Prime Minister James Marape has on Monday reaffirmed the capacity of Japan in upholding international standards while it rehabilitates radioactive wastewater from its destroyed Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. PM Marape said he had faith in former prime minister Yoshihide Suga and current Prime Minister Hon. Fumio Kishida as both leaders have given their assurance that Japan was doing everything in its power to maximise the safety of the wastewater and would not allow its release until safety has been confirmed based on scientific evidence. “Japan has been working on the handling of ALPS-treated water with its safety as the…
Author: Kerebi DAVID
The STEAM Fair 2023 was held recently by Kopkop students at their school here in NCD. STEAM education is a teaching approach which combines Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics, and is designed to encourage discussion and problem solving amongst students. Under the theme “Enhancing Innovative Learning through STEAM Education”, students were able to showcase a variety of projects ranging from soap-making, tie-dying, building, designing, electrification and painting. Students were put into groups and had to work together as a class to create, design and build a project relating to all that they had learned in their lessons. During the…
A peaceful protest for Taxi Drivers Safety was held on Wednesday this week in Lae Morobe province by taxi drivers after a fellow elderly taxi driver was stabbed three times and once to his neck on Monday early hours along the Cassowary Road. The taxi driver is currently in Angau Hospital fighting for his life. Mr Steven Pup, a cab driver with Irap Taxi services in an interview with PNG HAUSBUNG that he and other taxi drivers held a peaceful protest down at the Ignatius Kilage stadium where they were met by the police and presented grievance to police about…
Teachers Savings and Loan Society (TISA) after announcing a massive 9% interest bonus for its 63,000 plus members this week, said they’re well on track to becoming a commercial bank in six-seven months time. TISA Chief Executive Officer Mr Michael Koisen saaid TISA is a significant financial institution in Papua New Guinea and in the South Pacific, with ambitions to become a bank soon. “The Bank of PNG has granted TISA a Provisional License to become a bank and the Society is now working towards achieving some of the operational requirements before we open up as a bank.” Koisen elaborated…
Teachers Savings and Loans Society (TISA) has just announced an additional 2% one-off special bonus interest totaling K6.71 million to be paid to its 63, 000 plus members Yumi Accounts today. This was made known at a press conference at the TISA Haus in Port Moresby today. Chairman for TISA Mr Gabriel Tai said this additional bonus interest is to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of TISA’s operation in the country. TISA announced a 7% interest on the 25th May this year for the financial year 2022 for its members, and today Tisa further announced an additional 2% bonus interest, bringing…
With about 2,000,000 acres of virgin rainforest and height of 2,507 metres (8,225ft) above sea level, Mt Bosavi Region is setting out to become the next major carbon credit project in the country and the Pacific Region. Historically Mount Bosavi has been mostly untouched and undisturbed by the outside world for thousands of years because of the steepness of the crater walls and the terrain leading to the mountain. The collapsed cone of the extinct volcano is home to several endemic species of birds, insects, animals and plants. In recent years, the NGO group the Mt Bosavi Sustainable Agriculture Development…
About 28,000 people in Aroma Coast LLG in the Abau District in Central Province have been cut off by flood due to continues heavy down pours. Flood has damaged bridges and culverts, isolating villages between Paramana and Kelerakewa on the Aroma Coast. It is also affecting the roads towards Rigo District along Kore, Mamalo, Mole, Ganimarupu, Kiapara, Alykuni and Karawa villages too. A PMV Operator Mr Uali Makara highlighted that this has badly affected the PMV operations along the Abau and Rigo Districts too. Flood has also blocked off road going towards Rigo District from Laubakalana, the turn from Aroma…
Mt Bosavi Region has not had any established mission or government run high school in their area and for so long students often go to Nipa Kutubu District in the Southern Highlands Province to continue high school education. That’s from Mt Bosavi Sustainable Agriculture Development Inc. Chairman Mr Andrew Awabi. He told PNG HAUSBUNG that the people of Bosavi have urged the government of the day to establish a High School in Bosavi so that children can get an education close to home. “It is the cry of all the parents that their children go to school closer to home…
Sea Eagles and NSW star Tom Trbojevic has been cleared to play in Friday night’s clash against the Dolphins at 4 Pines Park. The Sea Eagles released a statement on Tuesday morning indicating they had undertaken a lengthy process, both internally and externally, into Trbojevic’s health after he was taken from the field late in Origin I at Adelaide Oval. “Our Chief Club Medical Officer, Dr Paul Bloomfield, agreed that Tom had to be removed from the field but at no point was he diagnosed with concussion,” Sea Eagles CEO Tony Mestrov said in a statement. “Furthermore, Tom does not have a…
Carbon trading, once fully operational, will be the next source of income for the Climate Change Development Authority (CCDA) as well as for the country given its potential to generate income. CCDA Managing Director, William Lakain said Carbon Trade is going to be the next biggest commodity for Papua New Guinea (PNG). Currently, there are about 1 or 2 Carbon Project operating in the country and that number is expected to grow in the coming years. Mr. Lakain stated that CCDA will make a submission to the National Executive Council (NEC) to review the Climate Change Management Act and to…