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  Don’t allow foreigners to play games with country’s laws, says Wenge “This country is not a country for them to come and play around. PNG is an independent country and so we must not let foreigners to come and play games with our lives and laws because we cannot do that in their country,” Wenge said By GABRIEL KATUHO,  UPNG Journalism Student | The Sunday Bulletin. MOROBE Governor Luther Wenge says foreigners must not be allowed to play games with the country’s laws. Governor Wenge made this remark in relation to an issue of a foreigner who was caught in possession of dangerous illegal drugs in the country were again released without proper prosecution. The issue was raised by Oro Governor, Garry Juffa during the grievances debate in parliament last Friday. Governor Juffa said according to the recent newspaper publication, a particular foreigner was brought before the district court for having in his possession of a huge amount of hard drug called Entatimints. “This much of drug if f

Dr. Lino Tom said the PHA system itself is working but needs competent people with management skills to run it. "We need to get competent people. People with management skills in place in charge of PHA's." INVESTIGATIONS ORDERED INTO NON-PERFORMING PROVINCIAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES Marape - Rosso Government 2022 by NBC News PNG, 24th October 2022. An investigation will be carried out into non-performing Provincial Health Authorities (PHAs) in the country. Health Minister Dr. Lino Tom issued this warning in an interview with NBC News. He said he has started already with the Enga Provincial Health Authority and will continue with others if they've not performed to expectations. Dr. Lino Tom said the PHA system itself is working but needs competent people with management skills to run it. "We need to get competent people. People with management skills in place in charge of PHA's." "PHA's are working well. We can't change the systems that are workin

KNOW YOUR STATUS OF SETTLEMENT IN URBAN CENTRES IN PNG TO MAKE PROPER DECISIONS AND TO ACT ACCORDINGLY. ARE YOUR LEGALLY OR ILLEGALLY SETTLING IN PNG? Port Moresby and Lae Cities have high density of settlements in the country. Within these cities, we have formal and informal settlements. The formal settlements are allowed by law and the informal settlements are not recognized by law. Informal settlements fall under three categories and they are classified based on land tenure. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gMRxnbAP #portmoresby #Lae #MtHagen #Goroka #Kimbe #Rabaul #papuanewguinea #pngs #eviction #evictionnotice #Evictioncleanout #EvictionPrevention #EvictionDrive #settle #settlement #settlementagreement #settlementcheck #settlements Understanding Different Categories of Settlements in Papua New Guinea by Vincent Payati   The word "settlement" refers to a place where people live. It can be a single house in a remote area or a mega city with millions of peo

 MINISTER POLYE USES SPORTS TO PROMOTE PNG PRODUCTS OVERSEAS The PNG Kumuls are not only worthy ambassador of the country in the rugby league space but also in trade and promoting PNG products overseas, says Sports Minister Don Pomb Polye. Taking a cue from Prime Minister, James Marape's recent four-nation tour, Minister Polye is integrating sports, higher education, trade and economic development for the country's progress in his ministerial engagement overseas.  Using sports as a platform, PNG Coffee has been promoted in the UK market, he said. He is in the United Kingdom with the Kumuls team. Polye clarified that he was not duplicating duties of other fellow ministries, saying sports and trade are related. He said PNG's acting High Commissioner to UK, Mr Joseph Varo and him were treated to a PNG coffee tasting program. "Our PNG coffee promoter and CIC overseas Representative, Mr Mick Wheeler sponsored by International Trade Centre (ITC) - UN and UKAID had arranged U

FOURTEEN (14) DEAD IN TRAGIC ROAD ACCIDENT NBC News PNG Fourteen (14) people are dead in a tragic road accident along the Highlands Highway at Tomba in the Western Highlands Province, last Friday. Five others survived and are being treated in hospital. Its alleged a Toyota land cruiser occupied by three people - a male driver and two females - was travelling from Wabag to Mt. Hagen when it collided with a 25 seater PMV bus which was heading towards Wabag from Mt. Hagen. Police say the PMV bus was overloaded with cargo and passengers. Police are yet to establish the cause of the accident but according to eye-witnesses, both vehicles were travelling at high speed and failed to avoid each other. Police say 14 people - 7 males and 7 females - died at the accident scene while locals rushed to the scene to rescue those trapped inside the vehicles. A child was among the five that were rushed to the Mt. Hagen General Hospital. The horrific road accident was witnessed by a long convoy of vehicl