Business houses in Port Moresby have lost millions of kina in just one day due to pressures from the public on matters relating to tax increases and public servants payroll system glitch. The President of the Business Council of Papua New Guinea, Mrs. Susil Nelson-Kongoi, is appalled that the business houses in the Nation’s Capital were not protected on Wednesday, 10th January 2024 and have lost properties through fires and huge damages through looting. Nelson-Kongoi stated that PNG is already a difficult destination for investments and needs the private sector retailers to do business here. “All businesses attacked today are…
Author: Tennyalle TAGETE
Despite the chaos happening in the city, ambulances supported a significant emergency situation occurring in Port Moresby related to civil unrest. This incident severely impacted normal ambulance operations and may have resulted in delays responding to incidents. “Be aware that their priority is always to provide care to Papua New Guineans who require life-saving assistance.” In a statement, St John Ambulance advised the ambulance service are responding to life threatening emergency situations as quickly as possible, and doing all possible to maintain the safety and security of St John People at the same time. “Please call 111 for St John…
The Commissioner of Police, David Manning, has expressed his annoyance that a technical problem in the Alesco payroll system caused police pays to be reduced this week. Commissioner Manning said a technical error caused pay deductions that will now be paid to police members. “The situation today where members received reduced pay is not good enough and we are sorting it out,” Commissioner Manning said. “I have been advised by the IRC that the deduction was caused by the Alesco payroll system and is being resolved by the Department of Finance.” “This was a mistake that should not happen as…
Situated at the small and peaceful coastal township of Vanimo, the health staff at the West Sepik Provincial Hospital attended to about 50 to 100 cases over the recent festive season. A nursing officer from the Accident and Emergency Department, who wished not to be named, told PNG HAUSBUNG that over the Christmas and New Year period the staff attended to a lot of alcohol related cases from brawls that resulted in a number of knife wounds and trauma cases. The nursing officer added that all knife wound cases were minor and all were treated and sent home except for…
Our odyssey began with a leap of faith. We, the Balimo Pathfinders, a group of young pathfinders with hearts full of purpose, embarked on a mission to attend the PNGUM iAnchor Pathfinder Camporee in Markham. To fund our one-way tickets from Balimo to Hagen, we turned into resourceful entrepreneurs, selling recycled cans, kaukau, fish, and pineapples. We even hosted a concert in Port Moresby, receiving an outpouring number of support from people from all walks of life, both in Papua New Guinea and abroad. Your generosity helped us not only reach Hagen but also cover the costs of our road…
“After over 20 years of failure, the Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has learned from its mistakes of the past and is ready to kickoff Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in a big way this year,” were the words from the Minister for International Trade and Investment, Hon. Richard Maru. “Our first two Special Economic Zones were Malahang in Morobe Province and Ulaveo in the East New Britain Province. These were followed by the Paga Hill Special Economic Zone and the Central Limestone Project.” “This year the Government is set to license the Rice Special Economic Zone, the Central Manufacturing…
The fairy tale rise of an Australian sales executive to the upper ranks of European royalty is set to be completed later this month when Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth of Denmark becomes the country’s Queen Consort. The final stretch of Mary’s path from Tasmania to the Danish throne was cleared on New Year’s Eve by the surprise abdication of Queen Margrethe II, who announced that she will be stepping down on January 14. It’s an exceedingly rare move in Denmark, where a monarch hasn’t abdicated since 1146 when King Eric III gave up the crown to join a monastery, according…
One of the challenges that is faced in the rugby union code is the late development of a player, which is why a significant few in the community are working hard to train and bring raw talents into the code so they can mold them into skilled players that will not only be able to represent the country, but also open other pathways for them. The Razorbacks Club is one of the said clubs working to develop young players in the code. First founded in 2021 by the now President, Mr. Bruno Sindra, Team Manager Mr. Valentine Kwaramb and Coaches…
Performing live on Sunday, December 31st at the New Year’s Eve White and Gold Masquerade Party to be held at the party capital, the Gold Club – Lamana Hotel, is Papua New Guinea’s very own – Justin Wellington (JW). “I’m very excited, I can’t wait. I’ve been so much looking forward to coming back to PNG.” “It’s been a while so when they asked me to come over, I was very excited to do so.” “It’s going to be a very good night, some other really cool things happening too in the program. People will really enjoy it.” In an…
Some say a mother is the stronghold of a family, which is true. Mothers go through so much to support us and it all begins the day they hold a bundle of joy in their arms but who takes care of mothers? Who supports them in their time of need? Some mothers are fortunate to have families supporting them and some struggle to get their footing in this life. The Huggies team brought joy to mothers in the post-natal ward of the Port Moresby General Hospital as they presented them with Huggies gift packs containing diapers, baby wipes, Kotex wings…