Mare Village in the Huon District of Morobe Province had a reason to celebrate on Sunday 27th June 2021, with the opening of a new Double Classroom and Two New Teachers Houses. The projects had taken 6 months to complete, thanks to the fruitful partnership of the Morobe Provincial Government and Mairobs Construction at Mare Primary School. Morobe Governor Hon Ginson Goheyuc Saonu had embarked on a new trial of partnership with contractor Mairobs Construction where the project cost, time frame and standard quality were set out and the contractor using their own funds built the projects. “The arrangement is…
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BSP Financial Group Ltd (BSP) Boroko Branch Team was at Veifa’a Village, located in West Mekeo in the Kairuku-Hiri District of Central Province, where they handed over the school’s new library. “Thank you BSP for recognising the importance of a library in our children’s education. We are humbled by BSP’s support towards schools not only in the city but having travelled here with the current road condition; you made it through to the rural Mekeo area,” Mr Mega added. The library project took 3 months to complete at a cost of K30, 000. BSP upgraded an old classroom, converting it…
Community service obligations have been delivered without clear rules, according to a Papua New Guinea National Research Institute (PNG NRI) Spotlight article. Therefore, there is a need to effectively action the Community Service Obligation (CSO) Policy, it stated. CSO refers to an arrangement where a government requires state entities or state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to undertake activities relating to the supply of goods and services that they would not choose to do on a commercial basis. In order to maintain and expand access to these essential services such as electricity, telecommunication and ports, SOEs are undertaking community service obligations. The article,…
A special handover ceremony was held today at Governor Sir Julius Chan’s former office at Mogol in Kavieng town. Keys were handed over to New Ireland’s Division of Education represented by CEO of Education Apelis Benson, Chairlady of the New Ireland Education Board Dr Kappa Malpo in the Prescence of education division staff.. The change in office is a much needed boost for the Education Division after operating out of a small office at N4C for the past years. “This office will allow for smoother processing of queries of our teachers. They will not have to stay long periods of…
SP PNG Hunters have been strengthened by the return of key backs Terry Wapi and Brendon Gutuno for Saturday’s Intrust Super Cup clash with Mackay Cutters at Bycroft Oval on Saturday. The Queensland Rugby League declared that the Round 12 clash would go ahead despite today’s announcement of a three-day COVID lockdown in southeast Queensland and the Townsville region. The QRL hopes the lockdown will lift as planned at 6pm Friday, enabling a full round to proceed after last weekend’s bye. Winger Gutuno has been sidelined for the past 12 weeks after fracturing his arm in two places in the…
Leader of the Opposition Hon. Belden Norman Namah this week called for a bi-partisan Parliamentary inquiry into the state owned PNG Power Ltd and the issue of electricity supply throughout PNG. Mr Namah said the reliable provision of electricity and the wider issues of the energy needs of Papua New Guinea has now become a national emergency. “Sustained, reliable and cost effective generation, transmission and distribution of electricity is a crucial development enabler in any country. “And PNG is missing it big time.” “Countries like Vietnam and Cambodia, coming off years of military strife in their countries, got their energy…
East New Britain Students attending the University of Papua New Guinea have taken the initiative to give back to their communities in the province by hosting several fundraisers this year to which will go towards their end of the year projects. ENB Students Association President Ezra Kereku said they aim to carry out two projects this year, a Book Drive Project which is a continuation of the book donation drive that started in 2019 and the introduction of a new project which is the Election Awareness Project to go out and educate the local communities in the province about the…
PNG Constitutional Law & Reform Commission Chairman Kevin Isifu has announced that the Inquiry on the Declaration of PNG as Christian country in the Constitution will formally close today. “CLRC will not be involved in any discussion or accept any more submission after this date,” he said. CLRC is now working on editing, and finalizing the final report before endorsement by the CLRC Commissioners in anticipation for presentation to the Prime Minister James Marape on 16 July 2021 for tabling in Parliament during the August sitting, he said. The final report will comprise of two volumes. Volume 1 captures the…
SP PNG Hunters have been strengthened by the return of key backs Terry Wapi and Brendon Gutuno for Saturday’s Intrust Super Cup clash with Mackay Cutters at Bycroft Oval on Saturday. The Queensland Rugby League declared that the Round 12 clash would go ahead despite today’s announcement of a three-day COVID lockdown in southeast Queensland and the Townsville region. The QRL hopes the lockdown will lift as planned at 6pm Friday, enabling a full round to proceed after last weekend’s bye. Winger Gutuno has been sidelined for the past 12 weeks after fracturing his arm in two places in the…
An unconventional weight loss device that bolts the jaw of its user closed has been designed to combat the globe’s “obesity epidemic”. The DentalSlim Diet Control was developed at New Zealand’s University of Otago in collaboration with UK researchers, and works by restricting the jaw from opening wider than two millimetres, according to a media release published by the university on Monday. Kiwis who participated in a trial lost an average of 6.36kg in two weeks, and according to researchers, were “motivated to continue with their weight loss journey”. The device, which is fitted by a dental professional to the upper and…