The Sumkar District Administration in Madang province is now committed in supporting its cocoa farmers in the Karkar island communities and mainland. District Administrator, Charles Katu, declared this during the singing of partnership agreement between three cocoa farmer groups and the World Bank through the PNG Agriculture Commercialization and Diversification (PACD) Project Cocoa Component in Madang province last week, held at the Sumkar District Administration area. He stated that this program is good for the Madang communities that will give chance to every household to have a share to participate in the socio-economic activities for a better livelihood. “Since the…
Author: Katrina ANGELI
The Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (PNGOC) in its capacity as the Papua New Guinea Commonwealth Games Association (PNGCGA) will be staging a Gender Equity Workshop on the 18th of May. The meeting will be with its forty member and affiliate National Federations in attendance along with guests from various organizations specializing in gender equity, including Femili PNG, World Vision, the Department of Community Development and Religion, and the Department of Attorney General and Justice. This groundbreaking event, funded by the Commonwealth Games Federations Game Changer grant will enable the PNGCGA, through the workshop, to demonstrate the PNGCGA’s commitment to…
The East New Britain Provincial Assembly convened on the 3rd of this month at the Cardinal Degenhardt Convention Center at Vunapope in the city of Kokopo for its second meeting this year. This saw a total of nine papers brought in for deliberation, with eight supported and one withdrawn for further clarification. The papers tabled at the Provincial Assembly included; · 2024 LLG Elections, · ENB Tertiary Scholarship scheme, · 2024 National Census, · Adoption and implementation of relevant national village courts revitalized policy and strategies that are applicable to ENBP, · Proposed abolishment and establishment of new Land Mediation…
The East New Britain (ENB) Provincial Assembly has recently endorsed a program that will start this year to recruit, train, and appoint grade twelve school leavers as Peace Officers and Police Reservists in the province. The Provincial Administration will collaborate with the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) and the Department of Justice and Attorney General (DJAG) to appoint a total of 168 personnel as Peace Officers and police reservists in an effort to ensure general law and order is maintained in their localities. Speaking during the second Provincial Assembly held last week, East New Britain Provincial Member, Michael Marum,…
Minister for Education, Lucas Dawa Dekena, has announced that a total of K 212,497,575.00 million is now currently with the Bank of Papua New Guinea to clear and transfer to the commercial banks which will then be disbursed to school’s accounts soon for the second government tuition fee subsidy. Dekena expressed that on behalf of the schools under the National Education System, he thanked the National Government for its full commitment and support to the Ministry of Education by making the available the funds required to pay the schools in the second quarter. The payments will be made to each…
Melbourne Storm players and coaches will share their training and coaching skills with schools and rugby league clubs in the lead up to its official NRL trial match to be played at Churchill Park in February. With tickets now available to buy in all Jacks of Fiji outlets and online, Storm confirmed activities being planned with Fiji NRL, local schools and the Kaiviti Silktails. The week of activities will include open training sessions, coaching clinics and school visits, while Fiji Bati Captain and Storm prop, Tui Kamikamica, will also visit his home village during the week with a number of…
PNG Air has advised all its passengers and the traveling public of the bomb threat email that was circulated this morning to certain stakeholders in the aviation industry. This was disseminated in a media statement today. “As a third-party recipient to this email, PNG Air does not compromise on safety and takes this threat seriously.” “To mitigate this threat, across the PNG Air network, stringent security measures are now in place to ensure the safety of its passengers, ground staff, operating crew, and aircraft.” This will see all passengers will now be subject to pat down and bag searches as…
Puma Energy PNG has confirmed that it will begin taking steps to reduce its operations and fuel supply to customers ahead of the unilateral closure of its bank accounts by Bank South Pacific (BSP), scheduled for the 8th of March 2024. The decision comes after eight months of engagement with BSP and various authorities, including the PNG Government, Bank of Papua New Guinea (BPNG) and others. BSP has been unwilling to share their reasons for the planned closure of the bank accounts or to constructively discuss solutions. Puma Energy, however, has received no concrete evidence of wrongdoing from either BPNG…
Opposition Leader, Joseph Lelang, has praised the Australian authorities over the arrest of a Chinese woman allegedly involved in a drug smuggling plot which hit the headlines of ‘The National paper, dated 24 March 2023’. The lady’s apprehension has also revealed her linkages to business interests associated with certain political figures in Papua New Guinea. Lelang has now called on the Australian Federal Police to work with the Royal PNG Constabulary and Interpol to conduct more investigations into the transnational crime associated with the lady and awarding of contracts using Australian aid money for asylum projects and incidences of other…
The government has warned it will not hesitate to shut down social media applications and sites if there is continuous abuse and misuse of social media spreading fake news, misinformation, and disinformation in the country. Minister for Information and Communication Technology, Timothy Masiu, issued the warning citing significant evidence of serious abuse of social media spreading false information that led to destruction of properties in Port Moresby and parts of the country resulting also in deaths. “I have a statutory power under the National Information and Communication Technology Act 2009, to restrict access to social media sites and applications if…