Acting NCD/Central Division Commander, ACP Peter Guinness has released details of incident that had occurred on the 10th of January, now infamously known as Black Wednesday. The Commander stated that although this may be the facts ascertained by police at the time there are still investigations going on to determine whether they have missed anything. According to police reports, 6 people were shot and Killed at the Wayback trading in Sabama while the remains of 3 others were found in the burnt down ruins. “We can now confirm that 3 people were burnt to death in the fire that engulfed…
Author: Nigel-Francis MADO
In response to questions raised by the Ombudsman Commission on the recently established Ministry of Key Constitutional Offices, Prime Minister James Marape has asserted that the ministry, initially introduced during a Cabinet reshuffle last Thursday, will now be officially designated as the Ministry for Administrative Services. This comes after the OC had written a joint letter to the Prime Minister, questioning the legality of the creation of the Ministry. Marape reassured that the Ombudsman Commission’s role and responsibilities will not be diluted or compromised, drawing parallels to previous administrative structures. “In the past, ministers have assisted the Prime Minister in…
Reinstated Foreign Affairs Minister, Justin Tkatchenko has outlined that the ministry will be looking to work with international partners and heads of overseas missions to enable the regular flow of information for transparency. Minister Tkatchenko, whilst speaking a gathering with representatives of overseas missions reiterated that more information was needed to be shared with government departments and its international partners. This is in response to a question by UN Resident Coordinator, Richard Howard, regarding the lack of a coordinated security focal point from government. While commending the Minister on the briefing initiative with the international partners, Howard requested for a…
In a move to ensure government stability and ensure accountability, the Prime Minister James Marape has announced a major cabinet reshuffle, announcing 6 new Ministers will be joining the government caucus and a major facelift to government ministries. The reshuffle, according to the Prime Minister, is to strengthen government capacity to deliver their plans outlined in the 2024 budget and represents the coalition between the Pangu led Government and other major parties. The Marape-Rosso Government Ministerial reshuffle sees Koroba-Kopiago MP, William Bando take over the reins from former Minister, Joe Kuli to become the Coffee Minister, Nipa-Kutubu MP Dr William…
Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey has announced that he has officially received for endorsement a ‘record’ K761,186,600 budget for the Autonomous Region of Bougainville Government [ABG]. This budget was passed by the ABG in December last year and was received this week by the treasurer. Ling-Stuckey stated that in forwarding the ABG Budget to himself, Robin Wilson, who is Minister for Treasury and Finance in the ABG, thanked the national government for their strong level of support for Bougainville and its people. “In the budget presented, additional to these national funds, Bougainville has internal revenue of K50,724,000.” “Good progress is being made…
Thursday morning at dawn, Correctional Services of Papua New Guinea (CS) marked the 23rd annual parade in commemoration of the fallen CS Servicemen, who gave their lives in the service of their country. Correctional Services Commissioner, Stephen Pokanis in his address stated that the parade this morning was to honour those CS personnel who lost their lives during the Bougainville Crises, working together with Police and PNGDF officers and the government at that time during the initial start of the civil war in 1989. While there were a number of incidents that led to casualties from the CS, the commissioner…
The Marape Rosso government has pledged to assist businesses affected by the events of last week Wednesday during the unrest. Prime Minister James Marape said the government is currently putting together an assistance package that should assist business houses affected by the unrest to get back on their feet. He said the government has sufficient funding in this year’s budget allocation to cater for them. “For instance the K200 million for SME intervention, the K150 for state equity interventions.” The Prime Minister stated that this is all in over K300million in this year’s budget which he believes will be able…
Police in East New Britain have advised that major suspects in the lotting incident have been identified and police will be moving forward to conduct arrests. This is following the unrest in the province, which caused widespread panic and chaos and led to the looting of shops within major towns, ENB Provincial Police Commander, Chief Inspector Felix Nebanat confirmed to PNG HAUSBUNG that police will now be looking to apprehend the suspects that orchestrated the looting. “The investigations over the looting of how many shops that were done at this that were conducted by the Criminal Investigation Division [CID] of…
The Controller of the 14 Day State of Emergency, Acting Police Commissioner Donald Yamasombi has released amendments to the SoE Measures which are now in full effect. The Controller by virtue of the powers conferred in sect. 228 of the Constitution, revoking the first copy of the security measures and shedding more light into what measures will be taken in the remainder of the SoE. The amendment will see a complete ban on public gatherings, including street vending but excluding religious gatherings and Funerals or Haus Krais. This also gives power to the Papua New Guinea Defense Force Personnel who,…
A state of emergency call centre has been set up to cater for the 14-day SoE. This was recently announced by Acting Commissioner of Police and SoE Controller, Donald Yamasombi. The Call Centre will operate out of Morauta Haus. The Acting Commissioner stated that the set up of the SOE Call Centre was to ensure that any complaints during this time relating to the recovery of stolen items or report an SOE-related concern or crime. “We will have eight lines dedicated to the public on a 24-hour basis until January 26th, 2024, to assist the people with their queries. Staff…