Mt Hagen Open MP and Acting Prime Minister William Duma has expressed sorrow for the loss of Dei MP Steven Pim who passed away over the weekend. Duma told PNG HAUSBUNG that it was very heart breaking for the colleague MPs in Western Highlands to lose a colleague MP who was into the fourteenth month as a Parliamentarian. Duma says late Pim had a lot to offer and his loss was also a great loss for Dei electorate and Western Highlands Province. He relayed his condolences to the immediate family, friends, and tribesmen of the late Member for Dei. It…
Author: Samuel RAITANO
With the restoration of the Eagle monument at Independence Hill in Mt Hagen City, the Provincial Rugby League team Hagen Eagles will also see rebuilding of a competent team management structure. That’s the joint assurance from Western Highlands Governor Wai Rapa and Hagen Open MP William Duma during the recent 48 Independence Anniversary Celebration at Queens Park in Mt Hagen. The two leaders announced that major changes will be done to the Hagen Eagles team management, going forward. This is to restore the pride of the home team that has been performing below par in the Digicel ExxonMobil Cup Competition…
Four escapees from Buiebi prison in Southern Highlands Province who took part in the mass break out yesterday have been shot dead. Southern Highlands Provincial Police Commander Joseph Puri told PNG HAUSBUNG this afternoon that 47 escaped but four were shot, one has been recaptured and 42 are still on the run. Police and Correctional Services officers are on the lookout now. The call is on the public and the villagers around Buiebi and Asisa areas to keep eyes out for the 42 escapees. Meanwhile, PMVs and private vehicle owners are also being urged to scrutinise people, especially males asking…
Mt Hagen General Hospital in Western Highlands Province, on Monday opened its recently refurbished staff clinic and four rooms for on- call staff at the Hospital. The opening was done by Acting Western Highlands Provincial Health Authority CEO Dr. Jonah Kurubi. The availability of the rooms will now ensure duty staff can sleep on site and are available quickly when needed, instead of having drivers to do pick up and drop off at their homes during odd hours. Dr. Kurubi said this will also ensure more timely response to urgent patient demands. The staff clinic will also have a database…
An educationist and elite from Southern Highlands Province, Jackson Yer has launched a foundation called Yer Education Foundation at Mendi town recently. Mr Yer is based in the United States of America (USA) and had founded the Yer Education Foundation with the aim of assisting Papua New Guineans to secure spaces in tertiary institutions in the US. Mr. Yer graduated with a Bachelor of Education at University of Goroka (UOG) and pursued further studies in the US, got married and works there. Through Yer Foundation, he had assisted many young Papua New Guineans to secure places in institutions in the…
The Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) is currently hosting the Highlands Regional Consultation Awareness Workshop at Highlander Hotel in Mt Hagen, starting today and will conclude tomorrow. The conference is to inform relevant government departments and statutory agencies in the Highlands region that the business of Information Communication Technology (ICT), procurement and management is now standardized under the Digital Government Act 2022. This means all government departments and statutory agencies will have officially authorized ICT systems approved and regulated by the Department of Information and Communication Technology. Participants included representatives from the district and provincial administrations and Provincial…
Ialibu District Hospital in Southern Highlands Province will be closed on Monday next week unless the people of Ialibu station behave and respect the health facility’s management. THE Management of Ialibu District Hospital recently issued the warning through a public notice from the Officer in Charge, for the people to stop doing markets around the hospital fence, near it’s gates and within the premises. The hospital management raised concerns that relevant authorities like the DDA CEO, Police, Town Mayor and ward councillor were notified to have the people moved but nothing has been done so far. PNG HAUSBUNG has reached…
Telikom PNG Limited has recently facilitated a mediation forum for landowners of Mt Kegum in Mul LLG of Western Highlands Province, where its transmission tower was recently vandalized by locals. Telikom PNG Board Chairman Cedric Rondoke and CEO Amos Tepi arrived in Mt Hagen over the weekend to address what has been described as the biggest vandalism of Telikom PNG in Western Highlands Province. Telikom CEO Amos Tepi, Board Chairman Cedric Rondoke and Mul Baiyer Lumusa MP Jacob Maki, accompanied by Western Highlands Provincial Police Commander John Sagom and representatives of Western Highlands Provincial Government, travelled on Sunday to Nengel…
A man is behind bars in Mt Hagen Police station and his accomplices are on the run after an attempted robbery gone wrong on Tuesday in Western Highlands. According to Mt Hagen Police, the attempted robbery has also left a Guard Dog Security officer wounded in the face by a gunshot. Police Duty Officer, Constable Kelly Tombon told PNG HAUSBUNG the incident happened at around 4am on Tuesday. Up to fifteen criminals armed with bushknives, axes, a factory-made magnum pistol and a M-16 rifle attempted to rob CASA Hardware at Tega. Tombon said the criminals pried open the gates with…
People of Enga Province will now see proper regulation in price of goods and services. This follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Enga Provincial Government and Independent Consumer Competition Commission (ICCC). The signing of the MOU was done on Tuesday this week at Takeanda Amphitheatre in Wabag by ICCC Commissioner Paulus Ain and Enga Provincial Administrator Sandis Tsaka. The signing will now see proper regulation of price of goods and services in Enga. ICCC has engaged two agents from the Commerce Sector of Enga Provincial Administration. Provincial Administrator Sandis Tsaka said the signing will pave way for…