The Divisional Commander for New Guinea Islands (NGI), Assistant Police Commissioner (ACP) Perou N’Dranou travelled to Manus on Saturday July 9, 2022 to check on the province on its security operations for the 2022 National General Election. Mr N’Dranou has rolled out a weekly visit to all provinces under his command in order to assess situations on the ground and provide assistance accordingly and leadership as required. “I visited New Ireland last week. It is peaceful and they are on track and time. I will be in Manus this week and I’ll visit West New Britain next week,” ACP N’Dranou…
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Pangu Pati Leader and Prime Minister, James Marape, has retained his seat as member for Tari Pori in Hela province after he was declared this afternoon by Tari Pori Returning Officer at 4:00pm. After quality checks were done, Marape polled over 40,900 with the absolute majority set at 30,600 plus votes. Counting for the Tari Pori electorate now official wraps up today following the declaration of the member elect, James Marape. Mr. Marape also thanked the polling officials and the election team on ground for a good job in ensuring everything went smoothly during counting. With these results, Marape is…
The village Inuma in Rigo District of Central province was packed to capacity by voters on Wednesday 06th of July, starting from 10:00am to 6:00pm in the evening, to cast their votes in the 2022 National General Elections for a leader to represent them in parliament. Voters from both the surrounding village and Inuma locals residing in Port Moresby turned up and although most of the people didn’t have their names listed in the common roll, the locals accepted this and allowed for a peaceful voting day. Intending candidate for Rigo Open Mr. Dickson Guina who was there to also…
The Department of Justice and Attorney-General (DJAG) has set up a Call Centre to provide legal support to the PNG Electoral Commission during the scrutiny (counting) period of the 2022 National General Election (NGE). Secretary of Justice and Attorney-General, Dr Eric Kwa in his briefing to the Inter – Departmental Election Committee, said the State lawyers participation in the 2022 NGE scrutiny period would be conducted through the Call Centre set up in Port Moresby, West New Britain Haus, Waigani. “Through this Call Centre, the required legal support services will be provided to address election related issues during the scrutiny…
The security forces in the Western Highlands province are ready for polling on Wednesday 13th of July, says Provincial Police Commander Superintendent John Sagom. Mr Sagom said the security personnel are ready and looking forward to the polling. He said the Quick Response Force comprising PNG Défense Force and Police Mobile Squad personnel and the Rapid Reaction Force (RRF) should help the Western Highlands Provincial Police Command deliver a free, fair, safe and corruption free election in the province. For the Highlands region, polling kicked off on Monday July 4 in Hela and July 7 in Enga. For the Western Highlands…
Southern Highlands Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Chief Inspector Daniel Yangen is preparing the province for Monday’s polling with awareness campaigns, random road blocks and checks and even a clean-up of the provincial capital of Mendi. Mr Yangen said the security forces are ready and prepared. He said the Quick Response Force (QRF) on the ground comprises Police Mobile Squad and PNG Defence Force (PNGDF) personnels as well as local policemen and policewomen. “We are waiting for the roll-over teams to arrive from Enga Province to boost our manpower strength,” Mr Yangen said. The PPC said he has completed briefing and…
The Gerehu Magpies will be aiming for a morale-boosting win over the University Tigers in the main Moni Plus Port Moresby AFL match for the Men’s Senior division at the Colts Oval today. The Magpies are playing their best football to date since they re-entered the competition this year. They beat Gordon Kokofas 86-83 two weeks ago only to be denied the match points on the reversal of decision for having a 19th player on the field in the second quarter. As per the match rule, all points scored by the Magpies up to that stage were all removed and…
Air Niugini wishes to advise the travelling public that effective from 06th August 2022 the airline will resume direct services to Honiara, Solomon Islands, and Nadi, Fiji. The resumption of services has been made possible by the relaxing of border restrictions in the two countries, and flights will initially operate once a week in each direction. Air Niugini Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr Bruce Alabaster said “Air Niugini is delighted to be able to resume flights to the Solomon Islands and Fiji following their suspension over two years ago at the start of pandemic when borders were closed. “ “We…
Air Niugini wishes to advise our valued customers that the airline has suspended flights to Wapenamanda airport, Enga Province, effective Friday 08th July until further notice. The decision to suspend flights follows the vandalization of the airport runway last night, which has resulted in NAC closing the airport and poses an unacceptable safety risk to the travelling public, our staff, aircraft, and property. The flight suspension is for an indefinite period. Air Niugini management said “The airline (ANG) only resumed operations to Wapenamanda twelve months ago in July 2021, after the National Airports Corporation (NAC) and Government spent millions of…
The Wapenamanda Airport in Enga Province has been closed indefinitely as of this morning. The National Airports Corporation issued a STOP Press NOTAM this morning advising of the closure of Wapenamanda Airport until further notice. This follows an incident last night (Tuesday 7th July) where oil was spilled together with broken bottles on sections of the airport runway. NAC Managing Director and CEO, Rex Kiponge has strongly condemned this incident and said that NAC together with Police will conduct a full investigation including an assessment of the damage caused. “I am very disappointed and strongly condemn these actions which are…