For the first time even, people with special needs from across all three regions of Bougainville got together to actively participate in the Bougainville Disabled Persons Organization (BDPO) annual general meeting and election of board members. The BDPO supports the provision of better services for people with disability and advocates their active participate in community life. A total of forty participants attended the meeting, which was facilitated by departmental staff from Bougainville’s Community Development and Community Government. The newly elected BDPO Board comprises of the President, Aidah Kenneth along with six committee members, including four women. The Board reflects the…
Author: Katrina ANGELI
St John Ambulance services is currently carrying out a refreshed Advanced Safe Driver training course for new recruits; a significant upgrade to the previous emergency driver training program. The emergency driver course covers everything from end-user vehicle maintenance, to emergency driving techniques, low-risk defensive driving skills, and hazard perception training. The training focuses on safe driver practices in emergency response. The aim is to equip ambulance officers with the skills to reach patients promptly and most imperative, keeping patients, passengers and other road users safe. Ambulance Education Commander, Alexander Dimain stated that this training course which is internationally acclaimed gives…
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is gearing up for the annual Trukai Fun Run which will take place tomorrow the 7th of July in 10 locations around the country under the theme ‘Our Steps, Their Dreams.’ This year’s event, co-hosted by the Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (PNGOC) and Trukai Industries Limited, holds special significance as it rallies support for Team PNG ahead of their journey to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The Trukai Fun Run serves as a platform to raise crucial funds through the sale of K20 Trukai Fun Run t-shirts, with all proceeds directly contributing to Team PNG’s…
Popular Fiji music group, VT1s who come under the music Label, VTBOB Music, will now have three of its artists; Billy T, Ratu and Liz Vamarasi perform live come this Saturday 6th July, 2024 (tomorrow) at the Lamana Gold Club, Port Moresby. VT1s will be headlining Kick Entertainment’s event called Chiller CocoBeats who will showcase Fiji’s homegrown music and talents in Port Moresby for the first time. Manager of VT1s, Tikiko Ratu Korocowiri also known as Tix, said this is the group’s first time coming into the country and to Port Moresby. Papua New Guinea is also the first country…
Prime Minister James Marape has announced significant progress in the health sector of Papua New Guinea since taking office in 2019, especially developments in the areas of cardiac health and cancer facilities. He said when his government took office in 2019, one of their pronouncements was that by 2025, they should not export PNG patients seeking heart, cancer and other specialist care overseas and since then, the National Department of Health (NDoH) has been partnering Kumul Petroleum Holdings Ltd (KPHL), utilizing their ten percent community service funds, and today, Port Moresby heart facilities are at almost top function. When providing…
Toma Local Level Government in the Gazelle district of East New Britain province was the first in the province to complete the national census exercise last week. Toma LLG is one of seven new LLGs in the province comprising of a total eighteen wards. Speaking recently at Wairiki No.1 Ward, Toma LLG Census Coordinator, Irenius Tiula, said that all seventeen wards have been completed and are into summarizing and finalizing of data. The only ward that was still in count was Bitakapuk, which holds the largest population and area in the Toma LLG. “We commenced the exercise on Monday, June…
Nambawan Super Limited on Tuesday celebrated the opening of its significant property investment; the Moki Business Park, located at Waigani, Port Moresby. The making of the project came with the support of Lamana Developments, Lamana Group of Companies, the Raitpla Property Team, Real Estate Agents, BSP Finance Group as well as the Moki Board Members. This investment reaffirms Nambawan Super’s mandate to serve, protect, and grow its members’ retirement savings through returns from investments for all its members and with that, the Moki Business Park is also expected to generate long-term returns for all its members nationwide. Chief Executive Officer…
The Teaching Service Commission has announced that all teachers across the country will be paid a 3% increment based on a Memorandum of Agreement that was signed between the Teaching Service Commission and PNG Teachers’ Association on the Determination of Salaries and Allowances in the Teaching Service 2023-2025. The 3% increase will be honoured on pay no.14, 2024 which is the next pay week. Chairman of Teaching Service Commission, Samson Wangihomie stated during a conference today that the 3% increment will be paid according to their individual salary per annum plus a 15% Teaching Service Allowance for all teachers’ across…
The National Census exercise is progressing well in Pomio District of East New Britain province, with some Local Level Governments (LLGs) nearing completion after the first week. Pomio District Team Leader, Richard Lotopasa, said that there are a total of six supervisors from the ENB Provincial Administration (ENBPA) on ground to monitor the rollout of the two weeklong exercise in the seven LLGs and there are over 13, 000 households in the district, being covered by more than 200 enumerators. Apart from the six supervisors from the Provincial headquarter, Lotopasa said that there is also a representative from the National…
Grand Chief Bob Dadae GCL, GCMG, KStJ, Governor General of Papua New Guinea, personally congratulated two students from Paradise College who recently won top awards in a prestigious international high school project competition. Gertrude Angel Waifaf, a grade ten student at Paradise College, was awarded gold medal at Genius Olympiad at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York, USA, in the Creative Writing category-Poem Writing for her profound depiction of the destruction caused to the natural environment from the perspective of a tree. Rualdiro Makindi, a grade nine student at Paradise College, won a silver medal under Arts Category for…