Police in the city of Port Moresby continue to make good use of social media to help them effectively police the communities in the nation’s capital. National Capital District (NCD) Metropolitan Superintendent, Silva Sika said the reason that police have been able to effectively attend to incidents in the past few months, was due to successfully use of social media to their advantage. Although working with limited resources, Sika said social media has been a very good tool for police as they work to curb crime in the city. “It comes back to our network and our communication,” said the…
Author: Nigel-Francis MADO
Police in the Moresby South electorate of the National Capital District (NCD) now have no excuse to not attend to incidents, thanks to the huge boost to their logistical capability with 7 brand new vehicles, procured by the Moresby South District Development Authority (DDA) and co-funded by the National Capital District Commission (NCDC). All vehicles were purchased at a total cost of K1million and were officially received by the NCD Metropolitan Superintendent, Silva Sika at the Moresby South Stadium yesterday, Saturday 17th June. The Met. Supt. stated that it was a very significant occasion for the people of Moresby South…
The Enga Provincial Police Commander (PPC), Superintendent George Kakas has spoken up about the recent media coverage of the Wapanamanda Area, stating that the reports that were circulated on media on Tuesday raised concerns about how the incident was reported. PPC Kakas stated that although he appreciated the media’s effort to report and disseminate information for wider consumption and criticism by the general public, he stressed that information that goes out must be facts. “I’m a bit concerned. On Wednesday, there was a newspaper front page article that came out quoting me and stating that I was undermanned, I needed…
It was the multi-award winning Daniel Bilip who capped off an eventful 18th YUMIFM PNG MUSIC AWARDS night with hits from the past two years that kept the crowd at the Lamana Gold Club on their feet for the whole night. Performing his hits it seemed as if no one wanted to go home. The Awards night, proudly brought to the Lamana Gold club by platinum sponsor, Coca Cola and Gold Sponsor, Vodafone, brought the Gold club to life, with spectacular performances from the likes of Kronos, Jahran, Jnr Viginuts and others. Kicking of the awards and paying homage to…
Sheii and Danielle have both walked away with Awards this evening on the 18th Yumi FM PNG Music Awards with being female artists of the year 2021 & 2022 respectively. Danielle fought back tears when she took the stage to receive her award for female artist of 2021. She said she was proud of her achievement but gave all credit to her father and her people. Speaking fondly of her father, the young lady stated that although they may have had their differences, she was proud of how far she has come and hoped that this would make her father…
Taking out the Justin Kili Awards for 2021, Richard Mogu was overwhelmed by the support received when his name was called to received the award. In his speech, Mogu thanked the people that voted him to take the award, and also paid homage to his predecessors, namely members of the infamous Sanguma Band and also the tambaran culture. He said he is grateful to be recognized and hopes that PNG will do more to contribute to the development and sustainability of the music industry. Meanwhile, Justin Kili award for 2022 went to Ben Hakalitz for his contribution to the music…
The Prime Minister James Marape announced that the Ship Rider Agreement signed with the United States will address some of the challenges faced in the security of our land and Maritime borders. Marape said this before parliament this week stating the Country for quite some time has been facing challenges in terms of the policing of our borders, which has caused significant damage to the economic aspirations the country would like to achieve. “We must deal with illegal and unreported fishing.” “We have transnational trading of illicit substances, including drug trafficking that compromises our borders.” PM Marape added that the…
Prime Minister James Marape has announced that the Medium Term Development Plan No.4 and a full census will be conducted next year. This is following questions raised by Alotau MP, Ricky Morris on clarification of the 4th Medium Term Development plan and the when the census would commence. The Prime Minister announced that they have budgeted K50million for the census to start for which he urged the whole country should participate in. PM Marape commended both the Minister and Vice Minister for National Planning on their efforts in putting together the MTDP #4. “They worked to ensure that this plan…
“The signing of PNG-US Defence Cooperation Agreement document can be seen as a win for the people of PNG and in the interest of the nation.” Prime Minister James Marape declared that this week before National Parliament. PM Marape tabled the much-anticipated DCA whilst acknowledging the interest of the country, following much concern raised regarding the document and any possibility of infringement of the Constitution. The Prime Minister stated that the United States has always been a strategic development partner of the choice in all aspects of bilateral ties, as they share similar interests with the country. “We share significant…
Sooner or later, NID’S will become mandatory for job seekers. Minister for Internal Security, Peter Tsiamalili Jnr said this following queries about why Job seekers around the country have been ask to present a NIDs as a valid form of identification. Member for Maprik, Gabriel Kapris raised this concern, referencing reports from the recent police recruitment drive of many youth being turned away due to having no form of NID Identification. Kapris mentioned that the NID cards that the young people were asked to provide, especially in the rural areas are very hard to come by given the lengthy processing…