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[] | 2016-08-31T00:53:49 | null | 2016-08-31T10:16:04 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Ftertiary-students-waiting-fees%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Tertiary students waiting for fees | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THE New Ireland provincial education office has yet to come good on its hollow assurances six months ago that the school fee subsidies for students at various institutions, including IBS, ITI and Pacific Administration Institute, are being processed or being paid into their schools’ accounts.
The final term tests are only three weeks away and it will be a real national shame and let down for the parents if the New Ireland students miss out on their exams due to non-payment of the promised school fee subsidies by the New Ireland provincial education office.
Parents of some of these students already had to dig deeper into their empty pockets to pay some money to enable their children to sit their mid-term tests and saved their academic year.
To date the institutions have been very understanding in accepting guarantee letters in good faith and allow students to continue on their studies but may not be allowed to sit the tests.
Can the New Ireland Provincial Education Office tell us where the promised subsidy money is or quickly actually deposit it into the concerned school accounts as the institutions concerned cannot function without funds?
This is a special and passionate plea to the Governor, Member for Namatanai and Member for Kavieng Open to intervene to save our children’s education which would ultimately boost education in New Ireland.
Concerned parent
New Ireland
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[] | 2016-08-30T00:52:54 | null | 2016-08-30T10:40:46 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fbsp-records-k158m-profit%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Forex.jpg | en | null | BSP records K158m profit | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | By Gedion Timothy
BANK of South Pacific has recorded a K158.1 million profit in the second quarter of this year – an increase of 10 percent from the first quarter.
Chief executive officer Robin Fleming and Chief financial officer Johnson Kalo announced the result to investors yesterday at the Bank of South Pacific headquarters in Port Moresby.
Kalo said the increase was driven mainly by interest and lending incomes plus forex income driven by more foreign currencies being traded in the quarter.
He said the operating expense for the quarter slightly increased by 3.6 per cent from the first quarter.
Kalo said BSP’s cost-to-income ratio improved to 43.3 per cent in the second quarter from 45.6 per cent in the first quarter, reflecting the higher increase in income relative to operating expenses.
“We are very pleased with the results for the first half of the year – net profit after tax of K301 million thus represents an increase of 13 per cent from first half of 2015, and ten per cent of quarter one.
It also reflects our performances being relatively resilient notwithstanding some changes in the macroeconomic conditions particular around some of the challenges present in relation to forex.”
“Contributions have come from all countries – Papua New Guinea obviously the leading contributor to BSP’s group performance.
“Fiji remains a very competitive market and our businesses in Cook Island, Samoa, Tonga and the Solomon Islands have also contributed positively at this stage.”
Bank South Pacific continues to be a dominant force in the market leading the way with innovation and technology.
In 2014, BSP Group achieved loan growth of 28 per cent, and a 4 per cent reduction in operating costs, supporting growth in annual profit to over K507 million.
According to the Bank of South, Pacific, it continues to be a dominant force in the market, leading the way with innovation and technology.
It said in 2014, BSP Group achieved loan growth of 28 per cent, and a 4 per cent reduction in operating costs, supporting growth in annual profit to over K507 million.
There were no increases in fees during the year, but fee income grew as the volume of customer transactions continued to increase, particularly through the electronic banking channels, which now represent more than 80 per cent of total customer transactions
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:08:31 | null | 2016-08-25T12:18:57 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fmother-child-health-vital%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Boroi.jpg | en | null | Mother, child health vital | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | MATERNAL newborn child health (MNCH) is a vital health component in most rural communities and a common challenge among many pregnant mothers.
Boroi village in Yawar LLG in the Bogia district of Madang is five hours’ drive away from Madang town and is one of the rural communities that is trying to tackle such a challenge.
Transport to the nearest health centre is a big issue faced by the community.
Micah Rait, Ward three councillor and chairman of the village health committee, said during the opening of the Boroi aid post last Wednesday that mothers who gave birth, sometimes died because there was no proper health facility and the nearest health centre was far.
Pregnant mothers in Boroi village and nearby communities have in the past used unsafe traditional methods during child birth which risked their health, life and those of the newborn children.
These unsafe methods used home-made tools and unsterilised medical equipment. It resulted in mothers having maternal health problems such as cervical cancer and unhealthy children.
Mothers and babies also passed away during delivery.
Through World Vision’s project activities and intervention, the community now understands the importance of MNCH.
The project is funded by the New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) through its Sustainable Development Fund (SDF), now the New Zealand Partnerships for International Development Fund and will benefit 7529 people in four years.
The project targets 10 communities in Bogia district with the aim of improving the health and nutrition status of families, but most importantly mothers, newborn babies and children.
MNCH project manager Manu Peter said the project was in its last phase of implementation and had worked closely with partners from Bogia district health administration, Bogia district health facilities and the community to ensure mothers and newborn children have access to basic health services.
One of its major achievements is the reconstruction and maintenance of the Boroi village aid post, which was officially launched and witnessed by villagers and officials.
The reconstruction and maintenance of the aid post is a great success for the project and the community.
Through trainings and workshops, community members are taught skills to own the project and lead the community with healthy lifestyle practices.
Rural health committees or village health committees have been established to advocate and coordinate health activities. Community health resource persons were also trained to improve their ability to strengthen and promote health outreach patrols.
More than 200 mothers from this community had delivered their babies at the aid post and had attended nutrition programmes to nurture their children well.
With these skills, community members are now taking ownership of the project which is one of the main development links that strengthens development process.
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[] | 2016-08-29T04:52:24 | null | 2016-08-29T14:19:38 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fakau-commits-teaching%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Akau.jpg | en | null | Akau commits to teaching | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | By PHOEBE GWANGILO
AS the saying goes, teachers are parents to students, nurses to them when they are sick, mediators to solve pupils’ differences and even spiritual leaders.
Being all of these in a day to suit individual students’ needs is a daunting tasks, yet it takes a person who is passionate for the job to mould youngsters year after year.
But again teaching in lower primary, especially educating the age group between seven and 10 is even more stressful as these children need to be constantly reminded.
Lodie Jonda Akau, 50, from Malamai village in the Saidor district of Madang has been teaching at Lutheran Day Primary School in Madang for the last 20 years and was known to be very good with these group of students.
Like potter’s hands on a clay, she is passionate to mould students towards having a decent future.
In the course of discipline, students were reminded of bible characters which they learnt earlier during their Christian religion lessons – these convicts them that they admit and accept correction.
Over the years, Akau has met many of her former students who are better off. One thing they would talk about was the kind of discipline they had with Akau.
“I feel blessed seeing them being successful. That’s the kind of life I want my students to be,” she said.
Akau is married to a ship captain and has four children.
At times she has to take on her husband’s duties at home when he is out in the sea.
She is a full time mother and a teacher, sometimes a dad to her children and a nurse, parent, mediator and chaplin to her students.
Like cedar standing firm and tall, her faith is planted deep in God’s words so she does not grow weary.
In 1985, Akau, graduated from Madang Teachers College with a certificate in primary teaching.
She then taught in five schools in remote areas of Madang before transferring to Lutheran Day Primary School in 1995.
While teaching at Lutheran Day, she furthered to a diploma at the Papua New Guinea Education Institute in 1999.
In 2005, Akau returned to PNGEI for a two-month course where she graduated as an upper primary assessor and was given certificate.
With that, she was selected among few who travelled to different electorates of Madang in-servicing teachers about the previous curriculum (Outcome-Based Education).
Akau planned to resign at the age of 50 which was last year but due to her husband loosing his job with the Lutheran Shipping last year, she continued to sustain her family since all of her children are currently attending tertiary and secondary schools.
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[] | 2016-08-29T22:52:49 | null | 2016-08-30T08:45:09 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fhoods-final-run-home%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Hoods on final run home | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | By HUXLEY LOVAI
SWIRE Shipping Hoods booked their place in the ITI Port Moresby Cricket Association (POMCA) premier grade grand final with a 28-run win over IBS Poreporena on Saturday.
They await the winner of the preliminary final next weekend between minor premiers Dulux United and Poreporena.
POMCA held their playoffs on Saturday and Sunday, with Hoods winning the first semifinal against Poreporena after posting 145 for nine.
In response, Poreporena could only manage 117 for the loss of seven wickets after their allotted 20 overs.
The win gave Hoods the opportunity to play minor premiers United on Sunday in the second semifinal.
Building on their momentum, Hoods beat United by three wickets.
Hoods bowler Vivian Maha lead the charge with two wickets, while excellent fielding resulted in two run-outs to restrict United, who elected to bat first, to 119 runs for the loss of five wickets. In the second innings, United showed why they picked up the minor title, with their disciplined bowling and fielding keeping the Hoods batsmen in check.
However the Hoods batsmen did enough to keep the run rate ticking over despite losing wickets at regular intervals.
Hoods paceman Hitolo Areni posted an unbeaten 35 to be the top-scorer for his side.
Coming in at number eight in the order, Areni guided his team to victory in the 19th over.
He drew the match with two runs off the fifth ball to retain the strike and then smashed the final ball of the over for six to bring the final score to 125 runs for the loss of seven wickets.
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[] | 2016-08-29T00:52:02 | null | 2016-08-29T10:10:22 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Funesco-feature-teacher-stories-world-teachers-day%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Unesco to feature teacher stories at World Teachers’ Day | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | TO commemorate World Teachers’ Day in October, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) in Bangkok, Thailand, will feature stories about teachers as part of the teachers’ day forum from Oct 5-6.
Unesco executive director for PNG National Commission Andrew Angobe is urging Papua New Guineans to participate in the World Teachers’ Day Forum by sending in narratives of the teachers’ valuable impact in student’s lives.
Angobe said the narrative must be 100 to 200 words on a word document with one to two digital images in colour print.
The narrative should describe how through your school years a teacher had a positive life changing impact on your life.
World Teachers’ Day is held annually on Oct 5 since 1994 to commemorate teacher organisations worldwide.
Its’ aim is to mobilise support for teachers and to ensure that the needs of future generations will continue to be met by teachers.
According to Unesco, World Teachers’ Day represents a significant token of the awareness, understanding and appreciation displayed for the vital contributions that teachers make to education and development.
More than 100 countries observe this important event worldwide each year in recognition of contributions to development by the teaching profession.
Those who wish to contribute can send their entries to Josiah_Peter@education.gov.pg or dropped off at Fincorp Haus, first floor, Waigani.
Peter can be contacted on 301 3565/71455506.
All entries should be sent in by Sept 20.
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[] | 2016-08-29T02:52:05 | null | 2016-08-29T12:36:31 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fco-operatives-need-help%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Co-operatives need help | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | CAN the registrar of co-operative societies explain to rural farmers why he has stopped the registration of new cooperatives? If the reason is about non-compliance then this is unjustified. On record, co-operative societies have never been assisted with training and funding from the co-operative societies unit of the Department of Commerce and Industry. We heard about some millions of kina given for co-operatives some time ago but who benefited most? I call on the registrar to tell us how many cooperatives have benefited in funding and training.
– Co-operative Man,
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[] | 2016-08-29T04:52:28 | null | 2016-08-29T13:24:05 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fkapa-brothers-win-oneill-cup%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Canoe.jpg | en | null | Kapa brothers win O’Neill Cup | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | By HENRY MORABANG
KAPA brothers Mari and Wari from Hula proved they are best in business after sailing Constable 1 home to win K10,000 and the Peter O’Neill Cup last Friday.
The Repentance Day racing event attracted 40 canoes from the Aroma Coast, which saw Lewana Enara’s two canoes finishing first and fourth respectively in the waters off Pelegai village.
Sister canoe Wanmix Constable finished fourth, making owner Enara of Maopa village on top spot in the Keleone-Aroma Canoe Racing event.
Constable 1 led from the opening lap to win the 22-lap race ahead of rivals Vulakele, Marokele and sister canoe, Wanimix Constable respectively.
Keleone-Aroma development group secretary William Walimu said second-place getter, Vulakele picked up K5000, Marokele K4000, Wanimix Constable K3500 and Abute K3000.
Enara said he was pleased with his racers (all home made) having targeted a top three finish.
“I’m really proud of the way my canoes went. We predicted a top finish and one of my canoes came through and won the race. It’s a big race, and good money involved,” Enara said.
An elated Enara said he would share the total K13,500 prize money with the crews of both crafts as well as the support team, who had a hand in getting both canoes ready.
Constable 1 opened with a good start using a strong breeze to blitz the strong field leading from start to finish.
The race was officially opened by chief secretary Isaac Lupari at Pelegai in front of an estimated 3000 spectators from neighbouring villages, who braved the heat and wind to watch the race.
Lupari, speaking on behalf of Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, who was unable to attend due to Repentance Day celebrations in Port Moresby, pledged an annual contribution of K100,000 for Keleone-Aroma race.
Keleone-Aroma Canoe Racing syndicate chairman Ian Gapi was grateful for the assistance from the patron of the canoe racing, the PM O’Neill.
He said the annual event had been a major drawcard for the Keleone-Aroma Development Group – a village-based and funded group which ensured essential social services reached people along Aroma Coast.
Gapi added that such social activities brought the coastal communities together and the result was pleasing for everyone involved. Abau MP Sir Puka Temu from neighbouring Kapari village near Kupiano, spent the day at Pelegai beach watching the race.
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[] | 2016-08-29T04:52:22 | null | 2016-08-29T14:19:56 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Ftuata-stands-change%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Tuata.jpg | en | null | Tuata stands for change | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | CLAYTON Tuata was once a victim of domestic violence, often witnessing it as a child.
Tuata said he never saw abusive men in his family as bad people, but always wanted to protect the women in the family.
This was the motivation that pushed him to become what he is today – an advocate for change in a post war society.
He was nominated as one of Digicel PNG Foundation’s Man of honour, for his educational work in Buka and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.
Despite no formal qualification as a teacher, Tuata acquired his skills from observing members of the Leitana Nehan Women’s Development Agency for two years and is now a certified trainer and counsellor for trauma having been with them since 2010.
Tuata is formally employed as the Leitana Nehan Women’s Development Agency’s male advocate in Buka and other parts of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.
A role which he not only performs at a professional level, but also lives in his everyday life.
Much of Tuata’s work revolves around advocating for peace and educating people about ending violence against women in particular.
Tuata had recently attended a men of honour workshop organised by Digicel PNG Foundation where he shared his story to his fellow men of honour ambassadors.
“After I attended counselling training, I came back straight home to talk to my parents. It was only by God’s grace that I attended this training and it was the first time I had sat down with my parents, who agreed to have a talk with me to address the issue of my father’s abusive behaviour under the influence of alcohol,” Tuata said.
With emotions running through him, he continued on to say that the talk went well and ended with a big tearful family hug that was unusual but very comforting and encouraging for him and his family.
“At that moment I felt change. Change in the family and in me. My interest to help others facing post-conflict trauma was strengthened,” Tauta said. His mother is from West New Britain while father from Bougainville,” he said.
“To me it was important to create the change from within my family first before I continued as a man of honour.”
A young man who grew up in Rabaul, Tuata uses his experience to rehabilitate people who are still suffering from the effects of the Bougainville crisis and mentoring young men through sports and other activities encouraging them to turn away from violence.
He was introduced to the work by his wife, Bianca Hakena, who he acknowledges as his greatest supporter.
Tuata said being an advocator against violence for a women’s organization and having a skin colour that is not typically of AROB citizens has had it challenges.
He has been ridiculed and often teased but this did not deter him from achieving his higher goals and serve his life’s purpose. Tuata said after being recognized as a Man of Honour, he is respected more and he’s words are more effective.
The recognition has motivated him even more to bring change to his people for it is a cause he is passionate about. It is a campaign against violence.
He is consistent that change will take time, but Tuata will continue to do his part and hopes to inspire many more young people to join the journey towards a peaceful AROB and indeed Papua New Guinea.
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[] | 2016-08-30T00:52:48 | null | 2016-08-30T10:28:11 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fakinu-face-charges%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Incident.jpg | en | null | Akinu to face more charges | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | By GYNNIE KERO
Hagen Eagles trainer Stanley Akinu, pictured, charged with assault, is likely to face an additional charge of inciting violence, National Capital District police superintendent operations Chief Inspector Brian Kombe says.
He said this yesterday after Akinu chased and punched Digicel Cup referee Aaron Henry in Port Moresby on Saturday after Eagles lost 12-19 to Gurias.
Kombe told The National that Eagles captain Junior Rau was in police custody as well and would be charged pending witness’ statements.
“At 7pm after the Saturday game, the assaulted match officials came to Boroko police and reported the matter,” Kombe said.
“I then directed police to search for and look for the perpetrators.
“On Sunday, I spoke to Eagles chairman Bob Pakindi and he came in with his officials. I requested they bring in the instigator (Akinu) and two others who were identified by the touch judges.
“In the afternoon, they only brought Akinu in and we detained him at the Waigani cell.
“We’re processing him and Rau. I don’t know what charges will be laid on Rau, depending on the witness (referees, touch judges) statements,” Kombe said.
“As for Akinu, he will be charged for inciting the crowd and assault; we might lay several assault charges against him as he assaulted Gurias officials as well as the touch judges.
“In the video, you can see that his actions incited fans to run onto the field and attack players.
Meanwhile, Hagen MP and Public Enterprise and State Investments Minister William Duma expressed his shock and disappointment at Akinu’s actions.
He also extended his apologies to the Gurias club and its fans.
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[] | 2016-08-31T08:55:20 | null | 2016-08-31T08:08:53 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Farmy-recruits-told-take-training-seriously%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Army recruits told to take training seriously | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THE new Papua New Guinea Defence Force recruits have been told to take their training seriously.
Force preparation Chief Colonel Sialle Diro told them that: “You must know that the soldiers who had gone before you did their training the hard way.”
He said they had sacrificed their lives in the line of their duties and that tradition must be followed.
Diro challenged the 75 recruits that passed out from Goldie Training Depot last Monday to take their training more aggressively.
He said the training they received would be their lifetime skills.
“You must take your skills seriously and learn them as they will transform your military personnel skills from Goldie into a real soldier for the next three months,” he said.
“Mastering learnt skills is the best way for you to adapt to military liofe and learning to be be innovate and active soldiers.”
The soldiers were urged to learn the art of soldiering.
Diro said the Bravo Company was the most senior unit in Papua New Guinea Defence Force and what it does affected the whole defence force hieracy.
He thanked the Australian Defence Force for their continuous support in ensuring that the course is now up and running.
First Royal Pacific Island Regiment Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Eddie Napiyo also challenged the soldiers to take the training seriously as this will be their set platform of their entire career.
“Mastering these skills are pathway to this career,” he said.
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[] | 2016-08-30T00:52:47 | null | 2016-08-30T10:40:54 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fscovell-sme-gains-manufacturing-industry%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Linkage.jpg | en | null | Scovell: SME gains from manufacturing industry | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | SMALL to medium enterprises stand to gain from providing services needed by the manufacturing industry, PNG Manufacturers Council chief executive officer Chey Scovell says.
“The manufacturing industry and other industries create an opportunity for small to medium enterprises to cater for the various services throughout their production phase,” Scovell (pictured) said.
“Local manufacturers are the main customers of SMEs.
“You think of a service required by local manufacturers, there is almost a hundred or more of them. Indeed many, if not the majority of our SME success stories, are tied to the business they receive from local manufacturers.
“Our members have created many millionaires and successful businesses.”
He said the growth of large PNG companies were on the back of industries such as the extractive industry.
“The same is to be said of the extractive sector. Now giant companies like the IPI Group, Mapai Transport or TWL are making successful inroads into the general business sector,” he said.
“They have been able to do this by supporting value-added industries.
“I believe there is room for the Government and the new SME Corporation to sit with value-added industries and find implementable solutions to support the growth of resilient, profitable and sustainable SMEs.”
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:03:03 | null | 2016-08-24T09:22:52 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fbville-better-off-png-pm%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Bougainville-1.jpg | en | null | B’ville better off with PNG: PM | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | By CLIFFORD FAIPARIK
PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill says Bougainville does not need independence but more Government support to rebuild its infrastructure.
“This Government is already doing that,” he told Parliament yesterday.
“They must have confidence in our Government.
“We have up to 2019 to tell our people on Bougainville that they are better off being part of PNG than alone.
“You see many countries with a population of 200,000, the likelihood of them surviving is very limited because they don’t have the economy strong enough to survive.
“Bougainville people are better off being part of PNG. That is what they have to know and the only way for us to win their confidence is by making sure that we deliver on what we say we deliver. Not letting them down. We have been letting them down for 20 years since the peace agreement.”
O’Neill was taking part in the debate on the review of the National Coordination Office of Bougainville Affairs.
“We put services like banking, telecommunication, restored the sea ports (Kieta wharf) and airport (Aropa airport), post office,” he said.
“The hospitals and schools are functioning. The District Service Improvement Programmes and Provincial Service Improvement Programmes are working.
“Most of the roads from Buka (North Bougainville) down to Buin (South Bougainville) are improving – in fact they are been sealed.”
He said bridges destroyed during the crisis were been rebuilt with the help of the Japanese Government.
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[] | 2016-08-26T12:49:55 | null | 2016-08-25T11:06:37 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fhunters-eye-revenge%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Huna-1.jpg | en | null | Hunters eye revenge | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THE Papua New Guinea Hunters have a score to settle with the Sunshine Coast Falcons in the final round of the Q-Cup regular season on Sunday.
Back in Round 4 Michael Marum’s men was out-foxed by a Ryley Jacks-inspired home side.
It was the SP-backed side’s first loss of the 2016 season.
Jacks scored two tries and the Falcons won 28-20 but the margin could have been wider if it wasn’t for some desperate defence.
The Falcons seem to lift every time they face the Hunters and this is evident by the closeness of their encounters since 2014 but they have yet to win in PNG.
In the Hunters’ inaugural year, they beat the Falcons twice (16-4 and 25-24) before the Gold Coast-based side turned the tables in their first clash of 2015 (a 36-10 win at Sunshine Coast Stadium) before the Papua New Guineans restored their edge in contests with a 24-20 win in Kokopo.
Sunday’s Round 25 fixture is not for a finals spot as both teams are guranteed a place in the top six but the result will decide who each side faces in the first week of the finals.
A Hunters win could relegate the Falcons to sixth place and mean both sides meet again at the same venue in week one of the playoffs.
A Falcons win will see the Hunters play the Souths Logan Magpies at the National Football Stadium next week.
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[] | 2016-08-30T02:53:03 | null | 2016-08-30T10:48:19 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fnew-pmv-routes-ready-year-end-terema-says%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | New PMV routes ready by year-end, Terema says | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | By DELLYANNE ILAI
THE Road Traffic Authority (RTA) will publish new PMV bus routes in Port Moresby before the end of year, an official says.
RTA chief executive officer Nelson Terema told The National yesterday that a team commissioned by the authority has until next month to complete the initial study of population and new routes should be identified apart from the existing ones.
“The new routes will only be determined according to the outcome of the demand,” Terema said.
This also includes the new roads like the 9-Mile to Gerehu Road, the Taurama Road, Poreporena Highway and others under construction within the National Capital District, he said.
He also urged the public to understand that no detailed information on the new RTA would reach the public unless all necessary processes were completed.
He said only the RTA was in charged of allocating new routes and not the National Capital District Commission, whose responsibility is the upkeep of public transport infrastructure like bus terminals.
According to Department of Transport and Infrastructure Secretary Roy Mumu, the data collection programme was implemented as per RTA board approval. The former Land transport Board, based on a 2005 study, identified 25 bus routes in the city and allocated 60 buses to each of them.
The RTA has been planning to conduct a study to determine if the current limit of 1500 buses would be sufficient, he said.
Mumu told The National that the board was aware that some bus operators have not attempted to renew their licence in the last three years.
Because of a gap of 800 PMV, licences were created and needed to be filled so the RTA board advertised for applications recently.
Mumu said, however, there has been no change to ceiling to the number of buses operating in the city.
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[] | 2016-08-30T00:52:51 | null | 2016-08-30T10:15:27 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Ffish-vendors-sell-catch-new-wing%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Marjet.jpg | en | null | Fish vendors to sell catch in new wing | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | By JUNIOR UKAHA
FISH vendors at the Lae Main Market will now have a proper place to sell their catch.
This comes after the National Fisheries Authority (NFA) funded the extension of the market’s left wing shelter for fish vendors to sell their catch.
Lae City manager Roy Kamen told The National yesterday that the NFA had given a “substantial amount of money” to a contractor to construct buildings at the market for fishermen and fish vendors.
“This is assistance from NFA,” Kamen said.
“They have come on board to assist our fish vendors.
“They are building it themselves using their own money and contractor.
“It has nothing to do with the city council.
“But, as the authority on the ground, I am happy about the development because they (NFA) are not only helping out fish vendors but also our mothers who are facing problems with market shelters.”
According to Kamen, work on the extended market shelter started last month and will continue to next month.
The market extension consists of three new buildings with benches and tables for vendors.
The Lae city manager said his management had plans to improve the market with assistance of the New Zealand government.
Kamen said discussions were being held and once everything was finalised, the proper upgrading of the market can take place.
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[] | 2016-08-29T04:52:17 | null | 2016-08-29T13:23:34 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Ftries-flow-hunters%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Hunters-3.jpg | en | null | Tries flow again for Hunters | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THE Papua New Guinea Hunters ended the 2016 regular season with a morale-boosting 34-4 win over the Sunshine Coast Falcons yesterday.
In front of a crowd of approximately 8000, Michael Marum’s men scored six tries, with captain Noel Zeming kicking five from six, to comprehensively beat the Falcons at the National Football Stadium after two losses on the trot.
The victory coupled with other results from Round 25 in the Intrust Super Cup means the South Pacific Brewery-backed Hunters host the Falcons again on Sunday at the NFS in the opening week of the finals.
The Hunters kept their perfect 2016 record at home intact with the 30-point win and are warm favourites to win their first finals match after demoralising Craig Ingebrigsten’s men in an entertaining clash.
Prop Enock Maki bulldozed his way over the line in the 10th minute to get the ball rolling courtesy of a hooker Gahuna Silas inside ball.
Centre Justin Olam blasted through a faint gap in the Falcons line to score the first of his two tries thanks to a Wartovo Puara Jr face ball as the Hunters took a 12-0 lead to the sheds.
Olam and co-captain Adam Korave, however, could be in trouble with the QRL judiciary after separate incidents of dangerous play.
Korave flipped Falcons Alex Bishop and the five-eighth landed awkwardly on his head and neck in the first half while Olam was penalised for a 53rd minute shoulder charge on centre Callum Klein.
Nippy rake Silas scooted 25m down the right flank to score after cutting back in to take a Stargroth Amean pass in eight minutes into the second stanza.
Puara was the second little man to bamboozle the Falcons defence after he sold several dummies on a 40m run to the line with three quarters of the match gone.
Fullback Bland Abavu used his tall frame to reach over and slam the ball down with seven minutes left on the clock while Olam benefited from an Ase Boas break to get his second four-pointer of the afternoon.
Falcons winger Tommy Tumusa scored a consolation try just before full time to break the egg.
The home side’s best were Silas, Maki, Olam, Boas, Puara and back-rower Brandy Peter. For the Falcons, Bishop, Tumusa and prop Jacob Samoa had solid games.
Hunters 34 (Enock Maki, Justin Olam 2, Gahuna Silas, Wartovo Puara Jr, Bland Abavu tries; Noel Zeming 5 con) Falcons 4 (Tommy Tumusa try).
Results: Rd 25 – Sat Aug 27: CQ Capras 16 Northern Pride 30, Redcliffe Dolphins 74 Tweed Heads Seagulls 6; Sun, Aug 28: Wynnum Manly Seagulls 16 Ipswich Jets 28, Easts 48 Mackay Cutters 20, Burleigh Bears 30 Souths Logan Magpies 18, Norths Devils 22 Townsville Blackhawks 48, PNG Hunters 34 Sunshine Coast Falcons 4.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:02:38 | null | 2016-08-24T10:56:52 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fwhere-is-our-member%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Where is our member? | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | I WAS frustrated during the vote of no confidence in Parliament on July 22 as ourelected MPs showed their stand by supporting either the Government or the Opposition. However, the people of Kagua/Erave have not seen their MP’s name on either the Government or Opposition list. It has been 10 years since James Lagea entered Parliament as Kagua/Erave MP and by now he should be a senior minister in the Government or a senior shadow minister in the Opposition. It is better that you vacate the seat and let the people elect a new leader in 2017.
– Mark Talipa,
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[] | 2016-08-29T00:52:11 | null | 2016-08-29T10:06:00 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fhaoda-opens-k400000-classroom%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Haoda opens K400,000 classroom | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | A STATE-of-the-art classroom was opened by Central Governor Kila Haoda at Ianu High school in Abau two weeks ago.
The classroom, a four-in-one building, was constructed by Hausman Contractors at a cost of K400,000 from the Haoda’s provincial services improvement programme funds.
Similar classrooms will be built at Papa Primary School, Iarowari Secondary School and the new Hood Point High School at Hula in Rigo.
Speaking during the opening of the new classroom at Ianu, Haoda told students, teachers and parents that the classroom belonged to them for their learning purposes.
“You are now leaders of tomorrow,” Haoda said.
“Why I am here to open this beautiful classroom is because I want to breed a new generation of Central.
“We were leaders in PNG when the nation was young.
“This has now been taken over by other provinces and we must get that past glory back.”
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[] | 2016-08-31T08:55:17 | null | 2016-08-31T11:43:43 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fmixed-results-cole%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/U20WomenSoccer.jpg | en | null | Mixed results for Cole | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | After a neck-and-neck battle with Bloomsburg University, the PNG Under-20 women’s soccer team is on the home stretch in their tour of the United States.
Washington-born coach Lisa Cole scheduled seven matches against American university sides to give the squad more experience playing as a team ahead of the Fifa U20 Women’s World Cup in Port Moresby.
It was back to the drawing board for PNG, after the women lost 5-0 to Bucknell University last week, despite having more attempts at goal than Bucknell in the second-half.
While PNG dominated the second period, it was obvious shooting accuracy was an area the squad needed to work on.
The same was noticed in this week’s match against Bloomsburg University, with the match tied at 1-1.
Cole said there were many attempts at goal but the team couldn’t find the back of the net again to take the lead.
“Many good chances were created by the team but we still need to finish,” Cole said.
The coach said however she was impressed with the effort put in and proud to walk away with the draw.
“The team put in a good fight at the end of the game,” she said.
PNG have had mixed results on tour, losing their first game against Seattle Pacific University but redeemed themselves with a 2-1 win against Lock Haven University in their second match.
Outside of training and matches, the squad have participated in extra-curricular activities, which have allowed the team to meet and inspire other young athletes and immerse themselves in the American culture.
The squad have two matches left in their tour of the United States before Cole will select the final squad to compete at the Fifa U20 Women’s World Cup in November.
Games schedule: Today — PNG v St Francis; Mon – PNG v Georgetown
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[] | 2016-08-30T22:53:50 | null | 2016-08-31T08:45:38 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Flow-revenue-due-low-commodity-prices%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Low revenue due to low commodity prices | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | By GYNNIE KERO
ECONOMIST Paul Barker says the low Government revenue as highlighted in the 2016 supplementary budget is due to low commodity prices.
Barker, the executive director of the Institute of National Affairs, said tax concessions and parts of the economy which did not pay taxes also formed the overall downturn in economic activity. It could also have been partly caused by the shortfall in forex in recent months.
Parliament last Thursday approved adjustments to the K2.1 billion deficit national budget passed last November to address the K1.9 billion shortfall in revenue primarily caused by low commodity prices.
He told The National from England yesterday that: “We’d been saying they (Government) needed the supplementary budget to make up the shortfall in revenue and address the backlog of over-expenditure from last year, the unsustainable growth in the budget deficit, and the associated cost of debt and debt servicing.”
He said there were some better signs now, with improved gold prices, the resumption of mining operations at Ok Tedi, and a good coffee season (better coffee and sound cocoa prices).
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[] | 2016-08-29T00:52:05 | null | 2016-08-29T10:09:26 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fst-theresa-plans-host-cultural-show-next-month%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | St Theresa plans to host cultural show next month | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | SAINT Therese’s Primary School in Port Moresby is expected to host a cultural show on Sept 10 as a prelude to the coming independence celebration.
With the theme ‘Reviving the Dying Cultures’ the event will see 19 student cultural groups from each provinces participate.
This event is also a fundraising drive for the school to help in buying a new photocopy machine and a public announcement (PA) system.
Organising committee for the cultural event and senior teacher Erica Fulumari said: “With the introduce system-based education, the teachers needs to prepare notes and handouts and whatever is needed for the students and it is a must we need a photocopy machines.
“With the PA system, we need to put up one so when announcements are made, the students are able to hear the announcement, because it is hard to get their attention.”
She said the culture show which is a school event helps student to learn and understand their cultures as many are not taught or does not know anything about their cultures.
“Some student are not taught by parents about their cultures at home and by doing that it motivate them in learning the type of cultures they have back in their provinces.”
Public were urged to help the school.
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[] | 2016-08-29T22:52:56 | null | 2016-08-30T08:49:07 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Faussies-get-serious%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Aussies get serious | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THIS year’s Australian Prime Minister’s 13 will be one of the strongest yet, with Kangaroos centre and Queensland star Greg Inglis to lead the side against Papua New Guinea later next month.
PNG Rugby Football League chief executive officer Bob Cutmore said Inglis was a marquee name which would only add to the fixture.
“It’s great for us that Greg’s coming up to play,’ Cutmore said.
“He is one of the best players in the world and if the Kangaroos weren’t playing in the Four Nations at the end of the year then I don’t think he would have come but because it’s there’s rep games later on Mal needs his guys to get match ready and the PM’s 13 game is on they look to for a warm-up.PMs”
Inglis is expected to lead a side which will include Kangaroos players not involved in the National Rugby League finals.
Semi Radradra, Michael Jennings (Eels), Jake Trbojevic (Sea Eagles), Mitchell Pearce, Boyd Cordner and Blake Ferguson (Roosters) are contenders for Mal Meninga’s Kangaroos squad for the Four Nations in October and are expected to be picked for the annual clash.
South Sydney captain Inglis will skipper the Australian PM’s 13 in the traditional match against a PNG side comprising Digicel Cup players on September 24 at the National Football Stadium, Port Moresby.
Meninga, who will coach the side, confirmed that Inglis would be captain.
He said he would be treating the match as a genuine trial for Four Nations positions.
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[] | 2016-08-30T00:52:44 | null | 2016-08-30T10:29:23 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fisapea-proved-critics-wrong-ivaroa%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Isapea.jpg | en | null | Isapea proved critics wrong: Ivaroa | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | By JACK AMI
THE season is over but this year’s Gulf Isapea team have made a breakthrough in the PNG National Rugby League Digicel Cup after a six-year- long campaign.
With three straight wins, the competition’s wildcard scraped through to secure fifth spot with courage and sheer determination through the inexperienced stock in the unit.
The Isapeas proved critics wrong, bowing out of their first semifinal to the Rabaul Gurias 34-12 in the elimination finals in Lae last weekend. Isapea chairman Jacob Ivaroa is not bitter about the loss but is satisfied that the players, team management and board have lifted their performance to end the season fifth out of 11 teams in the competition.
“We created club history to win five games and draw one; we beat all the teams except Gurias, but it’s a great improvement.”
Ivaroa extended his appreciation to benefactor Petroleum Resources Kutubu for their annual sponsorship of K500,000, which the club dispersed in part to local leagues Kerema Urban, Kerema Central, Malalaua and Tei Kariko (Iokea).
He acknowledged Gulf Governor Havilla Kavo, the provincial government and minor sponsors who contributed in cash or kind.
“This created a lot of impact and boosted the players and coaching staff to set a record this season.
“The players will return and beef their local clubs premiership campaign in the competitions. We will get back to serious business after the local competitions end and start our drive next season.”
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[] | 2016-08-30T22:53:47 | null | 2016-08-31T08:40:58 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fash-fall-infections-remains-high-torokina%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Ash fall infections remains high in Torokina | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | By TAUNA GEORGE
THE number of people seeking medical attention for infections caused by ash fall at Mt Bagana remains high at the Piva Health Centre in Torokina.
Medical officer Peter Boboko said they continued seeing 30 to 40 people every day for respiratory and tract infections and diarrhoea.
Only one case of dysentery which is infection of the intestines resulting in severe diarrhoea with the presence of blood and mucus in the faeces, was reported last week – a 28-year-old male remains in the ward.
Boboko said there could be an increase in dysentery cases because people were still eating food and drinking water that were contaminated.
He said upper respiratory and tract infections could lead to pneumonia and diarrhoea and could cause dysentery.
“If authorities continue to turn a blind eye to the plight of the people and the activities of the mountain, we might have a major health crisis looming,” Boboko said.
He said although most complaints were referred to as outpatient cases, awareness was needed to inform people on prevention measures because most of them were simple villagers who were not cautious of health concerns.
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[] | 2016-08-30T22:53:39 | null | 2016-08-31T08:42:32 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fpm-wants-united-agendas-pacific-us-meeting%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | PM wants united agendas from Pacific-US meeting | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill says he expects Pacific Island nations to come out of regional discussions with the United States this week holding a stronger collective perspective on key regional issues, including climate change and security.
O’Neill arrived in Hawaii yesterday to chair the 10th Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders (PICL) from today.
The meeting will be attended by leaders and officials from Pacific Island nations and the United States and cover a number of regional integration and cooperation issues.
O’Neill said the timing of the conference was important with a new president of the US to be elected in the coming months.
“Pacific Island nations have a very positive relationship with President (Barack) Obama and we look to working with the next United States government,” O’Neill said.
“We have the opportunity at this conference to work with US officials to prepare for the change of government so that we can hit the ground running when the new president is inaugurated in January.”
O’Neill said one of the important features of the PICL was the access it provided to some of the best research scholars and policy officials in the region.
“In the past, this has covered research in areas that include the drawdown of Ramsi (Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands), maritime issues, the future of seabed mining and other significant regional matters,” he said.
“This week, we have a number of important topics before us including regional safety and security and these are issues affecting all Pacific Island nations.
“The international community has a number of concerns at the moment including maritime disputes, the spread of terrorist attacks, global economic instability and the constant threat of extreme weather caused by climate change.
“We must manage current political tensions through dialogue and we must manage economic challenges by sticking with sensible financial management.
“Pacific Island nations cannot take on these issues alone, we must partner with other like-minded nations and stand for our interests in the global community.”
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[] | 2016-08-31T08:55:19 | null | 2016-08-31T12:12:51 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fvessel-conduct-environment-exploration%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Marine.jpg | en | null | Vessel to conduct environment exploration | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | A DEEP sea marine research vessel is in Lihir, Namatanai district, New Ireland, to conduct environmental exploration along the New Britain Trench in the Pacific Ocean.
The mv Zhang Jian arrived in Lihir last weekend.
Staff on board will sample seafloor sediment and conduct other marine surveys until September 3, 2016.
The visit to Lihir was commissioned by gold mine developer Newcrest Mining Limited.
It is the mother ship of Rainbow Fish, a submersible capable of diving to 11,000 metres.
Welcoming the visiting 16 scientists from three Chinese universities and crew members, Lihir Mining Area Landowners executive chairman James Laketan said the people of Lihir were looking forward to the survey and exploration findings.
“Environment and health issues are among our priority areas of concern. Deep-sea tailings have been banned in most resource project areas around the world,” he said,
“But the story has been different here in Papua New Guinea, especially for the Lihir gold and Ramu nickel and cobalt projects.
“Such surveys will identify the amount of sediment and wastes in our waters and coastlines and assist the Government and local authorities manage and prevent damage to our marine environment and protect the health of our people.”
He said since mining started on the island, villagers had been experiencing health and other concerns as a result of chemical spills contaminating the environment.
“While control mechanisms have been established, there is no 100 per cent guarantee on prevention of health issues relating to mining,” he said.
“LMALA has raised these issues time and again with the developer and we will continue to do so for the good of Lihirian people.
“We are hopeful that with its state-of-the-art facilities, the Zhang Jian team will deliver findings that will help all stakeholders continue to properly monitor and manage our ocean environment.”
Zhang Jian is carrying 16 scientists from the Tongji University, Shanghai Ocean University and Chinese Academy of Sciences who will test the navigation abilities of the ship and its scientific equipment before it heads out on a more challenging voyage to the 11,000-metre-deep Mariana Trench at the end of year.
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[] | 2016-08-31T08:55:10 | null | 2016-08-31T12:20:33 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fchance-study-china%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Scholarships.jpg | en | null | A chance to study in China | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | A GROUP of 25 students has been offered the 2016 Chinese scholarship to pursue studies in China.
Chinese Ambassador to PNG Li Ruiyou said the Chinese government had offered 35 scholarships, including some self-supporting students who are already studying and had been given scholarships. “There is no royal road to learning. Learning or studying is no easy job and studying abroad is even harder,” Ruiyou said.
He said education was one of the important areas of the cooperation between China and PNG.
Deputy secretary of the Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology Charles Mabia said the department was committed to working with development partners on education and training.
“We sincerely appreciate the Chinese government’s involvement in human resource development through this scholarship programme,” Mabia said.
Former scholarship recipient Jeffers Heptol encouraged the students to overcome challenges while in China.
“My advice to you is see these challenges as a refining process for you to be a better person,” he said.
Scholarship recipient Zephaniah Kundi thanked the Chinese government, adding that they would do their best.
“We will perform to the best of our ability and make you all proud,” he said.
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[] | 2016-08-30T22:53:34 | null | 2016-08-31T08:46:40 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Funi-set-rules-discipline-says-mann%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Uni has set rules on discipline, says Mann | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | By LUKE KAMA
UNIVERSITY of Papua New Guinea acting Chancellor Dr Nicholas Mann says they are following normal disciplinary procedures in dealing with student leaders who breached policies and legislation during the recent protest.
Mann told The National yesterday that “in every organisation, Government and institution, there are policies, laws and legislations governing their operations and UPNG is no different”.
“Whether in primary schools, high schools or university, normal process of discipline will have to take place when there is a breach,” he said.
“Offences will have to be reported to the university management and supported with evidence and recordings.
“The management will assess the offence and take disciplinary action based on the evidence that is provided.
So someone doesn’t just wake up and do things on his or her own.
“It has to follow the normal process of discipline.”
He said all university students were welcome to come back and resume class.
“But let me make it clear to those student leaders concerned on the disciplinary actions that the administration is following the normal disciplinary process,” Mann said.
“Students have the opportunity to appeal the decision to the council.
“The council is a neutral body that will consider administration decision as well as the students’ appeal and make a final decision based on merits of the evidence submitted.”
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[] | 2016-08-29T04:52:15 | null | 2016-08-29T13:23:30 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fcricket-re-signs-patel%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/barras.jpg | en | null | Cricket re-signs Patel | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | CRICKET Papua New Guinea has announced the renewal of Hebou PNG Barramundis head coach Dipak Patel’s contract for another year.
The announcement was made by CPNG chief executive officer Greg Campbell
“Cricket PNG is fortunate to have Patel on board with us as head coach.
“He is our longest-serving coach and has done a tremendous job in shaping our cricket players into professional athletes,” Campbell said.
The former New Zealand cricketer made his decision to renew his contract for another year with Cricket PNG last week.
“As a coach, I still have unfinished business, especially with the Hebou Barramundis, following our disappointment in missing out on the World T20 in India, however qualifying for a World Cup would be on the list and I’ve been very impressed with the huge progress made,” Patel said.
Armed with a coaching style described as “democratic”, Patel started his tenure as PNG cricket’s head coach in 2014 with the task of shaping emerging amateur players into fully-fledged professional athletes.
“I believe in sharing responsibilities with the whole group and empowering the players and coaches,” Patel said.
“The expectations at all times at training and practices are to become the best in the world as individuals and as a team.”
Following an impressive home victory against Kenya in PNG’s first International Cricket Council (ICC) sanctioned match in May, Patel has more expectations in his long-term vision for cricket in PNG,
“There are a number of areas that the Barramundis have excelled in, the players are a lot more professional on and off the field and we’ve increased our winning ratio consistently in all forms of the game, which has been my main objective.
“The Barras’ individual records are always improving, particularly in the I-Cup (Four-day Internationals),” Cricket PNG is an associate member of the International ICC and is currently the number one ranked country in the East-Asia Pacific region and 15th in the world.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:04:34 | null | 2016-08-05T11:42:35 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Firc-notes-landlords-responses%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | IRC notes landlords’ responses | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THE Internal Revenue Commissions has noted the responses from landlords in regards to the commission’s policy on income derived from rentals, Commissioner-General Betty Palaso says.
This follows an awareness in June informing landlords and tenants to be tax-compliant.
Landlords will paying tax on income received from rent by registering their Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) with the IRC.
“The response has been mixed. In the case where the landlord and tenant are companies, there has been an increase in rental lease agreements lodged for the payment of stamp duty,” Palaso said.
“This also reflects the level of compliance in this area by corporate taxpayers.
“For individual landlords and tenants, there has been a decrease in housing variations because IRC has turned away tenants whose landlords do not want to comply with registration requirement for taxpayer identification number.”
Tenants will be fully taxed on housing allowance they receive if their landlords do not comply with registering for a Taxpayer Identification Number.
“There will be a loss in revenue to the country if both landlords and tenants do not comply with IRC requirements,” Palaso said.
“There will be revenue leakage where the tenant does not receive housing allowance but uses his/her salary or wage to pay the rent and the landlord does not have a TIN. To enforce compliance, IRC is currently data matching rental payments from various sources.”
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[] | 2016-08-31T04:54:32 | null | 2016-08-31T08:07:09 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fdigicel-png-donates-mobile-health-clinics-districts%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Digicel PNG donates mobile health clinics to districts | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | By SHARLYNE ERI
THE Digicel PNG Foundation has given the districts of Bogia in Madang and Salt Nomane in Kundiawa fully-kitted mobile health clinics each worth K394,000.
Women from Salt Nomane were happy because they had to walk miles to access health services.
A mother said they had to carry their sick children and often walked for miles to access basic health services.
The Catholic Health Agency secretary Sister Nola Maritah at the Bogia District described the mobile clinic as a blessing.
The Malala Health Centre in Bogia serves a population of 20,000.
It was established by the Catholic Health Services in the 1990s after the Manam volcanic eruption.
The centre is located outside Madang town and transportation is a major challenge for the health centre and the people it serves.
“We thank Digicel PNG Foundation for recognising the needs of the health workers of Malala to serve the people of Malala and Bogia, including the resettled people affected by the Manam Island Volcanic eruption,” Sister Nola said.
She said it was the second ambulance donated to the Catholic-run health centre in Madang.
The first was given to the Alexischaffen Health Centre.
Digicel PNG Foundation chief executive officer Beatrice Mahuru said the foundation was committed to providing access to basic health in rural and remote communities through the provision of mobile health clinics.
“Providing health care services in rural PNG is difficult as it is. It’s more challenging when the population of an area doubles and trebles as a result of a natural disaster.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:07:39 | null | 2016-08-25T13:43:12 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fno-good-manners%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | No good manners | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | ALLOW me to air my frustrations regarding good customer service and telephone manners by public servants.
Usually, when you walk into any government department or agency to enquire about something, there seems to be no customer service at all. The person behind the counter just comes up to you and goes “Yes, yu laikim wanem? (Yes, what do you want?). Some don’t even smile at all.
I was quite upset when I rang a particular government organisation to enquire about something I saw in the papers and the person just hung up on me.
I even sent two emails but it was never delivered prior to that phone call.
Concerned, Via email | http://www.thenational.com.pg/no-good-manners/ | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.thenational.com.pg/4c4324ed3d19dfa9103ed83d63c9158c1122e9ff2c126869efd0f48889b576e1.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:06:14 | null | 2016-08-25T13:43:50 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fenga-not-need-new-hospital%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Enga does not need new hospital | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | I WRITE to express my dissatisfaction on the decision by the National Government and Enga Provincial Government to build a new hospital in the province.
Right now, we do not need a new hospital but need upgrading of existing hospitals so that would help improve the health services to the people.
Once upgraded with installment of new equipment and facilities then one of them can be declared a provincial hospital.
Currently, Enga has three well established hospitals – Mambisanda Lutheran Immanuel Hospital in Wapenamanda district, Wabag General Hospital and Sopas Adventist Hospital, both in Wabag district- that have been providing quality healthcare services to the people for many years.
The millions of kina budgeted for this new hospital must be channeled to these existing hospitals.
The funding must also include health centres and aid posts to improve service delivery and the standard of health in the province.
The provincial government must take heed that building a new five-star hospital will not solve the poor health delivery in the province.
While it may solve some, it will still need facilities and equipment that the existing hospitals do not have.
Waimin Tsak, Via email | http://www.thenational.com.pg/enga-not-need-new-hospital/ | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.thenational.com.pg/c8967eb7c3b06baf54761f300e9639ce602de19218c5e66571046136964a4638.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T22:53:44 | null | 2016-08-31T08:42:06 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fpotape-parindali-oppose-callout%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Potape, Parindali oppose callout | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | A PROPOSED state-of-emergency (SOE) to curb tribal violence in Hela is unwarranted, according to two prominent leaders.
Gigira Laitepo Palamanda Association chairman Tuguyawini Libe Parindali said there was no security threat to the PNG LNG Project that warranted a state-of-emergency.
Komo-Margarima MP Francis Potape said a state-of-emergency would be costly for the Government.
Parindali said leaders from the Hides Gas field and surrounding licensed areas did not support a call by Koroba- Kopiago MP Philip Undialu and Tari-Pori MP and Minister for Finance James Marape to make a submission to the National Executive Council to declare a state-of-emergency in Hela.
“What Hela needs is strong and decisive leadership on the ground,” Parindali said in a statement yesterday.
“The PNG LNG (project) security is not under threat.
“We, the leaders, assured the developer, ExxonMobil PNG Ltd, and the Government that the project security was not under threat and we call upon the respective Hela MPs to take ownership of the law and order issues in their respective districts and not to ask others to come in to solve their problems.”
Potape said the situation on the ground did not warrant a state-of-emergency to be declared in the province.
“If MPs are not capable of handling issues on the ground, even in their electorate, let me handle them,” Potape told a media conference in Port Moresby yesterday.
“There is peace in Magarima, peace in Hulia LLG, peace in Bosavi LLG and peace at Komo.
“The recent landowners uprising in Hides (Komo LLG) is for their reasons and is not law and order problems.
“There is no situation on the ground that warrants a SOE to be declared in Hela.
“Where is the justification for the call?”
“Again, not the entire district of Tari is involved in tribal fighting so what’s the fuss about?
“I call on the prime minister (Peter O’Neill) not listen to the call for a SOE.
“SOEs are very expensive and costly.
“The call for a SOE by these leaders only undermines their integrity and leadership capability.”
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[] | 2016-08-30T00:52:52 | null | 2016-08-30T10:16:01 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fcampus-secure%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Unitech.jpg | en | null | Campus ‘secure’ | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | By NICHOLAS SIREO
SECURITY at the University of Technology has been beefed up with police setting up three sub-stations on campus following the recent unrest which resulted in the death of a student.
Unitech’s chief of security Alex Warren said apart from police, extra security officers have been hired by the university.
A private security firm has also been engaged to ensure the campus was safe for students and staff.
“Police are keeping a close surveillance to ensure students and staff move freely after what transpired during the unrest a few months ago,” he said.
He (Warren) said Unitech recruited additional security officers so that the campus was secure and safe.
“We want to make sure that this environment is free and conducive for learning so that students can enjoy and live without fear,” he said
Warren said the Guard Dog security firm had also been engaged by the university to support the police and the university’s own security personnel.
“They are based at the main gate alongside our guards to monitor the movement of people and vehicles into the campus,” he said.
“We want the students to feel safe and secure so that their parents and sponsors would have confidence in the university in terms of security.”
Unitech Students Dean Ale Gaun said 800 more students registered on Sunday while others were still arriving.
“The students have cooperated well with the administration during registration. It is a positive sign for a new start,” he said
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[] | 2016-08-31T04:54:39 | null | 2016-08-31T11:21:46 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fhela-police-back-emergency-call%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Welly.jpg | en | null | Hela police back emergency call | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | HELA police commander Michael Welly says he supports calls by two local MPs for the Government to declare a state-of-emergency in the province.
He said this was long overdue, given the numerous tribal fights and killings in Hela.
“I agree with the call by the provincial leaders,” Welly told The National yesterday.
“It’s about time the Government brings back manpower and logistics to pick up all ring leaders.
“There is compensation happening but justice is needed to restore normalcy.
“Committee leaders cannot come forward and testify in fear of retaliation.”
Welly said the tribal fight in Tari started last Friday after a youth was killed as payback for another killing late last year.
Despite compensation and peace being made, he said a faction converged in Tari town last Friday and murdered the youth.
Welly said a suspect was now in police custody and would be charged with wilful murder.
He issued a strong warning to people not to carry weapons as they would be arrested.
“I will not tolerate any faction coming into town (Tari) with weapons like firearms, bush knives, pocket knives or instruments that can cause bodily harm,” Welly said.
“People found with weapons will be arrested because the town is not a killing ground.”
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[] | 2016-08-29T22:52:50 | null | 2016-08-30T08:45:29 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fgoals-galore-city-soccer-comp%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Goals galore in city soccer comp | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | By HENRY MORABANG
MACLAREN and Cosmos had a field day on the weekend, recording high scores in their respective matches during the Port Moresby Soccer Association FA Cup competition played at the Correctional Services training oval in Bomana, Port Moresby.
Maclaren, led by Cyril Muta and Paschal Wojam, had too much tact for Mainium, finding the net four times while Mainium replied only once.
In the other high-scoring affair, Cosmos, led by Hekari United fullback Sammy Campbel, proved too strong for the aging PNG Masters led by Joe Aisa, Francis Moiyap, Kisakiu Posman, Moni Kalong and goalkeeper Willie Bera, winning 4-0.
The win by Maclaren should put them in front of the men’s Pool A points ladder.
They are up against Vitias, Kokoda Warriors, Amazon Bay Simple Juniors and CTI Kings.
In men’s Pool B, Cosmos will have a difficult task when they face Momase, Blue Kumuls, PS Roots and Dekena Bays.
In men’s Pool C, Erima Fly Overs, Blue Kumul 2, Mungkas and Rapatona will vie for the top spot.
As of last weekend, Yamaros was lucky to win by beating Guria 2-1 while Erima drew with Blue Kumul 2 (0-0).
The Mungkas and Rapatona match ended in a scoreless draw.
In the women’s matches, Guria, led by ageless Miriam Lanta, drew with Tarangau 0-0, while Rapatona forfeited Mungkas.
Tarangau had several good opportunities but their finishing let them down.
Otherwise, Magie Kaipu, Jessica Kavulio, Elvina Arisa and Daisy Torovi were outstanding.
Guria had several representative players but their lack of coordination let them down.
Skipper Esther Kurabi and Samantha Peninsa need to organise their team if they are serious about winning the women’s FA Cup this season.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:08:42 | null | 2016-08-25T12:20:47 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fgaping-divide-prayer-day%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Gaping divide over prayer day | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THE National Day of Prayer tomorrow will be marked with a public holiday but the Christian churches and leaders their flock look up to for counsel and direction are apparently divided on what to do on the day and even whether there should be such a holiday at all.
Is it too much to ask that the mainline and Pentecostal churches in the country agree on a national day of prayer, fasting and repentance?
It can hardly be a national day when the mainline churches that make up the PNG Council of Churches and account for possibly over half of the country’s Christian population are openly opposed to its relevance and rationale.
The PNGCC does not recognise the National Day of Prayer and its members will not be part of activities tomorrow to mark the day as has been the case since 2011 when the day was first observed.
For the PNGCC, August 26 is just another public holiday but their members are allowed to join in any planned activity to mark the day though not as representatives of their churches.
The PNGCC says it does not recognise the day as it has connections to that covenant the then Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare had signed in 2007.
The covenant was purportedly between the nation of Papua New Guinea and the God of Israel.
The PNGCC finds that covenant signing instigated by a group of Pentecostal pastors contrary to their belief that there is only one covenant established by the Messiah himself and there cannot be any other made by man.
The chairman of the PNGCC, the Anglican Church’s Bishop Denny Bray Guka, says there was never any proper dialogue between the proponents of the day and the PNGCC.
It appears that since when the day was first mooted by certain other church leaders and politicians – and enacted by Parliament in record time in 2011 – up until today, there seems to have been no consultation with the PNGCC.
It is quite absurd and hard to understand that the concerned church leaders have failed or would not be bothered to talk to each other about the day and how it should be observed.
Meanwhile, the other church organisation known as the Body of Christ in Port Moresby has taken the lead in organising events marking National Day of Prayer.
Again this year, the BOC has a programme set for Port Moresby that includes a prayer breakfast at the National Parliament and an evening celebration at the Sir John Guise Stadium featuring Melbourne-based contemporary gospel music band Planetshakers.
Tomorrow is also the first anniversary of the placing of the controversial 404-year old King James Bible in the parliament house.
It is a well-known fact that both the declaration of a public holiday on National Prayer Day (August 26) and later the King James Version of the Bible in Parliament have drawn a flood of criticism from the public and still do.
Negative comments by other Christian church leaders and Christian professional groups on the supposedly well-intentioned moves to declare a national day of prayer and to place the Bible in Parliament should be of concern particularly to the thousands of believers in the country
Apart from creating confusing among believers, such division and difference in belief also poses a real threat to the unity and harmony between people.
Fighting among members of different denominations and sects in the country has not been uncommon in the past.
It would be a sad day when such differing Christianity and its differing beliefs trigger further disunity, suspicion and even hatred in the country.
That can happen if church leaders are not careful.
How faithfully can a nation with a sprinkling of non-Christians and titular Christians observe a day meant for prayers and repentance without “desecrating” it with secular activity reminiscent of another public holiday?
For the business sector, it is another public holiday, removing hours of production and income; no work will be done but the employee would still expect a full day’s pay.
There is already one too many public holidays in the national calendar.
The National Prayer Day should therefore be just that – a day for all believers and churches agreeing, believing and praying together.
Otherwise, we might have to re-think the public holiday.
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[] | 2016-08-29T00:52:00 | null | 2016-08-29T10:06:39 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fwater-woes-hit-daru%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Water woes hit Daru | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THERE are many operational challenges due to aging assets to sustain Daru’s water supply but the major issue is a lack of sustainable funding from the national and provincial governments, Water PNG says.
Chief executive and managing director Raka Taviri Jr made these comments in response to reports on the water company’s failure to complete the water supply improvement programme since the presentation of a certificate of transfer by PNG Sustainable Development Programme (PNGSDP) to Water PNG in 2014.
“Our financial records show steep operational costs of providing clean and safe water to Daru,” Taviri said.
“The high cost involves the daily provision of safe water supply to Daru from the mainland through an underwater pipeline system which continues to age quickly due to wear and tear from the water over the last 28 years.
“Until today, the Daru water supply operations have been subsidised by other Water PNG profit-making centres.”
Taviri said in 2011, Water PNG signed a memorandum of understanding with PNGSDP.
Through this partnership, it was agreed that PNGSDP would provide funding and improve the water supply, including the construction of a new sewerage system in Daru.
“A lot of materials were purchased from overseas for major improvement works for water and sewerage assets,” Taviri said.
However, the closure of PNGSDP shut off funding, resulting in a stop to the work.
“In several meetings this year with Water PNG, the South Fly MP had undertaken that he was able to provide funding for Daru roads, water supply and sewerage,” Taviri said.
“Water PNG is still waiting for the South Fly MP to provide funding for the water supply improvement and sewerage system.” As a way forward, Water PNG welcomed the district development authority of South Fly for funding to rehabilitate the water supply and construct an appropriate wastewater system that would be sustainable.
“Daru’s new packaged water treatment plant is available in Brisbane for shipment and will be ready for installation and operation when funding becomes available,” he said.
Taviri said Water PNG recently upgraded the Daru water supply system and would continue to maintain the establishment despite the high running cost with no return to the company.
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[] | 2016-08-30T22:53:35 | null | 2016-08-31T08:40:36 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fgovernment-adopt-national-electricity-roll-plan%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Government to adopt national electricity roll-out plan | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | By HELEN TARAWA
DEVELOPMENT partners will play a major role in funding the Government’s recently announced K11.5 billion national electricity roll-out plan (Nerop), according to a report.
The report produced by the Department of Petroleum and Energy following a consultation workshop earlier this month states that Nerop would be discussed and adopted by the National Executive Council.
The department’s deputy secretary (energy) Vore Vere told The National that the Government would have to adopt Nerop.
He said the next step was to convene discussions with development partners on the most appropriate funding mechanisms for the programme. He said selection would follow, and then sequencing and technical planning and preparation for the proposed investments.
The report states that funds to cover investment costs for the programme would be obtained by a combination of connection charges of K46.6m per year, Government grants of K71.4m annually and development partner grants for the remaining 70 per cent on average K282.7m.
It is understood that partner funding would not be available until 2018. Local governments could be able to topup or fully cover the available funding for a particular scheme in their province, bringing forward the scheme to the top of the queue.
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[] | 2016-08-29T02:52:24 | null | 2016-08-29T11:41:00 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fharou-assumes-top-job%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Morobe.jpg | en | null | Harou assumes top job | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | MOROBE has made history by appointing a woman as its acting provincial administrator.
Morobe Governor Kelly Naru was overwhelmed and was the first to congratulate Sheila Pati Harou, who hails from the remote Au village in the Garaina local level government of Bulolo district.
Her acting appointment is for three months which can be extended. She replaced Masayang Moat, who has been holding the position for nine months until Aug 17. Prior to Harou’s appointment, she was deputy provincial administrator social services with the Morobe provincial administration.
She has a bachelor of Commerce from the University of Technology and a Masters in public administration majoring in public policy and management from the Flinders University in South Australia with more than 30 years’ experience in public service.
Naru said Moat had demonstrated good administrative leadership and his government appreciated his services and leadership during his term in office.
“In terms of fairness and gender balance, it would be reasonable, logical, relevant and fair to give Harou a chance in that position so the government and people of Morobe can also assess her performance.
“With her qualification and experience, I am sure she will provide that leadership to the government, the administration and people of Morobe,” Naru said.
“I urge all political leaders, public servants, stakeholders, partners and people of Morobe to give Harou our usual cooperation and assistance in her new role as acting provincial administrator for the good our administration, government and province.”
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[] | 2016-08-29T00:52:13 | null | 2016-08-29T10:10:56 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Frehab-programme-set-introduced-provinces%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Rehab programme set to be introduced in other provinces | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THE long term aim of the Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) programme is it to be introduced in other provinces and to continue on in the communities currently being engaged, Cheshire programmes officer Joyce Koupere says.
Koupere said CBR programme is currently being rolled out in seven locations in the National Capital District. The programme also runs in Milne Bay, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville and Central with the support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef).
“Our aim is to train and empower the parents and care givers of persons with disabilities in the communities so they can continue the service when we move on to other communities,” Koupore said.
H said Cheshire DisAbility Services is using the standard World Health Organisation (WHO) matrix on CBR to conduct the programme.
“WHO, matrix of CBR programme, talks about certain areas that we have to look into, such as health, education, social and livelihood and environment,” he said.
“Technical assistance is also provided because we have technical staff such as physiotherapists who provide training and advice in diagnosing and the rehabilitation plan of the persons with disabilities.”
Communities currently engaged in the CBR programme were Motu Koitabu villages of Kirakira, Hanuabada, Pari and Mahuru.
Wildlife, Morata, 8-Mile, 9-Mile and 17-Mile are some of the settlement areas that Cheshire has engaged in the programme.
Koupere said CBR programme is provided for free by Cheshire.
However, support is needed from interested individuals and stakeholders to take the service down to the remote areas.
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[] | 2016-08-30T22:53:32 | null | 2016-08-31T08:44:48 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fsinger-helps-raise-k600000%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Singer helps raise K600,000 | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | PAPUA New Guinea Operation Open Heart Foundation raised K599,900 in two events they had invited Australian singer Daryl Braithwaite to.
OOH chairperson Kathy Johnston said Braithwaite performed at The Edge at Harbour City and at the Parliament State Room for the Orchid Gala Dinner on Aug 18 and 19.
She said the purpose of the fundraising was to assist local doctors with training and purchase of equipment for OOH at Port Moresby General Hospital.
“The first two recipients are Dr Karu and Dr Cornela Kilalang, who will be travelling to Singapore next month to attend a two-day workshop, OOH will assist with travel and accommodation expenses.” she said.
Johnston said they did not reached the target of K1 million but was thankful to have Braithwaite as part of the fundraiser.
Since the establishment of OOH, a total of 1003 open heart surgeries were undertaken by local and visiting doctors who had a success rate of 99 per cent.
Every year, Papua New Guinea has four visits from the International Open Heart and doctors from Singapore to operate on adult patients and Australian doctors operate on children.
They also train local doctors on heart surgery.
Johnston said when more local doctors and nurses were trained, there would be less foreign doctors visiting the country for the operation open hearth programme and thanked the stakeholders for their support.
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[] | 2016-08-31T00:53:51 | null | 2016-08-31T09:51:59 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fteam-visits-projects-jiwaka%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Team visits projects in Jiwaka | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | A TEAM of development partners visited community projects in Jiwaka last week to discuss development challenges.
The team consisted of representatives from the United Nations, European Union (EU), Australian High Commission, Chinese Embassy and Department of National Planning and Monitoring.
Jiwaka had made progress in education, agriculture and infrastructure since its establishment in 2009, United Nations resident coordinator in Papua New Guinea Roy Trivedy said.
“As a result of this visit, development partners have gained a better understanding of the developments that are taking place in the province and this will enable us to improve our support to the provincial government and the people of Jiwaka,” Trivedy said.
He said provinces must localise the sustainable development goals (SDGs) to transform lives to fully achieve the goals in 2030.
“SDGs aim at transforming the world by 2030, local leadership and communities play a critical role through the identification of specific needs, provision of locally suited solutions and close monitoring of progress,” Trivedy said.
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[] | 2016-08-30T02:52:47 | null | 2016-08-30T11:03:08 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fmanus-islanders-observe-provincial-day-enb%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/mANUS.jpg | en | null | Manus Islanders observe provincial day in ENB | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THE Manus community living in East New Britain had a double celebration last Friday in Kokopo to honour their provincial day and the National Repentance Day.
Event coordinator Leonnie Kaleh said it was the first time for the Manus community to commemorate the provincial day in Kokopo as it was only commemorated at the National Capital District annually.
“We are from all walks of life and proud of our identity,” Kaleh said.
“This day is special, being a Christian country means that we the people of Papua New Guinea pledge ourselves united as one nation.
“It means we pay homage to our cultural heritage; the source of our strength. God created us so wonderfully and blessed us with a culture so unique and diverse.”
She said Manus students from the University of Natural Resource and Environment, Gaulim Teachers College, Kokopo Business College, Sonoma Adventist College and other institutions in ENB had collaborated to host the provincial day.
“We hope that this is the start to celebrating our provincial day in Kokopo every year as part of networking for development purposes.”
Kaleh said the occasion was vital for the Manus community in ENB, as it gave families space and time to learn their identity.
It also gave them the chance to reflect and discuss on how best they could contribute towards the developments of Manus.
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[] | 2016-08-31T00:53:48 | null | 2016-08-31T10:14:28 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Flive-book-ages%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Live by the book of all ages | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THE Bible is the very breath of God thus if it is put in the
heart will most definitely change your life (2 Tim 3 : 16).
Thus, it is good to have the Bible in the Parliament but if
the men in the house do not put the Word of God in their
hearts individually the supposed change will never materialise.
What benefit does one gain by having a Bible
sitting on the shelf in his or her house but doesn’t live the
life that the glorious book teaches? The Bible is the living
truth that is the cornerstone of our Christian faith. I pray
that the people of Papua New Guinea truly repent and live
by the glorious book of all ages.
– O Aufa, via email | http://www.thenational.com.pg/live-book-ages/ | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thenational.com.pg/110f8ebfd271182dbb5c84c95b1377579fdc146e03ee7f2e0bd5962cf7902b1a.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T02:52:46 | null | 2016-08-30T10:50:52 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fenb-needs-govt-help-viable-transportation%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | ENB needs govt help for viable transportation | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | EAST New Britain currently uses all modes of transport but is faced with challenges in improving facilities and infrastructure.
Acting provincial administrator Wilson Matava told the New Guinea Islands inter-connectivity workshop in Kokopo last week that support from national agencies was needed in improving infrastructure to keep the transport system viable and business could continue to be provided.
He said the Rabaul wharf was faced with the challenge of the build-up of silt from the volcano.
Matava said currently, more than 30 cruise ships visited ENB annually.
Provincial technical services advisor Charles Varvala, in giving a snapshot of the transport system in ENB, said there were 798km of roads categorised as national, roads including the New Britain Highway.
He said more data on roads in Pomio recently constructed still needed to be captured.
There are about 300 km of provincial roads especially in the Gazelle Peninsula area.
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[] | 2016-08-30T02:52:53 | null | 2016-08-30T11:04:08 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Feye-experts-visit-lihir%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/EyeCare.jpg | en | null | Eye experts visit Lihir | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | TWO eye clinicians are on Lihir Island in New Ireland to screen patients and conduct awareness on eye and vision conditions.
Ophthalmic clinician, Shirley Lalen and eye care nurse Merelyn Aruke arrived last Friday.
Lalen who is the officer in charge of the eye care clinic at Kavieng general hospital said patient screening and awareness would take up to seven days.
She said they would also conduct eye checks and issue glasses where necessary and visit past surgery patients and identify new ones with eye conditions that required surgery.
“Our visit will take us right around Lihir, including the outer Malie Isand,” said Lalen.
She said when returned to Kavieng they would prepare for the actual surgical operations which would start on Sept 26.
Lalen said the eye-care outreach programme was conducted annually as and when necessary.
She said many of the success stories were so wonderful which brings tears of joy to them when they saw their patients walking and working without the help of relatives or walking aides.
Lalen said Fred Hollows Foundation office in Madang had greatly assisted PNG eye-care professionals with training and the provision of equipment.
“The amount of funding spent on healthcare in this country is very limited, not much funding is made available to provide eye care services or to train eye care providers.”
She said rural and urban health facilities still lacked resources like equipment, staff and drugs.
“It is only through the involvement of people such as the Fred Hollows Foundation that we are able to deliver to our people,” Lalen said.
The visit to Lihir Island was made possible with the support of the Lihir Islands Community Health Programme and the Lihir Mining Area Landowners Association.
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[] | 2016-08-29T04:52:25 | null | 2016-08-29T13:26:50 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fbrowne-inks-pngs-pathway-europe%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Brown.jpg | en | null | Browne inks PNG’s pathway in Europe | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | David Browne, the son of a cartoonist, has been drawing his own path in football since the day he started playing.
His journey started just like many others before him, after watching a video of Portuguese world star Cristiano Ronaldo, and deciding that he wanted to give football a try.
From humble beginnings, living in the Kaugere suburb of Port Moresby, he has gone on to become the first Papua New Guinean footballer to play professionally in Europe after he signed for Dutch Eredivisie team, PEC Zwolle last year.
While in Port Moresby between 2007 and 2010, he changed schools three times, attending Korobosea International School from 2007 to 2008, St Josephs International School in 2009, and Port Moresby International School in 2010.
Browne played for two years for the Port Moresby Soccer Association’s development team, Port Moresby School of Excellence Football Club, from 2010 to 2011.
The development club was founded in 2010 and was dominated by players from the Papua New Guinea Under-17 squad.
Born in Port Moresby, he left PNG at the age of 15, after being awarded a scholarship at Saint Peters College in Auckland, New Zealand, after playing in the 2011 Oceania Football Confederation’s (OFC) U17 men’s tournament for PNG.
However, his start to football in New Zealand started tragically, as soon after his arrival, his father, Bob Browne, passed away.
Showing great character, he worked hard in his first year in Auckland after his father’s passing.
He played for the high school and local club, Central United FC.
By the end of his second season with the club, he was awarded player-of-the-year for his efforts.
He went on to represent the local state side and became top goal-scorer for Saint Peters College, before catching the eye of Auckland City FC (ACFC).
In the three years he spent at the club, he scored 10 goals and made 33 appearances, won the OFC Champions League twice and was part of the ACFC squad that finished third in the 2014 Fifa Club World Cup in Morocco.
Last year, he tried out with the Nike Football Academy, already having more accolades than some professional players and was awarded a place in the squad, but at the same time was offered a professional contract in The Netherlands.
He chose the latter option, signing up with PEC Zwolle.
Since then, his career has seen him move to another Eredivisie club, FC Groningen.
He is at the moment a part of the club’s U23 team, trying to play his way into the first team and with him playing well in recent pre-season matches, he’s putting himself in a position to do so.
David’s story of how he made it to Europe is unique and hopefully the young 20-year-old can build on his career in Europe and continue to draw a pathway for future Papua New Guinean footballers to do the same. – theone2pass
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[] | 2016-08-30T02:53:02 | null | 2016-08-30T10:47:17 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fmeet-early-warning-system%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Meet on early warning system | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | By DELLYANNE ILAI
THROUGH the regional integrated multi-hazard early warning system (Rimes), PNG National Weather Service and the Department of Mineral Policy and Geohazards Management are organising a national seasonal forecasts forum to be held in October.
The Rimes sub-regional hub for the Pacific will be hosted by the local weather service agency, according to assistant director forecasting and warning centre Jimmy Gomoga.
PNGNWS is working with Rimes to have these seasonal forecasts and climate projections to become available and presented during the national seasonal forecasts forum.
“We have a plan to host a first Rimes regional forum and invite all heads of National Weather Services and Geohazard departments of 14 Pacific countries,” Gomoga said.
These include Nue, Nauru ,Tokelau, Cook Islands, Kiribati and Federal States of Micronesia.
PNGNWS management division will host this regional meeting in Port Moresby with financial and technical support from Rimes.
Also efforts are now underway to build the hub’s institutional foundation, approving PNG to host Rimes sub-regional hub for the Pacific region, according to government decision last year, he said.
Consultations with NWS, Department of Transport, Department of Mining Policy and Geohazards Management, Hydrology, Conservation and Environment Protection Authority and Climate Change Development Authority, Agriculture and Livestock, and National Disaster Center were undertaken from Aug 15 to detail the policy and mechanism for establishing the hub, which shall also function as PNG’s multi-hazard early warning centre.
These consultations have provided unified national services for earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption, landslide, extreme weather, drought and flood/flashfloods.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:08:24 | null | 2016-08-25T13:34:18 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Ffive-people-still-missing%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Five people still missing | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THIS is a SOS call. There is no report out yet on the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of five people six months ago between Bogia care centre in Madang and Angoram in East Sepik. The three men and two women never reached their destination. It was alleged that the boat skipper diverted to shore and what happened then is a talking point among relatives. The Bogia and Angoram MPs might want to check this out. – Saddened, Angoram, East Sepik
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[] | 2016-08-29T00:52:15 | null | 2016-08-29T10:05:08 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fstate-eyes-unused-land-samarai-allan-says%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | State eyes unused land on Samarai, Allan says | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THE Government is looking at taking back unused State land on the historical Samarai Island in Milne Bay and others around the country, Lands and Physical Planning Minister Benny Allan says.
He said that when answering a question from Samarai-Murua MP Gordon Wesley in relation to the land on Samarai last Wednesday.
“All land on Samarai Island has been sold to private owners. Over 60 per cent of State land on Samarai Island is owned by (businessman) Peter Sharp,” Wesley said.
“That leaves no land to accommodate genuine investors or the growing need for public servants’ housing and other physical development on the island.
“This land was acquired some years back – like 20 to 25 years – but since then, there has been no evidence of physical development by owners of this land. This situation has denied all my development plans for the island.
“Can the national and the provincial lands and physical planning departments forfeit undeveloped land on the island back to the State, and if so, how long will it take to wait?”
Allan said the case of Samarai was similar to that of Woodlark Island, also in Milne Bay, where the land was given back to traditional landowners. “The title, as the member mentioned, is under Peter Sharp,” Allan said.
“There are different types of leases.
“There is the State lease which is for 99 years.
“We have the Crown lease.
“We also have the freehold lease.
“Freehold lease is where the Government will not make any decision.
“The title remains with whoever, even if they don’t develop it for five years, or whatever period.
“The law does not allow the Government, or even the minister, to make any decision over that land.
“I will get the department to check on the type of lease we have with Samarai Island, and I want to assure that if it’s under an urban development lease or whatever, we will do everything to restore it as a State lease.”
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:05:56 | null | 2016-08-11T09:39:59 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fcourt-rejects-andagalis-application-for-judicial-review%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Court rejects Andagali’s application for judicial review | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | A JUDICIAL review application filed by former PNG Power Limited board chairman Larry Andagali regarding a Cabinet decision to revoke his appointment has been dismissed.
National Court judge Justice Collin Makail said he was satisfied with a submission by the PPL board that Andagali had failed to appear in court to pursue the matter.
The court ordered that Andagali pay the cost of the proceedings.
Andagali on March 14 sought leave to apply for a judicial review of the NEC decision.
This was granted on March 21 and Andagali filed a notice of motion on April 4 for a judicial review.
Andagali’s lawyer Robert Salmon-Minak filed a notice on May 20 to withdraw the case. But he did not notify the other parties.
Andagali was absent when the matter was called on July 18, Aug 1 and Aug 4.
The PPL board comprising Andrew Ogil, Garry Hersey, John Mangos, Jamie Maxtone Graham, Finkewe Zurenuoc, John Paska, Sevesoa Maso and David Conn was named as the second defendant in the judicial review application.
Their lawyer Maryanne Tusais moved a notice of motion yesterday seeking to dismiss the judicial review proceeding.
Tusais submitted that the case should be summarily determined because Andagali failed to comply with the court directions and orders.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:02:13 | null | 2016-08-25T10:30:21 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fmangos-case-thrown%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Mangoes.jpg | en | null | Mangos case thrown out | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | By DAPHNE WANI
The Waigani Committal Court yesterday dismissed the misappropriation case against former PNG Power Limited (PPL) managing director John Mangos.
He was charged with misappropriating more than K62,000 belonging to his former employer.
Magistrate John Kaumi ruled that there was insufficient evidence to proceed with the case.
Kaumi said the court was satisfied after considering evidence it had and that evidence produced by the police on all three charges against Mangos were based on opinions.
The court ordered that Mangos be discharged from all three counts of misappropriation, abuse of office and conspiracy to defraud the PPL.
Kaumi also ordered that his bail of K5000 be refunded and his passport returned to his lawyer Philip Tabuchi from Young and Williams law firm.
Mangos from Australia, was charged on March 15 for allegedly conspiring to defraud PPL by dishonestly applying company property for his own use, and abuse of office.
It was alleged that between Aug 9 and Sept 20 last year in Port Moresby, while employed as the PPL executive director, he abused the authority of his office by directing the general manager human resource and payroll services to pay K62,475.52 to a Theo Casimiro.
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[] | 2016-08-31T08:55:15 | null | 2016-08-31T12:26:31 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fchurch-youths-participate-town-clean%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Youths.jpg | en | null | Church youths participate in town clean-up | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | YOUNGSTERS from the Paiam Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church conducted a clean-up at Paiam town and were backed by Barrick Niugini Limited (BNL).
The youths, in the early hours of Aug 21, cleaned parts of the town.
BNL, through its corporate social responsibility (CSR) department, assisted the youths with garbage bags and hand gloves.
Ipili Porgera Investments also assisted with more garbage bags.
Youth leader Kova Iyore said one of the components of the SDA youth ministry was “outreach”.
“As Seventh-day Adventists, we are part of the community and society that makes up the church so by involving the youths in community service work like this, it helps them realise their place in the community,” Iyore said.
“The SDA church is also a health promoting church so by cleaning up, we witness the health message.
“Community service is an ongoing activity.”
BNL community relations and engagement alternate manager Meck Minnala said they donated the bags and hand gloves after the group requested assistance from the company.
“In CSR, we work with members of the community on matters of common interest for their safety, convenience and betterment,” Minnala said.
“The cleanliness of the Paiam township is a mutual concern and, especially here in Porgera, youth groups rarely want to do something as volunteers to serve the community.
“I thank the youths for committing their time and energy to render this community service.”
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[] | 2016-08-30T00:52:46 | null | 2016-08-30T10:31:00 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fdolphins-sweep-huon-gulf-crowns%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Volley.jpg | en | null | Dolphins sweep Huon Gulf crowns | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | By LARRY ANDREW
NJAY Raukele Dolphins made a cleansweep of the Huon Gulf Volleyball Association division titles on Saturday.
In the women’s grand final, Dolphins went up against BC Mate, with both teams closed in an even tussle for the top honours.
With the match tied 2-2, the Dolphins regrouped in the fifth and deciding set to take out the game 3-2.
For the men’s grand final challenge, NJAY Dolphins with Frank Joe, Philip Neleng, Oscar Kisap, and Akim Neleng were up to the task to match the GVM Scorpions pack.
The Dolphins took the first and second set but Scorpions, with the experience of Pacific Game representative player Joel Kou, stole the show in the third set to stay in the contest.
However, the Scorpions failed to maintain their stinging attack, allowing Dolphins to win the fourth set and the match (3-1) to claim their club’s sixth title.
According to the match officials, the prizes were spread evenly to all clubs that took part in this year’s competition.
President Franky Joe said from when the association was formed in 1999, they had five clubs with less than 20 teams.
This year, the number of clubs taking part in the competition went up to 20, with 42 teams.
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[] | 2016-08-31T08:55:11 | null | 2016-08-31T11:43:56 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fbarras-start-saca-leadups%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Barramundies.jpg | en | null | Barras start Saca leadups | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THE Hebou Papua New Guinea Barramundis squad departed Port Moresby yesterday for the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, where they will play against three Australian state cricket teams starting today.
The Barramundis will take on Tasmania today, Western Australia on Friday and Queensland on Monday in 50-over matches at the Maroochydore Cricket Ground.
“This is a wonderful opportunity for the Barramundis to play against some of the best elite cricketers from an ICC full-member country (Australia),” Cricket PNG chief executive officer Greg Campbell said.
“It will be a great test for our squad, playing against hardened, professional cricketers.
“It will also be a great opportunity for our men to promote themselves as cricketers for potential future state and Big Bash opportunities.
“We hope that this will be a regular fixture on our cricket calendar,” he said.
The matches will serve as warm-ups for the Barramundis, who will then head to Darwin and Adelaide to take part in the annual South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) Premier League, before turning their attention to the home Inter-Continental (I-Cup) and World Cricket League Championships (WCLC) matches against Namibia in October.
All six Australian state teams are currently in Maroochydore in their respective camps in preparation for the Australian first class domestic 50-over competition —the Matador Cup.
Fixtures: Wed, Aug 31 – PNG vs Tasmania; Fri, Sept 2 – PNG vs Western Australia; Mon, Sept 5 – PNG vs Queensland.
Barramundis squad: Assad Vala (c), Vani Vagi Morea, Kiplin Doriga, Lega Siaka, Sese Bau, Mahuru Dai, Dogodo Bau, John Boge Reva, Norman Vanua, Chad Soper, Nosiana Pokana, Jason Kila, Hiri Hiri, Alei Nao.
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[] | 2016-08-29T04:52:12 | null | 2016-08-29T13:22:01 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fhagen-eagles-bad-losers%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Hagen Eagles are bad losers | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | ALLOW me a space to air this embarrassment of the year.
I am greatly embarrassed of the violence actions by the Mt. Hagen Eagle players, officials and supporters against their game with Rabaul Gurias.
Like many other Western Highlanders who come out in the social media, I am really embarrassed of the violence against Gurias.
It shows a primitive mentality and total nonsense, especially when officials were supposed to stop it but joined in the violence.
Looking at the cause factors, before the game all three local MPs for Western Highlands, except the governor, were at the Gateway Hotel to boost the morale of their players.
It was good that the MPs showed their support but on the other hand to please the politicians, the players and officials pinned a win for this game.
Why can’t you accept defeat, bury your head in shame and go do more training to take revenge in the next game.
Your actions embarrassed Western Highlanders and supporters throughout PNG.
I won’t be surprised if the PNGNRL suspends Eagles for some years, which would teach them a lesson to play the game with disciple.
Peter S. Kinjap
Tambul, WHP
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[] | 2016-08-29T02:52:10 | null | 2016-08-29T11:41:16 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fawesa-launches-projects-western%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Kiunga.jpg | en | null | Awesa launches projects in Western | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | Works and Implementation Minister Francis Awesa launched several impact projects in Kiunga, North Fly district of Western, signifying the Government’s commitment to one of its key policies in infrastructure development.
These included the construction of the Ningerum Ok Tedi Bridge and Drigmas Fly River Bridge and the Kiunga District Hospital redevelopment
Launching these projects on behalf of the Prime Minister Peter O’Neill in Kiunga last Thursday, Awesa also announced the sealing of the Kiunga-Tabubil Highway.
Implementation of the Government’s key policies has seen many rural areas appreciating projects and convincing them that there is a Government there for them.
Awesa told the people that the Government would continue to deliver basic services in rural areas.
“This Government, through its policy on infrastructure development, has delivered in the last four years and there is a big difference that people in the rural areas can see and have access to vital services,” he said.
Awesa visited the project sites and assured the people that the prime minister would visit the district soon and launch other impact projects.
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[] | 2016-08-29T00:52:06 | null | 2016-08-29T10:08:48 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fghost-schools-irks-minister%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | ‘Ghost schools’ irks minister | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | By CLIFFORD FAIPARIK
THERE has been establishment of ghost schools and inflation of school enrolments to receive extra funding from the tuition fee free (TFF) policy, Education Minister Nick Kuman says.
Kuman, while presenting his department’s ministerial statement in Parliament, said since 2012 schools were establish fraudulently and some established schools inflated their enrolments. There was misappropriation of TFF particularly the infrastructural grants and the teachers and leaning grants.
“These are some of the biggest challenges in implementing the TFF,” Kuman said.
“But we have some very good schools, good principals and headmasters.
“The department has taken measures to ensure that non registered schools will not get TFF. And we have now rectified school enrollments.”
Kuman said the impact of TFF has seen increased growth of children and by the end of this year, 2.1 milion children have been enrolled in schools throughout the country.
“While there is an increased enrollment, there are pressures in having classrooms, teachers’ houses, more teachers and learning resources. However, Government under various intervention programmes through district serevices improvement programme and provincial services improvement programme funds and I want to thank all, governors, MPs, government and private agencies to continue to the education of our children”.
Kuman said over K2.7 billion will be given under TFF by the end of this year since 2012.
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[] | 2016-08-30T00:52:43 | null | 2016-08-30T10:41:05 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fok-tedi-dwu-join-hands%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Partner.jpg | en | null | OK Tedi, DWU join hands | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THE Ok Tedi Mining Limited and Divine Word University are partnering to provide teaching facilities for health science students in Western.
Peter Graham, the OTML managing director and chief executive officer was at Tabubil last Wednesday for the opening of two student accommodation units.
The company is partnering with Diwai Pharmaceutical Limited, a business arm of the university which manages Tabubil Hospital on behalf of OTML.
Graham and DWU Dean for Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Professor Clement Malau opened two 16-room accommodation blocks which included self-contained rooms, laundry, store rooms, toilet and shower blocks.
The student accommodation buildings, a classroom and a unit for staff were funded by OTML through its tax credit scheme at a cost of K11 million.
The event coincided with the launching of university’s rural health science work placement programme.
On Monday August 22, 10 male and 10 female students from the university arrived in Tabubil to begin a 10-week work placement programme.
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[] | 2016-08-29T00:52:07 | null | 2016-08-29T10:06:18 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fintegration-key-human-development%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Integration key to human development | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | INTEGRATION is key to human development where people can have a sense of belonging in society, an official says.
Yumi Lukautim Mosbi (YLM) project coordinator Lucy Totil said participation in various social activities would help open doors to uniting people.
As such YLM, an initiative of the National Capital District Commission, had been reaching out to the juvenile inmates of Bomana prison.
“We want to remind them that they are part of the society that we live in,” Totil said.
“How can we talk about integration and equal participation and yet leave them out?
“We need to involve them in activities to reintegrate with the society so when they leave prison, they can quickly adjust to life.”
Totil said they had become regular visitors to the juvenile prison this year by running life skills and other educational programmes with the support of partners like National Youth Development Authority and 99 PNG Ltd.
Last Thursday, a fun day was hosted at the Bomana police college oval for the Koiari Park, Bomana and Evedahana primary schools, Don Bosco Technical College and other juveniles.
The fun day was in celebration of the International Youth Day.
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[] | 2016-08-30T22:53:38 | null | 2016-08-31T08:45:05 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Ftourism-sees-growth%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Tourism sees growth | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | STATISTICS from PNG Tourism Promotion Authority shows that tourist numbers have been increasing gradually, according to chief executive officer Jerry Agus.
Agus was responding to queries about arrival numbers prior to the Government stopping visa-on-arrival arrangement for Australians in 2014.
Figures from the authority indicated that a total of 191,442 foreign visitors (both business and tourists) come to PNG in 2014. Last year the number went up by 7243 to 198,685.
The number of Australian visitors to PNG in 2014 was around 24,000 and went down to 23,000 last year.
“There are a lot of factors that contribute towards someone making a decision to come to PNG,” Argus said.
“Visa is just one aspect, (there is) image-perception of a destination, ease of connectivity, cheaper airfares, low ground cost like accommodation, tour charges, economic condition at the tourists’ origin, exchange rates and product quality etc.
“You can see that just because visa is granted free upon arrival does not translate to huge numbers of inbound tourists.
“There are a lot of factors that together help to position a destination in competition with others. The process of getting visa prior to approval was indeed a major issue but now it’s ticked off.”
Agus noted that the PNGTPA was anticipating a further increase in the arrival numbers with the uplifting of the ban. which is good for tourism.
“We love to see this reciprocated by Australians but that’s the decision Australian Government need to make,” he said.
“Definitely, we expect an increase, but like I mentioned earlier, there are other factors that play a part in determining the flow of tourism in PNG.”
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[] | 2016-08-29T02:52:25 | null | 2016-08-29T11:41:30 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fhouse-recall-review-sought%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Speaker-1.jpg | en | null | House recall review sought | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | Parliament has authorised Speaker Theodore Zurenuoc to file an application in the Supreme Court for a judicial review of the recall of the house to entertain Opposition’s vote of no confidence against the prime minister.
Leader of government business and Finance Minister James Marape moved a motion for Zurenuoc (pictured) to file the application seeking to clarify certain constitutional questions raised as a result of a Supreme Court’s decision to recall parliament for the vote.
Zurenuoc seconded that motion which was unanimously passed.
The Supreme Court had ruled on July 12 to direct the speaker to recall parliament within five days to debate the no-confidence motion against Peter O’Neill.
The court had ruled in favour of the matter filed by Opposition Leader Don Polye.
Chief Justice Sir Salamo Injia, Deputy Chief Justice Sir Gibbs Salika and Justice Colin Makail said that acting parliamentary speaker Aide Ganasi acted in an unconstitutional manner and denied the rights of fellow members of parliament in adjourning parliament and not acting on the motion on June 8.
The vote of no confidence tabled on July 7 and 8 was found to have been complied with the five technical requirements of the constitution.
The court also found that the acting speaker and chairman of the private business committee had failed to clear the notice before it was tabled in parliament; therefore the members were not informed about the motion.
The Supreme Court warned the speaker to act responsibly, and parliamentarians to perform parliamentary business independently.
Parliament then sat on Aug 15 and the speaker expressed concern about the court’s decision, saying that its decision infringed the powers of legislation (Parliament).
Marape then attempted to move a motion to seek a judicial review of the court’s decision. However, Sinasina-Yongamugl MP and National Party leader Kerenga Kua successfully argued for the speaker to uphold the court’s decision.
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[] | 2016-08-29T02:52:21 | null | 2016-08-29T11:42:09 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fmp-learn-bible-manage%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Kimisopa.jpg | en | null | MP: Learn from Bible to manage | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | GOROKA MP Bire Kimisopa has likened Papua New Guinea to the Bible story in the Old Testament of “seven years of plenty and seven years of famine” in Egypt.
He was contributing as the Shadow Finance Minister during the debate on the supplementary budget tabled by Treasurer Patrick Pruaitch in Parliament last Thursday.
“This side of the house has provided an alternative view in terms of where the fiscal landscape is,” Kimisopa said.
“In a nutshell, we were advocating a cessation of borrowings so that we can bring the budget back to order.
“In actual fact, we were proposing that we get out of the usual trend of borrowing in the domestic market, and advocate for concessional loans from overseas so that we can bring the budget into order.”
Kimisopa said he was taking his cue from the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook report.
“It would appear to me, for a country of our size and our history, that if there is any lesson we could learn, perhaps we could look at the good book (Bible),” he said.
“Very appropriate lesson in the story of Joseph, the prince of Egypt. He had seven years of plentiful and seven years of famine. Seven years of plentiful, essentially, was saving – developing a savings culture so that when the famine came, he was able to feed the population and also be able to trade.
“That is an example we could learn from. If we go on a path of debt and deficit, trying to fund the budget deficit by continuous borrowing, we will short-change ourselves in the medium-term and also the long-term.”
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[] | 2016-08-29T22:52:43 | null | 2016-08-30T08:36:49 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fmuch-taken-soes-says-kimisopa%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Too much taken from SOEs, says Kimisopa | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | GOROKA MP and Shadow Finance and National Planning Minister Bire Kimisopa says the Government should not be extracting so much from state-owned enterprises.
He said during debate on the 2016 supplementary budget that it was a big ask for SOEs to contribute 70 per cent of their profits to the Government.
“We are advocating a 70 per cent return on dividends on their profits,” Kimisopa said.
“We’re asking a lot in a very difficult time and the power rates will not come down, telecommunications rates will not come down.
“Perhaps this is a time to have a look at some of the things that we are advocating.
“Instead of enforcing a 70 per cent return on dividends, we should slash it by half and come down to at least 35 per cent so that we can give enough leeway and space to our SOEs to be able to make the capital investments that they need to make.”
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[] | 2016-08-30T02:52:52 | null | 2016-08-30T10:49:09 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fhigh-cost-transport-manus%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | High cost of transport in Manus | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | MANUS is currently faced with high costs of transportation, which makes services delivery very expensive, acting provincial administrator Andrew Posong told a workshop in Kokopo last week.
Speaking at the New Guinea Islands inter-connectivity workshop, he said a lot of service delivery was done by sea transport and because Manus was a maritime province, costs were high.
Posong gave an example of an island LLG on the north western part of Manus, which took 14 hours by boat while it took only three hours to Vanimo in West Sepik using the same transport mode.
“The province’s land mass is small and sea is vast, making service delivery very expensive to the population of more than 60,000,” he said.
Posong said connecting major roads was a challenge and most service delivery was done by small boats.
He said three rural airstrips on the western part of Manus needed to be upgraded to support the Momote airport.
“Most of the province’s supplies come from Lae by sea and in terms of freighting to other islands, this is not being done and is a big challenge,” he said.
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[] | 2016-08-29T02:52:13 | null | 2016-08-29T11:42:16 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fstate-adjusts-budget%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Parliament-6.jpg | en | null | State adjusts budget | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | BY MALUM NALU
PARLIAMENT has approved adjustments to the K2.1 billion deficit national budget passed last November to address the shortfall in revenue primarily caused by the low global oil price.
Treasurer Patrick Pruaitch told Parliament last Thursday before the supplementary budget was passed that the plan was to restore that K2.1b deficit budget through the:
cutting of expenditure by K928 million (from K14.7b in the original budget to K13.8b);
generating of additional revenue of K958 million through Government-owned enterprises. It had forecast last November an annual revenue of K12.6 billion. It has now revised that to K10.7b – a shortfall of around K1.9b.
Pruaitch said: “We have to live within our means and weather the storm (lower global oil price).”
“The first six months of this year has been tough for many economies and PNG has been no different.
“Certain gains in the global economy have been overshadowed largely by Great Britain’s exit from the European Union.
“Movements in commodity prices continue to guide development in the global economy in 2016. The impact for us (PNG) is prices of our key commodities, especially oil has traded below the 2016 budget assumptions and we are not alone in underestimating the extent and length of the lower oil price.”
The mid-year economic and fiscal outlook report released last month states that:
while the medium-term outlook for the PNG economy is positive, gross domestic product growth is being revised down from 4.3 per cent to 2.2;’
non-mining GDP growth is expected to be 2.6 per cent compared to the original estimate of 3.2;
exchange rate is expected to weaken against the US dollar by 9.1 per cent;
inflation to increase from 5.7 to 6.6 per cent.
Pruaitch said capital expenditure totalling K649 million and operational expenditure of K278 million would be cut.
Heading the list of capital expenditure is K45 million for Tourism Infrastructure Programme, K40 million for the Bougainville Special Interventions Programme, K32.6 million for infrastructure development grants, K27.7 million for agriculture and SMEs, K25 million for prime ministerial commitments, K25 million for the Highlands Highway, K20 million for New Britain Highway, K17.7 million for Stret Pasin Retail Incubation Programme, K17 million for rural electrification, K16 million for the memorandum of agreements and K15 million each for the Boluminski and Hiritano highways.
Operation expenditure to be cut include K142 million for Finance and Treasury miscellaneous, K48.7 million for Works and Implementation, K10.6 million for the Department of Education, K10.5 million for the Department of Prime Minister and NEC, K9 million for Department of Lands and Physical Planning, K8.8 million for Department of Treasury, K6.1 million for PNG Customs Service, K4.1 million for Department of Industrial Relations, K3.1 million for provincial treasuries, K2.5 million for Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. | http://www.thenational.com.pg/state-adjusts-budget/ | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thenational.com.pg/0eb55457c8c537473d4bfcb4ff153c46f6fcf5c14c8e90dc0fbf0f0e9fc13ff7.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T00:53:54 | null | 2016-08-31T10:02:35 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fstation-hosts-teen-awards-programme%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Station hosts teen awards programme | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THE TribeFM radio station, has celebrated its first birthday by organising a teen-only awards programme.
The Tribe Teen Excellence Awards, of which The National is a major sponsor, was held during the International Youth Day festival at the Sir John Guise Stadium last Sunday.
The radio station was launched on August 24, 2015.
“The TribeFM’s main goal is different than other commercial-oriented radio stations because it aims to empower and educate youths and give them a platform to broadcast their own voices and opinions,” Tribe FM’s announcer 19-year-old Solomon Jerram said.
“This Tribe Teen Excellence Awards is one way we feel we can do more for the young people of this country.
“We want to recognise the teens who are working towards building a better PNG and to put to rest the negative stereotypes of youth.”
Eight teenagers were presented awards during the celebrations.
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[] | 2016-08-29T22:52:53 | null | 2016-08-30T08:38:13 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2F800-register-classes%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | 800 more register for classes | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THE University of Technology registered 864 more students by last Sunday as classes are expected to begin this week.
Dean of students Ale Gaun told The National yesterday that more students were expected to arrive today and tomorrow for registration.
He said 479 males and 385 females were registered and given keys to their accommodation.
Gaun said registration had been going smoothly last week and should be completed by tomorrow.
“So far all the students have cooperated with the university administration to ensure registration goes smoothly without any setbacks,” he said.
Gaun said Unitech support staff were working to solve boarding and lodging issues for students.
“We want to make sure students are accommodated and our maintenance team are working around the clock to repair all the damage to the dormitories during the protest,” he said.
Gaun thanked Unitech for doing a great job in repairing the damaged dormitories.
“They have replaced most of the doors in the dormitories and have constructed new ones with locks that would last a long time,” he said
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[] | 2016-08-30T02:53:00 | null | 2016-08-30T10:54:33 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fchance-to-own-trucks%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ElaMotors.jpg | en | null | Chance to own trucks | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | ELA Motors is giving customers in Central a chance to buy Hino Dutro trucks at a much reduced price.
The truck dealer and the National Development Bank Ltd, under an existing memorandum of agreement, are providing loan financing for the acquisition of trucks.
Ela Motors senior consultant Hino sales Vai Ora said under the scheme, customers bought Hino Dutro cargo trucks cheaper
The aim of this promotion is to reach rural communities in Central to create business awareness by convincing people to make a commitment (to buy trucks) this year and not next year as prices may increase.
Leaving that commitment too late would render them incapable of acquiring the vehicle.
Speaking during the Hino Village promotion last Saturday at Kwikila station in Rigo district, Ora told the people that Ela Motors and NDB agreed to the scheme, where those who were interested to apply for a loan would receive the following benefits:
n 6.5 per cent interest which was low compared to other financiers;
one year free vehicle service; and,
Discounts on selected parts
Ora urged the people to work in groups such as cooperative societies, organised congregations and family groups to buy vehicles.
He said these were tough days and people needed to cooperate to achieve one thing at a time.
National Development Bank loans officer Abel Kandapaki said all loan applications would be facilitated through Ela Motors.
Customers will need to put up 40 per cent of the cost of trucks for the bank to loan the balance. | http://www.thenational.com.pg/chance-to-own-trucks/ | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thenational.com.pg/94d3182345a21e66aa214215e2ec877a96d39270ac0b6e1e44e3e18c1ce1bbdc.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T08:55:13 | null | 2016-08-31T12:13:16 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fcapital-account-still-deficit-bakani%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Loi-Bakani.jpg | en | null | Capital account still in deficit: Bakani | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | BANK of PNG Governor Loi Bakani says although its current account turned into surplus since the LNG exports began in 2014, the capital account remains in deficit.
Bakani, pictured, said it implied that the LNG (liquefied natural gas) export revenue was being retained offshore and had not been coming to the country in the form of taxes to the Government.
Bakani said in the March 2016 Quarterly Economic Bulletin as long as the PNG LNG project was using the accelerated depreciation allowance, which exempted it from the payment of taxes on profits, the domestic payments by the project would continue to be for its operating expenditures, dividends and royalties, plus development levies to landowners and provincial governments, paid on the well head value of output.
He therefore assured the landowners and provincial governments of the PNG LNG project that the royalties and development levies were kept safely in the respective trust accounts at the Central Bank.
Bakani also urged the Government to increase its efforts in expanding traditional sectors such as agriculture to reduce its dependency on the mineral sector, to sustain the economy in the long term.
“Given the efforts already to invest in infrastructure, this should open the rural areas to domestic and international markets, and introduce advance cultivation technologies,” he said.
“It is very encouraging to learn that the Government has reached agreements to develop major integrated agriculture ventures in different provinces.
“In addition, the emphasis on development of the small medium enterprises and tourism sectors is encouraging. These sectors are expected to be the main source of employment and income generation for the population.”
Meanwhile, the 2016 budget has been adjusted. Government revenue forecast of K12.6 billion has been revised down to K10.7 billion – a shortfall of K1.9 billion.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:07:52 | null | 2016-08-25T13:43:30 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Finformation-vital-growth%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Information vital for growth | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | INFORMATION Service Providers (ISPs) play a very crucial role in producing and disseminating information to the users.
The delivery of information services and product is a very important component in information economy where the marketing exists.
The supply of information delivered with the volume and the content of information must be designed and supplied to meet the demand of the consumers of the information.
Information does not improve the wealth of the users but it enhance their mental capacity, improve and strengthens their intellectual powers.
The ISPs must ensure their customers access their products in a timely manner within affordable and accessible points.
The supply of the information is determined by the consumption of the products.
However, the consumption of the information products is further determined by the quality and quantity of the information.
The customers of the information always look at the quality and quantity of the information.
Unlike other commodities, quantity and quality of information services is measured by its content, reliability, accessibility and affordability.
If an ISP has the information that has these attributes, it has the omnipotence to extend its market, retain customers and attract new and potential customers.
Information is a commodity of its own. It has its supply and demand law like other economic commodities.
We live in an information society where information creation, managing and supplying them is happening every day but with little or no recognition as we do not see the value it has in the business and economic context.
Unlike other commodities, information is expensive and can either break or make decisions in the business context.
Today, we are accessing information with the ease of ICTs and web technology where information is exchanged.
Information is a commodity that is available everywhere and can be accessed anywhere.
And it is the role of ISPs to provide information to the meet the needs and demands of users.
Sky Bobeng
Waigani, NCD | http://www.thenational.com.pg/information-vital-growth/ | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.thenational.com.pg/0df45d02bce2589415fa3aab2b26d4ecfde1fc3cf0afbcb7823075eed0fb84fd.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T00:53:55 | null | 2016-08-31T10:43:31 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fbuild-proper-foundation-higher-education%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Build proper foundation for higher education | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | IT is the foundation that determines the height and the weight of buildings.
If the foundation is not laid properly or if the materials used are of poor quality, the building will not endure weight and the pressure thus may collapse.
Likewise, primary education is the foundation for higher education.
If we lay proper foundation at the primary level in terms of content knowledge will always determine excellent performance in higher level of education and even in the field.
One of the concerns raised by some educationists and other concerned citizens is the declining standard of math and science in our education system.
There are several factors that contribute to this but the major contributing factor is the lack of quality teacher-education, especially at the college level.
Firstly, primary school teachers colleges need to review and develop their curriculum to make it relevant with time and changes so it suits the educational needs of student-teachers.
They also have to weed out courses that are of no significant benefits at classroom situation and also in the field and give enough time for important courses.
Curriculum at colleges should be content-oriented rather than method-oriented especially for core subjects like English, math, science and social sciences.
The student-teachers should not only learn the methods of teaching math and science but also be equipped with the contents.
There are mixers of year 12 students enter colleges every year. Some major in social science while others major in science and math. Thus, the college curriculum must cater for educational needs of student-teachers.
To cater for different needs of student-teachers, colleges should increase duration of diploma programmes from two years to three years and incorporate matriculation programmes beside their courses.
Secondly, improve the inservice programme for field teachers.
Teachers in the field should attend content-oriented inservice courses apart from administration-oriented in-service training.
I believe almost 70 per cent of primary school teachers are not capable of teaching upper primary math and science. To conclude, most students lose interest in math when they reach grade 9 or even 10 because they have not been provided a proper foundation of math while at primary school.
G’bandze
Lae
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[] | 2016-08-29T02:52:17 | null | 2016-08-29T12:24:17 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fgames-won-field%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Games are won the field | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | I SUPPORT the comments by Tuari Godou about the recent Besta Cup soccer tournament in the Rigo district. What transpired was that pool ‘B’ was made up of surrounding village teams and combined villages representing Rigo district LLG that were not affiliated to PNGFA. The only non-affiliated teams that qualified were Papaka and Kalo through Hekari Cup tournament via Koupa Association. Can the Besta Cup Tournament co ordinators and PNGFA explain why this was allowed? If the original arrangement was followed, the pool games would have been completed and top two winners in each pool declared to challenge for final. Games are won on the field and not on technical grounds.
Soccer Fan,
Rigo Coast, Central | http://www.thenational.com.pg/games-won-field/ | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thenational.com.pg/1a6c7794e83e12804b5a216fe64bc65ea5d9d235fa167a8f8e297d8142201b48.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T22:53:41 | null | 2016-08-31T08:46:01 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fadjustments-budget-timely-bank%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Adjustments to budget timely: Bank | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | By GEDION TIMOTHY
BANK of PNG Governor Loi Bakani says the passing of the 2016 supplementary budget in Parliament last week was appropriate and timely.
Treasurer Patrick Pruaitch presented the adjustments to the budget last Thursday in Parliament featuring a cut in expenditure by K928 million. Government revenue forecast of K12.6 billion has been revised down to K10.7 billion – a shortfall of K1.9 billion.
The supplementary budget was passed to address issues created by a depressed oil price environment.
Bakani said in the bank’s quarterly economic bulletin for the March quarter that although international prices for some commodities had generally recovered from their lows in early 2016, most commodities remained well supplied making significant price increases unlikely.
“The World Bank expects oil price in 2016 to be around US$41 per barrel, which is a downward revision from their earlier forecast of US$51 per barrel made in January,” Bakani said.
Bakani explained that in 2016, revenue from oil and some other major export commodities would be lower than budgeted.
He therefore urged the Government to continue to be vigilant, cut non-essential spending and reprioritise expenditure in priority areas.
He confirmed the announcement of the Government’s borrowing from the international financial market as budgeted for in 2016.
He said the external financial support would provide budgetary financing, assist in increasing the level of foreign exchange reserves, and relieve the domestic market as the main source of budgetary financing.
“Given the country’s very low external debt level and credible debt-servicing track record, the Government has the capacity to source external financing to cover its budgetary needs for the next two years, and continue to have the debt-GDP ratio remain within the limit of the Fiscal Responsibility Act.”
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[] | 2016-08-29T02:52:08 | null | 2016-08-29T12:30:34 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fuog-needs-quality-graduates%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | UoG needs quality graduates | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | IT is the cream or icing that adds sweetness to the cake. Without cream or icing, the cake will be seen as half-baked.
Likewise, the University of Goroka (UoG) in the past decades from college to its current University status was able to provide higher degree graduates.
The primary purpose of UoG is to provide education that is teachable, equitable and has the quality to empower research and development in Papua New Guinea.
The underlying factor is the quality and not the quantity of students.
So far, the university has been able to supply in terms of quantity. However, the main concern is the quality of the graduates who will pass on the knowledge to our children who are the future cream of this country.
Firstly the quality of the programmes andcourses offered at the university is of concern to upcoming educationists like me.
Some of the programmes and course do not have any market demand. They are insignificant and not relevant.
Such programmes and courses must be eliminated to allow up-todate quality knowledge for UoG students.
Secondly, the lecturers and tutors must be highly qualified, experienced and committed.
That is very important because it will determine the quality of the knowledge passed on through researches, course information, handouts and verbal interactions.
Another factor is the quality of learning facilities.
Upgraded facilities will also enable visualised learning to produce better outcomes.
Those teaching and learning facilities will greatly increase the quality of graduates.
The current restructure process in UoG will enhance quality learning and quality graduates and I won’t be surprised to see our national academics teaching in the Pacific Island region.
PS-4 Finalist
UOG, Goroka
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[] | 2016-08-29T04:51:50 | null | 2016-08-29T13:27:10 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Freferee-attacked-final%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/DigiCup-2.jpg | en | null | Referee attacked in final | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | DIGICEL Cup referee Aaron Henry was chased and punched by Hagen Eagles trainer Stanley Akinu, while fans stormed the Sir John Guise Stadium field in the aftermath of the preliminary final won 19-12 by the Agmark Gurias on Saturday.
Henry, as well as touch judges Benjamin Kaupa and John Kilori, were abused by fans throughout the match which intensified as the contest reached its conclusion. Akinu’s conduct was condemned by Digicel Cup chief executive officer Stanley Hondina, who promised to come down hard on the offending parties.
Gurias players, who started celebrating after earning their spot in next week’s grand final with the Lae Tigers, incensed Eagles fans, with at least a hundred of them jumping over the barrier on seeing Akinu attack Henry, while security personnel seemed slow in reacting to the threat.
The Eagles supporters attacked Gurias players and Henry as security, venue management as well as Digicel Cup officials tried to bring the melee under control in front of the majority of the 4000 plus fans and patrons at the SJGS.
Hondina said because the preliminay final was broadcast live on TVWAN, the PNG National Rugby League would have video footage as well as reports from the match officials in order to use as evidence to take action against the Eagles.
Akinu, pictured, was arrested and charged with assault by police officers from the Waigani Station yesterday while Digicel Cup organisers in consultation with Eagles management are trying to identify the fans who attacked Henry and Gurias players.
Gurias coach Steven Nightingale said the assualt on the referee and his players as well as the general violence in the sport gave it a bad image.
“It gives a bad image of the sport especially with the match live on TV and social media adding to the distribution of the game,” Nightingale said.
He said all stakeholders had a responsibility in keeping rugby league a positive and worthwhile endeavour.
“Everyone involved in rugby league has to start taking responsibility for the game.
“Every team and their fans have that job. There’s only so much organisers can do.
“It’s really up to the teams and their supporters to do their part. The teams have to conduct themselves professionally and control their emotions.”
Eagles coach James Kops said he was shocked at the incident and condemned the actions of fans and Akinu.
“It was really shocking and unfortunate,” Kops said.
“We condemn those actions but it happened already so we’ll see how things turn out. The Digicel Cup organisers haven’t spoken to us yet but I’m sure they’ll contact our chairman Bob Pakindi about the incident.”
The former Kumul winger said his side had not played to his expectation but congratulated the Gurias for making the final.
“We didn’t really perform to expectation but the Gurias are a great side.
“They are the champions and you can’t take anything away from their effort.”
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[] | 2016-08-29T04:51:48 | null | 2016-08-24T08:45:55 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fchallenging-years-jiwaka-says-tongamp%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Challenging years for Jiwaka, says Tongamp | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | JIAWAKA Governor Dr William Tongamp says the past four years had been challenging for the new province “as we have been trying to catch up with many things”.
“But we are confident of where we are and where will go in the years to come,” he said.
“We want to maintain this relationship with our development partners because through working together, we can achieve many positive results for our province.”
The province held its first development forum with its partners last week to establish partnerships to drive its development plans.
Programme managers and coordinators made presentations on different programmes they were running in education, health, agriculture, community-based projects, policing and on the improvement of infrastructure.
They discussed how to boost internal revenue by partnering with development partners and local businesses.
Tongamp, provincial administrator Michael Wandil and staff, development partners such as the United Nations Development Programme represented by UN resident coordinator Roy Trivedy, the European Union and the International Organisation for Migration attended.
Tongamp thanked the presenters for putting together a “Jiwaka story” for the development partners to see.
He reminded public servants that the international organisations might not help with most of the development aspirations of the province but would at least help with something.
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[] | 2016-08-31T00:53:41 | null | 2016-08-31T10:02:17 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fofficial-urges-youths-save-money-project%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Official urges youths to save money from project | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | YOUTHS in Madang involved in a Government-backed poultry project have been encouraged to save money.
Zachery Sitban, the director of the Crime Prevention Branch under the Department of Justice and Attorney-General, told youths during the delivery of 300 day-old chicks in Madang that the department
had arranged with the National Development Bank to have them save at least K400 in six months’ time.
“This is not for you to go and sell, make money and eat. There is a bigger plan to this,” Sitban told the youths.
He said the provincial administration wanted the youths to look after the chicken, “look after yourselves and save money generated from this project”.
Sitban said the administration selected the youth groups because they came from communities where crime was being committed.
He said with the poultry project, youths should be able to look after themselves.
Sitban commended the provincial government for partnering with the department to sustain the project annually.
The department delivered 300 day-old chicks to the Madang provincial government which were distributed to the Sisiak Three, Finch Road Sting Coins and
Bilia-Kerema Compound youth groups.
According to the National Youth Commission, about 86 per cent of urban youths cent are sustaining themselves in the informal economy.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:04:13 | null | 2016-08-11T09:59:02 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fminister-censured-for-rogue-term%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Minister censured for rogue term | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | POLICE Minister Robert Atiyafa yesterday came under fire from the Opposition after he labelled some officers of the force as “rogue police”.
Atiyafa made the description, which did not go down well with Goroka MP Bire Kimisopa, when answering a question from Ijivitari MP David Arore.
Arore said during the period when he was ousted from office, political opponents used police without approval of the police commissioner, to “bombard” his district treasury in Popondetta demanding copies of DSIP (district) payments made to contractors and various service providers.
He said when reelected, the same group of policemen fronted up at his residence, demanding that certain payments be done or allegations against him would be investigated.
Arore said the police fraud squad earlier this year made allegations about him owing K1.6 million to a company.
He asked Atiyafa on whose orders these police were acting on and who was paying for their travel.
Atiyafa said the police commissioner had not vetted the work of these policemen and their travel to and from Popondetta was paid for by the Oro provincial government.
“What they have done is illegal,” he said.
“Outside influence was at work in this case. There are set procedures that police must follow.
“Over the last couple of years, and months, we’ve seen a lot of work being carried out by fraud squad.
“All these are the work of rogue policemen.”
Kimisopa, however, said police throughout the country did a “fantastic job” and must be given the support then needed.
“To term policemen as ‘rogue policemen’ is unthinkable and unacceptable on this floor,” he said.
“Could the minister explain if it is now mandatory for every crime committed in this country – carjacking, rape, killing, stealing, corruption – that every one ought to have their case vetted by the commissioner for police?”
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:06:48 | null | 2016-08-25T13:44:44 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fsmall-business-sectgor-must-controlled-us%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Small business sectgor must be controlled by us | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | PAPUA New Guineans becoming spectators in our own land especially in local economic sector.
The small businesses should be reserved for out citizens to at least generate some form of income to improve their living standards.
However, our local economy is being dominated by foreigners, especially Asians.
Small businesses like tucker shops, mini supermarkets, second hand clothing, security firms, waste management, landscaping and beautification, small constructions in civil and buildings and many others should be reserved for only locals to participate.
Foreign Investors should only be allowed in big investments.
Foreigners should be stopped from invading our local and informal sector economy which narrows our people’s chance of entry into the market and participate.
It’s sad to see locals becoming slaves to foreigners especially in Asian owned shops and are paid even below the minimum wage level.
This injustice must not continue and the Government needs to protect our local economy for our people.
Laws protecting the local economy, including the informal sector, need to be reviewed and enforced to protect small businesses.
There needs to be easy and accessible systems in place where local people can get bank loans to start up small businesses and participate in economic activities. Foreigners entering PNG to invest in different sectors or industries need to be screened properly to ensure their entry do not affect local markets and marginalises our small business people.
Let’s protect our people’s interests in the small business sector.
Concerned Citizen, Via email | http://www.thenational.com.pg/small-business-sectgor-must-controlled-us/ | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.thenational.com.pg/72754c012a388ee1d20b3678493b0dd35a5408894a5b7861eea2e0fb3d187865.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T02:52:58 | null | 2016-08-30T10:55:37 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fairstrips-improve-connectivity%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/AirStrip.jpg | en | null | Airstrips improve connectivity | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THE use of rural airstrips in providing air services will improve connectivity in rural areas and the Rural Airstrip Agency is providing advice to provinces to formulate a road map for the way forward.
Rural Airstrip Agency chief executive officer John Bromley (pictured) highlighted this during the New Guinea Island inter-connectivity workshop in Kokopo, East New Britain last week.
He said the country has 250 to 300 airstrips fully operational.
“Rural airstrips are the key to connectivity between isolated communities and the rest of PNG.
“This workshop is about the islands region we are looking at for re-opening of airstrips,” Bromley said.
He said RAA provided advice to the workshop in looking at things and helping to formulate a road map looking forward.
“There is general expectation among government and people in rural communities to have that connectivity and particularly for those of us, who grew up having airstrips all over the country and having a regular air service into those communities.
“We have seen the benefit that is provided in improving services to communities that have lost those services after airstrips stopped functioning.”
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[] | 2016-08-29T00:52:12 | null | 2016-08-29T10:05:31 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fstudents-learn-theatrical-skills-deliver-social-messages%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Students learn theatrical skills to deliver social messages | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | HIGH school students in Port Moresby are learning lines and making costumes as they prepare to perform short theatrical plays with social messages on Sept 1 and 2 for the Moresby Arts Theatre’s (MAT) Pride Youth Arts Programme.
The programme brings together year nine students from 12 secondary schools and drama teachers to develop short plays about vital community issues relevant to their lives.
Running over six weeks (July 25-Sept 2), the programme was attended daily by around 600 students who learned about important social issues from non-government organisations before incorporating themes into their own plays with assistance from University of Goroka’s arts teachers.
The aim is for students to learn theatre skills, learn more about issues relevant to their lives, to gain presentation skills and improve their confidence.
The programme is an annual initiative, with activities now becoming part of many of the schools’ creative arts curricula.
Community groups participating in Pride include the PNG Cancer Foundation, Transparency International, PNG Resource Governance, Family Sexual Violence Committee, Kokoda Track Foundation and Digicel Foundation (Men of Honour).
MAT vice-president Bob Stanley said it was vital to have community groups with social messages involved in the programme.
“Theatre is not all about Shakespeare or polished dramatic performances from well-trained actors,” he said.
“Theatre has a very long history of people at the community level getting together and putting on a play or piece of street theatre to communicate a socially-important message, especially among young people.
“Often people with little or no dramatic training can have a great impact on audiences and this experience can make a difference.”
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[] | 2016-08-31T00:53:43 | null | 2016-08-31T10:38:36 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fspeaker-showing-religious-bigotry%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Speaker showing religious bigotry | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THE National Repentance Day on Aug 26 could be an institutionalised strategy to Christianise Papua New Guinea.
It may also an insult to other religions that are allowed to co-exist in this country.
This year Parliament Speaker Theodore Zurenuoc collaborated with the Body of Christ (BOC) movement to celebrate the National Repentance Day in conjunction with the first anniversary of the King James Version of the Holy Bible’s arrival in the chamber.
I see this as favoritism by the speaker on the BOC which he claims to represent the views of all mainline Christian churches in PNG.
This BOC movement has a close association with Parliament through the Office of Speaker.
From advertorials released by the Office of the Speaker on Aug 25 and media reports on Aug 29, it was reported that the Office of the Speaker in partnership with the BOC hosted a major rally at the Sir John Guise stadium that featured a gospel band, the “Planet Shakers”.
As a Christian, I want to know whether the Parliament supports only one religious sect as in the Body of Christ (BOC) to promote its ideals and rituals during this public holiday.
As the head of the Legislature, the speaker’s action creates disunity among citizens. Rather, he should support this religious movement in his capacity as Finschaffen MP not as the Speaker of Parliament. The Parliament is the highest law-making body of the land that is dutybound to debate and enact laws that are fair and just for all citizens.
To support a certain religious belief without consideration of other religions in the country contravenes Section 45 of our Constitution which calls for freedom of religion, thought, and conscience.
As citizens, we are cannot be fooled by the Speaker who continues to destroy our cultural heritage and inheritance at the National Parliament in pursuit of his religious cults and rituals.
Justice David Cannings has already found the actions of the speaker as unconstitutional and contravenes the National Cultural Property Act. While Zurenuoc may have sought judicial review from the Supreme Court, he should integrity in question by pursuing his religious belief through a favoured group.
The National Repentance Day should be reviewed by the National Events Council in consultation with the PNG Council of Churches and heads of other non- Christian religions to ascertain its true purpose and meaning. This review is needed since there was no proper consultation with the PNG Council of Churches and non-Christian religions such as Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism.
We have non-Christian citizens who have equal qualified rights specified in our National Constitution, should be respected.
After its declaration as a Public Holiday on Aug 15, 2011, there is still so much confusion and disunity on the purpose of the National Repentance Day.
Moreover, repentance is a journey that the faithful engage in through a committed relationship with an omnipotent being as in God our Creator.
It is surely not a one-off event that is celebrated once a year.
John Watmelik
Port Moresby
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[] | 2016-08-29T22:52:42 | null | 2016-08-30T08:37:58 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fsecond-semester-end-march-next-year-chancellor%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Second semester to end in March next year: Chancellor | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THIS year’s second semester at the University of PNG is expected to be completed in March next year, acting Chancellor Dr Nicholas Mann says.
Mann told The National yesterday that disruption of the academic year took place at week 10 of semester one when the students started protesting and boycotting classes.
“So when the students resume on September 5 (Monday), they will resume week 11 onwards and semester one will complete on Nov 5,” Mann said.
“Semester two will start towards the end of November and continue until the end of March, with a month’s break in between from November 19 to January 19 for the Christmas break.
“So March 2017 will be the end of the 2016 academic year.”
Mann said new intakes accepted at UPNG next year would start in April.
“When our first years complete second semester in March 2017, depending on their marks and grade point average, they will go on to second year in April,” Mann said.
“We have published the dates for resumption on the media so I’m sure students, parents and sponsors were able to take note of the dates and made it back to the university.”
The UPNG council terminated all academic teaching and learning activities on July 5 following weeks of class boycotts and unrest by students in protest against Prime Minister Peter O’Neill not stepping down from office while police investigate allegations made against him.
The council said then the environment was not suitable “for the process of learning and teaching”.
Classes at the University of Goroka resumed on Aug 6 and PNG University of Technology planned to resume classes this week.
O’Neill had warned earlier that if classes were to resume, this should only be done for students who are only committed to their education.
“Any student who wants to return to UPNG must do so with the attitude that they want to study, they want to be there and work to complete their education and move to the workforce,” O’Neill said.
Secretary for the Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology Prof David Kavanamur announced earlier that students on Tesas scholarships can go to their nearest Air Niugini office with their student ID to obtain tickets and return to campus for studies.
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[] | 2016-08-29T04:52:21 | null | 2016-08-29T13:25:09 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fmps-controlling-development%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | MPs controlling development | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THE ultimate purpose of any kind of government is to change the people by putting the people’s well-being at the centre of all development efforts to improve their living standards and quality of life.
However, in PNG we have remained poor and still live in rural villages with no means of economic opportunities because the government has been channelling development funds away from the people into the pockets of politicians.
In any government system, basic services are not to be delivered but are established and sustained because people have the right to basic services.
No government or MP should promise to provide or deliver basic services or take credit for providing basic services.
The mechanism that the government should be using to deliver basic services is the public services system established 41 years ago.
But for some reasons, MPs have hijacked that process and installed themselves as the mechanism in which basic directing all development funds (K15million) into their pockets, allowing them to dictate the development of the country by their performance.
MPs are law makers, legislators, policy makers and not basic services deliverers. MPs have become cheque book carriers and project managers, controlling the development of the country out of their pockets.
Basic service delivery is a total scam while the people continue to suffer in silence.
The question now is how can we destroy this evil system so that our people can see the light and have hope again?
We have that choice in 2017 to elect better leaders to fix the mess.
Don’t vote for money, family or tribal alliance but vote for your future.
Lucas Kiap, via email | http://www.thenational.com.pg/mps-controlling-development/ | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thenational.com.pg/59e132f15a6f4217187ae68bb2a10a8043241ea538d5ef4de7cc735d9bd14fe4.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T08:55:07 | null | 2016-08-31T11:44:25 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fkorave-suspended%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Hunters1.jpg | en | null | Korave suspended | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | PAPUA New Guinea Hunters co-captain Adam Korave will miss Sunday’s Intrust Super Cup finals match against the Sunshine Coast Falcons after getting a two-match ban for a dangerous throw.
Offsetting that loss somewhat is winger Adex Wera returning to the side on the bench after serving a two-game ban for dangerous contact charge. Korave, who has been suspended by the Queensland Rugby League judiciary previously for similar offences, will not be available for selection until week three of the playoffs.
Hunters and PNGRFL chief executive officer Bob Cutmore said they knew after the 26-year-old back-rower was cited for a tackle that left Falcons five-eighth Alex Bishop dazed in last week’s 34-4 win in Port Moresby that he would miss the opening week of the finals.
“We knew straight away that Adam was in trouble after that tackle. He was cited and even with a guilty plea he had carry over points from previous suspensions as well,” Cutmore said.
“It’s unfortunate but that’s rugby league. We all know the rules going in, so we can’t blame anyone, we’ll just have to make do with what we’ve got.”
Centre Just Olam was lucky to escape a citing after a hit on Falcons centre Callum Klein that appeared to border on a shoulder charge – a similar tackle got him a one-match ban before the Round 25 clash.
Hunters coach Michael Marum and Olam flew to Brisbane yesterday to attend the QRL Awards tonight at the Royal International Convention Centre. Olam is a candidate for the People’s Choice Award.
Marum has kept faith in his spine with Wartovo Puara, who was a candidate for the same award last year, retaining the halfback role with Ase Boas outside him while Gahuna Silas continues in the hooking role.
Meanwhile, the Falcons coach Craig Ingebrigsten said his side were not too keen on retruning to the National Football Stadium for a second time but they had no choice.
Nevertheless the Falcons have bolstered their chances with the inclusion of Melbourne Storm players Eddie Tautali at fullback, centre Richie Kennar and prop Tui Kamikamica as well as back-rower Jye Ballinger on the bench.
Hunters: 1. Bland Abavu, 2. Butler Morris, 3. Noel Zeming (C), 4. Justin Olam, 5. Stargroth Amean, 6. Ase Boas, 7. Wartovo Puara Jr, 8. Enock Maki, 9. Gahuna Silas, 10. Esau Siune, 11. Timothy Lomai, 12. Warren Glare, 13. Brandy Peter; Reserves: 14. Adex Wera, 15. Benji Hetra, 16. Henry Wan, 17. Edward Goma, 18. Nickson Borana, 19. Watson Boas.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:06:31 | null | 2016-08-25T13:44:23 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Flet-bougainvilleans-decide-future%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Let Bougainvilleans decide their future | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | I DO not think it was wise of the Prime Minister Peter O’Neill to have made the statement (The National, Aug 23) that “people on Bougainville are better off being part of PNG than being alone”.
That decision must be left to the Bougainvilleans to make in 2019 when the people in the region have their referendum.
It is not right for any of us on the mainland who never went through the terrors of the civil war and experienced irreplaceable losses to make any comments as such.
Tens of thousands of lives were lost during the crisis and the hundreds of thousands who experienced first-hand the horrors of the war should be the ones speaking out to their people on which path to take.
That is their right – that is their privilege. We lost them when we decided to wage a war on the island.
Any Tom, Dick and Harry, including MPs or the Queen’s representative on mainland New Guinea, must not in any way be seen to be influencing our brothers and sisters on Bougainville on which path to take.
Let them decide their fate because they were the ones who suffered the atrocities, not us.
We must also not underestimate the potential of Bougainvilleans to stand on their feet and sustain themselves. They have done it – and can do it again.
I, for one, admire the creativity and ingenuity of the people of the “san kamap” province.
When the PNG Government set up a blockade during the crisis years, the islanders drew from within and made use of their knowledge and creativity to sustain themselves and their children.
The better assurance that anyone from the main land, or any other island or nation, can make is to say to the islanders, “Whatever path you choose, we will stand by you and help you walk on your own feet.”
That is also the best words that the current PNG Government can make – not telling them to remain with PNG.
We must understand that we on themainland failed them once and must not make the same mistake again.
Dig into the news items of 1989 and onwards and see what issues they were raising then. Those may still the issues at hand.
The Bougainvilleans then needed ears and hearts to listen to them and PNG did not give them those.
Let us not make that mistake again. They do not need mouths and heads to talk to them. They already have those.
What they need is our ears and hearts.
Let us wait and be ready to support them. Let us be wise this time around.
Pro Bougainville
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[] | 2016-08-29T22:52:54 | null | 2016-08-30T08:38:29 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fpeace-ceremony-planned%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Peace ceremony planned | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | By LUKE KAMA
THE University of Papua New Guinea is planning a reconciliation ceremony between students and the university management on Friday, says acting Chancellor Dr Nicholas Mann.
The ceremony to include key stakeholders will be held at the university’s Forum Square.
Mann told The National yesterday that students were expected to return to campus from last Saturday. Classes are expected to resume on Monday.
“The council has made a decision to resume the academic year and we have made the announcement publicly for students to come back to the university campus starting Saturday August 27,” he said.
“So when students return, amenities like the mess, dormitories, libraries and learning facilities will be open.”
Meanwhile, Mann said the university had already compiled a report on the confrontation between some students and the university security force on June 23. Three vehicles were torched and other properties on campus damaged.
“The university has a report on that incident already because it happened within the university’s jurisdiction,” he said.
“But regarding the clash between the students and the police, it is outside university’s jurisdiction and it’s a police matter.”
Mann said they were waiting for other reports from the police and the Government-sanctioned Commission of Inquiry.
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[] | 2016-08-31T00:53:47 | null | 2016-08-31T10:45:49 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fpeople-suffering-silence-amid-gloomy-period%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | People suffering in silence amid gloomy period | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | IS it happening to me only?
For few days now, I went virtually broke! I had some hundred bucks but evaporated like dew on a taro leave!
I buy a flex or soft drink with a hundred kina and get a change back with K50 note and the next second, it has disappeared without trace.
I have a couple of savings and went from office to office to withdraw them but some irritating notices are pinned up stating all withdrawals have been halted indefinitely due to the economic crises.
So do we actually have an economic crisis? Politicians are giving a negative picture from their own perspective and living but those they don’t see are felt and seen by the ordinary Papua New Guineans.
The coloured illustration of their paper economy does not reflect on the daily lives of the people.
As a result, more unreported social discomforts are accompanying the economic hardships.
For instance, one of my friends is a contractor with some of the government departments.
While he has some outstanding service bills and hopes to get paid soon, he has started to borrow from the public as well as financial institutional lenders!
Lenders do not want any their borrowers. Another friend is an engineer. His employment contract expired and his employer laid him off without his contractual entitlements.
While waiting, he has to borrow. And then comes the inevitable – lenders versus borrowers issue.
And to sustain himself, he needs to be employed but most companies are not interested in new recruits until such time the economy picks up.
Is it happening to my friends and I only or spread across the length and breathe of our beautiful country?
Look around the night clubs or every evening come out of your streets and watch who is going by – ladies dressed up walking out of their homes and going somewhere.
Have you queried where they are going? Night clubs of course, looking for fun and money.
All nightclubs are now full to the capacities and the ratio of men to women has changed. There are more women hanging around night clubs than men.
The recent robberies in Port Moresby confirm that criminal activities are on the rise again.
What is happening in the rural areas?
The districts seem to be flush with cash courtesy of the PSIP and DSIP But my old mom is calling me every day asking for rice because she is dying of hunger.
Concerned Citizen, via email
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[] | 2016-08-30T02:52:55 | null | 2016-08-30T10:55:08 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fnew-road-coming-village%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Karamui.jpg | en | null | New road coming to village | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | ABOUT 15,000 people living in the Karamui LLG in Chimbu will have access to the new 16km road which cost nearly K6.5 million.
The road from Olegain to Talpakul was built under the supervision of the Department of Works through its provincial office.
The project was funded under the provincial services improvement programme and the Simbu provincial government’s recurrent budget.
This road has finally linked the Karamui people, who will now access basic government services, conduct business while getting exposed to outside world, according to provincial administrator Joe Kunda Naur.
“Connecting people by road is very important,” Kunda told The National yesterday.
Not only would the Karamui people access better government services like proper health and education, but they also would have the opportunity to engage in growing crops for livelihood, he said.
Karamui produced quality cocoa, peanuts and coffee, Kunda said.
The road is a milestone for this remote district, which accounts for more than half of Chimbu’s land mass.
Kunda said developing untouched rural areas where the majority of people lived should now become a priority to ensure they have the same access of basic services as other parts of the province.
Meanwhile, he said the Chimbu provincial administration was also working on a Karamui Special Development Authority bill to be passed by the provincial assembly.
He said the intention of the bill was to ensure there were protective measures for Karamui as an area of social and economic development, environment protection, resource exploitation, protection and preservation of traditional and cultural practices and others.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:08:06 | null | 2016-08-25T13:44:11 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fgive-top-priority-people%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Give top priority to our people | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | IN any democracy, elected Members of Parliament are the peoples’ voices.
Besides being leaders, they are servants of the people and conduits of change, mandated to speak for their people and bring in development such as roads and bridges, education and training, curative and preventative health care and community based cooperatives enterprises.
They are to oversee the work of provincial and district administrations in planning and prioritising service improvements and facilitate the release and appropriation of DSIP funds, keep tract of developments, report their success and acquittal of expenses.
District services are delivered with the aim of achieving broader coverage to benefit the masses.
To be a Member of Parliament is a serious undertaking. Those who did not live up to their election promises, perform poorly and lack the skills and moral credentials say their goodbyes after the 2017 elections.
As many first-time MPs have realised, politics is not about grandstanding. It is about five years of toil, sweat, and people empowerment to stimulate their resilience towards achieving their goals.
Parliament is no ordinary house for amateurs and opportunists. Let’s hope that after the general elections, the new MPs will be those with the credentials to put the needs of the people above their own.
M M Ondassa, Via email | http://www.thenational.com.pg/give-top-priority-people/ | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.thenational.com.pg/e07b8c56aa2a283509606f8205543c9af34ad20ee76d7a7bb44448f6a7ec9310.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T08:55:16 | null | 2016-08-31T12:20:22 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fschools-participate-water-safety-training%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Training.jpg | en | null | Schools participate in water safety training | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | MORE than 50 participants from eight schools in Nawaeb, Morobe took part in a two-day water safety plan training conducted by the World Vision’s water sanitation and hygiene project at Situm Primary School.
It was to help schools identify and assess the risks involved in extracting water from their water supply systems, and ultimately develop their own water safety plans.
The training included an explanation of the Wash policy, description and analysis of the water supply system in each school, gender roles and responsibilities, analysis of a ventilated improved toilet,
and the understanding of the savings group through which money for maintenance can be collected from.
Teachers and board members of the participating schools were excited to have been involved in the training.
Felix Kwanga, a board member of Situm Primary School, thanked World Vision for the programme.
The Wash project team distributed a teachers hygiene training guide and other training materials to assist the teachers to teach their students back in their schools.
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[] | 2016-08-31T00:53:45 | null | 2016-08-31T10:14:05 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Foutburst-demeans-western-highlanders%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Outburst demeans Western Highlanders | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THE sports minister’s outburst that Western Highlanders are a bunch of primitives is uncalled for.
As a Western Highlander, I am really disappointed for what had transpired last weekend and condemn the violence caused by the Hagen Eagles players, officials and supporters in Port Moresby.
Their unsportsmanship is a disgrace to the people of Western Highlands, especially the rugby league fraternity.
We will support any disciplinary actions that are taken against them by the PNGRFL.
However, for a government minister to brand all Western Highlanders as primitive and uneducated people is demeaning and does not go down well with the law-abiding citizens of Western Highlands.
If Western Highlanders are primitives then our hardworking professionals in the government and private sectors would not have contributed towards the development and growth of our nation.
Since independence, Western Highlanders have served our nation by contributing in positive and significant way.
I believe every province has also played important roles in the development and growth of this nation for the last 40 years and they all deserve equal recognition.
Western Highland is no exception.
For just a single game of rugby league with some disgruntled players, officials and supporters, the sports minister should not put us all in one basket and describe us as primitives.
He owes an apology to the people of Western Highlands who are also citizens of Papua New Guinea.
Nonetheless, we extend our apologies to the Rabaul Gurias, supporters and the people of East New Britain.
We would like to wish them all the best in the finals of the Digicel Cup Rugby League.
We also, extend our best wishes to the Lae Snax Tigers, supporters and the people of Morobe.
Finally, to our young Eagles team, we are proud of making to the semifinals and we look forward to greater success next season.
Proud Western Highlander,
Port Moresby
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[] | 2016-08-29T04:52:13 | null | 2016-08-29T13:45:25 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fbsp-kcl-plan-joint-venture%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/bspkcl.jpg | en | null | BSP, KCL plan joint venture | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THE Bank of South Pacific and Kumul Consolidated Holdings Limited are planning to jointly operate the insurance company Pacific MMI Limited in the region.
The scope of the joint venture will includes Bank of South Pacific Life (Fiji) Limited which provides life insurance in Fiji.
A memorandum of understanding was signed by BSP chief executive officer Robin Fleming and Kumul Consolidated Holdings Limited (KCL) managing director Garry Hersey in Port Moresby last Tuesday.
Minister for Public Enterprises and State Investments William Duma said since KCL owned Pacific MMI Limited, “we are now exploring how we can best leverage our relationship with Bank of South Pacific”.
“The prospective partnership will give Pacific MMI an enormous presence in the market place,” he said.
Duma recently urged government-owned agencies to consider Pacific MMI as their insurance provider.
“There are many business-to-business opportunities within our portfolio of state-owned enterprises,” he said.
“This is another example and it is one that will strengthen the position of Papua New Guinea in the Pacific region.”
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:07:05 | null | 2016-08-25T13:45:02 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Ftime-citizens-venture-business%2F.json | http://i0.wp.com/www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32 | en | null | Time for our citizens to venture into business | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | STARTING up a business is a challenging journey in our Melanesian culture, surrounded by customary obligations such as deaths, marriage, compensation, sick and many more which involves finance.
Here we have to have a heart to sacrifice some of those customary obligations and keep our heads around the cash flow of our small growing business.
Having in mind the most disgusting negative comments at the back of you, remind yourself that those negative comments in life will never destroy me.
I have been following inspiring motivators in our country like Tiri Kuimbakul, Richard Maru, Gary Juffa, Loi Bakani and Wapu Song, to name a few.
Their actions and contributions in one way or the other in the economic growth and making available business opportunities in our country are commendable.
Unfortunately, we Papua New Guineans oversee the million opportunities available now of becoming small entrepreneurs. Outsiders coming in to our country are now taking complete advantages of our loss of sight, and they are even going down to advance into smaller businesses as low as tire repair shops while we are becoming spectators on our own soil.
To be direct, I am no exception that I am a typical young Papua New Guinean and am among my country man and women.
We can now see the lights through our bright stars some of whom I have just named.
In addition, this Government is the most citizen-focused government since 1975.
Yes, I understand that many people will not agree with me for many good reasons but I am humbly to take myself off from any taking sides standing.
From the business perspective, this Government is promoting and encouraging local businesses (SMEs) under the political leadership of Richard Maru.
We have a lot of issues affecting our country today and downfall in our economy is among them.
I believe that investment is all about taking risks and higher the risk, higher the returns. Lower the risk, lower the returns. Calculating the risk helps individuals to be informed of the decisions they make.
The most successful businesses today were started during economic downfalls where their owners took great risks.
I would like to commend the Government for fully supporting our ordinary people and I urge all citizens to make use of the opportunities made available by our government go into small businesses now.
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[] | 2016-08-26T12:50:29 | null | 2016-08-24T09:22:24 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Fbills-passed-proper-manner-speaker-says%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Speaker.jpg | en | null | Bills passed in proper manner, Speaker says | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | SPEAKER Theodore Zurenuoc says all bills passed by Parliament have been done so in a proper manner.
He said that yesterday after he was taken to task by Rabaul MP Dr Allan Marat last week over the manner in which important bills were speedily pushed through Parliament without ample time for research by MPs.
Zurenuoc said passing bills was a key feature of Parliament.
“Bills or proposed laws and amendments that are passed into law by Parliament have implications on the lives and work of our people and organisations,” he said.
“Hence, it is important and necessary, that (there must be) a full and fair understanding and appreciation of a proposed new law, a bill or an amendment before a law is made on the floor of parliament.
“Sufficient time must be provided to the members, for we are legislators to review and appreciate the contents of proposed laws, bills and amendments in order to adequately debate before voting.”
Zurenuoc said he understood the “suspicions or perceptions” raised by Marat “about a conspiracy by Government to prevent debate on bills”.
“He has this perception because, on a number of occasions, bills or amendments were passed in a manner where insufficient time was provided for members to review and consequently leaving no time or space for adequate and meaningful debate,” he said.
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[] | 2016-08-29T02:52:20 | null | 2016-08-29T11:41:59 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.com.pg%2Finflation-rate-reach-6-6-per-cent-year%2F.json | http://www.thenational.com.pg/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Budget.jpg | en | null | Inflation rate to reach 6.6 per cent this year | null | null | www.thenational.com.pg | THE inflation rate is expected to be 6.6 per cent this year, higher than the 2016 Budget estimate of 5.7 per cent, according to Treasurer Patrick Pruaitch.
He said this when tabling the 2016 supplementary budget in Parliament last Thursday.
“Inflation in 2016 is expected to be 6.6 per cent, higher than the 2016 Budget estimate of 5.7 per cent,” Pruaitch said.
“The increase accounts for the higher-than-expected 2015 inflation outcome of 6 per cent, the gradual depreciation of the Kina against our major trading currencies and the anticipation of a gradual recovery in commodity prices, especially the crude oil.”
He said the supplementary budget set the basis for the 2017 budget.
“The medium term fiscal path is to return to surplus in 2020.”
He said a number of corrective measures introduced in the original 2016 budget were being implemented.
These include the amalgamation of departments and agencies, freeze on recruitment and addressing personal emoluments costs to save costs.
The Government will also continue to enforce tax compliance and review a range of excise charges and fees, he said.
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