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They have supported the New Ireland Provincial Government’s plans and have called for the enforcement of the Vagrancy Act and night curfew.

Council President, Ruthy Watlen said that the attack with a golf club on the 24-year-old woman by her husband from the Momase region was “shocking” and a tragic case of a helpless woman killed in broad daylight in the presence of bystanders at a bus stop.

The Walter’s Farming Association (WFA) Sub-Buying Point is part of the ‘Stretim Ai Dua Pastem” initiative that the Namatanai District Development Authority (NDDA) is implementing.

Local MP Walter Schnaubelt said, “We are walking the talk and we are delivering at the door steps so that the farmers in Lelet do not have to go to Namatanai to hours away to sell their vegetables.”

“This is the beginning of many more sub-buying points to come because the farmers now have money that they can spend and save for their children’s school fees and other expenses,” Schnaubelt added.