Sumgilbar LLG

Member for Sumkar, Alex Orme Suguman, officially opened the Resource Centre, which is named Yadadika.

Coinciding with the opening of the Resource Centre was a two-day MSME mini expo hosted by local Civil Society Organization (CSO) Gildipasi Agriculture. These two events were made possible through a partnership with Gildipasi and USAID Lukautim Graun Program (LGP).

The people had the opportunity to meet with members of the Sumkar DDA, who visited Dimer Village, toured schools and road infrastructure on their way to Bunabun Health Centre to take note on the challenges the facility is faced with.

Importantly, was the discussion on the Manam Islanders at Mangem Care Center, and the issues they have been facing with landowners which has led to lives and properties being lost overtime.

MP Suguman, after listening to the people, assured them he will take the issue further up with responsible authorities.

A local councilor, who wishes to remain anonymous for safety reasons, alleges this new group has been going around conducting cult activities with their leader, who is claiming to be God. The leader’s son maintains that he is Jesus Christ while a relative claims to be an angel.

The activity of this group is concentrated in a remote village called Enengave in the Wanuma area of Sumgilbar LLG.

The councilor travelled to Madang on Monday to report the matter, and is calling on police to go into the area to flush out the immoral activities conducted by this group.

His beautiful garden fascinates travelers along that section of the road at Karkum village, in Sumgilbar LLG of Sumkar district in Madang.

Robert Batalo is amazingly full of smiles and a strong-willed person.

Although Batalo has never been to any agriculture school, he has successfully altered crops through his own style of breeding practices.

He has changed the genetic make-up of plants to develop crops with more beneficial characteristics. All these were done in the name of self-sufficiency, which only a handful of people in rural pockets of PNG master.