Prime Minister James Marape was on Monday (Jan 18th 2021) briefed on various Chinese projects and investments throughout Papua New Guinea.Chinese Ambassador to PNG, His Excellency Xue Bing, paid a courtesy call to PM Marape to update him on progress of some of the main Chinese Government-funded projects and investments throughout PNG.PM Marape thanked the Chinese Government for its continued support and assistance through infrastructure projects and development aid.He said the PNG-Chinese relations continued to grow from strength to strength and has remained cordially robust since establishing diplomatic ties in 1976.“China is a significant provider in both investment and development…
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Another 5 new cases were reported in PNG in the last 24 hours, further extending the country’s total reported cases to 849. Of the 849 cases, 802 people have so far recovered whilst 10 samples are pending in the laboratories. 35 active cases are in isolation. Sixteen provinces including the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB) have reported cases. The latest cases were reported in Talasea district in the West New Britain province. Three male and two female ages ranging from 15 to 41 were reported positive. They were detected through contact tracing. The country’s COVID-19 cases now stands at 849…
Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says former Attorney-General and Deputy Prime Minister Steven Davis delayed the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) Bill. He said this in response to a statement by Davis that “several conflicting instructions for amendments from the PMJM nearly derailed the ICAC law and at one stage it was almost withdrawn”. Prime Minister Marape said Papua New Guineans should also not forget that just a day after passage of the ICAC Bill, last November 12th, Davis jumped ship to the Opposition. “Davis should know I am the driver of this ICAC and reforms on ICAC,” Prime Minister…
Electric Queensland Maroons winger and PNG international Xavier Coates is determined to have a cracking 2021 after a 2020 he described as a year of “huge ups and downs”. The 19-year-old, who started last year “fighting for a position in the Broncos”, said he was forever grateful his year finished on a high, winning State of Origin, after a year full of struggle. “We didn’t have the best year in general at the Broncos,” Coates, who played his first game for the year against Manly in Round 5, said. “I was feeling a bit down at the time because all…
Lawyer Greg Sheppard of Young & Williams Lawyers was arrested on Wednesday in Port Moresby, interviewed at the Police Headquarters and charged with two counts of conspiracy and another two count of false pretense over the K268 million Western Province People’s Dividends Community Mine Continuation Agreement (WPPD CMCA) Trust Funds. He was later taken into custody at Boroko Cell. The Special Police Forensic and Criminal investigations alleged that two transactions totaling K52 Million were paid into the Young & Williams Lawyers’ account and three transactions totaling K216 million were paid into the OTFRDF Ltd account. Commissioner of Police David Manning…
Papua New Guinea’s latest Covid-19 case has been reported in Lihir, New Ireland Province increasing the country’s total cases to 844. A 52 year old male, mining supervisor is the latest to be confirmed positive. The mining supervisor was experiencing fever and muscle aches at the time of testing. He is currently in isolation and that contact tracing has commenced. The country’s COVID-19 cases as a result now stands at 844 with nine known deaths. A total of 40,697 people have tested for COVID-19. Eight hundred people have recovered whilst ten samples are pending at the laboratories. Thirty-five active cases…
The OFC U-17 Championship and OFC U-20 Championship tournaments have been postponed but remain on track to take place this year. The events were originally meant to be played in 2020 as qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 and FIFA U-20 World Cups but were delayed due to travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Last month, FIFA cancelled the FIFA U-17 World Cup that was meant to be held in Peru in October and the FIFA U-20 World Cup that was set for Indonesia in May-June. Given OFC’s youth tournaments are a key element of its long-term strategy to qualify two teams for the FIFA World Cup…
Police Commissioner David Manning has apologised to the Ombudsman Commission over the events of last Friday in which Chief Ombudsman Richard Pagen and a number of his staff were detained at the Boroko Police Station. This event culminated from an administrative oversight in the handling of a District Court warrant on an ongoing high-level case currently subjected to the constitutional process of investigation. It was reported that police detectives from the NCD Metro Fraud had gone over to the Ombudsman Commission office with members of a Fox Unit to serve a search warrant to “retrieve, seize and confiscate” all documents…
Two female health workers are among eight new cases of COVID-19 reported in West New Britain and NCD in the last 24 hours increasing the country’s total cases to 843. Two cases were reported in NCD whilst six cases were reported in West New Britain. In NCD, 58 year old female health care worker who resides in Moresby South electorate was tested positive. She was not experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 virus but swab samples returned positive. Also living in Moresby South was a 28 year old male who was tested positive. He was showing symptoms of fever at the time…
People on the mining island of Misima in the Milne Bay Province will resort to sea transport as the only alternative transport means to get into the provincial capital, Alotau. This is following an announcement by airline company PNG Air to cease flights into Misima. PNG Air regrets to advise the general public that their flights into Misima Island, have ceased indefinitely and its due to poor conditions of the Bwagaoia runway in Misima. The cancellation of flights was effective on Monday 18th January 2021 and until such time when the runway is in compliance with Civil Aviation Rule Part…