Members of the Permanent Parliamentary Committee on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) recognize that Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Sorcery Accusation Relation Violence (SARV) continue to be their top priority for action. This was made known by the Chairman of the Committee and National Capital District (NCD) Governor, Powes Parkop when the Committee met recently to discuss the range of issues facing the women and girls of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and decide on their priorities over the coming months. The Chairman said the members have been given a critical mandate to use their oversight powers to hold government…
Author: Helen-Jennifer BUBUWAU
A three day Climate Finance Capacity Building training was carried recently in Port Moresby with 22 officers from key government agencies awarded certificates of recognition for active participation after successfully completing the training. The Climate Change and Development Authority (CCDA) General Manager, Debra Sungi, in her opening remarks during the climate finance training, said this is always a priority for the government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and thanked the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) for supporting this training. “CCDA has been at the forefront of negotiating for easy…
The owners of nine campsites in the Southern Region of the Kokoda Track between the Central and Oro provinces, received donated supplies of equipment just recently to enhance tourism growth along the track and improve livelihoods for communities and households in the region. The donations included a range of water security materials, pipes, tap fittings and solar lighting packages that will enable the campsites and guesthouses to improve lighting and access to water, and raise their accommodation standards to meet trekker and tourist expectations along the Track. These donations are part of the joint efforts of the PNG-Australia Partnership to…
The illegal market leading into the Kennedy Estate in the National Capital District, an area that has seen an increase in reported crimes, was removed by a combined team from the NCDD Reservist Unit and the NCD Command recently. This is part of the clean-up campaign been enforced and carried out by the National Capital District Metropolitan Superintendent Silva Sika and his men with the goal to make NCD a clean and crime-free city. Met Supt Sika reported that the clean-up campaign has seen many physical changes throughout the city. “Police will continue to remove illegal markets around the city…
The Minister for Tourism, Arts & Culture recalled the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Tourism Industry worldwide and especially in the domestic market and has urged a shift in focus towards the domestic tourism market. Minister Henry Isi Leonard made this remark when launching the PNG Tourism Promotion Authority’s four year corporate plan 2023-2026 recently at the Stanley Hotel in Port Moresby. He declared that this newly developed corporate plan will be able to assist and guide the organization in developing this overlooked area of destination marketing. “The country’s tourism industry is a thriving sector that has so…
After noticing the massive increase in trade between Korea and PNG, Prime Minister James Marape says there is even more room for growth. He made this statement after a Korean high-level delegation team led by Park Byeong-seug, who presented the Korean President H.E. Yoon Suk Yeol, revealed that Trade volumes between Republic of Korea and Papua New Guinea increased by 240 percent between 2021 and 2022, which is worth a massive K6.33 billion. The Korean Delegation Team met with the PNG PM at the Sir Manasupe Haus in Port Moresby yesterday (21/03/23). Prime Minister James Marape says the country has…
Acts of violence perpetrated against women and girls in the upper Highlands Region is getting out of hand and the respective mandated leaders need to physically intervene and make amends with their own people, to put an end to this. These are the words of appeal from the Director of the Highlands Human Rights Defender Group Mary Kini, in light of the recent acts of violence against women and girls that have been headlining the news lately. “We need the mandated leaders to come down to the grassroots level and talk to their own people.” She said such a dialogue…
Theresa Kila Pat is proud that her passion for sewing has not only become a small business for her family, but that she can also teach other women in her community how to earn money as seamstresses. “Sewing was something I learned in my home economics class in high school many years ago, and because of my passion for sewing, I easily learned the skills from my mother as well and since then, sewing has been my hobby for the past 33 years,” the mother of four said. Through the PNG–Australia Partnership, Theresa was amongst 23 participants, including Kokoda Village…
St George Illawarra have recorded their first win to start the year, overcoming an early deficit to beat the Titans 32-18 at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium in Kogarah. Dragons halfback Ben Hunt and fullback Tyrell Sloan were among the stars in their first showing of the season with the side clearly putting their Charity Shield performance behind them and enjoying the benefit of an additional week off. The Titans shot out of the blocks with tries to Alofiana Khan-Pereira and Sam Verrills setting up a 12-2 lead but their advantage was evaporated by half-time with the Dragons running in three tries…
The Past Papuan Project carried out a one week experiment at University of Papua New Guinea on the history of Papua New Guinea and health of its people. It’s started on Monday 6th of February with more than eight students that went through basic check up on blood pressure, sugar level, weight and height. Dr. Nicholas Brucato a specialist in Biology from France said the main goal of the experiment is to look at the interactions of the biology of people and the environment that is present around them. The research project is supported by the France Government in partnership…