Enga Provincial Police Commander, Superintendent George Kakas has confirmed that the police are looking into the incident at Laiagam, where candidates contesting the open seat are seen brawling over ballot boxes on a video gone viral on social Media. Boxes were taken by the candidates themselves and PPC Kakas stated that he will be personally leading a team into the district to assess the situation. He also stated that he received reports of ballot boxes being hijacked and that 6 people were direct casualties of the fighting. “There were reports that came to me indicating that there were 6 people…
Author: Nigel-Francis MADO
Moresby South polling kicked off slowly in the Nation’s Capital, with polling for surburbs; Town, Paga and Touaguba Hill suspended from 10am in the morning to around 1pm in the afternoon yesterday, due to a dispute by a minority of scrutineers. The only female candidate contesting Moresby South, Michelle Hau’ofa, was unimpressed by the recent events that transpired last week and how the PNGEC has dealt with them. “The happenings are unfair and I hate to say this but incompetent, and polling today is disorganized,” she said. Hau’ofa added that it was a real disappointment and unfair for the people…
Polling for the residents of Touaguba Hill and Paga in Moresby South electorate ward 2 started off slowly yesterday, with polling commencing at 1pm, which left voters frustrated over the very late start. This delay was due to a minority of scrutineers, unsatisfied with certain conditions of the polling site, at the same time disputing the eligibility of former Paga Hill settlement residents. The polling crew arrived late at the polling site, thus prolonging the polling process for disgruntled civilians. Not too long after the polling booths were set up did the next round of dispute ensue. A small minority…
NCD is ready for polling. Assistant Returning Officer for the Moresby North-East, Mr. Tauna Lahui has given the assurance that the polling officials and materials are ready to be shipped out to the various polling sites at 6 am in the morning. A total of 402 gazetted ballot boxes will be distributed throughout the whole electorate. The distribution of the ballot boxes is as follows: Ward 12 will receive 120 ballot boxes, Ward 5 will receive 68 with 10 boxes of ballot papers, Ward 9 will receive 140 boxes and ward 6 will receive 75, the number of boxes will…
National Capital District police have detected two extra ballot boxes that were among other boxes in a container that was moved from the Air Transport Wing, 7 mile to Sir John Guise Stadium on the weekend. The illegal ballot boxes were found to have been added to the lot which had serial numbers that did not match up with the PNG Electoral Commissions list. National Capital District Metropolitan Superintendent, Gideon Ikumu confirmed that the ballot boxes were among those belonging to the Moresby North-West electorate that were transferred from ATS. “When the Ballot Papers were brought in, they were stored…
The City Pharmacy Group of Companies Limited and major telecommunications giant, Vodafone, today launched their Electronic Voucher Service at the Stop N Shop Central Waigani Supermarket in Port Moresby. General Manager for Marketing at the CPL Group, Mr. Kevin Alo expressed great delight, remarking that it is was a wonderful partnership in terms of launching a value added service for the customers, thanked all the major stakeholders for making the event possible. “We are here today in the name of efficiency and innovation. We are aligning our customer service to ensure that Vodafone Customers are able to officially top up…
The Office of Censorship [OC] and Media Niugini L.T.D [EMTV], today signed an agreement of co-sponsorship for the popular talent identification programme, Vocal Fusion. This will be the ninth season in the franchise and the Office of Censorship is proud to officially commit to co-sponsoring the programme. Chief Censor, Mr. Jim Abani today stated that it was an important occasion as it not only signified the signing of a co-sponsorship agreement but also a positive step to the censorship of indecent content on all platforms. The OC is adamant on Awareness & Advocacy and the TV station will boost their…
The pressure is on for the New South Wales Blues as they look to climb themselves out of a 1-0 deficit to level the series tonight when they go head to head with rookie Queensland coach Billy Slaters’ Maroons. The Maroons are 1 up against the Blues, meaning they could put the series to bed if they beat the Blues tonight. Meanwhile, here in the capital, we went around asking who would take away the spoils tonight and also by what margin. Some fans’ opinions on tonight’s games outcome;
Never has the country been united as they watched their beloved team battle it out on the pitch with a strong, powerhouse rugby league nation like Fiji. The brave Kumuls, being on the back foot in most of the stats except the score-line, made a bold statement last night bringing down giant slayers, the Fiji Bati in a master class defensive exhibition at the Campbell Town Stadium in New South Wales. All over the country, citizens young and old were saddened that veteran David Mead has moved on from representative footy but rejoiced at the outcome of his final match.…
Businessman and party leader for Future of PNG Party Dr. Sergey Mosin pledged to the residents of Air Niugini village at 6 mile in Port Moresby that he will work towards boosting job employment and improve standard of living by lifting the minimum wage should he be mandated by the people of Moresby North-East this election. Dr. Mosin said this week during his mini-rally to outline his plans for the Moresby North East Electorate. He said that in order to do this, a lot effort will be needed to address this issues. He said that even though there is still…