Today marked the final day of the 2023 Papua New Guinea Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange. The joint exercise, co-hosted by USA and PNG at the request of the government of PNG, built on the capabilities of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force and National Disaster Center to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a disaster. Working together hand-in-hand, experts from Papua New Guinea, the United States, and the United Nations used a scenario-based table-top exercise to evaluate and implement the national disaster response framework. Major General Reginald Neal, Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Army Pacific arrived in…
Author: Kerebi DAVID
At the invitation of the Government of Papua New Guinea, the Papua New Guinea Defence Force and the U.S. Army co-hosted a Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange (DREE) in Port Moresby June 26 – 30 to share best practices on disaster response with key stakeholders across PNG. Disasters can strike unexpectedly, causing significant damage to communities, infrastructure, and human lives. In the face of such challenges, a well-prepared and knowledgeable response is critical to recovery. Recognizing the need for comprehensive disaster response preparation, the PNGDF and U.S. Army Pacific curated a five-day seminar that brings together academics, community leaders, and…
“Kidnapping is not our culture or tradition.” “They kidnapped, held these helpless girls as captives and hostages and then raped them, used sexual violence as weapon and then they ask for ransom again, K40,000 and 10 pigs.” That is from Ms Ruth J Kissam, Chair for Advance PNG –Women Leaders Network. Kissam in a conference this week expressed disappointment and grievance on the recent kidnapping of the 17 girls in Mt Bosavi. She described the ordeal as an act of animal by men who are sick in their heads. Ms Kissam further told PNG HAUSBUNG that amongst the 17 hostages…
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…
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,…