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News that matters in Papua New Guinea Housing in Port Moresby Solving housing woes in Port Moresby PORT MORESBY: The housing woes of Papua New Guineans has remained unresolved since since Independence on Sept 16, 1975. The governments of the day have tried extremely hard to provide affordable housing for the people but the remedy has been excruciatingly slow. However, there is hope for more effective measures to help ease the problem with the Government and the private sector, especially financial institutions like BSP, working hand in glove to push for home ownership. PNG Cyber Monitor found this report in The National , apparently the first of three reports: Providing affordable housing for people excruciatingly slow November 20, 2019 The National Main Stories   Article Views:  25 Rebecca Kuku FOR the majority of Papua New Guineans in Port Moresby, providing a home for their families is only a dream as housing has beco...

News that matters in Papua New Guinea The arrest of O'Neill's lawyer and a court officer are related to the above visual found posted on  Facebook  soon after The National Court on Oct 16 issued an interim stay order on the arrest warrant issued by a lower court against O'Neill. PNG’s CJ wants Police Minister probed PORT MORESBY:  Papua New Guinea (PNG)’s Chief Justice Sir Gibbs Salika wants Police Minister Bryan Krammer to be investigated for a post in the minister’s Facebook page. Gibbs has requested that Kramer be probed under s.11 (Section 11) of the Summary Offences Act and to look at the the possibility of laying charges under the Cyber Crime Act as well. Section 11 of Summary offences relate to a false or misleading report. It states a person who spreads false or wilfully misleading reports tending to cause trouble or ill feeling amongst people or groups of people, including between individuals is guilty of an offence. While the Cyber Crime Act...

News that matters in Papua New Guinea   A farmer drying harvested paddy in Merauke (Indonesia). - Pic courtesy of  The National . A tall order for PNG to become a rice exporter by 2030 PORT MORESBY:  Prime Minister James Marape had boldly announced that he wants Papua New Guinea to be self-sufficient in rice production by 2025 and to be rice exporter by 2030. According to a news report in The National, the Government would need to support some 15,000 rice farmers nationwide in the bid to steer PNG towards self-sufficiency. The Government also needs to support many others measures to ensure it achieves its targets. This is the full report as published by The National :   Support 15,000 rice farmers in PNG towards self-sufficiency November 13, 2019 The National Main Stories   Article Views:  130 Clifford Faiparik The National’s senior reporter CLIFFORD FAIPARIK visited Merauke City on Oct 18 an...