The National Court has suspended current Southern Highlands Province Governor William Powi from office effective August 31st and ordered a recount for the regional seat after a long battle in the court of disputed returns. This follows the Supreme Court’s decision last week in dismissing a slip rule application by Powi and the Electoral Commission on a National Court’s decision earlier that ordered a recount. Justice David Cannings in handing down the decision via video link ordered that the result of the recount be presented to the court by November 05, 2021, nullifying the election results for the regional seat…
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COVID-19 Pandemic Controller, David Manning, has expressed his anger and disappointment at the way in which India’s High Commission in Port Moresby deliberately participated in the deception that resulted in unauthorised passengers, including four infected with COVID-19, arriving in Papua New Guinea. Mr Manning said the behaviour of those involved in the dishonest process compromises the safety and security of Papua New Guinea. Mr Manning said, “I have requested Papua New Guinea’s Department of Foreign Affairs to deal with the Indian High Commission through appropriate diplomatic channels, while the charter company and the airline, as well as any middle-men, will…
Moresby North West MP Lohia Boe Samuel is planning on having mobile clinics within Motu Koita villages in his electorate for the interest of the people’s health care. Mr Boe Samuel made mention of this plan after the recent launch of a St John Ambulance station in his electorate. “I will have a dialogue with the Prime Minister to have some of the APEC buses allocated for this program,” Mr Boe Samuel said. “I’ve noticed that the number of people wanting to receive medical treatment at the clinic in Konedobu is overwhelming and therefore it is critical to have a…
The Barras Board XI captained by national skipper, Assad Vala, won the Isuzu Barras T20 Bash Grand Final in a last ball thriller at Amini Park on Sunday. In a day that culminated in the official announcement of the ICC T20 World Cup Barras squad the final was a fitting entre. Vala won the toss and elected to send the Legends into bat with the decision paying dividends immediately as Ura was dimissed by Diho without scoring. CJ Amini (5) was the next to go before L Siaka (14) and S Bau (16) put on a steadying partnership. However, the…
The Port Moresby General Hospital (PMGH) has assured grieving families and relatives of the late 14 year old teenager who died after an eye operation in the hospital’s operating theatre that an independent investigating committee will get to the bottom of his untimely death. Preliminary investigations by PMGH clinical audit team are on foot to establish procedures related to the administration of a batch of anesthetic which may have led to the untimely passing of the teenager. “The unfortunate event, believed to be related to the administration of a batch of anaesthetic, is being investigated by the PMGH clinical audit team,”…
There is a general agreement in the Oceania Customs Organisation members of the importance of the Pacific Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (PACHS) 2022, the internationally recognized upgraded system of classifying goods promulgated by the World Customs Organisation (WCO), which comes into effect on January 1, 2022. The decision to adopt PACHS 2022 will be made by the OCO Heads of Customs in their annual meeting this Thursday, August 26. PACHS is adapted from the Harmonized System (HS) used by 200 economies across the globe, but is adapted for use within the Pacific Customs administrations to calculate tariffs, taxes…
The Grand Final of the Lewas Isuzu T20 Bash was held on Sunday at Amini Park with the Cricket PNG Board Xi side crowned the 2021 Champions. The Board XI benefitting from a consistent and in form top order secured victory by eight wickets with 11 balls to spare. Batting first the Lewa Legends lost Tanya Frank without scoring and then Puana & Pauke Siaka for single figures to be in trouble at 3/13 early in the innings. Sibona Jimmy (35) and Kaia Arua (34) then batted well together putting on a 66 run partnership. Isabel Toua contributed an important…
Former Governor of Madang, Minister for Health and senior statesman, Sir Peter Barter has stated that attempts to make people aware of the threat of COVID19 virus we have failed to implement the protocols that would reduce the spread. Although PNG seemingly has escaped the virus, we are simply guessing as we are simply not testing sufficiently to obtain the data needed to plan a strategy that would minimise the spread by masking, distancing and washing. Our markets, transport systems and other places where crowds gather are allowed to go on without any control. All around PNG there is evidence,…
“BSP Financial Group Limited (BSP) does not impose a K1,000 cash deposit acceptance limit at any of our branches,” said BSP Group CEO Robin Fleming when addressing recent social media comments, which were also raised in Parliament last week. Mr Fleming stated that over the course of the first 2 weeks of August BSP processed 1,820 deposits a day across its Retail branches with an average deposit amount of K4.6m per day for deposits for our Kundu Account customers in the range of K1,000 per deposit to K20,000 per deposit. The average number of daily deposits by our Retail Kundu…
The Papua New Guinea Defence Force is sending a team to Mt Hagen following the fatal accident on Sunday evening in Mt Hagen. The team which leaves on Wednesday includes two medical personnel, a lawyer and other members of the Joint Operations Branch who will assist Police to establish the cause of accident. A soldier was killed in the fatal car accident at Keltiga outside Mt Hagen between 16:30 and 17:00. The deceased died upon impact while three others are in a stable condition at the Mt Hagen General Hospital. The medical team will support the doctors on the ground…