Prince Harry has filed a claim for a judicial review over a Home Office decision to not to allow him to privately pay for police protection for himself and his family during a visit to the UK. A legal representative for Harry said he wants to bring his son Archie and seven-month-old baby daughter Lilibet to visit from the US, but fears they will be “unable to return to his home” because it is too dangerous. The duke wants to fund the security himself, rather than ask taxpayers to foot the bill after he stepped down as a senior member of the…
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will hold a media conference this afternoon to address New Zealand’s response to the crisis in Tonga. In a post on her Facebook page, Ardern said images of the volcanic eruption were “hugely concerning”. She said communication as a result of the eruption had been difficult but the New Zealand Defence Force and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were working to establish what what needed and how to help. More information would be provided during the media conference at 3pm, she said. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said there were no official reports of…
Eels hooker Therese Aiton isn’t just a trailblazer for Papua New Guinea players; she has established a pathway for more women from the Pacific nation to play in the NRLW. Aiton, who is only the third Orchids international to earn an NRLW contract after Amelia Kuk and Elsie Albert, has created a scholarship program to help promising PNG players further their careers in Australia. Albert, the Orchids captain and St George Illawarra prop, was the first beneficiary after Aiton organised for her to come to Brisbane in 2020 to play for Souths Logan Magpies. The 32-year-old, whose brother Paul played…
Matairuka Village Councilor Mr Gelema Gaba is greatly relieved after his recent call to have a medical officer posted to his village was acted upon with The Salvation Army sending one medical officer to officially resume work at the aid post. The villagers who have been accessing basic health services from Kwikila Town and the neighboring villages of Sivitatana and Boregaina with some even travelling to Port Moresby to seek health care will no longer have to travel far as the Aid Post which remained closed for 12 months will now resume operations as soon as preparations are complete. Mr…
India is experiencing a third wave of Covid infections — while its overall impact is expected to be less disruptive than previous waves, some economists are predicting slower growth in the near term. The economic impact of the new wave could be relatively less severe in the first three months of 2022, Citi economists Samiran Chakraborty and Baqar M Zaidi wrote in a Jan. 9 note. But they pointed out that the momentum for India’s economic activity between October and December fell below expectations, even before the third wave hit. That led the Citi economists to revise down their inflation-adjusted…
Until now, ministers have relied on Chinese suppliers for the rapid tests sent to households and the first British company to get involved said it took six months to get approved. Sky News has been given exclusive access to a warehouse where millions of lateral flow tests are being stored ready for distribution. The pictures of the warehouse full of rapid tests are likely to frustrate those who have been unable to get hold of lateral flow devices over recent weeks. The storage site in Nottinghamshire is part of a giant manufacturing facility run by SureScreen Diagnostics, the first British…
Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) has signed a PGK50 million project agreement to commence the upgrading and sealing of the Kiunga-Tabubil Highway. The agreement was signed today (11th January 2022) in Port Moresby between OTML and contractor, China Railway Construction Engineering Group Co. Limited for Phase One of project. Funded under the Government’s Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme (ITCS) program, the project will be undertaken in three phases, with Phase One to commence in February which will see the upgrading and sealing of the highway commencing at Kilometre-3 near Kiunga town. Phases 2 and 3 will follow suit once further funding…
ExxonMobil PNG (EMPNG) recently donated GeneXpert testing cartridges to help boost local COVID-19 testing capabilities across Hela Province. The testing kits will help medical authorities at Tari Hospital test and diagnose COVID-19 cases locally, supporting the Hela Provincial Health Authority’s (HPHA) efforts to reduce the spread of the virus. HPHA Director Corporate Services and Acting Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Tipi and Director Curator Services, Dr. Sylvester Tati were on site to receive the donation from EMPNG at the Tari Hospital. ExxonMobil PNG’s Executive Director – Production, Scott Sandlin said ExxonMobil PNG and the PNG LNG Project remain committed to doing…
The Office of the Governor General is seeking Court eviction orders to remove illegal settlers that have settled on land belonging to the State on which the Governor General’s Office and Government House is located. Acting Official Secretary Mr. Bill Toraso said, the illegal settlers have been given advance notices and time to remove their structures and move out, however, to date they have not done so. Mr. Toraso said, on instructions from the Governor General, he has held talks and meetings with the concerned parties since 2020 as well as on three separate occasions in 2021, but so far…
Minister for Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Timothy Masiu is in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the invitation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Trade Soroi Eoe and will deliver the Keynote Address at the World Expo 2020 PNG Investment Forum themed “Eco-Tourism and Connectivity – Living in Balance with Nature” to be held at the PNG pavilion on 14 January 2022. Minister Masiu arrived on Saturday 7th January 2022 and is accompanied by the Department of ICT Secretary Steven Matainaho, NICTA CEO Kila Gulo-Vui, and technical officers from the ICT ministerial sector, and Foreign Affairs and…