Briefs

Investment in Lae vital: PM
PRIME Minister James Marape says it is worth investing public funds in Lae because it has economic significance for the country. “Investment, reinvestment in ports and the airport; once Nadzab Airport is complete, it will become the second international airport for the country, second to Port Moresby,” Marape said.

New Cocoa board directors
SEVEN new directors of the Cocoa Board of Papua New Guinea were sworn in last week with Albert Nukuitu as chairman and director representing Autonomous Region of Bougainville. The directors are Norman Mondo (Highlands), Vitus Bukikun (East and West Sepik), Ricky Morris (Southern), David Nehem (Morobe and Madang), Leo Brown (West New Britain, New Ireland and Manus) while Benjamin Irima is the director representing East New Britain.

Women receive K50,000
LAE mayor and Lae City Authority deputy chairman James Khay committed K50,000 and a 15-seater bus to the Lae Urban Council of Women Inc in Lae last week. The bus was purchased by the authority to serve women in the Lae Urban local level government. Khay said there were major issues women went through daily and those issues would be addressed.

Weeding out corruption
ATTORNEY general Dr Eric Kwa says there has been cases where the Department of Justice and Attorney General was accused of breeding corruption which had led to the amendment of the Attorney General Act recently. He said this year the department proposed amendments to the Act to deal with brief-outs, and issues on out of court settlements.

Challenge on food security
THE National Agriculture Research Institute held a national stakeholders workshop in Lae on Tuesday concerning the challenges of climate change in the country. Team leader of the climate resilient project Jeffrey Waki said the workshop’s main objective was to deliberate on critical issues relating to climate change affecting food systems in rural PNG.