When people from the Carteret Islands began to relocate to the Bougainville mainland it meant more than just leaving their homes and communities, they also needed to find new livelihoods. Life on Bougainville presented different challenges and opportunities compared to their native atoll, which has become less habitable due to rising sea levels and reduced access to fresh water. Gardening was one activity that required new skills – both for subsistence farming and agricultural cash crops like cocoa. Undeterred, a group of women from the Carteret came together to form a cocoa farmers cooperative called Bougainville CocoNet. In 2017, Bougainville…
Author: PNG Haus Bung
Minister for Information and Communications Technology Timothy Masiu has welcomed news of the National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA) decision to give formal written consent on the transfer of license rights to Telstra as a result of the proposed acquisition of Digicel Pacific, and particularly on Digicel Pacific’s associated companies namely, Digicel PNG Limited and Hitron Limited. “The procedure to arrive at the decision by NICTA is governed by the enabling legislation and is done without ministerial influence or input. I am pleased to note that the procedure has now been exhausted and that a decision has been made…
The Department of Education has congratulated Jiwaka Province for achieving 100% retention rate in both Grade 9 and 11 this year. The current National Education (NEP) Plan target is that by 2029 all children should complete 13 years of uninterrupted education or training and that major identified barriers are gradually removed. According to the NEP 2020-2029, there is now no institutional barrier, such as a public examination, in place to stop any child who has entered the preparatory grade from completing grade 8. “The national examinations will be phased out over time however, a standards monitoring test will be given…
Up to six million citizens throughout the country are expected to vote in the upcoming 2022 National General Elections. The six million people are those of the voting age and those whose names are update on the common roll. PNG Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai said that will be confirmed when the preliminary roll is produced from the current common roll update of new and existing enrollment at the end of this month. “A total of voters in the last election was 4.7 million so now we’re expecting 5 to 6 million based on the fact that about 15 percent of…
Assistant Commissioner of Police Anthony Wagambie Jr has assured the extended family and relatives of the young victim of police brutality and members of the public, that he has directed the matter to Internal Affairs Directorate to handle. ACP Wagambie said he had spoken with Metropolitan Superintendent NCD, Supt CID Boroko and Director of Internal Affairs Directorate, Superintendent Emil Alpha earlier this week and issued a written directive for IAD Investigation Team to take charge of the matter. “For this incident, whatever the circumstances were, the level of injury inflicted on the young man is not warranted at all. This…
Ok Tedi Mining Ltd (OTML) has denied agreeing to pay additional compensation to landowners for the use of water from Dablan Creek following a demand by a group of landowners as reported in last week’s Post Courier. There is no basis for OTML to entertain this demand. OTML has met all its obligations to pay compensation for the extraction of water from Dablan creek under the Ok Tedi Act, the Mining Act, the Ok Tedi Environment Management Act (OTEMA) (which has yet to be gazetted) and the current benefit agreements signed by OTML, the landowners and the State. This position…
Papua New Guinea’s national Family and Sexual Violence Action Committee (FSVAC) have marked International Women’s Day with the launch of Pathways to Justice: Strongim Sindaun Bilong Femili. The production of this documentary – supported by the Australian Government – outlines the services available to family and sexual violence (FSV) survivors. Such services include the FSV referral pathway in PNG – a network of service providers who provide support and care to survivors. These comprise Family Support Centres located in health facilities, Family and Sexual Violence Units (FSVUs) in police stations and Village Courts, located across the country. The documentary, commissioned…
We wish to reply to a comment made in the Post Courier 08 March 2022 in relation to a male victim of alleged police brutality. The report indicates that police took the victim to a St John Ambulance base by police. The person being interviewed is quoted as saying St John “refused services”. We send our sincerest condolences to the family affected by what is reported to be a brutal mistreatment by parties named in the article. Hospitals are where people with serious injuries need treatment. Often ambulance stations (bases) are unmanned because the ambulance personnel are in their ambulances…
The new look Momote Airport in Manus Province is set to be opened on April 8 this year by Prime Minister James Marape, according to the National Airports Corporation. Designed resembling a stingray, the new state of art facility includes departure, arrival and VIP lounges, check-in counters, Close Circuit Camera TV (CCTVs), baggage screening machines, toilet facilities among other modern terminal facilities. National Airport Corporation Managing Director Rex Kiponge said the upgraded facility also caters for VISA and immigration processing counters for the case of direct international flights. Along with the upgrade of the terminal building itself, the airport’s runway…
The Women’s Micro Bank Limited branded as “Mama Bank “entered into a MoA with the Oro Provincial Government to provide accessible financial services to women, youth and the people of Oro province last Friday. Both parties realised that ordinary women, youths and the people of Oro Province at large should be equal partners in the provincial economic development plans through access to financial services and credit funds to boost their entrepreneurial activities. “They should have their own bank account with affordable and adequate access to funds to enable them to play a more active role in the economic development and…