With much disagreement thrown on the floor of Parliament this afternoon, from both the Government and the Opposition sides respectively, the Speaker of Parliament and Chairman of the Private Business Committee, Job Pomat said, out of the 5 technical requirements for a motion of a Vote of No Confidence, another error was found on the notice number 4 of the Alternate Government’s VoNC. He said, the defect in number 5 of the technical requirements was due to submission of names which was written with the last names of the candidate put first instead of the candidate’s first names. The Opposition…
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Prime Minister James Marape said, the main issue regarding Bougainville’s Independence is how to adhere fully to the 2001 Bougainville Peace Agreement (BPA) and the Papua New Guinea Constitution. PM Marape made this statement in Parliament during a debate on Bougainville, which saw active participation from both sides of the house. He emphasized that Parliament will decide on Bougainville’s independence in accordance with the PNG constitution. He urged Bougainvilleans to consider the PNG perspective and for Papua New Guineas to understand the Bougainville perspective, emphasizing unity as the Christians and Melanesians. “This will allow us to find a common ground…
Minister for Bougainville Affairs Manaseh Makiba said, the issue that is facing the country and its parliament is the procedure in is which the Bougainville referendum result would be brought into the house to make a final decision for the political settlement for Bougainville. This is in response to Central Bougainville member Simon Dumarinu on the status of the Bougainville Referendum with a result of 97.7% votes. Minister Makiba said, in the last consultation that took place in POM last year, the Era Kone agreement was reached between the 2 governments and the referendum results should have been brought in…
With a total number of 6 seats still vacant in Parliament, Member for Finschhafen Rainbo Paita called on the government to give an update and when funding would be made available for the Local Level Government By-Elections to take place. “We live in a country with many challenges, and these are unprecedented times and it will continue to do so ahead,” said Paita. He said, in an event when disaster strikes, the first person to stand and support its people are the mandated leaders, but at this time, there are currently a couple of seats that are still vacant, and…
With the first Parliament session underway, Provincial Member for Oro Province Garry JUFFA raised several questions on the floor of parliament if there are any plans in place for the government to take and respond in a swift manner to help the people when disaster strikes. Juffa said, the current disaster laws and response protocols are outdated and asked if the national government have plans to assist provinces in building provincial disaster management centers in our province. Defence Minister Dr. Billy Joseph in response said, critical disaster emergency departments are not in one place which makes work difficult. “The first…
Preparations are coming along well for students attending Wesley Secondary School in the Esa’ala District in the Milne Bay Province. School Principal Mr. Davanai Robia said, out of the 80, 015 grade 10 students nationwide, a total of 214 grd10 students from Wesley Secondary School are confirmed to sit for the National Written Expression Examination on Thursday 6th June 2024. He said, all through this term, their teachers have been conducting remedial classes with the students. “Our teachers have been doing remedial with our grade 10 students and I believe our students will do well.” “Everything is in order, and…
Prime Minister James Marape says one of his government’s priorities over the last five years has been health, resulting in the sector achieving some major milestones. Among these achievements is the development of new health infrastructure such as the rebuilding of Wewak’s Boram Hospital, a state-of-the-art facility funded by the Government at a cost of K200 million. The government also completed the new Enga Provincial Hospital in Wabag, Enga Province, as well as the Angau Memorial Hospital Redevelopment with the help of the Australian Government. The Prime Minister noted these achievements in a five-year anniversary report of his government’s accomplishments…
Unfortunately for Papua New Guinea, overseas news speculations regarding PNG to become the 18th NRL team are false. PNG NRL BID Chief Executive Officer Andrew Hill in an interview with PNG HAUSBUNG today clarified that they have not received any word or confirmation from the Australian Government to be the 18th NRL team and the media speculations that came from overseas during the week were premature. “We have not received confirmation yet, but I can say is that we are working really close with both the Australian and PNG Government and the NRL nearly on a daily basis on all…
Prime Minister James Marape is confident after the first week of parliament sitting with a secured number of 77 parliament members. PM Marape said the country witnessed the stability of the government by passing the bill to restructure the Judiciary and came in today and presented the government’s 5-year achievement report on the floor of Parliament. Marape urged citizens not to get caught up in the political play even as the opposition has the right to contest, the public, businesses and the people of PNG must continue to carry on with their normal operations. “Don’t get caught up in this…
Through the PNG Defence department and the Disaster office, Prime Minister James Marape mentioned in Parliament that they have sent out K250, 000 for food and relief supplies. Both the departments are currently on ground with the PNGDF, the Australian Defence Force and the New Zealand DF to carry out assessment reports from the Enga Provincial Administration and recovery efforts in Yambali village in the Mulitaka LLG of Enga Province. “The food and relief supplies are being distributed as I speak. And there’s a complete cut off of the road that leads into the Pogera mine that’s been in production.”…