The first batch of coronavirus vaccines arrived in Palau early on Saturday morning, greeted on the tarmac by the president-elect and health minister. Health minister Emais Roberts said 2,800 doses of the Moderna vaccine arrived on a special flight from the United States. “Vaccines arrived,” Roberts said in a text message. He said the ministry would start using the vaccine from 3 January, with health workers first in line to receive the jabs. Following that, the ministry said it would look to vaccinate key officials and decision makers, then the elderly and those with underlying medical conditions. Roberts, along with…
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Two new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours. A 42 year old male was reported positive in New Ireland province whilst a 24 year old male was reported positive in East New Britain. The 42 year old who lives in Namatanai district in New Ireland province is a mine worker who was tested at the Lihir Medical Centre. He was experiencing fever, cough, headache and muscle ache at the time of testing. In East New Britain, the 24 year old male was tested at Nonga. He did not show symptoms of COVID-19…
This news just in! 2 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours. A 42 year old male was reported positive in New Ireland province whilst a 24 year old male was reported positive in East New Britain. The country’s COVID-19 cases now stands at 799 and 9 deaths. Keep to your COVID-19 safety practises, listen in to the news on this station or follow our website pnghausbung.com for more on this story.
The Public are advised that today from 10am to 4pm you are allowed to come to the National Parliament to pay last Respects to the Late Rt Hon Sir Mekere Mourata MP in the Grand Hall. No invitation needed. All are Welcome. This has been announced by the State Funeral organizing Committee Chairman and member for Moresby South Justin Tkatchenko when announcing the 8 day State Funeral arrangements for late Sir Mekere. Monday January 4th marks Day 5 when the Late Sir Mek will be laid in state at the Grand Hall in Parliament for public viewing.” On Day 8,…
Nine (9) bodies out of the fifteen (15) that were buried under ground up at Saki, Goilala District have being recovered by the team on the sixth day of the search. That’s from the local MP for Goilala William Samb in a joint press conference on Sunday. Mr Samb also stated that they were fortunate enough to deliver seven (7) to the respected villages for a decent burial. “The Governor for Central, our Provincial Disaster Team and I are working very closely to ensure we are putting all resources available to ensure we recover our loved ones.” “Due to the…
The Controller of the PNG COVID-19 National Pandemic Response David Manning has issued new directives to Airline operators to resume flights into and out of the West New Britain Province to enable stranded passengers to return home. All persons from the West New Britain Province who are currently out of the province are allowed to return to the province within the next five days beginning January 2, 2021. Similarly, those from other provinces currently in the West New Britain Province have five days to arrange for their travel out to their provinces. However, all passengers will have to do a…
A New Year’s Resolution is a tradition in which a person resolves to continue good practices, change an undesired behavior or otherwise improve your life in one way or another. Have you got any New Year’s resolutions for 2021 and if so, what are some of them? We asked some of you and here are your answers… Vox pop of New Year resolutions We wish you well with those resolutions.
Happy New Year! How were your celebrations? How did you welcome the New Year 2021? We took to the streets to ask some of you these questions and here’s what some of you had to say… Vox Pop of New Year celebrations However, you may have celebrated, our wish for you is that your 2021 be even better than the year gone by.
Seasonal Christian greetings to you Papua New Guineans. The year 2020 has been a difficult year of many challenges, including the worst global pandemic in a century of COVID-19, which affected PNG and the global economy. And, of course, many other challenges including politics have had negative tolls on our country but by God’s Grace we continue to survive. The change of Government in May 2019 arose from a collective desire to “Take Back PNG” from the hands of the greedy few who proliferated capitalistic greed and uncontrollable corruption. The change also was a generational shift from old generation of…
Commissioner David Manning, Controller, by virtue of the powers conferred by Section 9 of the National Pandemic Act 2020 and all other enabling powers, hereby issued the following measures for immediate implementation: The measures set out herein apply only to the West New Britain Province.A 14-day restriction period will be imposed during which no aircraft, vehicle or vessel is allowed to enter into or out of the province with new passengers except for aircrafts, vehicles or vessels bringing in cargo or goods and personnel engaged in the COVID-19 response.A curfew shall be imposed in the province between the hours of…