West New Britain

“I’m very glad to see that everything is in place for the Games. I’d like to thank the Governor of West New Britain and the host organising committee who have done so much for this very event.

“This is a very important occasion for the people of PNG, who will all be together in one place and the people of Talasea and West New Britain are there waiting and ready to welcome them.”

He added the province is excited about hosting one of the country’s biggest sporting events.

Vovosi village leaders have agreed to use their Lucas sawmill to cut and process timbers for the neighbouring villages after completing houses in their village.

Located about 5 kilometres from the nearest Hoskins station, Vovosi village is the only community in the Hoskins Local Level Government area that is yet to plant oil palm.

However, in spite of that, the villagers have come up with an initiative to make use of their timbers.

They have bought a used Lucas sawmill and decided to help build houses.

The band, Jabalt Shaikmah, is newly established and formed by musicians from West New Britain.

It boasts a mixture of experienced and upcoming musicians; creating a hub for all to learn from each other.

They share a bond that is thicker than blood itself, a team made of long term, closely knitted friends and family that goes way back.

The band consists of Taz, Mc Jays, Duku, Archie, Gideon Litom, Enoch, PeeJay, George Mageto, Isaac Marum (Jnr) and Micael Pengi.

Jabalt Shaikmah’s debut appearance was at Mosa Primary School last weekend.

Head coach Michael Marum is pleased so far with the progress in the training camp.

The team has so far bonded well with a retreat to one of the outer islands with West New Britain Governor Sasindral Muthuvel over the weekend.

Monday (Sept 4) afternoon's training run at the Kimbe Rugby Oval was part of a week-long training camp as a lead up to the major semifinals of the Intrust Super Cup.

The SP PNG Hunters will play the Redcliff Dolphins on the 10th of September for a direct entry into the Intrust Super Cup grand final.

They inspected the Bialla Health Centre today and were impressed on the scope of work done by the project team.

Apart from Kimbe, Bialla appears to be the only district town in the country that is growing in-terms of continuous investments in hotel and apartments, besides the rapid rise in shops, opening up of banking services and other business houses.

With such developments, health is of paramount importance to the administration of Governor Sasindran Muthuvel.

WNBP Regional - after count 6

The project, community-based forest and coastal conservation and resource management in PNG, supports the conservation initiative of communities in more than 200,000 hectares in the provinces.

It aims to help in advancing the provincial government’s efforts to protect the remaining rainforests in the Baining Mountain, Nakanai and Whiteman Ranges.

The funding will go towards a community-based forest and coastal conservation and resource management in PNG project.

The project is implemented by the Conservation Environment and Protection Authority (CEPA) of PNG, with two years of funding provided by the Global Environment Facility and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed today by CEPA and ENB Provincial Government, and separately with the WNB Provincial Government, which enables the project to go ahead.