Kandep MP Don Polye commended Prime Minister James Marape for taking time to listen to the issues raised by the protesters in Port Moresby this week. Polye said Mr Marape has shown the quality of good leadership in doing what he did, adding that in his 15 years of being a member, another good leader who displayed such quality was late Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare. He added that what turned out during the protest could’ve been nasty as seen in past protests that led to clashes with police. He said in the midst of the ongoing debate on COVID…
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The Chinese Government through its embassy in Port Moresby has donated K2.78 million to Papua New Guinea to support its COVID-19 response efforts. The cheque was handed over to the Controller of the National Pandemic Response and Police Commissioner Mr David Manning by Chinese Ambassador Zeng Fanhua last Friday. This took place in a small ceremony, following a meeting he had with the Prime Minister James Marape, and Minister for Health and HIV/AIDS Jelta Wong. Mr Zeng said China extends its sincere sympathy to the government and people of PNG who is going through a new wave of COVID-19. “Papua…
Twenty managers from various agencies in the transport sector have been empowered with new skills to communicate effectively, be innovative and drive change as leaders in their organisations. This follows the successful completion of a pilot leadership training program by a nationally owned firm, WINGS Education, supported by the Papua New Guinea-Australia Partnership through the Transport Sector Support Program (TSSP). The Certificate IV Leadership and Management program on Leading for Change in the Workplace was designed for the PNG transport sector to help managers address today’s leadership challenges during a time of so much change and enhance their capabilities as…
Abau MP Sir Puka Temu has called on the government to fix the underlying issues PNG Power is faced with amidst the ongoing power outages experienced in the National Capital District and provincial centres around the country. He made this call in parliament this week based on a report by the media highlighting the issues that he said needed answers to. Sir Puka asked the Prime Minister James Marape for his government to attend to this issue by appointing a board for the State Owned Entity, carry out an internal audit and offset the debts PNG has with independent power…
Eastern Highlands students attending tertiary institutions in East New Britain Province have made a purchase of 50 oxygen cylinders for the Goroka Provincial Hospital through a fundraising drive they had initiated in mid-October this year. The payment of K9, 354 was made to BOC Limited in Lae on Monday through Bank South Pacific. Leader of the student group Mr Hako Fuke told this newsroom that his fellow students at Vudal initiated the idea and the other students from Vunapope Nursing College and Kokopo Business College joined on board in their wheelbarrow push initiative. Mr Fuke who is a 3rd year…
During the 92nd meeting of the USP Council, held virtually between 11th and 12th November 2021, the USP Council farewelled its Pro-Chancellor and Chair of Council, Mr. Winston Thompson. Mr. Thompson was presented with a plaque as a token of gratitude for his longstanding service to the University. USP Vice-Chancellor and President (VCP), Professor Pal Ahluwalia speaking from Nauru wished the outgoing Pro-Chancellor and Chair of Council well on his departure on the conclusion of his second term on 31st December 2021. “I speak on behalf of the senior management team and want to thank you for your service at…
The University of the South Pacific at its 92nd Council meeting on Friday 12th November, 2021 unanimously appointed the Honourable Dr. Hilda Cathy Heine to the Office of the Pro-Chancellor and Chair of Council for a three-year term commencing 1st January 2022 until 31st December 2024. The Hon. Dr. Hilda Heine is a renowned Marshallese educator and is no stranger to the University of the South Pacific having served as its 26th Chancellor from 1 July 2019 to 12 January 2020. Dr. Heine was the first female President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands serving from 2016 to 2020.…
The Police Crimes Division launched on Monday a new police clearance certificate with security features. Assistant Commissioner Crimes Hodges Ette said the issuance of the new certificates will prevent false police clearance certificates from being issued. The new Police Clearance Certificate which was launched at the Crime Division conference room at the police headquarters in Port Moresby was witnessed by senior police officers as well as staff from the Crimes Division and the Interpol. Mr Ette said the new police clearance certificate came into effect on Monday 15 November. Certificates issued prior will remain valid until March, 2022. He said the RPNGC is…
Located North off Kavieng on the Island of New Hanover is Meteselen. It takes two hours by speed boat to get there. An isolated part of New Ireland, the people there often have to travel long and expensive boat trips to access basic services. Even the simple pleasures like rice, milo and coffee have often been hard to come by. But that’s all about to change thanks to a local called Baslogo Silaubara. Silaubara undertook specialized agriculture training in East New Britain where he learned how to cultivate rice and downstream commodities like Cacao, Coffee and Cassava. Before long he…
After losing her mum at age seven, Sister Helen Gando started caring for her two younger siblings on Misima Island, Milne Bay Province. She was the first to wipe away tears and bandage wounds using traditional remedies – early signs of the caring nature that would eventually lead her to become a nurse. “Many people found cleaning wounds appalling,” Sr Gando recalled, “but for me it was through seeing my little ones smiling again after I tended to a grazed leg or a scratched arm that I knew I wanted to serve others.” For more than a decade Sr Gando…