The Marape and Rosso government welcomes The Japanese Development Industry (JDI) to help in the Master Planning of the new Special Economic Zones (SEZ) throughout the country; therefore, they are keen to restart work on Pacific Maritime Industrial Zone (PMIZ) in Madang Province. The initial ground breaking ceremony for PMIZ project took place about 10 years ago, however no progress has been done so far. Minister for International Trade and Investment, Richard Maru and Ambassador of Papua New Guinea (PNG) to Japan Sam Abal, arrived yesterday in Madang accompanying the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Japanese Development Industry (JDI) Soichi…
Author: Helen-Jennifer BUBUWAU
The Toowoomba Darling Downs Mama Group Project who are residing in Brisbane Queensland, Australia with the Hume Ridge church women and the Shed Toowoomba group are partnering to support unprivileged young Papua New Guinean school girls especially in rural schools throughout the country, by supplying basic hygiene packs. The group’s representative, Caroline Bonamedura explained that most of them in the Toowoomba Darling Downs Mama Group are single mothers living independently whilst providing for their families. “Thus being in type of situation we want to empower and assist our young female students in rural schools by providing this hygiene packs that…
Prime Minister James Marape this morning presented the final quarter Government Subsidiary of K158 million to the Education Department as payment for school fees for all students in the country. The Marape-Rosso Government appropriated K632 million for the GTSF for this year, having already paid K474 million. Present to receive the cheque from the Prime Minister were the Minister of Education, Jimmy Uguro and his Secreatary, Dr. Uke Kombra. Minister Uguro thanked the Marape-Rosso government for their commitment to delivering free education to the people, adding that the government was the peoples government. “This is the people’s government, so we…
Madang Provincial administrator Frank Lau, stressed in a press conference that most of the public servants in the Madang Provincial Government do not understand the processes and protocols in the Government structure and that is one of the issues that must be addressed. “This kind of weakness faced in Madang government is the lack of understanding by the public servants and that has caused a lot of confusion; thus, this will not go away really fast as it started more than 10 or 15 years ago and it will take some time to do away with this issue,” Lau said.…
Following the recent clash between villages on the Island of Kiriwina, police in Milne Bay are now looking to establish the cause of death of what police believe to be 17 reported deaths from information on the Island. Provincial Police Commander, Superintendent Peter Barkie has stated that he now has men on the ground looking into the report of the deaths and to maintain a police presence to discourage further fighting on the island. “We could not get men onto the island due to logistical issues because to get to Kiriwina, you need to go by boat. We only have…
Missingi High School in the ward 15 area of Arabacca Local Level Government of Middle Ramu district in Madang Province, were privileged to receive a new sawmill donated by former parliamentarian and businessman, Alois Kingsley. Missingi High School is one of few high schools located in the Arabacca LLG and it is a newly established high school, thus lacks proper facilities that will cater for the hundred plus students all across the Arabacca LLG. Mr. Kingsley when presenting the new saw mill urged the people of Missingi to take ownership of the school as it is an important asset for…
School principals and headmasters in Madang Province have raised their concerns to the provincial examination coordinator, Alphonse Igag last Friday after the conclusion of grade 10’s examination on the lack of funding for the marking of grade 8’s and 10’s examination paper and grade 9 and 11 selection. According to the provincial examination coordinator, Alphonse Igag, he said that the general concerns raised was that they may not be able to complete this two process. Mr Igag stressed that the advice they have been getting from the provincial administration is not helping at this time. ” We are calling on…
The National Capital District Metropolitan Superintendent Gideon Ikumu, has spoken out on the alleged killing of a 10 year old boy since the start of the eviction on the 12th of this month. Ikumu has mentioned that the recent videos showcasing people mourning over the boy on social media cannot be verified or confirmed, as so far, no one has made an official complaint to the police regarding the particulars of the death. Superintendent Ikumu said that since the beginning of the eviction process there was resistance from the settlers, with an altercation on the first day, leaving one officer…
Settlement houses under water due to flood Madang town faced a heavy rainfall on Monday night which continued till Tuesday morning leaving ward seven and eight areas along the Wagol river to be under water. The most affected affected areas were the Wagol settlements and Bilia Maus rot. As for the settlers with high stilts houses were fortunate enough to bypass the flood however for those who have low post houses have lost most of their belongings and some displaced. The flood prevented most of the children from going to school and those employed to go to work on time.…
The Peace Restoration Committee that was set up in the Southern Highlands Province after election violence disrupted the livelihood of communities and displaced families, today organized an appeal in Mendi for assistance in the restoring the town to what it was prior to the elections. Provincial Police Commander, Chief Inspector Daniel Yangen advised that the “Wheel Barrow Push,” was organized by the whole compound communities who fell victim to election violence, are appealing to the public for any form of assistance with police providing security for the people. “What they have done is, informed the people of Mendi Town and…