University of Papua New Guinea 2016

The University of Papua New Guinea is seeking contempt charges against Laken Lepatu Aigilo alleging he breached National Court orders that were issued on June 8, the same day the shooting took place on campus.

The matter came for mention before Justice Hitelai Polume-Kiele on Monday however, could not proceed further as Aigilo was also not present in court.

Due to the current arrangement of the revised calendar, staff will only be given four weeks’ annual leave instead of six weeks.

The second semester of 2016 will commence on November 7 and break for the festive period on December 19.

This is when the staff will take their leave and return to classes on January 16, 2017, to continue semester two after the four-week leave.

NASA president Emmanuel Gorea said this is in breach of their contracts.

This comes after staff raised concerns over the inappropriate checks at the gate by security personnel.

UPNG National Academic Staff Association (NASA) president Emmanuel Gorea said they were told by vice chancellor Professor Albert Mellam that this is a management issue.

Gorea said the management sees that it is proper to continue with this security check given the reports of people taking unauthorised material into campus.

The staff were told that security will remain as it is until the management feels that the environment is safe.