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Papua New Guinea goes to polls on Monday 4 July and Electoral Commissioner Mr Simon Sinai says the Electoral Commission is ready and looking forward to it. Speaking at a press conference yesterday, (Friday 1 July), Mr Sinai said all preparations for the polling have been completed and the Electoral Commission is ready to deliver a free, fair and safe election.  Papua New Guinea is ready for polling, says Electoral Commissioner [Photo: Simon Sinai/Supplied] “From the Electoral Commission, all preparations have been done for polling, especially in terms of electoral roll, ballot papers, polling team kits, polling officials, Returning Officers (ROs) and Assistant Returning Officers (AROs) appointments, and election trainings.” As of last week, all the election polling materials were dispatched throughout the 22 provinces. Mr Sinai added Ballot papers are currently being transported to each district in each of the 22 provinces and onto Local Level Governments (LLGs). “All provinces have re...

PNG Dataco has paid a dividend of K3 million to the State through its Shareholder Kumul Consolidated Holdings. This was the first ever dividend paid since its establishment in 2014 as a State Owned Entity. State Owned Enterprise Minister, William Duma witnessed the ceremony recently. Over 8-years since its establishment as a wholesaler of telecommunications, DataCo has invested over K1.2 Billion in building Modern infrastructure as part of the National Transmission Network. Chairman of PNG DataCo, Dr. Thomas Webser says they are required to ensure these ongoing investments in the communal digital infrastructure to provide affordable services to our people. Minister Duma noted that PNG DataCo was established with a responsibility to build National Transmission Network . Eight years later, the telecommunication wholesaler has invested millions of kina in building digital infrastructures such as the international Coral Sea terminal, Kumul Submarine network and nearly 2000 kilometres of te...