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GG welcomes investors
GOVERNOR-General Sir Paulias Matane has welcomed investors from Norway
to study PNG’s key economic and social sectors such as petroleum,
mining, infrastructure, power generation, small scale manufacturing,
technical training, health, agriculture, youth, education and others.
When receiving the letter of credential from ambassador Lars Albert
Wensell of Norway, he said Norway may wish to formalise an agreement
guiding relations on technical and development cooperation between the
two countries. The agreement will enable other areas of the bilateral
relations to come under, such as Technical Cooperation Agreement,
Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements to facilitate the
training of officers in specific technical fields.
TB strategy the only cure
HEALTH Minister Sir Peter Barter has appealed to everyone in the
country, especially the health care workers and managers to ensure that
PNG implements the Stop TB Strategy fully. This alone can help PNG to
achieve its national targets for case detection rate of at least 70% and
treatment success rate of at least 85%, and thus help to decrease the
high burden of TB in PNG rapidly. Sir Peter said TB was a serious health
problem in PNG. In order to address this problem, PNG needs concerted
efforts of not only the health sector but also other sectors of the
Government at all levels and the community at large. TB is both
preventable and curable.
Educationist in election
AN educationist in East Sepik has indicated to race for a ticket to
Parliament for the Yangoru Saussia seat. Thompson Benguma said his
people in the Sepik plains had asked him to contest the elections
because past and present leaders had done little to help people living
in that electorate. Yangoru Saussia is a very unfortunate electorate
with a high turnover of Members of Parliament. As the president of PNG
Home Schooling in Wewak, he said education would be given priority in
terms of school infrastructure and capacity building to ensure that
school leavers become more productive so that they contribute to the
social, economic and physical development of the electorate.
Man jailed 20 months
GOROKA District Court last month sentenced a man to 20 months
imprisonment after finding him guilty of being in possession of a
firearm and live ammunition. Sinke Dafe, 29, of Fusa village in the Lufa
district, Eastern Highlands province, was arrested by Goroka police
Mobile Squad 14 in Goroka after acting on a tip off. The police searched
the content of his bag and found the home-made gun, which was
thoughtfully constructed that looked exactly like a real one, and
Winchester 12 gauge cartridges.
Commuters harassed
OPPORTUNISTS at the Goroka market bus stop are harassing commuters
travelling from the Highlands provinces to Lae and Madang in the name of
keeping Goroka town clean.
And authorities have raised the alarm for them to be arrested and
charged.
“They (opportunist) are not recognised by the Goroka Town Authority.
“These people are taking the laws into their own hands and they do not
report to us,” town authority officials said.
They said the authority had been tracking them down with the assistance
of police.
ABG realigns portfolios
THE president of the Autonomous Bougainville Government Joseph Kabui
this week announced the first realignment and appointment of two new
ministers into the cabinet since the establishment of ABG in June 2004.
Mr Kabui said ABG was now in its second year, and it was timely for the
government to realign and add more ministers to share responsibilities
in order to efficiently provide services to the people.
Member for Makis constituency Jeffery Nabuai was appointed as
telecommunication, information technology, physical planning and growth
centres minister.
Judge decries suspended sentences for dishonesty
A NATIONAL Court judge said it was becoming common practice for the
courts to fully suspend sentences for dishonesty or other non-violent
crimes.
Justice David Cannings said this recently, when sentencing a 43-year-old
Bialla man to 18 months imprisonment for one count of conspiracy to
defraud and one count of stealing over K3,000.
Justice Cannings said the sentence of 18 months imprisonment should
provide a deterrent against similar acts of dishonesty by company
employees.
The court heard that in September 2003, Henry Eliakim, employed as a
field supervisor by Hargy Oil Palm Ltd, planned with two others and
submitted false attendance sheets for ghost employees and obtained pay
cheques.
He put the plan into action over a three-month period until caught.
Korimbao makes the news as Editor-in-Chief
PACIFIC Star Ltd has appointed a pioneer staff member as Editor-in-Chief
of its The National newspaper.
Daniel Korimbao, who is from Enga, is the newspaper’s third national
Editor-in-Chief after Frank Kolma and Yehiura Hriehwazi.
He joined the newspaper in the early 1990s, covering courts and
politics, before becoming political adviser to the late Sir William
Skate and returned to The National.
A graduate of the University of PNG, Mr Korimbao also had a short spell
at the Post-Courier before joining The National.
He recently undertook a senior editor’s course in the US.
At the backend, former national sportsman Jack Metta, from Savaiviri
village, Gulf province, has been promoted to Chief Sub-Editor, Henry
Morabang is the Sports Editor, while Christine Pakakota remains as News
Editor.
Mr Hriehwazi has been re-designated regional manager in charge of the
company’s new office and printing plant in Lae to cater for the
increasing circulation nation-wide.
The plant now prints newspapers for distribution in Morobe, Mamose,
Highlands and the Islands.
The board has also appointed SF Yong as Executive Director and Andy Ng
as General Manager.
The National opened a new office in Wewak recently with Madang to
follow.
 
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