Teaching together: Rigo educators collaborate for improved student learning

Friday January 22 2021 *This feature is provided ahead of World Education Day on January 24. When Phillip Solomon walked into the classroom in 2018 his students could not read or write – and he was determined to change this. Phillip is an elementary teacher at Ruatoka Elementary School in Rigo, Central Province – just …

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First PNG seasonal workers for 2021 on their way to Australia

 By Hon. IAN LING-STUCKEY, CMG. MP Minister for Treasury January 22nd 2020 Six Southern Highlands Province workers have left for Australia under the Seasonal Worker Programme. This is the first group to be recruited in 2021 and the first to leave since borders closed in early 2020 due to COVID-19. I congratulate Governor Powi and …

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Government payment system to be reformed

By Hon. IAN LING-STUCKEY, CMG. MP Minister for Treasury January 21st 2020 The Budget Management Ministerial Committee (BMC) comprising Chairman and Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey, Finance Minister Sir John Pundari, Planning Minister Reinbo Paita and his Vice-Minister Dr Kobby Bomareo, met on Tuesday this week with Departmental Heads, Governor of Bank of Papua New Guinea (BPNG) …

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Lawyer Greg Sheppard arrested in police probe into K268 million Western Province funds

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE Thursday 21st January 2021 Lawyer Gregory James Sheppard of Young & Williams Lawyers was arrested at 12 noon yesterday in Port Moresby, interviewed at the Police Headquarters, Konedobu, and charged with two counts of conspiracy and another two count of false pretense over the K268 million Western Province People’s …

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Police Commissioner apologises to Ombudsman Commission over execution of search warrant

Police Media Tuesday January 19th 2021 Police Commissioner David Manning has apologised to the Ombudsman Commission over the events of last Friday in which Chief Ombudsman Richard Pagen and a number of his staff were detained at the Boroko Police Station. This event culminated from an administrative oversight in the handling of a District Court …

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