The PNG Chamber of Mines and Petroleum is proud to announce Mr. Richard Kassman OBE, as its new President. Mr. Kassman, who has served as Vice President of the Chamber for the past three years, takes over from Gerea Aopi, who had his first engagement with the industry in 1991. Following his announcement as Chamber President, Mr. Kassman highlighted the immense amount of work and advise provided by the outgoing President Mr. Aopi. “My first task as President-elect is to thank outgoing President Gerea Aopi, CBE, Commander of the British Empire. A colossus of a man whose contribution to our…
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The nationwide consultation on the Inquiry on the Declaration of PNG as a Christian country commences on the 2nd May to 4th June 2021, says Secretary of the Constitutional and Law Reform Commission (CLRC) Dr. Mange Matui. This follows the official launch by the Prime Minister Hon. James Marape last Friday. “We encourage and appeal to everyone to participate in this Inquiry so that your views become official, gets recorded and counted, and they will be protected under the Commissions of Inquiry Act,” Dr Matui said. He said as an independent Constitutional Office, CLRC will always be neutral in this…
372 Elementary schools across New Ireland Province are receiving donations of vital hygiene supplies and COVID-19 awareness materials from Australian NGO, KTF (Kokoda Track Foundation) in partnership with Newcrest Mining. “Newcrest are pleased to partner with KTF on Project Airborne, which is designed to keep our school children and communities safe in New Ireland, through the delivery of hygiene supplies and the messaging of ‘COVID-19 Niupela Pasin’. Newcrest looks forward to continuing their support of the province throughout the upcoming vaccine rollout.” outlines Craig Jones, Newcrest Chief Operating Officer, PNG. With provincial borders closed, KTF’s partnership with the New Ireland…
Papua New Guinea has recorded 82 new COVID-19 cases this week, increasing the total number of cases to 10,997. The cases were reported from 14 districts in nine provinces. The National Capital District reported 21 cases, Eastern Highlands 22, Western Highlands 10, West New Britain eight, Madang four, Southern Highlands two, Hela six, Manus eight and Central reported a single case. Of the 82 cases, 48 were males, 32 females and two not stated. Their ages range between 20 to 80 years. At the time of testing, 66 cases were showing symptoms of COVID-19 whilst 16 were asymptomatic. The country’s…
Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says his Government is committed to creating a better voting process for the 2022 General Election amidst COVID-19, including biometric voter registration. He announced this at a press conference today after a meeting with Governors, Ministers, MPs, Acting Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai, National Pandemic Response Controller Mike Manning and other stakeholders. “Next year’s election will be conducted in the presence of COVID in the community,” PM Marape said. “Something that we might use to clean up the voting process is biometrics, and an Electoral Roll that registers electronically, with photographs attached for all our voting…
BSP Financial Group Limited has upheld its support of a two-year donation deal to Sir Theo Foundation for the second year as a diamond sponsor to the programme. The bank donated K50, 000 to the Sir Theo Foundation today as the second portion of the K100,000 deal in supporting the foundation’s charitable programmes, which is aimed at assisting in the provision of health services to people in PNG who rely on our local public health system. Finance Director of the foundation Bruce Mead when receiving the cheque said, “The focus of the Sir Theo Foundation through 2020 and into 2021…
The Acting Managing Director of Telikom Mr Jessie Wangua was taken into police custody last night for his own safety and also to ease tensions sparked by the death of his wife at a Private Hospital. The relatives of the late Mrs Wagua have alleged that she passed away, after sustaining injuries from a domestic-violence incident involving her husband. The irrate relatives went to the hospital and threatened to attack Mr Wagua, accusing him of being the perpetrator. Police intervened and detained Mr Wagua. He was hesitant at first but later cooperated when made aware of the sensitivity of the…
The Coalition of Parliamentarians to End Gender-Based Violence met earlier this week to discuss their plans for the coming year, including their efforts to support reserved seats for women in the National Parliament ahead of the June 2022 national elections. The meeting brought together nine of the Coalition’s twenty members in-person, namely Co-Chairs Governors Powes Parkop and Allan Bird, Parliamentary Committee on GBV Chair Charles Abel, Minister Jelta Wong, Minister Timothy Masiu, Governor Garry Juffa, Tony Wouwou, John Kaupa and Richard Masere. The Coalition Members were given a presentation on the Government’s efforts to promote women in parliament by the…
There are no short-term solutions to what has brought the Broncos to the troubled position we find the club in today. As ex-players we probably get accused of harping on a bit too much about what’s wrong at Brisbane, but with their new chief executive Dave Donaghy starting next week he has a chance to completely overhaul where this club has messed up and ensure it never gets to this point again. What he needs to know first and foremost is that our fans are loyal and they understand the club’s predicament. They know it will take time to get…
Cheque presentation at the book and reading corner of the Theodist Stationery store Buk bilong Pikinini (BbP) has been working with Theodist since 2014 to ensure that all the organisations’ Library Learning Centres across PNG are well-stocked with appropriate learning materials to support the best possible learning outcomes for the children enrolled. Early Childhood Education & Development (ECED) refers to the physical, cognitive, linguistic and socio-emotional development of a child from the prenatal stage up to age eight. BbP has developed a comprehensive ECED program to prepare and transition the children into school. As part of this program the children…