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Illegal electricity consumers will now be charged and prosecuted under the PNG Electricity Industry Act and the Criminal Code. PNG Power Chief Executive Officer Obed Batia issued the warning at the recent launch of the external reward program ‘TOKOUT’ The TOKOUT program will enable the general public to come forward and report illegal consumers and in return receive a cash reward of K250.00. Mr. Batia said the program will see PPL charge and prosecute illegal consumers connected without a meter: NBC News / PNG Today Next :  PNG Chief Justice Sir Gibbs Salika steps down following his daughter’s arrest

All Papua New Guinea Government Departments and Statutory bodies, who have been engaging advisors within their respective departments, must terminate all of them before 2023. PNG Public Service Minister Joe Sungi, said this when explaining the National Government’s decision to bring back the Chief Secretary’s Office and position. PNG Public Service Minister Joe Sungi [Parliament photo] Minister Sungi says his Ministry will ensure all Government Departments, statutory bodies as well as Provincial Administrators, stop recruiting advisors because it’s a duplication of their roles and responsibilities. The Minister for Public Service, says departments and agencies have been instructed to terminate the advisors before the new year. ”You are the head of the departments, you are the secretaries, the administrators that were appointed by the NEC,  we do not want to see you carrying around an advisor to do your job and provide you advice. ”You do not need an advisor...