A ground breaking ceremony took place recently at the Afore Station in the Ijivitari District of Northern Province to launch the 1st phase of a road construction project by Member for Ijivitari Richard Masere and Minister for Agriculture and Livestock, John Simon. “Roads have been a vital link between rural and urban settings and have made the flow of service delivery to the rural areas more efficient,” said Mr Masere. However, he said this has not been the case for most rural areas in PNG where roads are deteriorating and service delivery to most parts of the rural areas have…
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Attack will be the best form of defence for Queensland in State of Origin game three after the Maroons vowed to come out swinging in a bid to avoid suffering their first series whitewash in 21 years. Captain Daly Cherry-Evans admitted the Maroons still had plenty of work to do on their defence after NSW’s scoring juggernaut won the first two games with a remarkable 76-6 aggregate. But Cherry-Evans believed their attack may prove the key to an Origin III upset. The Maroons playmaker said a fast start was crucial and, armed with a backline boasting debutant speedster Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow,…
The EU-STREIT PNG Programme, further to its endeavour to empower families, women, and youths along cocoa and vanilla value chains, conducted a 12-day Technical Assistance (TA) mission starting from mid-June 2021, reaching out to the agriculture-dependent communities in the hinterlands of the West Sepik Province. Focused on transferring technical expertise to the wider local population, the EU STREIT PNG TA mission organised multiple training sessions to build capacities among 749 farmers in the remote, hard-accessible areas, worked on upscaling their knowledge and skills to act as Trainers of Trainers (ToTs), enabling them to further extend, mentor, guide and monitor their…
The Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) and Simbu Provincial Administration today (Friday 9th, July) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will allow for the appointment of two Business Development Officers (BDO) who will perform the role of, and act as agents for, the ICCC in the province. Sections 7 (1) and 106 (c) of the ICCC Act empower the ICCC, amongst other things, to liaise with Government agencies on matters relating to consumer protection legislation. ICCC Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer, Paulus Ain said the ICCC and the Simbu Provincial Administration recognized that resource constraints have the potential…
PUMA Energy, continues to energise communities around the country through its Community Social Responsibility partners such as Buk bilong Pikinini (BbP). Today, we announce the renewal of our sponsorship contract with BbP. PUMA Energy’s Country General Manager Hulala Tokome said: “It is pleasing to see the smiles on the children’s faces during the signing, because vulnerable children have been the centre and the reason behind BbP, developing programs to cover Early Childhood Education, Library services, school library re-establishment and book publishing.” PUMA Energy will continue to supply fuel and lubricants for BbP to distribute books to children’s libraries established around…
Bernice Kumice’s father began teaching her about cocoa farming when she finished high school, but within a few months her life was turned upsidedown. “My parents died in 2000,” she recalled. “We lost one parent in September and the other in December. I had not learnt enough from my father when he passed away.” With the loss of her parents, Bernice put cocoa aside and trained as a nurse, a profession she continues to pursue. She is a nursing officer at Tearoki Health Centre, where she has worked for nearly two decades. The 44-year-old lives in Tinputz with her family…
New Ireland becomes the third province in Papua New Guinea to sign a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Centre for Excellence in Financial Inclusion (CEFI) today to advance financial inclusion activities in the province. The Bank of Papua New Guinea Governor and Chairman of CEFI, Loi M. Bakani and New Ireland Province Governor Sir Julius Chan signed the MoU to promote the integration of financial inclusion in the New Ireland Province administration planning and implementation processes and also build the capacity of New Ireland Provincial administration staff to implement important financial inclusion activities. The activities will include integrating the…
The Managing Director of the Mineral Resources Authority (MRA) Mr. Jerry Garry was very pleased with the outcome of the Consultative Meeting in Wabag last week Thursday, 8th July 2021, after hearing unanimous pleas by the landowners to re-open the mine as soon as practicable. Leaders of some 200—300 landowners of the Porgera mining project who attended the meeting resonated their desire to re-open the mining operations . Mr Garry said, the re-opening of the mine is contingent upon conclusion of several agreements between Kumul Minerals Holdings Limited, State and Barrick Niugini Limited (BNL) currently headed by the State Negotiation…
The SP PNG Hunters will welcome a change of scenery from their Gold Coast training base as they head to Atherton to build on an encouraging performance last weekend in Saturday’s clash with Northern Pride. The match is part of Intrust Super Cup’s Country Week and takes the Hunters to the northern Tablelands and out of southeast Queensland for the first time their Round 3 win in Mackay. And while they have lost two players with injury from the 26-12 loss to Sunshine Coast last Saturday – centre Joe Joshua (knee) and second-rower Sylvester Namo (sprained hand) – a bonus…
The indigenous women from the 6 Motu Koitabu Villages in Moresby South taking part in The 2021 Moresby South-Motu Koitabu Netball Tournament received netball equipment proudly sponsored by one of Papua New Guinea’s oldest companies in Swire Shipping today (Tuesday 13th July 2021). Through the company’s corporate social responsibility program, netballs, nets and training cones were officially presented to the tournament coordinating committee in the presence of team captains representing the 24 participating teams of the senior and intermediate divisions at The Southside Fitness Centre. Swire Shipping Debtors Team Leader, Mrs. Emily Tau said the company was pleased to support…