Prime Minister James Marape has made his commitment on several projects in Manus in his New Year visit to the province last Friday. At a short official ceremony at NBC Beach in Lorengau, Prime Minister Marape addressed the Manus people by emphasising that though Manus is remote and isolated from mainland PNG, he has not forgotten them. With respect to the major development projects, Prime Minister Marape made a commitment of K30 million for work to begin on the construction of the N’Drauke Industrial Port, K10 million for a new COVID-19 and other transmissible Diseases Isolation Facility, this is apart…
Author: PNG Haus Bung
Ms Greene has previously questioned the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, alleged school shootings were staged, and claimed a space laser was to blame for a California fire. Twitter has permanently suspended the personal account of US politician Marjorie Taylor Greene for repeated violations of its COVID-19 misinformation policy. Ms Greene has been kicked off of Twitter after being issued a “fourth strike” in August when she was suspended for a week for saying that vaccines were failing. She claimed in July that COVID-19 was “not dangerous for non-obese people and those under 65” – despite US government figures saying people under…
Basic health services in Matairuka village in Rigo, Central Province have not been forthcoming for over a year now according to Village Councilor Mr Gelema Gaba. Mr Gaba said that the only health facility available in the village is an Aid Post which is wholly supported and funded by The Salvation Army. He said that since the last Aid Post Medical Officer was dismissed in January 2021, the Aid Post which caters for over five thousand people has not been in operation for a year thus resulting in patients having to seek other alternatives in search of medical care and…
Pacific Island New Zealanders are now 90 percent fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and a public health expert is urging them to keep up that momentum in the New Year. In yesterday’s daily briefing, the Ministry of Health said 90 percent of eligible Pacific people in New Zealand have now had both vaccines. Dr Collin Tukuitonga from the University of Auckland said that is a tremendous effort and the threat of Omicron is the next challenge. He hopes the community embraces booster shots to guard against the more infectious variant. “It looks as if the two doses doesn’t give you enough protection…
A day after turning 37, LeBron James reminded anyone who needed reminding that the rules of time do not apply to him. Father Time comes for everyone. But not James, who appears to still be evolving. Despite the Los Angeles Lakers’ early season struggles, James has been anything but the problem. On Saturday (AEDT), while playing the centre position, James recorded his seventh straight game with 30+ points in a 139-106 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. James had 27 points at the half, and finished with 43 points, 14 rebounds, and four assists in just 29 minutes as the…
As digital calendars around the world changed to 01.01.2022, Microsoft customers found their Exchange servers stopped processing emails. Microsoft says it is aware of a programming flaw which saw some customers’ Exchange servers stop processing emails just as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve. System administrators, who are sharing workarounds on social media, have dubbed the bug Y2K22 – in the style of the Y2K bug which affected some computers at exactly the same time 22 years earlier. Microsoft said its engineers had been “working around the clock on a fix” that wouldn’t require customers to fiddle with…
Prime Minister Hon. James Marape, MP presented a dummy cheque of K10 million, as symbol of funds of the same amount to be remitted to the Manus Provincial Health Authority. The Prime Minister has urged the PHA to use the funds to start the construction of a, separate from the main hospital, 1000 bed isolation and treatment facility for COVID-19 and other Respiratory disease patients. Prime Minister Marape said that funding is separate from the budget K15 million for a new modern hospital facility to be located at good location that people of Manus can reach easily. Manus Provincial Health…
Former Prime Minister and Ialibu Pangia MP Peter O’Neill has expressed his disappointment in the current James Marape led government saying it has undone years of hard work by his government, and also those before him. O’Neill said economically, the country is in a mess with debt at over K51 billion and no plan to increase income except to tax the people. “Socially, crime and violence in our capital and the regions is out of control. The law is routinely abused and manipulated for political gain,” Mr O’Neill said. “Corruption, nepotism, and greed is worse not better and our economic,…
New Year celebrations in the National Capital District recorded nil deaths relating to alcohol consumption or violence apart from a suicide incident and attempted carjacking at Gerehu. Metropolitan Superintendent Gideon Ikumu told PNG Hausbung incidents of drunks causing disturbances and commotions in respective suburbs throughout the city were reported but police responses were swift and prevented further violence. He commended the city residents as well as his police officers for ensuring that this happened unlike in past instances. “All this ensued despite the fact that there was no alcohol ban this festive season,” Mr Ikumu said. “We want the community…
Thousands of people received a surprise gift on Christmas Day this year when European bank Santander accidentally deposited £130 million ($176 million) across 75,000 transactions. The mistake happened when payments from 2,000 business accounts in the U.K. were processed twice, meaning some employees saw their wages double, while suppliers also got more than they were expecting. The bank said the duplicate payments were caused by a “scheduling issue” that has now been rectified. It is now trying to recuperate the mistaken payments, many of which have gone into bank accounts operated by rival banks. “We’re sorry that due to a technical issue,…