Morobe province

The venues at Three and Four Mile, including the outside premises of the National Polytechnic Institute of PNG, had voters gathering there before sunrise.

Residents around that area said the noise woke them up from their sleep, and they were quite alarmed with the crowd buildup.

An argument soon started between the crowd and security guards at Polytech; the latter refused to let the public in for fear of damage to school properties.

A group of police vehicles soon turned up and controlled the crowd, clearing the driveway into the institute.

The recent training, which was facilitated by World Vision and partners, saw district health managers, nursing officers and outgoing clinicians from the nine districts of Morobe Province take part.

This was the Morobe Provincial Training of Trainers workshop on RCCE conducted due to the high hesitancy rate in healthcare workers not receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.

Made up of concerned residents, the Lae Voice for Change is organising to provide a platform for Lae Open candidates to share their policies with voters on Saturday, July 2^nd, at the Eriku Oval.

“The event is free and open to the public. The candidates will answer questions from the public during this moderated event,” said the organising committee.

“A member of the group will moderate the forum.

“Specific rules governing the candidate forum will be announced during the event.

Braun District Hospital, a level 4 hospital under the National Health Service Standards in the Finschhafen District, and Etep Rural Hospital, a level 3 hospital in Tewai-Siassi of Morobe Province, will be receiving an ECG each, donated by Rotary Australia.

This follows a presentation last Friday, 10^th June to the Secretary of the Lutheran Health Services, Katu Yapi, by the Morobe Provincial Health Authority (MoPHA) chairman, David Wissink.

This follows the recent launch of the water supply project, which was supported by the Morobe provincial administration.

Women and girls from Banzain have been risking their lives to fetch water from the mountain for decades.

An elderly woman was recently carried off by a mountain runoff after a heavy downpour.

The head of Morobe provincial administration’s human resource department, Kusak Meluk, initiated the project in his home village.

This announcement was made with the presentation of K200,000 by Governor Ginson Saonu to Braun Lutheran Health Centre recently. 
 
Present to witness the announcement were Deputy Administrators of Morobe Provincial Administration, Robin Bazzinuc and Miring Sigoling; the Principal of Braun Lutheran CHW College, Morobe Provincial Health Authority (PHA) CEO Dr Kepas Binga, and Morobe Provincial Planning Executives. 
 

Pola’c village is the site where Missionary John Freirl first set foot in Morobe Province to establish the Evangelical Lutheran church in PNG over 100 years ago. 

The K500,000 presented by the Governor will be utilized to restore the ELC-PNG Historical Site, which the villages of Simbang, Kolem and Kamlawa have agreed to develop.

Pola’c is located at Simbang Parish of the Yabim District of the Lutheran Church and is a special place in the ELC-PNG history in PNG. 

A groundbreaking ceremony took place recently for the building of an Administration building at the cost of K400,000. 

Morobe Governor Ginson Saonu presented cheques to local contractors to build new Local Level Government Administrative Buildings for Mape and Kuat LLGs in Finschhafen District. 
 
Governor Saonu was accompanied by Morobe Deputy Provincial Administrators, Miring Singoling (Corporate Affairs & Investment) and Robin Bazzinuc (Social Services) along with other provincial planning officials.

This was the warning issued by Lae’s Senior Provincial Magistrate, Pious Tapil, when attending to cases during the Easter holiday.

In collaboration with police prosecution, the Lae District Court heard almost forty cases, including 27 summary offences and four committal hearings.

Street vending and the sale and consumption of illicit drugs and homebrew (paia wara) fall under summary offences.

Seven male street vendors were fined K300, or will spend three months at Buimo Prison if they are unable to pay the fine.