The Governor General, Sir Bob Dadae has issued a statement late this evening declaring Monday the 22nd of this month a Public Holiday in the National Capital District. Acting upon advice from the Prime Minister, James Marape, this is to mark the occasion of the Visit of the international delegates who will be arriving in the country. This is in an official gazette, the Governor General, conferring with section 149 of the constitution and section 5 of the Public Holidays Act [Chapter 321]. These delegates include the President of the United States, Joe Biden, Prime Minister of India, Nahendra Modi…
Author: Nigel-Francis MADO
The Opposition Leader and Member for Kandrian-Gloucester, Joseph Lelang has welcomed the news of Moresby South MP, Justin Tkatchenko stepping aside from the position of Foreign Minister, however he along with the Opposition believe that this is not enough. In a statement released this week, the opposition leader stated that he will be making a submission to the Citizenship committee to determine the status of the disgraced MP and for him to be deported. “Nothing less than that is acceptable.” “Tkatchenko, who is a naturalized citizen must be dealt with for his insulting, derogatory, racist, and offensive comments describing the…
City Pharmacy Limited Group of Companies Chief Executive officer, Navin Raju has called on the Government and Provincial Authorities to establish a more effective consultation process with local business houses before making decisions that impact businesses. In a statement released yesterday, Raju stated that the sudden announcement of public holidays or liquor trading restrictions made without proper consultation can have adverse economic consequences. “These decisions often result in significant losses for businesses, yet there seems to be little consideration given to their impact.” He added that while they understand the rationale behind these decisions, it is crucial that businesses are…
As Port Moresby gets ready to welcome both the leaders of the United States of America and India, the Minister for Internal Security, Peter Tsiamlili Jnr has stated that they are taking all measures necessary to ensure their safety and security. In a security brief, he announced that they are pleased that the joint forces from the police, military and other security agencies will be stepping up their efforts to monitor the city by foot, air and sea. “We are proud to have the CIA, FBI, and Indian Intelligence collaborating with our Joint Task Force Intelligence to ensure that our…
Police in Milne Bay province have recently discovered the body of a young man off the coast of Alotau and are now carrying out investigations to ascertain the facts behind this. Provincial Police Commander, Chief Inspector Ben Kua stated that the body was discovered on the 10th of this month at sea. “Last week around 5pm on Wednesday, the body was discovered.” “A male adult from Esa’ala-Ferguson [Name withheld] floating at sea off the main wharf in town.” The PPC added that police found that the man had stab wounds found all over his body. Due to the deteriorating status…
The Western Provincial Education Division has advised that they have yet to receive their 2nd quarter GTFS although the Government has advised that the funds have already been handed over to the Education Department. Principle Advisor of Education for Western Province, Charlie Guya said that they were advised that the funds were in the hands of the Education department but they have yet to be disbursed throughout the country. “As far as I know, the last update on Friday after calling the department, they are saying the funds are already with the Department, but we have not received that in…
Students attending the Morehead High School and another high school in Western Province will now have their education disrupted after their school administrations were advised by the Provincial Education Board (PEB) to partially close down due to funding issues. The Principle Advisor of Education for Western Province, Mr. Charlie Guya said he has advised the schools to suspend classes as there are no funds for the schools to continue operating this term. “Schools have no money! I have two high schools that are now looking at suspension of classes because they have no money. They have managed to run the…
The University Piggies bounced back from a disappointing loss last week to the Credit Corporation Harlequins, to pull off a well-deserved victory after defeating the MMB Marlins 35-7 on Saturday 13th May at the Bava Park, Port Moresby. The game seemed to hang in the balance for the first quarter of play, but that turned sideways for the Marlins following a penalty and the sin-binning of inside centre, Kana Martin. For what felt like an eternity, the Piggies assaulted the Marlins defense until flanker Andrew Ken crossed over the try line after shifting play from the western touchline. Piggies Fly-Half,…
The Kumul Petroleum Barramundis have been training for the last 3 weeks but this Thursday was the first opportunity they had to train with newly appointed Coaching consultant, Justin Staines, who will assist Caretaker Coach, John Ovia as they gear up for the ICC T20 World Cup qualifiers. Barras Capitan, Assad Vala stated that today is the first skills session that they had with Staines, adding that this was just to analyse where the team is at and how they can better themselves. “Justin is going to be helping us out for the next week or so. It’s good having…
“We are not Primitives! Justin must be sacked!” This was the chant at around midday today from concerned citizens and University students who took offense to the derogatory remarks made by Foreign Minister, Justin Tkatchenko in defence of daughter, Savannah over the TikTok video circulating online and public backlash. A small crowd gathered at the University of Papua New Guinea to voice their frustration and proceeded to march towards the Office of the Prime Minister when stopped by the Police in front of the Somare Institute of Leadership and Governance. Other concerned citizens chimed in and it wasn’t before long…