. They were only charged with administrative charges because when they arrested they didn’t have any illicit substance in their possession. Assistant Commissioner of Police and Commander for the National Capital District and Central Province Divisional Command, Anthony Wagambie Jr, said the three police officers were arrested and detained at the Gordon Police Station. A search warrant…
Nazareth Centre for Rehabilitation (NCfR) can continue the vital work it does in responding to gender based violence in Bougainville now that it has been granted K3 million from the Australian Government. The NCfR provides safe houses, counselling, and referrals, working closely with schools, community advocates and churches on prevention programs and awareness raising among local communities throughout AROB. They also focus on engaging with men and boys to bring about social change and build non-violent communities; a program that has been well received. NCfR Director, Sister Lorraine Garasu said the grant is timely and a great assistance at this…
Milne Bay Agriculturalist Mr. Skipa Christopher, who has been instrumental in a number of rural rice projects in the province, is now undergoing training in Japan, to elevate the work he is already doing. “The Milne Bay Administration, under the Division of Agriculture Livestock, have given me this opportunity to studying here in Japan, under the JICA Scholarship.” Mr. Skipa is going through a training course on vegetable production technology for the improvement of small-scale farmers at the JICA Tsukuba International Training Center located in Tsukuba City; a location that is called the “science city”. “I will be here for…
Air Niugini’s Acting Chief Executive Officer, Mr Gary Seddon revealed some major changes that will improve ANG’s service delivery in the coming years. Seddon said this during a recent visit by the Minister for State Owned Enterprises William Duma, to the ANG Head Office and Engineering Facilities. “We are embarking on a major fleet replacement transaction, and we are fortunate to have the continued support and guidance of our Minister and our government; particularly in our 50th year of operation.” Mr. Seddon explained that prior to the arrival of ANG’s brand-new aircraft, they will welcome an interim fleet of 6…
The Rabaul District carried out a month-long basic cooking training where participants learned how to make delicious meals and gained some new valuable cooking skills. Two of the 51 participants that underwent this training were Mr. Jacob Turupia and Dorothy Darius who attained certificates in basic cooking, basic cooking, basic sewing, and sustainable organic gardening from the St Joseph’s Training Center at Iawakaka Ward. Mr Tirupia commended the Rabaul District Administration for putting funding into this vital training and the facilitators for their efforts to demonstrate to the 25 participants that undertook basic cookery on how to prepare and incorporate…
PNG Power has acknowledged, and a response made by PPL Board Chairman McRonald Nale to a recent statement from the Independent Power Producers Group regarding the state of power supply and infrastructure and reliability in the country, as well as payments owed to the IPPs. PPL wants to ensure that efforts put into its recovery from its Government Shareholder, Kumul Consolidated Holdings are clearly understood, stating also that they are taking serious steps to address the issues it is currently facing. “Increasing business as well as industrial and domestic consumers has meant an increase in demand.” “And despite increasing electricity…