Member for Samarai Murua, Isi Henry Leonard wants women to be equal partners in development in Local Level Government, district, province and in nation building. “Women are influential in their homes and communities and throughout the different sectors they are involved in and I have always made it my priority to support them in the programs they carryout in their respective LLGs.” The Minister attended the closing of the Louisiade Women’s Association’s Annual General Meeting in Bwgaoia Station on Misima Island, Milne Bay Province recently, during which he presented a double cab Toyota Land cruiser, funded for through the Samarai…
Author: Helen-Jennifer BUBUWAU
Papua New Guinean (PNG) musicians, along with artists from neighboring Australia came together recently to compose a track that encourages people to stand up for their communities. The track titled Wan Solwara (One Ocean) was co-written by Bougainvillea musician turned MP Morris Opeti and well-known all-rounder PNG musician Mr. Richard Mogu. It features Adrian Tjupurrula (Tjupurru) Fabila and his son Jake Tjupurru, who are Djabera Djabera people of the West Australian Kimberly, as well as Michael Dave, Ruth Maison, Walter Kerevio, Jolista Masu, Robertha Yansi, and Milton Garea. Tjupurru was born in Port Moresby and has family connections to Central…
Ongoing failures by goverment officials to address escalating women issues involving Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Sorcery Accusation Related Violence (SARV) has become a concern and will be a priority agenda in the first inquiry of the Permanent Parliamentary Committee on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) in May. The committee have made it known that they will use the powers bestowed upon them to ensure that the Government has proper laws, policies and institutions in place to empower women and ensure that they are safe from gender-based violence (GBV). They have agreed to hold their first Inquiry as a…
The Mauberema Conservation Center in the Sinesine Yonggomugl District of the Chimbu Province, is now in the process of establishing a seed multiplication bank. The objective of this seed multiplication bank is to improve food security in the area and to assist the conservation center’s livelihood programs. The conservation center is undertaking this in collaboration with the Simbu Provincial Government, through the Food Security Division of the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Livestock and the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO). Founder of the Mauberema Conservation Center, Mr. Moses Kerry said officers from these organizations traveled out to the area recently,…
It is a story of people helping people, of the human spirit, in this case, of Papua New Guineans banding together to help out a victim of Gender Based Violence. Board President of Advancing PNG Leaders Network and staunch Human Rights Advocate, Ms. Ruth Kissam reached out to her network of friends and colleagues on her social media, seeking financial assistance, for a mother and her two children to escape a dangerous situation. In her appeal posted to Facebook, Ruth stated that they had raised enough money for the family facing violence that needed to be repatriated as soon as…
All previous COVID- 19 measures have been officially revoked after the Controller of Papua New Guinean’s National Pandemic Response Mr. David Manning revoked all the existing ones and replaced them with four new measure. Manning said these four new measures minimize limitations, whilst supporting the role of the Controller as the state continues to monitor the COVID-19 environment. Measure 1 revokes all previous measures and directions – This provides a new foundation and prosperity for the new measures. It cancels all previous measures, including anything related to provincial control bodies, travel, price measures, social gatherings, and liquor restrictions. Measure 2…
The UNFPA has come on board to support the first ever Arts Awareness Month – which is a celebration of performing arts in Papua New Guinea (PNG). This partnership with the UNFPA recognizes the importance of arts as advocacy to encourage audiences to start the conversation on sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence. This past month of March, saw the latest of a three part series, titled ‘Letters from Bradley’, written by local playwright Andrew Kuliniasi and produced in partnership with Focus Marketing Solutions, played out to an audience of over 300 audience members. The other two plays are…
Despite dropping out of high school, self-taught artist Mr. Edwin Siroi has been using his passion for art to carve out a living for himself and has really come into his own as a fine art painter. “I discovered that I had a natural talent for drawing and art early on in life and most of my earlier artwork are pencil sketches.” Edwin does different types of artworks, including sketches, signwriting and screen-printing, but it is his fine art acrylic paintings of unbelievably beautiful landscapes and life like portraits, that are quite captivating. Growing up, Edwin was consumed with drawing…
The City Pharmacy Limited (CPL) Group has expanded the reach of their City Pharmacy & Lab Supplies business into Lae, Morobe Province. The launch was attended recently by medical professionals and industry partners at the Lae International Hotel and was warmly welcomed with enthusiasm from guests. City Pharmacy Medical & Lab Supplies is the latest brand in CPL Group after taking the business over from leading Australasian medical, pet & health supplier, EBOS Group two years ago. Head of Pharmacy at CPL Group, Mr. Pradeep Panda says the healthcare sector is slowly emerging in PNG and it’s one of the…
Top Public Servant and Ambassador Gabriel Dusava turned 70 years old recently and his family threw him a surprise birthday party in Port Moresby. Amongst the estimated 300 invited guests that turned up to celebrate his 70 years of life was Governor of New Ireland Province, Sir Julius Chan. Sir J had only praise for Ambassador Dusava, calling him a man of principle, which earned him the trust of five different Prime Ministers whom he served including the late Sir Michael Somare, Sir Rabbie Namaliu, Paias Wingti, Peter O’Neill and Sir J himself. Ambassador Dusava since then has become a…