South Pacific’s largest commercial broadcaster, Communications Fiji Limited which is the parent company of Legend FM, FM96, Viti FM, Navtarang, Radio Sargam and fijivillage, has announced a final group after tax profit of PGK1,345,549.49 (K1.34m) for the year ended December 31st 2021. CFL Group Chairman, William Parkinson says the result is a strong one considering the challenges faced in both Fiji and Papua New Guinea. Parkinson says CFL Fiji recorded an improved in performance delivering an after-tax profit of K614, 861.18 He says this performance is significantly stronger than the previous year as the 2020 result was boosted by a…
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#March4TB. #coveryourcough. #InvestToEndTB #EndTB World TB Day was established to mark the discovery in 1882, of the bacteria that causes Tuberculosis. Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. Over 100 years later, there are drugs to cure TB and better diagnostic services. However worldwide, TB still kills over 4,100 people every day. Here in the NCD we still have some of the worst rates of TB in the world. After two years of a global COVID-19 pandemic, celebrating World TB is an even more important occasion. COVID has disrupted our progress to End TB. · Measures to reduce the burden of COVID-19 have reversed years…
Congratulations to an amazing athlete, Dika Toua on graduating from the Royal PNG Constabulary Bomana Police College this morning. A Team PNG HERO Athlete, Pacific & Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist and 5 time Olympian who is preparing to represent PNG again at the Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022 in June and Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in July, Dika has finally advanced her journey in realising her dream to join one of the disciplinary forces. Graduating as a Police reservist, she says this is the pathway to becoming a regular Police Officer when she looks at life after her sporting…
Prime Minister James Marape has commended Lands and Physical Planning Minister John Rosso on passage of the Strata Title Management Bill 2022 and accompanying bills and amendments in Parliament today (March 23 2022). The bill allows for people to buy units and apartments in high-rise buildings because of increasing shortage of land and a growing population. PM Marape said the law was brought in to modernise the way business was done in lands and housing in the country. The Prime Minister said smaller Pacific countries like Fiji and Vanuatu already had strata title laws “This is a response to our…
Papua New Guinea has locked in a semi-final spot in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Oceania Qualifiers, beating Fiji 2-1 in a dramatic game at Grand Hamad Stadium in Doha. PNG came into the match knowing that a draw would be enough for them to advance, as they had a superior goal difference. However, coach Bob Morris was after a win as his side looked to build on a brave loss to New Zealand and high energy win over New Caledonia by attacking from start to finish. The Fijians certainly would have been forgiven for being a little shell…
Despite winning Euro 2020 last year, Italy have missed out on qualifying for the World Cup for a second straight year after being beaten 1-0 by North Macedonia. The Azzurri fired 32 shots across the 90 minutes, but it was Aleksandar Trajkovski’s low drive in the second minute of stoppage time that stunned the European champions in Palermo and set-up a qualifying final with Portugal in Porto on Tuesday for a chance to be in Qatar in November. Roberto Mancini’s side were loudly booed off after a defeat which means Italy will have to wait until at least 2026 to…
Womenfolk in the National Capital District are seeking an update from the Parliamentarians on the agenda of the four regional women’s seats in parliament as well as the update on the actions the government is doing in addressing gender-based violence cases. The women gathered in numbers this morning along the Independence Boulevard to mark the National Womens Day and celebrate the achievements on women in the gender equity and gender equality space. NCD Governor Powes Parkop as well as the members of the Special Parliamentary Committee on Gender Based Violence will address the women later today on the agendas. …
The Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai has advised the people of Papua New Guinea that his office is now ready to deliver the 2022 National General Elections. Commissioner Sinai made this announcement following the approval of 7 new electorates by Prime Minister James Marape in Parliament on Tuesday. He said the Electoral Boundaries Commission (EBC) has been at work since last July to come up with the boundaries report and redistribution of electoral boundaries and further mentioned that the commission (EBC) is grateful to the Marape-Basil government for accepting the Electoral Boundaries Commission Recommendations and Maps (EBC Report). The new electorates…
The Office of the Public Service Minister has confirmed a total of 75 public servants under the Government’s Ascender payroll system have resigned to contest the 2022 National General Elections. This excludes those public servants who were employed by other government agencies not on the Ascender payroll. The 75 public servants have resigned before 28th of October, 2021, as per the Public Service Management (Amendment) Act 1995, the Department of Personnel Management Circular Instruction No. 27 of 2021, and the General Orders, which require public servants to resign six months prior to the issue of writs. Public Service Minister, Hon.…
Any decision by Government to create new electorates with one month of the issue of writs for the 2022 National General Elections, is irresponsible and will adversely impact both the governance and the administration of the elections, says Transparency International PNG (TIPNG). This statement was made in light of media reports stating that the Government would be tabling a report advocating the creation of seven new electorates as Parliament resumes this week. “Papua New Guineans expect our elected representatives to uphold the democratic ideals that underpin our National Constitution. A decision by parliament to create new electorates in the absence…