From across Papua New Guinea
The ongoing power outage at Walium, the district headquarters of Usino/Bundi, has sparked concern from police as polling for the by-election continues. Provincial Police Commander [PPC], Acting Superintendent Robert Baim, said he is considering a formal request to the Provincial Election Steering Committee to relocate the counting of votes to Madang Town, citing Walium’s prolonged […]
Senior PNG Electoral Commission officer David Wakias has responded to recent allegations made by former Madang Governor and Usino-Bundi by-election candidate Peter Yama, who raised concerns over Wakias’ involvement in the electoral process. Yama, speaking on behalf of other candidates, called for Wakias to be removed from the by-election exercise. However, Wakias has dismissed the […]
The very heavy downpour today has forced the extraction of 12 more ballot boxes, for the Kabwum by-election from the Yus Local Level Government [LLG] to be delayed again. Initially, one extraction for this last LLG was supposed to be done yesterday [Thursday] morning, but the Manolos Aviation’s helicopter was the only one, also engaged […]
Western Highlands students at Holy Trinity Teachers College received a K586,000 cheque yesterday. The funding came from the provincial government’s school fee subsidy program. The program also benefits Students from outside provinces whose parents have been living and working in Western Highlands for couple of years. A total of 243 students from Western Highlands starting […]
Community Leader Russel Simon Wavik is the new Motu Koita Assembly Chairman elect. Wavik went past the absolute Majority of 5968 + 1 making him the new chairman elect. After the 5th exclusion of Beatrice Mahuru this afternoon Wavik collect 1254 votes to win the race. Incumbent Dadi Toka Junior trailed with 5352 votes, but […]
Public institutions, residential areas and Hospital in Kundiawa town of Simbu will go without water for some time due to the continous issue between the landowners and government over the payment for the land where the water source is located. Plaintiff and the Chirman of the landowner group, Samuel Kupo, in a statement released today, […]
The Hela Undialu Education Foundation [HUEF] program has allocated K7 million this year for Hela student. Students attending tertiary institutions around the country including those selected from Hela Flexible, Open and Distance Learning [FODE] and Techanical Vocational Education Training [TVET] sent to study at Parul University in India will benifit from this funding. Hela Governor […]
Counting for the two Women’s Representative seats in the Motu Koita Assembly has concluded, with both winning candidates surpassing the absolute majority threshold. Mere Daera has been elected as the Women’s Representative for Motu Koita West with 1,876 votes, while Gorame Momo has secured the Motu Koita East seat with 1,251 votes. Official declarations for […]
Minister responsible for Foreign Affairs National Events, Justin Tkachenko, has highlighted key events that will take place during Papua New Guinea’s 50th Independence Anniversary celebrations in September. Mr Tkachenko said the celebrations will begin with Pacific Celebration Week from September 3 to 10, during which the public and international guests can enjoy cultural shows, military […]
In the face of climate change and human activity that has severely damaged coral reefs across the Pacific, communities in East Sepik are taking charge of reef restoration through locally led solutions. Thirty-four participants representing all twelve Wewak Islands in East Sepik gathered at Village Inn for the Wewak Island Reef Rehabilitation Workshop. It’s an […]