Markham District Development Auhtority (DDA)

Markham District Administrator, Bohage Bebinaso, said the first contractor did not complete the building, so a second one –Lae Builders & Contractors – were contracted at K3.5 million to complete the state-of-the-art, double-storey administration building.

Funding was from the Department of National Planning and Monitoring, and the Markham District Development Authority.

A landslide occurred at Umbaku, in Leron-Wantoat, at 5am on Friday, December 29th, 2023, killing three people while a young man is still missing. An unconfirmed number of people were also injured.

Houses were destroyed, food and cash crop gardens buried and water sources contaminated. 

Officers from the Morobe Provincial Disaster Office provided K2,000 worth of food supplies and shelter to Matap on Wednesday, January 3rd, while the Markham District Development Authority is yet to visit the affected area.