The Department of Works and Highways has ventured into a partnership with the Rubber Industry Development Board to construct rubberized road systems following the signing of a memorandum of understanding.
The Minister for Petroleum and Caretaker Minister for Energy, Jimmy Maladina, has advised the Prime Minister that he will step aside from his office while a complaint filed against him is heard in an Australian Court.
East Sepik Governor Alan Bird, who is also the Deputy Chairman of the Special Parliamentary Committee on Gender Based Violence has called on Prime Minister James Marape to decommission petroleum minister Jimmy Maladina pending the outcome of court a proceeding.