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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...

Prime Minister James Marape has urged Papua New Guineans not to illegally settle on untitled land in urban centres of the country. He said this today (November 6, 2022) when announcing an exciting plan by Government to help people acquire land in towns and cities starting in 2023. “I appeal to our people not to settle on land in urban centres that is untitled,” PM Marape said. “The Government is working on an exciting programme, spearheaded by Deputy Prime Minister and Lands Minister Hon. John Rosso, to properly organise all urban areas so that people with proper titles are living on land legally acquired. “I encourage our people not to just go and settle on any land which is not yours. “People are also advised not to enter into any transactions with so-called ‘traditional landowners’, in an informal arrangement, as you may be evicted by someone else who claims to be the ‘proper landowner’.” PM Marape said starting in 2023, the Government would acquire additional land in towns and citi...

Papua New Guinea’s East Sepik Governor Allan Bird has assured the citizens that the outcome of the inquiry into the 2022 National Election by the Special Parliamentary Committee will be independent.  Governor Bird admits a lot of things in this country have gone wrong including the National Elections. He, however, says most of the issues facing the country at present are the result of many years of corruption, mismanagement, nepotism, and ignorance. Inquiry into  PNG’s National Election will be Independent : Bird  And he urged citizens to at least trust a few leaders who put their hands up now to help in fixing some of the issues and election flaws are one of them.  Bird said these when NBC News questioned the independence of the inquiry as the committee is made up of politicians. “There are  many things in this country have gone wrong, and people have lost trust and confidence in leaders, he told NBC News.  But he adds, there are few leaders who stood out amongst the ...

 Wewak, ESP – The European Union-funded United Nations Joint Programme for Support to Rural Entrepreneurship, Investment and Trade and in PNG. EU-UN Joint Programme STREIT in Papua New Guinea continues to expand its support to rural areas of the Greater Sepik Region, specifically targeting women and youth in capacity building of agri-food value chain. Here, the programme extended technical assistance to a cooperative society in Turubu LLG of Wewak, East Sepik Province, with the help of a strong young woman. Hallilah Nakumai  24-year-old Hallilah Nakumai from Dandan Village in Turubu LLG, Wewak District in East Sepik Province is one of the vibrant women the EU-STREIT PNG Programme has come across in supporting build capacity and providing technical assistance to their established rural business activities. Graduated in 2020 with a Bachelor in Sustainable Tropical Agriculture at Papua New Guinea University of Natural Resources (UNRE), Hallilah found herself back in the village in Dandan ...

Still haunted by the death of her only brother, James, in the Great War, Evelyn Gifford is completely unprepared when a young nurse and her six-year-old son appear on the Giffords’ doorstep one night. The child, the nurse claims, is James’, conceived in a battlefield hospital. The grief-stricken Giffords take them both in; but Evelyn, a struggling attorney, must now support her entire family-at a time when work for women lawyers is almost nonexistent. Suddenly a new case falls in Evelyn’s lap: Seemingly hopeless, it’s been abandoned by her male coworkers. The accused-a veteran charged with murdering his young wife- is almost certain to die on the gallows. And yet, Evelyn believes he is truly innocent, just as she suspects there may be more to the story of her “nephew” than meets the eye. My thoughts – The Crimson Rooms is an exciting and thought provoking story of a woman struggling to change both herself and society, and all the wh...

The Swiss Cheese plant – Monstera deliciosa, can become quite unruly when grown as a houseplant which means that at some point you will need to repot it to get it back under control. In its native habitat young seedlings naturally grow towards the shade in order to find suitable support such as the trunk of a tree or a cliff face. This means that the juvenile plant is ideal for growing in shady conditions such as those experienced in a home. This is why Monstera deliciosa makes for such a good house plant In this video horticulturist Simon will explain how he goes about this as well as adding his top five facts about this magnificent plant. If you would like to watch more content like this then check out our other videos on our YouTube channel ‘Walking Talking Gardeners’. You can subscribe to get more videos, it is absolutely free and you can unsubscribe at any time.