Over 17,000 Grade 12 students from secondary schools and national high schools nationwide will miss out on placings at tertiary institutions for 2021. Only 9,371 grade 12 students have been selected and are eligible to proceed onto tertiary institutions out of 27, 143 students that sat for the National Grade 12 examination for 2020. In total, 17,772 students have been denied a space, a slight drop from last years figures of 18, 318. This was revealed by the Secretary for Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (DHERST), Fr Jan Czuba during the launching of 2021 Admission selection of…
Author: Rolland BANABA
Parliament has again been adjourned to the 20th of April 2020 at 2pm in today’s sitting. The much-anticipated Vote of No Confidence did not take place as 18 Members of Parliament crossed the floor from Opposition and returned to the Marape-led Government side of the floor. Today’s session covered the reading and passing of the 2021 National Budget for the second time. The Opposition was not given a chance to respond to the 2021 National Budget. Meanwhile, the Opposition camp is now in a meeting and Government is expected to address media in a conference at Loloata Resort later today.
15 MPs from the Opposition just crossed the floor of parliament to join the Marape-led government in light of a looming Vote of No Confidence. Reports from in the house confirmed Sir John Pundari, a signatory to the VoNC motion led the opposition MP’s who crossed the floor while the sitting was about to begin. The MP’s that defected from the Opposition include: Sir John PundariSam BasilPeter Yama,Sasindran MuthuvelNick KumanJoseph YopyyopySam AkoitaiChris NangoiKevin Isifu John KaupaFrancis ManekeWestley NukundjRichard MaserePeter SapiaDouglas Tomuriesa Parliament is now in session. More updates to follow:
Aitape Lumi MP Patrick Pruaitch is the appointed alternate Prime Minister for the Opposition camp. Aitape Lumi MP and Oppositions alternate PM Patrick Pruaitch This was announced in a media gathering soon after the adjournment of parliament sitting on Monday as the opposition filed for a motion of no confidence against PM James Marape to the Speaker. Alotau MP Charles Abel said he was disappointed at the turn of events in parliament as it reconvened, describing it as “frustrating the process”. ” We are doing our utmost best to follow all legal requirements” “Unfortunately, it would seem that we are…
The supreme court-ordered parliament sitting reconvened today in accordance to orders by the high court, but was short-lived due to another adjournment. The Parliament turned into a yelling and screaming quorum from MP’s on both sides of the house this morning when Speaker Job Pomat sought to seek legal clarity regarding an insolvency court case against Kerowagi MP Bari Palma. It is understood a document from the National Court was served to the Speaker this morning regarding the insolvency case against Bari Palma. The court document clearly stated that Mr Palma is no longer insolvent, and is qualified to attend the…
Security has been heightened with heavy police presence at entry points into the parliament house precinct this morning as the house prepares to convene at 10am today. The Supreme Court ordered that parliament be recalled in its decision last week. Meanwhile the government has filed an application to stay the high courts decision to recall sitting. Listen in to the news on our stations Legend FM, Nau FM, Yumi FM or follow our website pnghausbung.com for more on this story.
It was a proud moment for Tokarara Secondary School Principal, Mr. Gabriel Manga, to have the Nation’s Capital based school listed among the 15 best performing secondary schools in the 2020 grade 12 national examinations. Mr. Manga commended his deputies and the hard-working teaching staff for the admirable results, saying it was the result of their hard work. “I actually believed that we were there somewhere near the top,” Manga added, before acknowledging the COVID-19 pandemic for the top results. “Otherwise, we are very pleased with our efforts this year.” “There’s nothing different from what we’ve been doing. We’ve been…
Catholic School, St Charles Lwanga Secondary School in the National Capital District has done it again topping the Grade 10 National Examination results for the 2020 academic year out of 348 high schools and secondary schools nationwide. This is the seventh consecutive year for the school’s Grade 10’s to be recognized as the best performing school in the country. Deputy Principal Administration Mrs Bainam Bani said she was humbled at the news of the school’s performance but said; “it came as no surprise.” “We have done it for seven consecutive years. All the hard work by students and teachers have…
The national examination results of the grades 10 and 12 are officially available online now for school leavers and parents and guardians to check. Results came online as of 11:00am today after Education Secretary Dr Uke Kombra officially launched results from the Gateway Hotel in Port Moresby. Secretary Kombra said that results now available online are not final and may be altered later. “Printed certificates wit the final results are expected to be ready by mid-January 2021.” The results for Flexible Open Distance Education are also included in these examination results. 72, 164 grade 10s from 348 high schools and…
The Port Moresby Nature Park in partnership with major sponsor, Moni Plus Limited is hosting its inaugural Moni Plus Christmas in the Park program at the park grounds in Port Moresby. As part of its Christmas program, the Port Moresby Nature Park hosted its first weekend of activities on the 6th and 7th of December. The Christmas activities will continue to run though this weekend and end on the 20th of December. “It’s a fun filled day where families can come and celebrate Christmas in the park,” said Godwin Eki, Communications Coordinator of Port Moresby Nature Park. “You’ll see some…