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PAPUA NEW GUINEA! BEWARE OF THIS CHEAP DRINK IN TOWN. TOKSAVE LONG WANTOK NA FAMILI MEMBER LONG NOKEN BAIM DISPELA DRINK BILONG OL KONGKONG.  DON'T SUPPORT THIS MANUFACTURER IN BUYING THIS PRODUCT. Wesley Wilson 26 January 2023. I just want to point somethings out from this wasa drink product package. I know I'm not the only one who have noticed this. So the product name is WASA DRINK, and Wasa means K1 right? It's a cheap K1 juice drink. You also see an African tribal mask on the face of the product which I don't know the significance of.  Maybe the Chinese manufacturer thought he could fool us by making us think it's a local PNG tribal mask so we would all trust and buy it? I also found this logo art to be a vector logo template which they got off the internet.  Now the one thing that stands out to me is that they forgot to edit their slogan in.  Now what you see on the product is just " Wasa Drink - Your Slogan ". I don't think these Chinese

The "Akimi Falls" From the top down is about 100 Meters, and is about 40 minutes drive from Mendi town and 200 meters from the main road. . : Imbongu District | Southern Highlands Province : pngtpa :  www.papuanewguinea.travel/southern-highlands-province #Visitpng   #southernHighlandsProvince   #ImbonguDistrict   #papuanewguinea   #waterfall   #droneshot   #attactions Nature never disappoints when you are in the right place. Thank you 📸Wamesii Photography for sharing a great capture. 📍Akimi Falls | Bui Iebi | Mendi | Southern Highlands Province 📅Plan your trip up to Southern Highlands Province: http://bit.ly/southern-highlands-province there's much to see and do. 👉Stay in one of the Guest Houses in SHP: http://bit.ly/2LQyV1w #waterfalls #papuanewguinea #visitpng #pngtourism

I regret that we couldn't muster the numbers to elevate an exceptional and competent woman citizen but unfortunately, this is our level in a male dominated society. - BIRD. Allan Bird 20 January 2023. I congratulate Sir Bob Dadae on his re- election. I am also deeply grateful to Her Excellency Winnie Kiap for affording Parliament a very rare opportunity to rise above ourselves. Even though we didnt take the opportunity, I felt deeply grateful that in our society where women and girls are continuously marginalized, you have stood tall and exemplified what PNG women can do. You gave 33 MPs the opportunity to speak for our women. I thank you for this rare honour. To our womenfolk, let me assure you that you have voices in Parliament as you saw today. I regret that we couldn't muster the numbers to elevate an exceptional and competent woman citizen but unfortunately, this is our level in a male dominated society. There is a growing recognition in the abilities our women can bring t

Reckless PNG Government Sank K40 Million Of Tax Payers Money On Some Useless Assets Becoming Pieces of Metal Junks in the Country. SO WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE MASERATIS? Post Courier  - January 25, 2023 It looks like nobody wants these very expensive cars and very soon, they will become valueless – not worth a single toea anymore. Today the cars are sitting idle at a warehouse at the old Port Moresby Port, exposed to the sea breeze, salt, water and air and we don’t know if anyone is taking care of them to ensure they remain in the condition they arrived at our shores four years ago. The expensive cars were bought to serve visiting heads of government to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit held in Port Moresby. Each car was purchased at a cost of a whopping K1 million each and a total of 40 pieces were purchased. The cars were to impress the international visitors but not many of them have tested the Post Moresby roads since they arrived and they may remain in that wareho

11 Children Saved From Bloody Massacre in Ambun Valley, Enga Province of Papua New Guinea. SOLDIERS REUNITE CHILDREN WITH FAMILY  Post Courier - January 26, 2023 The daring rescue of 11 children by security forces highlighted Bloody Tuesday in Ambun Valley, Enga province this week. Enga’s police commander acting Superintendent George Kakas said yesterday the children were kidnapped from Tole village by fully armed assailants and were being driven away in a stolen ten seater when they were intercepted by police and army special forces at Anditale. The unharmed children were later reunited with their parents and relatives in Wabag. The incident was sparked by inter-tribal bloody killings earlier on Tuesday morning at Tole, when armed men shot and killed 11 villagers in retaliation for the killing of two men. The rescue of the 11 children, all under the age of 10, was led by the second Royal Pacific Islands Regiment (RPIR) from Wewak, East Sepik province. Mr Kakas confirmed that the child

LAW AND ORDER ISSUES - DR LINO TOM It is very regretful that trouble had to start again yesterday and the loss of unfortunate lives (9 unfortunate lives). I have raised this issue at the highest possible level at NEC. The NEC has approved to declare Enga, SHP and Hela ’Fighting Zones’. This declaration would mean more security personnel would be deployed with special orders to curb this rising lawlessness and tribal fights spilling from KA into Wabag. After yesterday, I did follow up again and was given assurances by the Internal Security and Defense Ministers and the PM that this will be looked at. I have pledged K1 mil to this security operations from our DDA. I am trying my best to talk to both sides in support of the ‘Peace Process’ initiated by our Provincial Administrator and his team. I hope the Security Personnel would stop from being ‘Peace Mediators’ and become the Law Enforcement Officers they’re supposed to be. All of us are really frustrated and also very sad seeing innoce

Minister Maru Invites Indonesia to Host First PNG-Indonesia Trade Meeting International Trade and Investment Ministry of Papua New Guinea   January 23, 2023 Minister for International Trade and Investment, Hon. Richard Maru has invited Indonesia through its Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, His Excellency Adriana Supandy to host the first ever historical PNG-Indonesia Trade Meeting this year in Jayapura, Indonesia. “I want the first historic Trade Meeting between our two countries to happen this year in Jayapura in March,” said Minister Maru during his meeting with Ambassador Supandy on Friday last week. “If Indonesia agrees to have the Trade Meeting, then we can put together an agenda for the meeting and also put together a technical working committee to organize the meeting. Our Trade Team will not only be made up of Government Departments and Agencies but also representatives from East Sepik, West Sepik and Western Province,” said Minister Maru. Minister Maru said he will meet with th

COURT ORDERS BY-ELECTION FOR SOHE ELECTORATE NBC News PNG The court of disputed returns has ordered a by-election for the Sohe electorate in the Northern province.  Acting judge Emma Wurr also declared the election win of Henry Amuli in the 2022 National elections as Null and void.  She made this ruling this afternoon in Port Moresby when handing down the decision on the trial of the election petition filed by former MP Delilah Gore.  The court made the decision on Election Petition 38 of 2022 after a ten days trial which was heard in Popondetta in December 2022.  Petitioner Delilah Gore had raised allegations of bribery committed by associates of the first respondent Henry Amuli who were his election coordinators during the polling period.  Acting Justice Emma Wurr found that the First Respondents' election coordinators had bribed and lured voters of the petitioner with sums of K20, K50, and K100 during the polling period.  This influences the outcome of the result of the Sohe ele

Port Moresby Flyover For PNGDF Headquarters 50th Anniversary Parade Anniversary Parade FM100/Hot97 FM News On 26 January 2023, two Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornets will take part in a flyover of Murray Barracks, Port Moresby, to mark 50 years since the establishment of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) Headquarters. In the months following the establishment of the Headquarters, PNG defence powers were passed from Canberra to Port Moresby.  This anniversary is an opportunity to celebrate the evolution of the PNGDF into the independent defence force it is today. Members of the Australian Defence Organisation posted to PNG will join the PNGDF for the 50th Anniversary parade.  The Australian Defence Force’s deep and enduring links with the PNGDF are founded on a history of shared sacrifice and partnership. From fighting shoulder to shoulder in World War Two, to facing our shared regional challenges today, the PNGDF and the ADF are strong, equal partners. Based at N