PNG Power would like to advise all its valued customers of the following outages and restoration timings where as in POM Grid, there is currently an outage on Bomana Feeder 1, affecting customers at Rouna Quaries, Nebiri Quaries, Laloki Mental Hospital, Police College, Correctional Service College, Nari 1 &2, Goldie Barracks, Mt Laws and Nazareth Mission. PNG Power’s Lines teams are currently patrolling the lines to identify fault, rectify the issue and will restore power supply. In the Ramu Grid, Goroka Township experienced a total power outage from Friday, 14th June, 2024, following disgruntled landowners at Yauna Village, between Yonki…
Author: Katrina ANGELI
The 2024 National Census officially begins today after Prime Minister James Marape announced the National Census 2024 went live at 12am midnight. PM Marape announced this during a press conference held on Sunday afternoon and urged all Papua New Guineans and resident to remain in their main residences to allow for the smooth flow of the census to happen. The Prime Minister’s Household survey and census also took place last night in Port Moresby. All data collected will be uploaded on a cloud data base and will be displayed on a dashboard at the National Statistics Office. This dashboard will…
The volcanic town and former provincial capital, Rabaul town in Rabaul District was the host of the recent 47th East New Britain Provincial Day held this year. The program was hosted by the ENB Provincial Government (ENBPG) at the Queen Elizabeth Park on the 31st of May to commemorate the birth of the East New Britain Provincial Government (ENBPG). The ENB Provincial Government was established on the 31st of May 1977, under Section 6 of the Organic Law, and was witnessed by the then Governor General, late Sir Tore Lokoloko. The event was attended by members of the ENBPG, the…
Prime Minister James Marape has welcomed Speaker of Parliament, Job Pomat’s decision to ask the Courts for clarification on the process of bringing to Parliament the Motion of Vote of No Confidence in the Prime Minister as per Section 145 of the Constitution. PM Marape who spoke during a press conference on Wednesday in light of the decision made by the Parliamentary Private Business Committee, to reject the latest motion filed by the Opposition on the basis that certain sections of the application had not been properly filled as per the requirements of parliamentary standing orders. This is the fifth…
With much disagreement thrown on the floor of Parliament this afternoon, from both the Government and the Opposition sides respectively, the Speaker of Parliament and Chairman of the Private Business Committee, Job Pomat said, out of the 5 technical requirements for a motion of a Vote of No Confidence, another error was found on the notice number 4 of the Alternate Government’s VoNC. He said, the defect in number 5 of the technical requirements was due to submission of names which was written with the last names of the candidate put first instead of the candidate’s first names. The Opposition…
“Youth are the pillar of development and the change the country needs as they constitute the energetic population of this country.” These were the words echoed by Mrs. Mileng, Deputy Director General of National Youth Development Authority during a recent graduation for, ‘Young Girls and Women Empowerment Program’ in partnership with Sinesine Yongolmugl District Development Authority (DDA) in Ku village, Simbu province. She said the government focuses on rural youth empowerment to change focus in some areas and prioritize youth development programs in the country because the rise and fall depends on young people; therefore appeal is made to all…
PNG Air expressed how delightful they were to be a part of a significant milestone which saw on the 29th of April 2024, a proving flight landed at Mendi airport in Southern Highlands Province which was well received by the community. This saw three PNG Air aircraft in which flew into Mendi for the official opening of the new look Mendi airport and terminal over the weekend. The flight resumption comes after seven years of no service which forced the people of Mendi to travel to neighboring towns to catch flights to Port Moresby. This signifies a commitment to regional…
Over 900 cocoa farmers from three districts in Morobe province recently signed a partnership agreement for a long-term boost of over a million kina. Farmer community groups from Huon Gulf, Markham and Nawaeb Districts made this sealed jointly partnership with the World Bank and PNG Government of PNG through the PNG Agriculture Commercialization and Diversification (PACD) Project Cocoa Component. The ten beneficiaries cluster groups are under Wia Trade as the lead partner; a nationally-owned company based in Nadzab, Morobe province owned by Doctor Joel Waramboi. Wia Trade Enterprises Limited is one of the eighteen successful lead partners in six provinces…
The East New Britain Provincial Administration (ENBPA) has partnered with the PNG National Statistical Office (NSO) to roll out the 2024 National Census exercise in the province. This arrangement was materialised last week in Kokopo through a signed Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the ENB Provincial Administrator, Levi Mano and the NSO, represented by its National Census Director, Ms. Hajily Kele. The signed MOA will see the two government agencies collaborate in the census exercise through its budget, data sharing and asset. Kele said that though the national census is conducted every ten years, there have been queries from the…
For the past three weeks the Port Moresby General Hospital Emergency Department has seen a spike in a number of viral and acute febrile illnesses such as influenza like sicknesses, dengue, and high fever. Most of these patients admitted to the emergency ward present themselves with these sicknesses and viruses in which has seen over a hundred patients present themselves with similar symptoms and illnesses. According to Emergency Physician, Dr Mangu Kendino in an interview with PNG HAUSBUNG, some of these cases are caused by the recent change in weather whilst most are transmissible cases where one is likely to…