Air Niugini management have started visiting its provincial ports to communicate the company’s initiatives. They started with Lae on Thursday, 11th May, 2023. Acting Chief Executive Officer, Mr Gary Seddon, Technical Advisor-Flight Operations, Captain Granger Narara and General Manager- Aviation Security, Mr Marco McConnell met with Lae sales staff and Nadzab airport operations. The team also had a tour of the new terminal facility at Nadzab. The purpose of the visit is to update staff on the progress and developments at Air Niugini and to hear feedback, concerns and suggestions from staff. The visit is also to ensure that the…
Author: Tasminnie ISIMELI
Midwifery students from St. Mary’s School of Nursing in Kokopo, East New Britain shared their satisfaction and excitement after using new birthing simulators supplied by the United Nations Population Fund Country Office and Laerdal Global Health (Norway) recently. According to the school’s Midwifery Coordinator, Ms. Francesca Bev the simulators have helped her 17 students build not only their competence but also their confidence, as the mannequins allow students hands-on practice before they enter clinical practice. More importantly, students can make mistakes, have these corrected and repeat their correct techniques before they attend to live births. Ms Bevi shared that such…
The Chairman of the Permanent Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, International Trade, Immigrations and Defence, Belden Namah is calling on Foreign Affairs Minister Justin Tkatchenko to explain to the people Papua New Guinea the quotes that are attributed to him on Australian media. Tkatchenko is reported to have told the ABC Pacific Beat that Papua New Guineans who responded furiously to a TikTok video posted by his daughter Savannah were “useless people” and “primitive animals”. “I am calling on the Foreign Affairs Minister to confirm or deny that he uttered those descriptions of citizens of Papua New Guinea which has…
Sister Wilma Sebby, Nurse Manager of Emergency Department (ED) at the ANGAU Memorial Provincial Hospital, has spent the last 17 years working at the emergency department. She is motivated by her love for the job and for people. She said that working in the Emergency Department can be very stressful and sometimes challenging but as a team leader, she is there to support her fellow nurses and colleagues. Even on a quiet day at ED, she is in ‘preparation mode’ getting the equipment and items for emergencies ready. “Taking care of patients and seeing them recover makes me feel good…
Kokoda Track Foundation in partnership with Papua New Guinea Counsellors’ Association recently supported a 10-day upskilling training workshop. This workshop was conducted from Wednesday 12th – Friday 21st of April at KTF’s Kokoda FODE College Located in Kokoda, Northern Oro Province and delivered a Basic Counselling Course to 24 eager participants. Port Moresby based PNGCA’s Association facilitators, President Susan Setae and Board Member Momoru Nao, travelled to Oro Province to deliver the first-of-its-kind training for the Province. The training covered various topics including counsellor’s self-awareness and acceptance, what is counselling, ethics and confidentiality, understanding client needs and psychosocial development; and…
Mining Minster Sir Ano Pala and Rigo District Development Authority (DDA) has agreed to invest K2Million to Women’s Micro Bank to support women, girls and their families in Rigo District. Women’s Micro Bank Limited branded as MAMA BANK has partnered with the Rigo DDA to establish and bring financial inclusion services to the people of Rigo and setup a Mama Bank Agency in the district to enable the local’s access to financial services and credit facility to support the district’s economic plans in empowering entrepreneurship in Rigo District. This initiative was led by Mama Bank Chief Executive Officer, Mr Gunanidhi…
Every year, thousands of babies are born in the country but sadly many of these babies die before they reach their fifth birthday. One of the causes is due to diseases that are preventable through immunization which includes measles, polio, whooping cough and tetanus. A national launch was held on Monday in Port Moresby to kick-start the Supplementary Immunization Activity on Measles-Rubella, Polio and Vitamin A by the National Department of Health, UNICEF and World Health Organisation. This is to raise the raise the country’s immunization coverage rate to save lives of children. The objectives of the Measles-Rubella immunization include:…
The Yumi FM PNG Musik Awards is back this year, bigger than ever before to celebrate the work of local artist over the last two years. The Yumi FM PNG Musik Awards will be hosted at the Lamana Gold Club on the 17th June, 2023. PNG FM Limited General Manager, Miss Rosemarie ‘Shaz’ Botong made the announcement this morning on the Yumi FM’s Kapmaus Show. “The idea behind the Yumi FM PNG Musik awards is giving recognition where it’s due to local artists.” “It’s been like 4 years since we last had a big party to celebrate the night for…
United Nations (UN) has launched its global initiative, ‘The Big Catchup’ with the aim of vaccinating millions of children against potentially fatal diseases. This resourceful project is part of the UN’s World Immunization Week which is observed annually from 24 to 30 April. The program is conducted by the UN agencies like the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF in collaboration with the Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG), Gavi and other global immunization partners. Vaccination is recognized as the most effective method of protecting communities from diseases like coronavirus, measles, diphtheria, pertussis, polio, hepatitis B and HPV. These diseases…
Policewoman Inspector Maureen Undaba who was recently promoted to the rank of Senior Inspector, was the only female amongst seven officers promoted recently by Police Commissioner David Manning at the Police Headquarters in the National Capital District. Six of the seven officers flew into Port Moresby on Wednesday from around the country to receive their promotion. The seven are: · NCD Metropolitan Commander Chief Inspector Silva Sika to Superintendent, · Western Highlands Provincial Police Commander Superintendent John Sagom to Chief Superintendent, · Simbu Provincial Police Commander Chief Inspector Epenes Nili to Superintendent, · North Fly acting Provincial Police Commander Senior…