The National Volunteer Service Department commemorated the International Volunteer Day at the Goldie Barracks Training Depot on Monday with the theme “Solidarity through Volunteering”. The event is held annually to acknowledge volunteers, both local and international, who have played key roles in reaching out to the less fortunate citizens in remote parts of the country. These volunteers act as agents of change by conducting awareness on different aspects of livelihood such as agriculture, health and education. The event took place with the presence of the Executive Director for the National Volunteer Service Ms. Molly Willie and Manager for Community and…
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Gulf Provincial Police Commander Jeffery Lemb has confirmed that there operations for this festive season has begun and will be tight within the province. According to the police boss, the festive season operations have two phases which police on the ground will be working in. The first phase which is the awareness campaign is based on promoting peace and harmony within rural communities and the consequences of their actions. The second phase will see dispatched police personnel conducting operations during the peak festive period to ensure public safety. Highway patrol during this festive season in the province will be rolled…
Velma’s Music School is currently conducting holiday Piano lessons for interested children, 10 years and above. There will be three rounds of lessons. The first lesson is currently on and will end on the 9th of December with the third and final round of lessons ending on the 23rd of December 2022. The founder of the school, Ms. Velma Ninjipa said the purpose of this holiday lesson is for the students who wished to learn more about music. She added that during the school semester, students did not have enough time to cover all their music lessons and this music…
Mount Hagen city in Western Highlands Province was in chaos on Sunday following the death of a young man who was allegedly willfully murdered in the early hours of Saturday morning. Provincial Police Commander, Superintendent John Sagom, confirmed this stating that at the moment police are treating the murder as a suspicious death while investigations into the murder continues. The deceased, from Moge Anducklimb Tribe in Hagen Central District of WHP is the son of Former Premier of Mount Hagen, Chief Lucas Roika, was found murdered in cold blood in front of their family home early hours of Saturday morning.…
Modilon General Hospital in the recent weeks has been constantly receiving patients being brought to the hospital with recorded case of trauma. Due to the ongoing fights between communities in Madang Province especially in the Transgogol local level government, there have been a huge number of people admitted to the hospital with knife wounds. Director for Madang Public Health Dr. Martin Daimen specified that trauma has been an ongoing case at Modilon General hospital for three years, thus many in the district of Madang are greatly affected. Dr. Daimen went on to add that with the invention of sling shot,…
Preparation towards the festive police operations in Milne Bay Province has begun and is in order, as per advice from Milne Bay Provincial Police Commander, Superintendent Peter Barkie. The operation, Code-named Starlight will cover all four districts in the Province. The PPC stated that an operation order will be released this Friday, giving the green light for the operation to commence. Barkie added that Police in Milne Bay have a reservist system in place and should they need further men for the festive period operations, they have men at the ready to be deployed. Superintendent Barkie thanked the Provincial and…
In the final panel session focusing on security of the elections that concluded the Transparency International Election Seminar 2022, many ideas were presented as to how they could be properly addressed before the next election in 2027. Panelists from agencies centered on the National General Election (NGE) and captivating discussions and questions were exchanged during the seminar, purposely on how the Electoral Commission (EC) along with relative authorities could strategize to promote a fair and transparent election. Deputy Head of Delegation to the EU Dr. Silviu Jora highlighted that a significant number of Papua New Guineans are more active and…
Correctional Services was allocated K27 million from the 2023 national budget that was handed down by the Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey yesterday afternoon. But that amount in total is not sufficient to cater for CS programs and aims, according to Commissioner Stephen Pokanis. K27 million allocated to CS will cater for infrastructure and rehabilitation of the CS buildings and also to carry out prison programs. But the commissioner stated the he is hopeful and understands that this amount is to benefit and to build the CS. “For the CS department alone, this is not enough. While we would like to have…
A young man who, works as a public transport driver, was taken into custody by police in the Northern province following the death of his wife whom police alleged was murdered by the husband himself. According to the Assistant Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Chief Sargent Edric Boera, the alleged murder took place in the early hours of the morning of Friday 18th November at the Musou village, which is adjacent to the Girua Airport in Popondetta, as per the preliminary investigation into the murder. “Between 6 and 11pm was the time where the husband is believed to have killed the wife…
For two days the APEC House in the capital will be playing host to the 2nd National Integrity Summit showcasing a number of panel discussions with this year’s theme being “Bridge the Integrity Gap.” Through a partnership between the country’s independent watchdog, Transparency International Papua New Guinea (TIPNG) and the European Union delegation here in the country, the forum will see National Practitioners and reformers to get together to critically and constructively engage all stakeholders and encourage popular demand for good governance and integrity in the public sector. The summit is funded by the EU through TIPNG’s Promoting Anti-Corruption Integrity…