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The synod will be held from January 9^th-15^th, 2022, the meeting is held every two years and will be hosted by the Papuan Region this year.

The combined dedication service witnessed congregations within the Papuan Region presented items and their contributions towards the hosting of the event.

Chairman of the Synod, Sumasy Singin, said preparations are well underway and delegations from across the country will start arriving in Port Moresby this week.

He said the hospital has now reached a crisis point. Cases of the COVID-19 Delta Variant has added to the current situation.

Dr. Molumi said the hospital is struggling with manpower to save lives and also to manage the dead.

“The Delta Variant is aggressively attacking people with 87 percent of the patients who showed symptoms of COVID-19 were tested positive to the disease.”

He said the hospital has also recorded a high number of people with breathing problems at the Emergency ward and dead bodies arriving at one time to be stored at the mortuary.

A number of families had lost their homes to arson following retaliation over the death of a young man in Baruni Village last month.

Governor Parkop reaffirmed the city’s commitment to supporting the families who had their homes torched.

He assured the affected families that lost a family member and those that have lost their homes, that the city would step in to mediate the peace process and assist in building new homes for those that had theirs destroyed. 

Team leaders of Active City Youth Development Program, Kathy Kiage and Judy Bomai visited the Nature Park nursery today to collect an additional 320 trees to plant along the Hohola Freeway and Kaugere, after successfully planting more than 600 trees around various sites in the city recently.

This is funded by the United States Agency for International Development's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID-BHA).
IOM in partnership with the National Disaster Centre (NDC), IOM is delivering a Training of Trainer (ToT) on DTM to 23 officials working on disaster at national, provincial and district level from 21 provinces, including the National Capital District and Autonomous Region of Bougainville.  

The sight of fresh fish is always pleasing to the eye and the people of Gaire can now align their catch in a beautiful display at their very own fish market.

This included a 2000ltr water tank installation and pump, solar kit for the market including a solar LED streetlight for the community in the hope to empower and boost the local economy.

The official opening of the Fish Market was on 27^th of August, representatives from the BSP Financial Group initiated this momentous occasion.

The 2021 National Book Week theme “Lock-down, Stay Safe and Read Books” panned out well at Kopkop with the college taking part in an array of activities that observed the true spirit of the book week. This included a visit to the National Library with other schools in NCD.

In honour of the book week, Kopkop College students participated in poster competitions, watching educational films, dramatic reading sessions and writing of poetry, roleplays and book reviews. The week ended with a costume parade of characters from their favorite books.

There was corporate support and hundreds of city residents who attended the fair.

NCD Governor Powes Parkop said the fair is a platform to help start the journey towards achieving the national government’s target of 500,000 SMEs in PNG by 2030.

Governor Parkop added that the way forward to have greater control over our economy is to become successful businessmen and women.

The NCD Body Building Association set up by National Body Building Representative and President Newman Rimboa says it’s been a difficult journey for the association since its establishment.

Rimboa said with the team looking forward to PNG Games and the Pacific Games, two of the major challenges faced are Financial Support and lacking of proper training.

He said, “Our Association needs financial backing and at a time like, when the world is in the midst of a global pandemic, trying to get or find support in cash or kind has been a major challenge.”

People in the city who are in need of food have been advised to make their way to their nearest local church.

The distribution of the food supply was done at the Sir John Guise indoor complex. The heads of the local churches who were identified as distributing points were present to receive their portion.