Super fund Nambawan Super has clarified that it has been taking a responsible approach in the last three months to find a win-win solution with the Department of Lands and the National Capital District Commission over its’ land asset in which a settlement has emerged. Following the National Court order in November last year stating that land portion 2156, 2157 and 2159 belonged to Nambawan Super, the super fund had appointed a project manager who has since been engaging face to face with all the parties concerned. In a media conference today, NSL Chairman Reg Monagi said NSL had proposed…
Author: PNG Haus Bung
“I recall nights where late Joe would mount a head torch or carry a lamp and walk to the Health Centre when there is an emergency,” said the Head Teacher of the local Matanatou Primary School, Luana Duli. Local teacher from the nearby Wiga Primary School, Oena Malona, was tasked to oversee the BSP Solar Lights Project after Matanatou Health Center Officer-in-Charge (OIC) and lone health worker late Joe Robona passed on 2 weeks prior to the handover. Matanatou Health Center, located in Binagoro Village in the hinterlands of Rigo District, Central Province, has recently received a full pack of…
On Tuesday 17 August, UN Women signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Pacific Institute of Leadership and Governance (PILAG) to establish the first Political Leadership Academy for Women in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The partnership is being established under UN Women’s Women Make the Change programme, which focuses on supporting and promoting women’s political participation and leadership in the country. The programme is implemented with support from the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand. The Political Leadership Academy for Women will work closely with a small cohort of women in each cycle to provide those…
A research undertaken by the Australian National University (ANU) on the establishment of undersea internet cables or submarine cables in the Pacific has shown that internet prices in PNG have not dropped despite numerous promising announcements by government heads. In a session with local media representatives yesterday, Research Fellow with the Department of Pacific Affairs at ANU, Dr Amanda Watson explained about submarine cables in the Pacific and made mention of the areas concerning cybersecurity, geopolitics and reliability. In recent years, PNG has seen a couple of undersea internet cables established with grand announcements of reduced internet rates and faster…
The Chinese Government has donated up to 1800 of its Chinese made Sinopharm Covid 19 vaccine to the New Ireland Provincial Health Authority. A small handover ceremony took place at the Kavieng General Hospital on Sunday 15th August which was attended by a team of Chinese medical doctors, Staff of the New Ireland Health Authority and the New Ireland Government. The Chinese medical team consisting of Dr ZhenQui Liu and Sister Yang Jing assured the local medical team and Provincial Government that the Sinopharm Covid 19 vaccine is safe with 10,000 doses already administered in the country. 2000 of these…
PNG has now 12 confirmed cases of Delta Variant of COVID-19, the latest are 3 males from Western Province. National Control Centre will be sending a team to Western Province as they did with Madang last week to help with contact tracing and give technical advice and guidance on how to respond on the ground. *Testing in PNG has reduced since March it is difficult to know how widespread is the transmission of Delta Variant. Dr Daoni says an instruction has been given for all health facilities to test cases of Influenza-like illnesses (ILI), Severe Acute Respiratory Illnesses (SARI) and…
Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton says it is not yet clear when it will be safe for Australian troops to begin evacuating citizens and local staff from Afghanistan. Australia is deploying 250 troops and several aircraft as part of a mission to rescue Australians, as well as Afghans who served alongside the ADF. Chaotic scenes unfolded at Kabul airport overnight, with Afghans who were trying to flee the Taliban clinging onto US military planes, and some apparently falling to their deaths after take-off. One image showed hundreds of people crammed into the hold of a US transport plane. Dutton described…
An initiative aimed at improving triage practice and data collection at the Emergency Department of Port Moresby General Hospital was launched today by members of the Australian College of Emergency Medicine and staff of the hospital’s emergency department. The Inter-agency Integrated Triage Tool is a revitalized practice to manage the admission of emergency patients into the hospital according to their degree of injury so as to provide an efficient and effective patient care. Emergency Acting Coordinator Dr Duncan Sengiromo at the launch says POM Gen receives 120 emergency patients on average daily and attending to that number has been a…
Papua New Guinea has recorded six new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday August 10 and Thursday 12, increasing the total number of cases to 17,812. On Tuesday one new positive case was reported while on Thursday another 5 new cases were reported. A 47-year-old male from Hela province is the latest positive case reported on Tuesday bringing the total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Hela to 189 and two deaths. The known COVID-19 death toll for PNG remains at 192 as there were no new deaths reported. The five new cases on Thursday were reported in the National Capita District…
Member for Moresby South Mr Justin Tkatchenko yesterday presented new sets of rugby jerseys to the Moresby South Blacks ‘A’ Grade team as well as the Senior Women’s team at the Moresby South Stadium in Kaugere. The jerseys were presented ahead of the Southern Super League tournament which is set to commence in a few weeks’ time. Minister Tkatchenko highlighted that his office is placing emphasis on rugby league because it is a national sport that is loved by everyone from the villages, to the settlements as well as the urban areas. “Rugby league plays a huge role in the…