Sir Peter Ipatas to upgrade schools in Enga

Gr10 students from Porgera High School

Enga Governor Peter Ipatas has made an undertaking to upgrade the status of Porgera High School to a secondary school in 2017.

“We are looking at upgrading Porgera High School status to a secondary school in 2017. However, we would first like to see standard learning facilities are in place as quality education is our priority,” he said.

Sir Peter made the statement before a capacity crowd at Porgera High School yesterday who were there to witness the official opening of a double classroom and delivery of a new truck to the school.

He said by 2020 Enga should have all its existing high schools being converted to secondary schools as that was one of the visions of the education reforms.

DWU Condolence Advice of the passing of Late Dr Paul Pasingan

Divine Word University loses another great man. Within 2 year period DWU loses the Vice President of the university Br Andrew Simpson (Aussie), Dr Fr Rebert Laka (Enga) and now Dr Paul Pasingan (Kevieng).

Opposition Leader: People Told To Be Vigilant On National Issues

Opposition Leader, Hon Don Polye

By Yantin KIAK

THE PNG NEWS PAGE

(31/08/2015)

PORT MORESBY: Opposition Leader Don Pomb Polye has called on the people to become more vigilant on issues affecting their livelihood as a result of unpopular decisions by the government.

Mr Polye made the call when commenting on PNG’s economic growth not trickling down to the family unit.


“Prime Minister Peter O’Neill and his government should be listening to the cries of our people with love, care and concern to improve their livelihood.

Mr Polye is concerned that the affairs of the country is not managed well by the government yet people are silent about the way the country is being governed.

“Experiences of PNG are written on the wall and by now they are just enough for the government to learn lessons from to improve their living standards at the micro-economic level,” he said.

Polye has also urged them to petition their respective MPs in the coalition government to speak against the government for its self-serving decisions.

He said the government might take the silence of the people for granted yet they are wise to understand things.

“When we are in government, we will strive in our endeavors as a nation and people to improve our people’s living standard,” he said.


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Don POMB POLYE, CMG, BE (Civil), MBA, MIEPNG (Reg), MP

What Kind of Brus Is Fred Konga Smoking?

[One mistep after another now causes the story of the naked selfie to become a topic of common conversation and begin spilling over into the international media]

By BENJAMIN NGAL KERA

Most urban Papua New Guineans with access to newspapers or internet probably now know that Chairman of the PNG Border Development Authority (BDA), Fred Konga, is taking The National and its reporter to court for defamation for republishing the story of Fred Konga's naked selfie. None of the probable thousands who have e-mailed Konga's selfie photos or reposted on other facebook sites have been taken to court.

Fred Konga, Charman, Boarder Authority 

No one associated with the Facebook site Caught In the Act https://www.facebook.com/caughtintheactpng) site has been summoned, despite that being one of the original entry points into the greater PNG social media. Only one lone internet poster who hardly ever writes and posts blog articles and sticks mostly to Facebook has been accused and summoned by Konga. Those other hundreds (if not more) internet users who have e-mailed and facebook posted his naked selfie everywhere have been ignored. Who is the unlikely person who has been charged in civil court by Mr Konga for defamation? 

It is Sonja Barry Ramoi, a well known social media personality. Why is she being targeted? It's probably because she's one of the few people who Konga can attach a real name to on the social media, and who has, in fact, posted about Mr Konga. Konga's job, plus the position Mrs. Ramoi's close friend, Belden Namah, has and the insight it gives him on what is really going on at the international border and how Mr Konga actually functions in his job, are undoubtedly all factors that cause Mr Konga to go specifically after Mrs Ramoi.

Oil Search laying off workers

Oil Search Ltd is laying off 300 employees mostly believed to be Papua New Guineans by Tuesday 1st September 2015.

Prime Minister Peter O'Neil

Reasons could be low oil prices but then what happened to my K3 Billion investment in Oil Search?
This is believed to be the first redundancy exercise. Two more are expected to follow.

Last Thursday, all the employees were given empty boxes to pack all their personal belongings at their office desks home. On Tuesday, about 300 of them will know their fate. Happy Oil digging!

If that goes ahead (and definitely it will), imagine the consequences...jobless, families suffer, loans, school fees, accommodation.

Document source: pngblogs http://www.pngblogs.com/2015/08/oil-search-laying-off-employees.html

A PNG low cost village house

 

Papua New Guinea Highlands Turning To Islam

Sonja Barry Ramoi
04/03/2013 12:27

By Fr. Franco Zocca SVD – Melanesian Institute (Goroka)

My interest in Islam stems from the 14 years I worked in Indonesia, where the great majority of the population is Muslim. When I came to PNG 20 years ago I set aside my interest in Islam since I thought there were no Papua New Guinean Muslims.

I discovered that Islam had arrived in PNG about 15 years ago when I read a newspaper report that a mosque had opened near Kimbe in West New Britain. I visited it, and to my surprise, found that the new Muslim converts were Simbu people—originally Catholic—who worked on an oil palm plantation. I was even more surprised to learn that that they belonged to an Islamic reformist movement founded in India in the late 19th century called Ahmadiyya, after the name of its founder.

Muslim Congregation Hohola, Port Moresby

Later, I discovered that those Simbus were not the first Papua New Guineans to turn to Islam. The registration of the Islamic Society in PNG in December 1983 confirmed Islam as a permitted religion and from that time on, expatriate Muslims began recruiting (da’wah) locally. By 1986 four Papua New Guineans had pronounced the Sahadah (Act of Faith) and become followers of Islam. The first was a young man from Bougainville, who was given the Arabic name Bilal, which means “dark”. Four years later, according to the 1990 census,

Silver Jubilee for Mapai Transport a Papua New Guinea leading trucking company

By Ezekiel PETER

ENGA LUTHERAN COMMUNITY (Facebook) 23/04/2015

After 25 years in his humble beginnings Jacob Luke from Monokam village, Ambum, Enga Province, started the Mapai Transport. On the 10th of July 2015 Mapai will celebrate 25 years in business and surpassed 100 prime movers and another 200 assorted vehicles in her operations throughout the country. With the recent acquisition of East-West Transport it now arrives on the forefront of the trucking business and sees they have over met the demands on the market in PNG.

Son of a Lutheran pastor Jacob maintains a close and knitted relationship with the two Lutheran churches in PNG. His support to other individuals and groups in PNG is enormous. The ongoing giving of K7.5 million to the Monokam Community Development Project speaks aloud of a successful business started by Jacob out of nothing, having terminated from grade 8 at High School. His story and how he started Mapai with the help of American Lutheran missionaries in Enga will be unveiled in July this year at the time of the 25 anniversary launching in Lae.

PNG former Opposition Leader was elected as the Governor for Sundaun Province

Hon Belden Nemah, MP,  a Vanimo Green Open Electorate and a former vibrant Opposition leader, a senior Minister, and Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea has been elected as the Governor of West Sepik Province. Many people through out PNG including Facebook users are congratulating him for his election as a governor.

Photo from PNG NEWS page on Facebook

LEADERSHIP CODE -VS- CRIMINAL CODE (Papua New Guinea)

By Bryan KRAMER

Peoples Power Movement

Facebook (17:04:2015)

After reading the many comments in relation to our Members of Parliament being referred by Ombudsman Commission to Public Prosecutor on allegations of misconduct in office versus those being charged by Police for criminal offences it seems most are still confused about these two very distinct judicial processes. Therefore I thought it only proper to provide a brief insight to better 

clarify their distinctive differences.

Those who have been following my articles over the past year would already be familiar with the subject matter. However I understand social media in PNG in recent times has exploded with a direct readership of 200,000 and word of mouth reach exceeding 1 million. So it's appropriate to revisit some of the points already covered in the past.

What is the Leadership Code?

Leadership code are laws established by the Constitution (Division 2) governing ethics (moral values) and code of conduct of those who hold leadership positions in the public service or Government.