With the Eastern Highlands Provincial Administration corporate plan to be completed soon, the administration have upped the ante to get the ball rolling with a 5 year development plan that they hope to achieve in the coming years. Acting Provincial Administrator, Ipa’e Maniha said this is where they are at right now and their main intention is to mainly focus on growing the provincial economy. “I want to ensure that there is a safe and secure environment which will empower the people of EHP to live sustainable lives.” Maniha said in order for them to be spot on with their…
Author: Nigel-Francis MADO
The Private Companies Netball Competition (PCNC) resume with its round two of matches this year after a two months break period. PCNC President Julie Mai said with only two more games to be concluded, there is much anticipation as to who will come out champions this season. The competition itself started with over a hundred teams and 6 divisions. “We have two more games to go today, that will close of the 2nd round and then we can commence to the finals.” With the two teams omitted from the last round, 100 teams will be battling for a space in…
In order to enhance policing services in the East Sepik Province, Provincial Police Commander, Chris Tamari has made his intentions known that he will be working closely with various stakeholders in the province to tackle cross-cutting issues pertaining to the effectiveness of the police. This is part of the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary’s goals, in which the 6th goal is partnership. “I want to partner with the District administration, business houses, Churches, NGO’s not only in the provincial capital but also the other districts as well.” Tamari spoke about improving the standard of the policing services to effectively combat…
East Sepik Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Superintendent Christopher Tamari, following the visit of Australian Prime Minister (PM) Anthony Albanese, said he is happy and satisfied with his men and women for their tremendous effort put in to welcome the Australian delegation and the provision of security during the visit. An exhausted but satisfied PPC upon recapping the events of the visit, said all went well and he is proud of the security profile set up by his officers. “I am pretty much, to be honest, pleased with the general outcome of the visit and we were an hour ahead of…
A rising star in the making, 14 year old Jerred Giaut is no stranger around the Madang Golf Country Club and at the same time, the Giaut is no pushover come time to tee off on the Golf Course. Jerred is the last of 5 siblings born into a family of golfers, meaning his whole life growing up was all about golf. He joined the Club in Madang around 2017 but it wasn’t until later on when he really put himself into the sport. “I joined in 2017 and then left and started playing around 2020.” The young man said…
The plans for policing in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville have been finalized and after a meeting between the senior members of the Bougainville Police Service (BPS) and those of the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC), they will be endorsed. Deputy Commander of the BPS, Chief Superintendent Naua Vanuawaru said that they will be put under review and they are in the process of cementing their plans. “So, we have our plans on how policing in the Autonomous Region, we will be having a meeting on Monday to discuss on it and then have it endorsed.” He added that…
The people should give themselves a pat on the back after a very quiet and peaceful festive season last month. Reporting back to the Commissioner of Police on the outcome of the festive period operations, Deputy Commissioner Joanne Clarkson stated that all throughout the country, this was one of the quietest in many years. “As reported on the Media we had one of the quietest Christmas and New Years for quite a while and so I think that was an indication of our people owning and making a decision and a choice on celebrating the Christmas and New Year period…
After a much needed break over the festive period, Commissioner of Police David Manning has retaken the helm of the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) and is ready to steer the force into a brighter future. The Commissioner outlined 3 key areas the RPNGC’s plans moving forward into the year, adding that 2023 will be a very busy year for the force. These include; Growing and improving the RPNGC, Building a safer Papua New Guinea and Strengthening Partnership in Governance and Accountability. He said these areas have been an ongoing challenges for the force and they are very much…
With help from the Mt. Hagen City Commission, who donated a set of 6 tents to the Mt. Hagen Police last year for the Festive operations, these tents will be put to continued use to run the Mobile Police Station Initiative that was put into effect during last month. Western Highlands Provincial Police Commander, Superintendent John Sagom thanked the city commission for their support, saying this enables them to enhance their coverage of the city and its populace. “Everyday its going to be a daily thing where we will set up all the mobile police stations. We have already started…
Political Parties executives from around the country were all ecstatic as the annual Political Party Fund presentation saw 20 of the country’s major Political parties receive their funds that will go toward funding their programs for this year. Acting Registrar of Political Parties, Emmanuel Pok said that this would not have occurred, had they not pushed for it and thanked the executives of all parties for their patience on the matter. So far the amount budgeted for the parties was K283, 000. Pok stated that even though the budget for Office was cut significantly, they were able to pay out…