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Submit to God, lawyers told
JUDGES, lawyers and law enforcing agencies
were urged to submit their lives to God by the Chief Justice Sir Mari
Kapi. Sir Mari told law enforcers including judge Allen David, retired
judge Robert Woods, District Court magistrates, lawyers, police,
Correctional Services officers, and other people during the legal year
opening in Mount Hagen that in order to transform people’s lives, they
must turn to God. He said by having the fear of God, law enforcers would
produce quality of justice beyond men’s wisdom. He said magistrates and
judges made final decisions in any problem but if they didn’t turn to
God, they would not transform other people.
Service delivery reviewed
SENIOR public servants from six provinces
are in Alotau, Milne Bay province, for the annual Service Improvement
Programme review. The programme is part of the Government’s reform
agenda aimed at improving basic service delivery for both the national
and provincial governments. The public servants from Morobe, Sandaun,
Western Highlands, Manus, New Ireland and Eastern Highlands provinces
are expected to develop strategies to take on confronting issues and
constraints and work on a final work plan for the year.
MPs fail to hand over guns
A COMMUNITY leader from Tari-Pori, Southern
Highlands province, has questioned why sitting MPs from the province did
not surrender their guns while villagers were handing in their arms. Tom
Makire, a former school teacher, said not one sitting MP had the guts to
surrender their stockpile of weapons. “It seems that people want
normalcy and services to run smoothly in the province but the
politicians are not doing enough as they are the ones who play a big
part in promoting gun culture.”
AIDS gets to the roots
AIDS has affected every district in Papua
New Guinea, and if the high rates continue, it may soon affect all local
level government (LLG) areas. The Morobe Provincial AIDS Council
Secretariat Tingim Laip programme officer Joanne Ganoka said this during
a graduation ceremony of 33 Igam community youths, who completed a
weeklong introductory training in HIV/AIDS. All speakers at the small
but significant gathering marking the community’s initiative in the
fight against HIV/AIDS, stressed the need for attitude change saying
religion was the best deterrent to AIDS.
NGO group lauded
A NGO group has applauded the K3.9 million
set aside for Mt Hagen city roads maintenance project. Gang Resistance
Education and Training, through its coordinator Peter Karaput, said the
funds injected to upgrade and seal the city roads were overdue. “The
road conditions did not complement the hard work of Western Highlanders
who contributed a lot to generate revenue for the province and country,”
he said. Gravel for upgrading city roads will come from Kumun River but
the Paragin people will not allow contractors to get gravel from the
river beds, he said.
School building for
Morata One children
By DAVID KAPI
RESIDENTS in Morata One settlement have
transformed a drinking club into an elementary school.
Known as the Kay Club, it was converted into a preparatory and
elementary school to cater for the increasing number of school-age
children at Morata One.
Invited guests from the National Capital District Commission that
included Governor Wari Vele, MP Caspar Wollom and Minister for Lands and
Physical Planning Dr Puka Temu inaugurated the school building.
They also launched a community association known as Koana Bush
Association of Henganofi.
The new group has 3,000 members.
The MPs applauded the community’s effort in starting something good for
the children and promised to help them realise their goal.
Dr Temu, who is also the National Alliance Party leader for the Southern
Region, said the club’s conversion into a school facility has been a
good move towards the right direction and the Government would support
their vision.
“I congratulate you, and as the minister in the current Government, I
would very much support you in any way we can,” Dr Temu said.
Armed men rob motorist trying to avoid
potholes
Seven armed men held up a motorist at
Kamkumung as he was slowing down to avoid potholes and robbed him of
K100 in cash and a mobile phone worth K650.
Metropolitan commander Chief Supt Simon Kauba said the victim was robbed
at around 1.30pm last Wednesday by the suspects who were all armed with
home-made guns and bush knives.
Meanwhile, another unknown man walked into the Wahgi Valley Transport
office in Lae and stole a walkie-talkie worth K2,000 around midday last
Monday.
Seven suspects are also being questioned over the theft of K3,800 worth
of Visqueen films, checkout bags, and tear-off bags in three bales from
Color Pak Limited at West Taraka between 4am and 4pm last Thursday.
Mr Kauba said police investigations recovered some of the items except
one bale of Visqueen films.
PMV held up at gunpoint, robbed
By PETER MIVA
ARMED robbers posing as passengers held up
a PMV driver at gunpoint at Tararan village, along the Highlands Highway
and robbed him of cash and other personal items last Saturday afternoon.
Metropolitan commander Chief Supt Simon Kauba said yesterday the driver
had picked up a group of passengers in Lae and was travelling to Ramu
when an unknown number of men, who were among the passengers, stopped
the PMV at Tararan village in the Markham Valley and held up the driver
at gunpoint.
Supt Kauba said the robbers took K513 in cash, a pair of stockman boots
and a pair of trousers before escaping on foot.
 
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