The people of the Abau district in the Central province continue to face challenges traveling to Port Moresby city to do business or just to visit, because their portion of the Magi Highway is in a very poor state. Mr. Ila Pat Ila’ava, a Ward 4 Council Member in the Aroma Coast Local Level Government (LLG), said that the Magi Highway portion that leads into Abau district after the Motuan Coastline, is only sealed up to Imila village and then right after the Imila bridge there is endless dirt road all the way to Kupiano station and further more to…
Author: Kerebi DAVID
The Mt. Bosavi area is notorious for a lot of crime being committed, especially against women and girls like the recent kidnapping of school girls, and the reason for that is that there is no real police presence on ground to deter crime and uphold basic law and order. Mrs. Anne Hewago, the Nipa Kutubu Women’s Council President said there is a need for police stations to be put in the area that borders three provinces; Hela, Southern Highlands and Western provinces. She said that because there is no police presence on ground, there is basically no police officers there…
The young men and women of Western Province can expect to continue their education through distance learning centers, technical colleges and universities, all thanks to the scholarship program being continuously funded through the partnership between CMCA Trust, the Ok Tedi Development Foundation (OTDF) and Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML). OTDF, in partnership with OTML and CMCA Trusts, since 2015 has provided educational opportunities to students from the Preferred Area (Oksapmin, Telefomin, Olsobip) and Western Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG). Apart from other disciplines, priority is given to health, education, and agriculture. Every year over 300 students who meet the…
Many families affected by the recent floods in the Aroma Coast of Abau District, Central Province has raised concerns and dissatisfaction on how the relief supplies were distributed to individual families as well as dissatisfaction on the amount of relief food supplies provided to them. The Ward Member for Ward 2, Mr. Ila Pat Ila’ava, said that 4 wards in the Aroma Local Level Government (LLG) that where affected have jointly expressed disappointment on how the disaster relief supplies were not equally distributed among the households. “K60, 000 was given as disaster relief fund from the district to Aroma Coast…
Prime Minister James Marape, MP, has extended an invitation to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to form a partnership with districts facing armed conflict hotspots. The objective is to mitigate armed conflicts and transform the approach to addressing and resolving issues within affected communities. During a briefing with His Excellency Georgia Georgantas, Head of Mission for the ICRC in Papua New Guinea on Monday, June 20, 2023, Prime Minister Marape extended the invitation. The Prime Minister gained insight into the ICRC’s international mandate, which focuses on assisting individuals impacted by armed conflict. Mr. Georgantas informed Prime Minister…
Without any road access, the farmers in Mt Bosavi region have been struggling to sell their produce to the outside market. Mr Andrew Awabi, Chairman for Mt Bosavi Sustainable Agriculture Development Initiative (SADI) told PNG HAUSBUNG that Mt Bosavi SADI has being carrying out Community Livelihood projects on sustainable Agriculture and development projects to the communities. As a result of much training and awareness, people of Bosavi have being doing large scale farming, both for commercial and sustainable purpose. “Sustainable farming has helped our people here but sadly the commercial crops are very hard to get out of the region…
The Prime Minister’s 2023 Corporate Golf Challenge (PMCGC) will be staged in Lae, on the 7th of July and in Port Moresby on the 22nd of September respectively. With the Golf challenge coming up soon registration is now open to field teams for the Prime Minister’s 2023 Corporate Golf Challenge (PMCGC). The Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee is now calling on organisations from both the public and private sector to register team (s) to support the annual Team PNG fundraising event. Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee Secretary General Auvita Rapilla is encouraging the business community in Lae and Port Moresby,…
Air Niugini is saddened by the untimely passing of their Chairman, Sir Kostas Constantinou, OBE. Sir Kostas who was 66 years old died on Saturday afternoon, leaving behind an indelible legacy at Air Niugini. Sir Kostas served as Chairman of Air Niugini for the last five years, until his death and during those times, Sir Kostas presided over numerous initiatives that positioned Air Niugini as a symbol of excellence and reliability in Papua New Guinea and beyond. His strategic vision, coupled with a profound understanding of ‘doing business in PNG’, steered the airlin through challenging times. Times such especially the…
Following the release of the International Atomic Energy Agency (iAEA) report and the independent analysis that it presents, Prime Minister, James Marape has extended Papua New Guinea’s consent for the controlled release of treated water from the power station that was destroyed by the tsunami that followed the 2011 Tohoku earthquake. Minister for Fisheries & Marine Resources, Jelta Wong has confirmed that the National Fisheries Authority has also reviewed the international Atomic Energy Agency (iAEA) Review of Safety Related Aspects of Handling ALPS Treated Water at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Japan. “Prime Minister and I have raised…
The Climate Change and Development Authority (CCDA) has kick started its school climate change awareness at the beginning of this month as a lead up activity towards the Second National Climate Summit which will be in September. The program targets secondary schools in the National Capital District (NCD) and Central Province and is aimed at driving awareness of climate change in schools. CCDA’s National Communication Acting Manager Erick Sarut said 22 secondary-level schools will be visited in June and July to carry out awareness about climate change. “The climate emergency is a race we are losing, but is also a…