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East Sepik Governor Allan Bird has resigned as a member of the National Alliance Party, after being removed as Party Leader. Mr. Bird in a message to NBC News says, he chose to resign from the Party, after being removed as Party Leader after three weeks. He says that in order to protect his integrity, he followed the Party Convention by resigning, and he will now remain as an Independent MP in Parliament. Mr. Bird also says that he left because he no longer enjoyed the confidence from the majority of the MP’s and the Party Executives. He adds that he did his best to serve the National Alliance Party as leader for the last three weeks, but the Executives and other Party MP’s did not value his leadership, that is why he had to resign. NBC News was also reliably informed that Forest Minister and Angoram MP Salio Waipo, has also resigned from the Party. Minister Waipo in a letter to NA Party President, Steven Pokawin, said that he resigned because of the continuous tussle over t...

Papua New Guinea will be well represented at the annual international climate change negotiations, the Conference of Parties or COP 27 in Egypt next month. Climate Change and Development Authority’s acting Managing Director,  William Lakain echoed this during a recent weeklong training of key government agencies who will be attending the meeting. These government agencies are CCDA, the National Energy Authority, the PNG Forest Authority, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the Department of Works and Highways, the Office of the State Solicitors, the Department of National Planning and Monitoring, and the Department of Prime Minister and NEC among other key agencies. The week-long negotiation training ended successfully preparing participants from key government agencies for the annual COP 27 scheduled for November 6 to the18. The training enables participants to understand the negotiations’ history and players, how the country’s positions are formed, documen...