Steamships has announced the appointment of Mr Vele Rupa as General Manager Corporate Affairs replacing Mr David Toua who moves on to be Chairman of the Central Bank of PNG and Principle Private Sector Advisor for Abt Associates. Mr Rupa joins Steamships from Mineral Resources Development Company (MRDC) where he was seconded to the State Negotiating Team working on resource projects like Papua LNG, P’nyang, Porgera, Pasca A and more recently Wafi-Golpu. Vele brings to Steamships a deep understanding of the resource industry having worked with both the Department of Treasury and ExxonMobil in the past. The addition of Mr…
Author: PNG Haus Bung
The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced USD $5 million (17.8 million Kina) in support to the Government of Papua New Guinea’s ongoing COVID-19 response. Announced by USAID’s visiting Deputy Mission Director for the Pacific Islands and Mongolia, Betty Chung, this support includes USD $1 million in technical assistance to support the National Department of Health and key development partners to implement planned activities under the Global Fund’s COVID-19 Response Mechanism. USD $4 million will be used to install comprehensive liquid medical oxygen systems at Port Moresby General Hospital and Angau General Hospital in…
The SP PNG Hunters will travel to North Ipswich Reserve this Saturday, 2nd July at 3pm to take on the Ipswich Jets in Round 13 of the QRL Hostplus Cup. Saturday’s match up presents as a winnable game for both the Hunters and Jets, who currently sit in 12th and 14th place respectively on the QRL premiership ladder. With finals fast approaching, the two points on offer this weekend are invaluable as both sides look to keep their 2022 season alive. The Hunters have everything to play for on Saturday following a disappointing outing against the Northern Pride in Round…
Papua New Guinean entrepreneurs are being invited to enter the Entrepreneurship World Cup (EWC) to connect to a global community of entrepreneurs and for a chance to pitch for a share of US$1 million (over K 3 million) in prizes plus additional investment opportunities and in-kind support. The Kumul Foundation Inc is the official lead partner and organizer in Papua New Guinea for Entrepreneurship World Cup Papua New Guinea which will feed start-ups into the global competition, through a partnership recently forged by Chairman Anthony Smaré at the Global Entrepreneurship Conference in Saudi Arabia in March this year. The EWC…
Ballot papers for New Ireland is being distributed into the two respective electorates of Namatanai and Kavieng in preparation for polling. This sees ballot papers for Namatanai being delivered under tight police security into the Namatanai open electorate. According to Election Manager and Provincial Returning Officer, Mr. Benjamin Kliawi, 31 boxes containing a total of 55 750 ballot papers is distributed to Namatanai electorate while 21 boxes holding 42 950 ballot papers for Kavieng Open remains in the holding container at the Kavieng Police Station. Both electorates have a total of 52 boxes which contains a grand total of 98,700…
On June 29, the seven clans in the Miruma community of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Eastern Highlands Province signed a conservation deed, legally enforcing their rights to protect their land and preserve its biodiversity for current and future generations. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Wildlife Conservation Society, and other organizations partnered with local Miruma community-based organization Wamiufa U5 to help the Miruma community protect their forest, reforest degraded lands, understand wildlife dynamics, and develop conservation livelihood projects. The signing of this conservation deed marks a significant achievement for the Miruma people in their efforts to legally…
The National Government in partnership with the Church Health Services (PNG) has launched the GoPNG Payroll System Roll-Out to Christian Health Service Workforce in Port Moresby yesterday. It’s a milestone achievement for PNG CHS in partnership with the National Department of Health (NDoH), the National Government, Department of Finance and its Alesco Payroll Service and the partners. It means hundreds and thousands of doctors, nurses, and community health workers with church-run health services will now be on the Alesco Payroll System like other public servants throughout the country. The launch culminated with the first 362 workers with the National Church…
The body of the late member for Sumkar, Chris Yer Nangoi was officially handed over by the National Parliament to the Sumkar District to repatriate Late MP Nangoi to Karkar Island. The casket of Late Nangoi arrived in Madang around 4pm yesterday afternoon via POM and was accompanied by his immediate family, the Deputy clerk of Parliament, Basil Kwaramb, Minister for Education, Jimmy Uguro and Chief Executive Officer of Sumkar District, plus other senior parliamentary staff. Deputy Clark of the National Parliament , Basil Kwaramb while officially handing over the body of Late MP Nangoi to Sumkar District clarified that,…
Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai says ballot papers that were produced and supplied earlier to Port Moresby for the seven electorates that were split with the creation of seven new ones will be publicly destroyed. He said when Parliament adopted the Electoral Boundaries Commission report in its last Parliament session in May and voted for creation of seven new electorates and have them certified to be included in the 2022 national elections, the ballot papers had already been printed based on the initial request to cover 111 electorates. “Therefore, we had to seek Australia’s assistance again through the Australian High Commission…
Athletics PNG welcomed home its athletes and officials this week from the highly successful and record breaking Pacific Mini Games in Northern Mariana Islands. The team of 38 athletes and seven officials touched down at Jacksons Airport on the Air Niugini Charter flight and was met by Athletics PNG secretary Philip Rehder who was among the many families and friends to welcome their heroes of Saipan. In welcoming the team at the Homecoming Function held at the TAC, APNG President Tony Green said athletics total medal contribution of 62 to the Team PNG total (including six from Para athletes) was…