The Mt Bagana eruption in the Papua New Guinea autonomous region of Bougainville is starting to affect crops and there are fears it could impact sources of drinking water, according to reports. Mt Bagana, which is 1800 metres tall, began spewing out ash and lava on July 7, and the government is issuing daily updates on its response to the volcanic activity. The government said it was a mild eruption, at level three, on a five level scale. Reports from locals is that the ashfall has covered vegetation, destroyed food gardens and contaminated rivers and streams used as the primary…
Author: Kerebi DAVID
The country’s leading superannuation fund, Nasfund has partnered with one of the leading healthcare providers in the country to conduct Health Talks on Cervical and Breast Cancer Awareness in the workplace. Through this collaboration between the National Superannuation Fund Ltd (Nasfund) and Pacific International Hospital (PIH), more than seventy (70) staff of Nasfund based in both Port Moresby and the branch operations who joined in via Zoom attended the session today on Friday. Chief Dr Mathias Sapuri, an author and publisher of more than 60 books with 35 years of clinical experience conducted a comprehensive health talk, that ensured all…
The NSW Blues have saved face in front of their home fans with a 24-10 victory in Origin III at Accor Stadium. After losing the first two matches, the new-look NSW side dug deep to salvage some pride in front of 75,342 fans on Wednesday night. Blues coach Brad Fittler made a number of changes after losing the series in Game Two but they were vindicated as Cody Walker shone in his return to the Origin arena and 21-year-old debutant Bradman Best stole the show with two tries on debut. Just three minutes into the contest Best looked to open…
Central Province Governor Rufina Peter presented a cheque worth of K20, 000 to the Manumanu United Church in the Hiri-Koiari district of the Central Province early this week. The money was presented to support the church to host their thirty second (32nd) annual church council meet for the West Red Scar Circuit, which started yesterday Tuesday 11th July and will end on the 15th of July. About 96 delegates travelled in from Papa, Bogi, Lealea and other surrounding villages to be part of the 5days church council meet. Chairman of the West Red Scar Circuit Bisia Lahui in welcoming the…
A man from Western Province has voluntarily built 21 houses for people living with disabilities, widows and young people in his community. Mr Kila Garum, 50 years old is a community leader in the remote village of Drimskai in the Kiunga rural local level government (LLG) of the North Fly District in Western Province, has given up his role as the ward councillor and has instead led villagers in Drimskai in a community development project that aims to build 49 homes to accommodate everyone in his village. “These first 21 homes built were prioritized for the people with disabilities, widows,…
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed recently between the chiefs and councillors of West Mekeo and the Central Province Governor Hon. Ruffina Peter in West Mekeo over the weekend to see the start of a brand new Mekeo Veifa Road. Central Governor who was there over the weekend on Saturday thanked the people of Mekeo and Kairuku for allowing the new Mekeo Veifa Road to commence. Governor Ruffina said that there is a great task ahead for Central Province, and all must work together because times and the environment around are changing and people living along the roadside can see…
The Marshall Islands was called to honor on Saturday night that it has become only the second country in the world to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of “clean water for all.” An all-volunteer women’s organization in the Marshall Islands was credited for spearheading a five-year project to provide simple water filtration systems for home use to every family in this watery nation of low-lying coral islands. The Marshall Islands is the second, behind Liberia, to deliver on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal number six to provide clean water to every resident, said Darrel Larson, director of Sawyer…
The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog is travelling to New Zealand and Rarotonga to present their report on the Safety Review of the Advanced Liquid Processing System or ALPS-treated water at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Japan’s discharge of more than one-million tonnes of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean is expected to start imminently, following the release of the report. “As stewards of the Pacific Ocean, it is incumbent upon us to leave no stones unturned in our collective effort to leave behind for our future generations a healthy and resilient ocean,” Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) chair and…
Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso, this week opened PNG’s first Climate Proofing Provincial Wharf in Alotau, Milne Bay Province. This state-of-the-art infrastructure is a pilot project built in partnership with the Milne Bay Provincial Government, Climate Change Development Authority and the Asian Development Bank at a cost of K36 million. During the opening, DPM Rosso said it was an honor to open this great infrastructure for the people of Milne Bay. “We have stressed both in-country as well ad abroad about less rhetoric (inap lo toktok planti tumas) however we have not done enough about climate change.” “This opening here…
A District Development Authority (DDA) Watch website was recently launched by advocacy group Act NOW, for ordinary Papua New Guineans to access information and know what is happening within their respective district authorities. Act NOW Information Coordinator Ms. Cathy Tukne, who was at the forefront of establishing the DDA Watch website, explained that the website is an information hub for the public. Ms. Tukne stated that anyone with a smart phone can go to www.ddawatch.org and access the website. She said, whoever that goes on that website can type any DDA and all the 93 districts in total, excluding NCD…