National Superannuation Fund (Nasfund) Brand Ambassador Justin Olam recently met with Fund members in Port Moresby. On Wednesday (February 16th) and Thursday (February 17th), Olam visited selected contributing employers in the food manufacturing, hospitality, airline, financial, and retail industries, to promote the Fund’s products and services. These sessions included discussions on the importance of members updating their details, encouraging voluntary member contribution, highlighting the Nasfund Membership Discount Program (MDP) as well as promoting Eda Supa, the Fund’s voluntary savings scheme. His engagements also included an appearance on Nasfund FM100 Talkback, an interview with EMTV Sports Scene and a brief media…
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Following the allocation of K10 million by the National Government to the National Broadcasting Corporation for the coverage of the 2022 National General Elections, the Electoral Commission has announced that NBC will be the official broadcaster of the 2022 National General Elections. Information and Communications Minister Timothy Masiu, Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai and Managing Director of National Broadcasting Corporation Kora Nou signed the agreement yesterday at the Electoral Commission Headquarters in Port Moresby. Mr Sinai said providing correct information to the people is an integral part of any government activities and NBC has been an important partner since the first…
Evidence suggests Russia is planning “the biggest war in Europe since 1945”, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. He told the BBC’s Sophie Raworth in an interview: “All the signs are that the plan has already in some senses begun.” Intelligence suggests Russia intends to launch an invasion that will encircle Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Mr Johnson said. “People need to understand the sheer cost in human life that could entail,” he said. The prime minister was speaking from Munich, where world leaders are meeting for an annual security conference. The latest estimates by the US government suggests that between 169,000…
Minister for Information and Communications Technology Timothy Masiu has commended the PNG Electoral Commission for its efforts over the years in administering and delivering successful elections for the country. Minister Masiu made this acknowledgement during the announcement of the official media broadcaster for the 2022 National General Elections yesterday in Port Moresby. “The Electoral Commission is always being attacked by politicians, leaders, communities, and everyone,” Mr Masiu said. “We always seem to be pointing fingers at the Electoral Commission whenever we are not happy when something is not right in the way we see it.” “I want to say that…
Retired long-serving MP and Minister, Dame Carol Kidu, has called on Districts and Provinces to treat women equally as stipulated by law. Dame Kidu made this call while meeting with the first cohort of women attending the Leadership Academy for women at the Pacific Institute for Leadership and Governance (PILAG) in Waigani. Dame Kidu made the following statement which was endorsed by the women from 11 provinces. The National Goals in the Preamble to our National Constitution and other laws of PNG are very clear about political representation of women. National Goal 2 Directive Principle 5 clearly calls for ‘equal…
President Joe Biden on Friday said he is now convinced Russian President Vladimir Putin has made the decision to invade Ukraine, but emphasized that room for diplomacy remains. “As of this moment, I am convinced he’s made the decision,” Biden said during remarks at the White House. The President also said the US believes Russian forces intend to attack Ukraine “in the coming week” or sooner, and that an attack will target the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Biden plans to spend the weekend monitoring the ongoing Ukraine crisis from the White House as he meets with his national security team…
PNG Red Cross Society (PNGRCS) is pleased to have received and acknowledged a kind donation of an Led Color Television set from International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday which will be used for conference calls and meetings. The Led Color Television with full conference call/meeting package was presented by ICRC Cooperation Officer Mr. Johnny Yep to Red Cross Secretary General Mr. Uvenama Rova. Mr. Rova was pleased to receive the items on behalf of PNG Red Cross Society at PNGRCS headquarters in Port Moresby and thanked the ICRC for the timely donation. Mr. Rova highlighted that the…
The Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (“ICCC”) wishes to announce to relevant stakeholders and the general public that it has approved Telstra Corporation Limited (“Telstra”) to proceed with its proposal to acquire Digicel (PNG) Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiaries in PNG (together referred to as “Digicel PNG”). ICCC Commissioner and CEO, Paulus Ain said whilst acknowledging that Telstra is one of the four (4) big telecommunication operators in Australia, the ICCC has concluded that this Proposed Acquisition is not likely to have the effect of substantially lessening competition in any markets Digicel is currently operating in PNG because Telstra has…
Justice Minister Bryan Kramer is seeking court proceedings for a judicial review on the allegations made against him by the Ombudsman Commission to the Public Prosecutor for alleged misconduct in office. He told PNGHausbung this week that after receiving a letter from the Ombudsman Commission on the 3rd of December last year to respond to the 14 allegations made against him, he requested the Chief Ombudsman for an extension of time to respond to the allegations and also to provide the evidence they relied on to form the opinion that he was guilty of misconduct in office. He said the…
Prime Minister James Marape, MP has announced that his Cabinet has cleared the P’nyang Gas Agreement, which now awaits signing between the State and ExxonMobil who is the lead project developer of the Petroleum Retention License (PRL) 3. The Prime Minister said: “When I took office in mid-2019, I committed to the nation better results from resource projects we were going to undertake under my watch and today let me thank ExxonMobil for responding positively to our State’s position to earn more from our country’s national resources. “We started a protracted negotiation that included detaching P’nyang from Papua LNG terms…