Service delivery, specialized staff and management, infrastructure, funding and the capacity to accommodate patients are some of the major challenges that Laloki Psychiatric Hospital in Port Moresby is currently facing. Laloki hospital, which is a designated Level 6 health facility, is barely operating at the standard level due to the many challenges it is facing. In terms of patient care, drug supply is also a major issue under the service delivery as often times, families of patients are advised by the hospital staff to buy the prescribed medication they need, however, are quite costly. Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of…
Author: Katrina ANGELI
Prime Minister (PM) James Marape has announced a government allocation of K30 million to the University of Goroka (UOG) to rebuild and modernize critical infrastructure that was severely damaged by a devastating earthquake in 2022. The funding is part of the Government’s ongoing commitment to improve educational facilities across the country and ensure that Papua New Guinea’s future educators are trained in a safe and conducive learning environment. Speaking at the recent UOG graduation ceremony this week, PM Marape highlighted the importance of the university as a national institution responsible for training teachers, while emphasizing the urgency of restoring its…
The Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (DHERST), has confirmed that the Tertiary Education Study Assistance Scheme (TESAS) list for this year 2025, will be made known to the students via the DHERST website. Currently, the internal quality checks need to be done before awarding to the students who are eligible to be under TESAS. According to DHERST, the first-year students who have been selected through the National Online Selections System (NOSS), have already been informed of their statuses whilst the continuing student list should be made available when the TESAS Committee meets. Students’ confidentiality must be maintained;…
PNGFM Limited farewelled a total of seven (7) enthusiastic and vibrant youths under the 2024 Urban Youth Employment Project II (UYEP) in which six of them successfully completed their internship program at PNGFM. The youths were farewelled on Friday the 10th of January after completing a 65-day internship program in which they got to experience for the first time working in an organization. With no work experience, the youths were privileged enough to work in the different departments of PNGFM including Sales, IT and Engineering, PNG HAUSBUNG (news department), Total Events Company (TEC), Finance and Admin department. Spokesperson and UYEP…
Divine Word University (DWU) in Madang province is now preparing for the 2025 Academic Year with registrations to begin on the 3rd-7th of February 2025. President of DWU, Professor Father Philip Gibbs stated that registrations will be carried out for a week whereas for anyone who wishes to register after the scheduled registration dates will be considered a late registration. “There are two sets of payment that students will have to pay to study, and that is the Tuition fees as well as the Board & Lodging fee (for residential students only).” The On-Registration fee which comes under tuition fees,…
Prime Minister James Marape and National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop met this week to initiate discussions on the planning for Papua New Guinea’s 50th Independence Anniversary celebrations and related activities. The meeting is preliminary to a full stakeholders’ meeting to be held on Monday, 6th of January 2025 when PM Marape, Governor Parkop and Minister in charge of National Events, Justin Tkatchenko, meet with representatives from all agencies involved in planning and executing the activities for this milestone event. The Prime Minister stated that he is in discussion with Governor Parkop to have the National Government and the municipal…
For the month of December 2024, a total of 1,118 deliveries were recorded at the Port Moresby General Hospital (PMGH) Labour Ward. This is as per a media statement from PMGH today. In welcoming the New Year, PMGH Labour Ward delivered a total of 38 babies on New Year’s Eve with a baby boy recorded to have been clocked in the heaviest weighing 4.5kg. As of midday today, New Year babies stood at fourteen babies delivered with more expected to be delivered by the end of the first day of the year, 2025. All births were recorded to be live…
With the opening round of Pre-Season Challenge matches a little over a month away, NRL.com takes a look at the injury news for all 17 clubs. The Cowboys suffered a cruel double blow just before Christmas with back-rower Heilum Luki and outside back Tom Chester both suffering ACL injuries at training. The Cowboys confirmed that star back-rower Luki would have surgery in January and miss the entire 2025 season. Townsville local Chester has endured a terrible run of injuries in recent years, with an ACL injury also cutting short his season in 2023. Since making his debut in 2022, the…
The National St John Ambulance (NStJA) service today presented certificates to a total of 109 participants who successful took part in the Community First Aid Training organized and hosted by NStJA. The training took place from the 11th to the 17th of December 2024 with a total of seven sessions each that the participants took part in. This is the first of its kind training that NStJA had initiated purposely for both taxi and PMV bus drivers, however, members of the community also showed interest in taking part in training. Manager for Communities Programs of NStJA, Zoe Saulep, said that…
This December 2024 marks the midway point between the 2022 and the 2027 National General Election and Transparency International PNG (TIPNG) is sounding the alarm over the lack of any real action to address the failings of the 2022 National General Election and the many problems experienced in past elections. TIPNG has observed the election process over two decades and the verdict is the management and conduct of the elections is severely flawed and has witnessed significant failures in all stages of the election process from preparation, conduct, delivery, and declaration. Key issues identified by TIPNG in 2022 included glaring…