On Wednesday afternoon PNG Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA PNG) issued a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) closing both Lae/Nadzab airport and Kiunga Airport to all flights due to regulatory issues, effective midnight on Wednesday. Consequently Air Niugini has suspended all flights to both Lae/Nadzab airport and Kiunga Airport. CASA PNG is presently working with National Airports Corporation (NAC) to address these issues. Air Niugini will resume services as soon as the airports are reopened by CASA PNG, but is presently uncertain when this will be. We will advise as soon as we are aware of when we are allowed to…
Author: PNG Haus Bung
Prime Minister James Marape says “The story of our country is not bad” as many make it out to be. He said this yesterday (August 31 2022) when welcoming the 2022 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) presented by Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey which highlighted the fact that the Papua New Guinea economy was on the rebound. PM Marape predicted that by 2027, the Budget would be in surplus, and by the mid-2030s PNG would have paid off all its total sovereign debt on its way to becoming a K200 billion economy. Among the good news for PNG: • The latest…
GoFood (PNG) Mobile App is an online order and food delivery service that began operations in 2016, being the first to market to offer an “Uber-Eats” experience in Port Moresby, with Eftpos payment at point of delivery. Today the customer’s experience has been enhanced with the recent launch of GoFood (PNG) Mobile App, from organising pizza from Mr Mikes Pizza, pasta from Lamana, curry with basmati rice from The Cellar, Burgers from Dirty Kitchen and soup from Yummy Kitchen is now so easy and at your fingertips with the GoFood Mobile App. Customers can pay immediately via the app and…
NCDC will ban open fire cooking and the selling of home bottled drinks in public places for health reasons. City Manager Ravu Frank made this known in a public notice which effectively gives notice of the ban after 30 days of awareness. “We are placing a ban on these activities in high consideration of the health of the city residents. “Some people may consider these activities for their convenience but the bottom line is they are doing more harm than good for their fellow residents and in the process violating the Public Health (Sanitation & General) Regulation, the Food Sanitation…
Effective action against corruption is essential for economic growth and it should be the number one priority for the new Marape government says community advocacy organisation ACT NOW! Recent findings published by the National Research Institute has reaffirmed the importance of good governance and the rule of law in attracting new investment, increasing employment opportunities and boosting government revenues. The findings reinforce earlier research published by ACT NOW that showed how just a one-point improvement in PNG’s corruption score could boost the economy by K10 billion a year or 14%. That would be equivalent to over K1,200 for every woman,…
Dr Henry Ivarature from Papua New Guinea has been appointed Deputy Director of the Australia Pacific Security College at The Australian National University. He brings over 30 years of experience from working in the Pacific to the APSC and will lead our strategic engagement. He has extensive program management experience at country, regional, and international levels. He has been involved in large-scale socio-economic and infrastructure development programs with the Papua New Guinea Sustainable Development Program in PNG’s Western Province, good governance initiatives under the Pacific Plan with the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in Fiji, and a DFAT-funded program on public…
The Conservation and Environment Protection Authority through its sustainable Marine Environment Division is currently conducting a 1- week Market survey, EAFM training and awareness program on Daru Island with provincial fisheries officers and representatives from the treaty villages in South Fly including Bula, Jarai, Mari, Tais, Buzi-Ber-Sigabaduru, Mabadauan-Mawatta-Tureture, Katatai-Kadawa, and Parama. This Creel and Market Survey is to collect data to assess the status of the marine resource being fished in the South Fly and estimate fishers´ catch and effort. It is also aimed to find out if endangered species are being traded and sold, and to inform management options…
UNFPA kicks off a two-day youth dialogue in Alotau today, the latest in a series of engagements in Milne Bay in support of youth engagement in the province. The dialogue is being completed in partnership with Milne Bay Provincial Health Authority. UNFPA Young Ambassador, Bronwyn Kili, met with Milne Bay Provincial Administrator, Mr. Ashan Numa ahead of the two-day dialogue with youth networks and advocates. Mr Numa thanked UNFPA for the opportunity that this dialogue has given to youth voices in the province. “It is through such dialogues that our youths are given prominence and they have the opportunity to…
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the National Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection Authority (NAQIA), recently hosted the African Swine Fever Stock Inspectors’ Practical field training in Port Moresby. Twenty-one Livestock officers from various provinces throughout Papua New Guinea attended this three-day practical training. The training was opened on Monday 22 August 2022, by the FAO Papua New Guinea Head of Office, Mr. Bir C Mandal, who stated that “This training will further capacitate the provincial officers with the practical knowledge on animal handling and sampling skills which is needed for reporting ASF disease…
Former Kiwis rugby league halfback Benji Marshall has been made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit by Governor-General of New Zealand, Her Excellency The Rt Hon Dame Cindy Kiro. Marshall was awarded with the honour due to his services to rugby league at a prestigious ceremony in Auckland on Tuesday, and said it was an extremely proud moment following a distinguished rugby league playing career. “Was a very proud moment today to receive my Companion of The New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) from @govgeneralnz Dame Cindy Kiro GNZM, QSO,” Marshall wrote on Instagram. “To have some…