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Police manpower will be increased starting next year as the Government starts focusing more on the law-and-justice sector, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape announced today (November 6, 2022). He said more judges and magistrates would also be recruited as the sector was moved to the forefront of Government focus amidst an increasing law-and-order problem. The Prime Minister said rundown jail facilities throughout the country would also be improved and rehabilitation for inmates, including through further education via Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) and Flexible Open Distance Education (FODE), would be strengthened. PM Marape said Police would embark on a recruitment drive next year to increase manpower to 7000 from the current 5000 at the very earliest, and 10,000 in the medium-term. “We cannot deny that there are so many issues within the Police Force, including lack of manpower, which has allowed it to deteriorate over the years,” he said. “It also does

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 crowd and hope to