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…
Author: Katrina ANGELI
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…
The Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (PNGOC) has raised an amount of K204, 080.98 for Team PNG during its recent Prime Minister’s Corporate Golf Challenge at the Royal Port Moresby Golf Club. This saw a total of fifty teams registered in support of our national athletes who will be participating in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in July. The PM’s Corporate Golf Challenge is an annual fundraiser, hosted by the Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee for Team PNG preparations towards major international games. The Golf challenge began in 1998 at the Royal Port Moresby Golf Club, and later spread to…
A month-long Joint Agency Spot Check Operation (JASCO) to check business houses in East New Britain province concluded as of last week Friday the 10th of May 2024. The JASCO was carried out by the following national agencies including: • Investment Promotion Authority (IPA) • Immigration Citizenship Authority (ICA) • PNG Custom Services • Dept. of Labor and Industrial Relations • Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) • Internal Revenue Commission (IRC) • Royal PNG Constabulary (RPNGC) • PNG Power • Bank of PNG • ENB Division of Commerce • ENB provincial health authority (ENBPHA) IPA Officer in Charge of…
Digicel PNG Foundation has given up to K50, 000 each to twenty local civil society organizations across Papua New Guinea through its Community Grants Program. The K1 million worth of grants will support the selected organizations in delivering their projects and programs in the areas of education, health, social inclusion, sustainable livelihood, and peace. Since 2019, Digicel PNG Foundation provides local non-profit organizations the opportunity to apply for grants of up to K50, 000 through its Leadership for Change Community Grants Program. The Foundation also provides a capacity building training in addition to the grant support to help organizations implement…
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…
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,…