For decades the people of Porebada village, just about 30minutes drive away from the nation’s capital Port Moresby city, have been without proper water supply and sanitation. The village in the Hiri West of the Central Province is home to about 10,000 plus people and it’s one of the four PNG LNG impacted villages. Boera, Papa, and Lealea being the others. Without any flowing streams, rivers or water supplies, these four villages in the PNG LNG project area have been struggling with water for decades. A long-time resident Mr. Paul Maima, who is from Simbu Province and is married to…
Author: Kerebi DAVID
A pilot program in the Northern Territory, Australia, has provided 14 childhood educators from Papua New Guinea opportunities to acquire new skills and enhance their existing qualifications. The educators have been working at early childhood centers in the regional centers of Alice Springs and Katherine through the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme’s early childhood education and care (ECEC) pilot. The ECEC pilot is part of the Australian Government’s commitment to tackling Australia’s workforce shortages in rural and regional areas, thus it also ensures workers develop long term skills and expertise that will strengthen their own domestic labor markets back…
Progress on a vital cocoa infrastructure project in North Bougainville under the Papua New Guinea Agriculture Commercialization and Diversification (PACD) Project has been welcomed by Prime Minister James Marape, reaffirming his government’s commitment to empowering rural farmers and rebuilding essential market links. The 5.8-kilometre Teobuin–Sipotavai feeder road in Tinputz, North Bougainville originally built in the 1950s by local cocoa cooperatives—is now undergoing full rehabilitation through a K6.9 million contract awarded to Raibro Construction Ltd. The project, which commenced in November 2024, is expected to be fully completed by September 2025. Funded by the Government of Papua New Guinea with support…
Prime Minister James Marape has travelled to Fiji on Saturday 21st June,2025, to attend the annual Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Leaders’ Summit. His attendance is to reaffirm Papua New Guinea’s continued leadership and commitment to Melanesian solidarity, diplomacy, and cooperation. This year’s summit, chaired by Fiji, brings together leaders from the MSG member countries— Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and the FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front of New Caledonia) — to discuss a range of shared priorities including climate action, trade, regional security, and decolonization efforts. “Papua New Guinea is a founding and senior member of…
The Investment Promotion Authority (IPA) through the Office of the Registrar of Companies is going nationwide to create awareness on the proposed changes to the Companies Act to cater for Beneficial Ownership (BO). The team was in Lae, Morobe Province and then travelled to Goroka and Mt. Hagen in the Highlands Region, whilst the awareness focus was on BO, the team also conducted awareness on its online registry system (ORS). “This program was specifically initiated to provide in-depth information and training on the ORS and awareness on the Proposed Amendments to the Companies Act 1997 on Beneficial Ownership.” This is…
President of the Porebada Besena, Mr. Judah Matt Baru has stated that the land Portion 578 at the Porebada Junction, in the Hiri West of Central Province, including the surrounding environment and sea, belongs to the people of Porebada. Before the acquisition of the Konebada Park Zone Area, (PKZA) it was formerly portion 578, however, the legal description of the entire PKZA has now changed to various portion numbers after the Konedobu Petroleum Park Authority (KPPA) was granted an Urban Development Lease in March of 2009. Sadly, the KPPA subdivided that land and new portions were created each having new legal…
The Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (PNGOC) is issuing a critical reminder to all National Federations sending athletes and teams to the Pacific Mini Games this year that all levy fees for athletes and officials must be settled by 18 June 2025. Until now, government funding remains unconfirmed and has not materialized, despite a budget being submitted in June last year and a revised budget resubmitted in February 2025. As a result of this, the PNGOC has resolved to drop sports who have made partial payments or no payments to date to ensure it operates within its limited budget to…
A total of 19 juvenile remandees participated in the second session of the Senisim PNG Transformation Table at Bomana Prison on Monday morning here in Port Moresby. PNG Tribal Foundation’s Senisim PNG National Coordinator, Phillie Marai, led her team of three facilitators and volunteers through the second value with the juvenile prisoners, aged between 14 and 18. Mrs. Marai said there are 10 good values will be discussed over 11 weeks through table sessions. Monday morning, the prisoners learned about Humility. They explored what humility is and how it applies to them reflecting on their lives, shaping their identities as…
The Commander of the National Capital District and Central Province, Benjamin Turi, welcomed Senior Inspector Ruben Giusu as the coordinator of Police Reservists in the National Capital District and Central Provinces, as per a directive from the police management. With the increasing number of complaints from the public regarding police impersonators in the command, Commander NCD/Central Benjamin Turi welcomes Mr. Giusu, who has a wealth of experience in both administration and policing duties in the police force. While welcoming him, Commander Turi also gave directives to all reservists who are currently working or not working in the command to report…
Following the declaration of the newly elected member for Central Bougainville, Mr Jimmy Miringtoro who was a former two-term MP and State Minister, Autonomous Region of Bougainville (ABG) President H.E Ishmael Toroama, MHR congratulated Mr Miringtoro for his victory. In a statement release by the ABG President, he stated that on behalf of the Autonomous Bougainville Government and the people of Bougainville, he extended his heartfelt congratulations to the Member-elect for Central Bougainville, Jimmy Miringtoro and that his return to national politics as a two-time former Member speaks to the trust and confidence that the people of Central Bougainville continue…