The New Ireland Provincial Government (NIPG) is shocked at the recent stunt by the Kavieng Open Member of Parliament (MP), Ian Ling- Stuckey for by-passing the District Development Authority (DDA) Act and going straight to the prime minister to endorse what he termed as a “13 in 1” Provincial Budget. In a statement refuting a recent media statement from the Office of the Prime Minister (PM), Deputy Governor and Chairman for Economics and Natural resources, Mr. Sammy Missen remarked that it was interesting to note that Mr. Stuckey has now become the media man for the PM, resulting in misconstrued…
Author: Kerebi DAVID
Papua News Guinea’s very first ever Bridal shop opens now at the Vision City Mall in Port Moresby. This new shop is a passion put into reality by two passionate Papua New Guinean women, who recognized the increased fashionable expectations by women in PNG. The new Bridal Accessories & Fabric Shop will focus on meeting the needs of every female’s challenge of picking out the perfect dress for her special day. The shop provides girls with different taste in fabric with dresses ranging for bridal party and honeymoon making every fabric package a memorable one. Part-Owner Janet Sios speaking on…
The last man standing and founding father Sir Julius Chan has expressed sadness about the current government violating the constitution. Sir Julius emphasized that he has no choice but to uphold the country’s constitution, which has been in place for the past 48 years. “I leave all the technical stuff to you, the Opposition Leader, your Deputy, and the alternate PM Allan Bird to handle them, because for the last 48 years the House of Parliament has been without any disturbance.” “The leaders who were in the house always followed the Constitution.” “In the last 6 months I have realized…
2024’s first Parliament sitting ended on a disappointing note for PNG’s Opposition when Acting Speaker of Parliament Koni Iguan announced that their notice of motion of No Confidence in the Prime Minister would not be placed on the notice paper. The Opposition labelled it as a hijack of parliament procedures, but the Prime Minister James Marape said they failed to meet the requirements and to try again next time round. The rather abrupt decision roused criticism from the Opposition side who demanded an explanation. The Opposition’s outburst at this unwelcome news was overlooked by the acting Speaker, who proceeded to…
TISA has announced that Mr John Simango has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer for the TISA Foundation, reporting to the Group CEO for TISA. Mr Simango has joined TISA from his previous post as Executive Director for Grow PNG which is a non-profit organisation that supports and progresses inclusive and sustainable agricultural programs for rural communities in Markham, Morobe Province. He has over 16 years of extensive experience in building and leading development programs with emphasis on sustainability, community empowerment and strong community partnerships. Mr Simango has held senior roles working across multiple sectors with various development…
With the ongoing issue faced by Puma Energy and its latest notice to reduce the size of its operations and fuel supply proportionate in the country, Exxon Mobil affiliates has put its hand up and has shown commitment to supply fuel to the country. For the past 102 years an ExxonMobil affiliate, Mobil Oil New Guinea Limited, has reliably supplied quality fuels and lubricants to Papua New Guinea. Chairperson and Managing Director of ExxonMobil PNG, Tera Shandro said its current fuel supply operations are normal as they primarily come from ExxonMobil’s world class refinery in Singapore. “Today, ExxonMobil and its…
Puma Energy is taking a step to reduce the size of its operations and fuel supply proportionate to the capacity of its remaining banking channels. As part of this process, Puma Energy has begun to issue termination notices to customers and will aim to negotiate contract with new terms for lower volumes. In the meantime, remaining fuel stock in PNG will be allocated to emergency services and critical infrastructure as a priority until a long term, viable solution can be put in place to return the business to its full scale. Puma Energy’s decision to reduce its business in PNG…
Former Prime Minister, and Member for Ialibu Pangia, Peter O’Neill, highlighted the series of questions he asked Prime Minister today on the floor of parliament relating to the Connect PNG Project. This was said during a brief conference today held by the Opposition. O’Neill said he tabled the Integrated Financial Management System payments totalling to almost K1.96 billion of contracts and payments made to various companies and institutions and asked PM Marape to disclose his relationship with the company owners. O’Neill expressed disappointment that PM James Marape in his usual manner had tried to deflect and avoid the question on…
The case of prominent lawyer Paul Paraka, slapped with a 20-year prison sentence by the National Court for misappropriating K162million of State monies, has been labelled as “biggest scandal in Papua New Guinea”. Former Attorney-General Kerenga Kua, who recently held the portfolio of Petroleum Minister in the Marape-Rosso Government, stated this in an exclusive interview with PNG HAUSBUNG. Paraka was sentenced on October 2023, and transported immediately to Bomana Correctional prison just after his sentence. He is the owner of one of the oldest Papua New Guinea (PNG) law firms, which at one time was the biggest and most prestige…
The eastern parts of New Ireland Province were recently hit hard by high surges of King tides around mid January this year and has caused massive destructions to villages along the coastline. New Ireland Provincial Disaster Manager Mr Terence Taisa confirmed this, stating that this is the 3rd biggest disaster to hit New Ireland Province in recent years. Mr Taisa said due to Climate change effects, Island provinces have been the most affected and New Ireland province was hit with drought, typhoon and now king tides and it is very sad because there is basically no disaster plan in place…