A delegation from the World Bank is currently in the country undertaking its two-week long Eight Support Mission (ISM) for the PNG Agriculture Commercialization and Diversification (PACD) project from the 10th to the 25th of November 2024. The Mission is led by the Senior Agriculture Specialist and team leader of PACD in the country, Allan Olivier Balbal. The main objective of the mission was to review the overall implementation of the PACD project with a specific focus on the progress of the component two Agriculture Feeder Roads and Component three Productive Partnerships. The mission included visits to the National Department…
Author: Katrina ANGELI
“Quality Care for All Preterm Babies will dramatically reduce preterm deaths,” UNICEF says. UNICEF urges healthcare workers and policy makers to guarantee high-quality healthcare for all preterm babies, no matter where, when, or how they are born, and calls on the government and partners to back initiatives that make quality maternal and newborn health care accessible to everyone. On World Prematurity Day, UNICEF Papua New Guinea (PNG) joins the global community in highlighting the urgent need for high-quality healthcare for preterm babies. This year’s theme, “Over 13 million babies born too soon every year. Access to quality care everywhere!”, emphasizes…
In a strong game Saturday afternoon, the Capital Rugby Union (CRU) Boromas clawed their way to a 19-7 victory over the Morobe Rugby Union (MRU) Hammerheads in the 2024 Vodafone Cup Challenge match played at the Santos National Football Stadium in Port Moresby. The match was a fierce battle with both teams vying for dominance. The first half displayed a strong defence from both sides, however, Boromas backs, Ron Butler scored the first try. The first half ended with the halftime score, 7-0 in favour of CRU Boromas. The Hammerheads, despite their strong start, were unable to maintain their momentum…
All schools in the National Education System (NES) as well as all Provincial and National Education Authorities and agencies have been asked to familiarize themselves with the Security Features of original school certificates to differentiate the fake ones from genuine ones. Education Secretary, Dr Uke Kombra said that forging of certificates of any kind is criminal in nature and blocks the growth of all citizens internally and their international participation. “This he strongly urged that nobody should engage in such despicable acts. “I appeal to all Papua New Guineans to report anyone forging or producing fake certificates to Police, to…
Air Niugini is currently promoting its rebranded Kumul Club passenger loyalty program throughout the domestic ports, commencing with a recent roadshow that took place in Lae, Morobe Province. This is to inform members of the new look Kumul club following its rebranding from Executive Club in September and the enhanced benefits and value adds as part of the change. Air Niugini’s Manager, Destinations Loyalty Program, Henry Gelu, said that with the arrival of the airline’s new aircraft fleet now less than ten months away, it’s an exciting time for Air Niugini and with the service improvements in all areas, are…
As part of expanding its business, Jacks of PNG yet again opened a new shop in Port Moresby city. The grand opening took place at the Brian Bell Plaza in Boroko on Monday 11th of November, marking it as the latest addition to the growing business. The newly opened shop is the third shop located in Port Moresby and the sixth store nationwide with one already established in Mt Hagen, Western Highlands province, Lae, Morobe province and one in Madang province. Shop Manager of Jacks of PNG at Brian Bell Plaza, James Koma, shared excitement as he and his team…
PinBox, a global social pension tech and digital micro-pension inclusion innovation, administration and expert advisory services firm, has now collaborated with the Centre for Financial Inclusion (CEFI) in promoting mass scale voluntary subscription in micro pension and insurance products in Papua New Guinea (PNG). PinBox is already working in over half-dozen countries in Asia and Africa to support pension inclusion for non-salaried informal sector workers. This partnership signed through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between both organizations will run for three years where both parties will work together to promote the products through guidelines set out in the MoU. The…
Policewomen and wives of policemen as well as daughters from the National Captial District (NCD) and Central Provincial Commands, will now be privileged to do free breast cancer checkups that will be provided by the Chinese embassy here in Port Moresby city. This is an initiative from the new commander of NCD and Central Province, Chief Superintendent Benjamin Turi. Commander Turi, who resumed his duties this week, organized the medical team who visited his office at Boroko to negotiate how best to help the policewomen, the policemen’s wives, and their daughters learn the status of this deadly disease. Turi said…
Prime Minister (PM) James Marape recently opened a two-day forum on Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) in Port Moresby on Monday night this week, describing it as a milestone achievement aimed at empowering Papua New Guineans to participate in the country’s economy. The multi-million kina ‘Improved TVET for Employment’ project is co-funded by three partners including Australian Government, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and PNG Government, and is being implemented by the Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology through ten TVET colleges in different parts of the country. While thanking the two co-sponsors of the project, PM Marape…
Kina Bank has recently donated K20, 000 to the National St John Ambulance (NStJA) service to support the training of ambulance staff at the National Ambulance Education college in Port Moresby city. The donation was made by the bank’s Business Banking team who raised the funds themselves as part of their community initiative. NStJA Chief Executive Commissioner, Matt Canon, expressed the National St John Ambulance Council’s gratitude for Kina Bank’s donation and expressed his thanks to this grant in which they were able to acquire essential training equipment for their new ambulance education center. “This equipment is instrumental in training…