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Safety programme
THE National Maritime Safety Authority conducted a safety programme in Wewak last week. Its acting chief of search and rescue Ben Kerry said the next programme was to be held in Kimbe.

Jica conduct training
JAPAN International Cooperation Agency (Jica) last week conducted a three-day training workshop in Port Moresby to help strengthen public investment management, its senior representative Takahiro Yokota said: “The workshop was aimed at helping the National Planning and Monitoring Department to improve practical skills and knowledge of its staff and other important agencies on public Iniestment programme guidelines.

K1mil for NBC Lae
NATIONAL Broadcasting Corporation Morobe branch will undergo major transformation over the next five years with an annual K1 million funding by the provincial government. Governor Ginson Saonu yesterday presented K500,000 which was the remaining half of the first million committed to the provincial radio last year.

Fight corruption: Aitsi
TRANSPARENCY International PNG chairman Peter Aitsi says very few agencies or organisations have developed an internal policy to fight corruption. “The National Economic Fiscal Commission is one of the few state agencies.”