The University of Papua New Guinea will host the much-anticipated panel discussion on the rising issues affecting the country today Wednesday 5th of April at the UPNG main campus New Lecture Theater. The program will start today at 3pm to 6pm. UPNG SRC President Luther Kising said, the Prime Minister James Marape and the Opposition leader Joseph Lelang have approved to be on the hot seats for the panel discussion. They already have the SRC presidents from the other universities on ground which includes the University of Technology, Divine Word University, Western Pacific University, University of Goroka, Institute of Business…
Author: Paula David
“It is important for the 22 provinces in Papua New Guinea to have a Provincial Climate Change Committee within the respective provinces. This is from a team from the Climate Change and Development Authority who recently visited the Gulf Province to discuss with the Provincial Administration a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the establishment of Provincial Climate Change Office and Committee. That’s according to CCDA national communication officer Ms Jacinta Kull. Ms Kull said the purpose of the visit was to strengthen the establishment of the Provincial Climate Change Office in the Provincial Administration, support the Gulf Provincial Climate Change Committee’s…
Students from Kerema Coronation Secondary and Malalaua Provincial High School were privileged to learn more about climate change from officers from Climate Change and Development Authority (CCDA) who carried out awareness on Climate Change on the 29th and 30th of March 2023. The awareness carried out was on the Science of Climate Change and the nine (9) priority areas for adaption. National Communication Officer from CCDA Pricilla Pep explained the Science of Climate Change in saying that Climate Change wasreferred to an increase in the average global temperatures, natural events and human actives which are believed to be contributing to…
The Member for Namatanai and Minister for Transport and Civil Aviation, Walter Schnaubelt, has concluded a weeklong electoral visit in his electorate with the grand opening of the Halis Primary School’s new 6-in-1 model classroom building on Friday, March 31st. The school with a vivid history dating back almost 114 years to the time of early missionaries, is located few kilometers outside of Namatanai town in the New Ireland province and sits beautifully on a plateau overlooking the Namatanai Harbour in ward 12 of the Namatanai Local Level Government (LLG). As a United Church agency school, it is one of…
Several Executive Management staff of the National Gaming Control Board (NGCB) recently attended the Regulating the Game Conference in Sydney, Australia with the aim to upskill and broaden their knowledge. NGCB Chief Executive Officer Ms. Imelda Agon said this was part of upskilling the Executive Management of the NGCB. The decision to send these officers came about after she and her two other staff members attended the same conference for the first time last year and decided that the management team should attend this year. “As a regulatory body, we are committed to staying at the forefront of the gaming…
The National Netball team, the PNG Pepes team is on the road to attend the 3rd Pacific Netball Series (PNS) in Gold Coast, Australia. The Board of PNG Netball endorsed a team comprising of youth and experience. All these girls, both in Port Moresby and Brisbane have been consistently playing good competitions and featured netballers in their domestic clubs. Inclusion of more Brisbane based players instills confidence for a promising campaign in the series. The original long list of players went through a very stringent selection process. They were assessed on their Technical Skill, Tactical and Game Sense including Fitness…
With regards to a circular circulating on social media about the protest set for the 30th of March, the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) has made it clear that they will not take part in any sort of protest. UPNG SRC President Luther Kising said, the public is aware of the matter and many people are expecting UPNG and other tertiary institutions to step in and protest regarding the matters that are affecting the country but they have no intentions to take part in any protest this week. “The UPNG SRC made a consideration and decided not to participate…
In recognition to World Surveyor’s Day held on the 21st of March, students and staff from the Papua New Guinea University of Technology (PNG UOT) in Lae marked the importance of a surveyor, their job, and the work field. UOT Lecturer, Surveying Section Head Mr. Navua Allen Kapi said the day signifies how surveyors contribute to the development of this nation. “Most of the development takes place on the surveyor’s contribution.” “Surveyors play an important role especially in rural areas to collect data, mainly in road constructions, building boundary definitions which are then assembled and then sent over to the…
As part of its major clean up exercise, Police in the city of Mt Hagen in the Western Highlands Province, have removed a major illegal wholesale and retail betel nut market at Suara next to the Mount Hagen main market. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Superintendent John Sagom said the clean-up was to maintain cleanliness within the city and to avoid petty crimes. He sounded a warning to city residents that police would not tolerate any illegal markets within the city. He said police have issued warnings numerous times, but people are deliberately being ignorant and disrespecting the city laws. He…
It wasn’t a good hunt yesterday afternoon at the Santos National Football Stadium (NFS) for the SP PNG Hunters, the Hunters boys put up a very tough fight against the tigers from Brisbane but fell short of just two points. With a home crowd advantage, the Hunters scored in the first 5th minute putting them in the lead, but the Brisbane Tigers hit back with a 4-pointer in the 13th minute and soon after, the Hunters retaliated with fullback Morea Morea crossing over the line with another two more ties for the Hunters. But the Tigers hit back with another…