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 Police in Port Moresby have secured and blocked of access to the Parliament area.  According to NCD Metropolitan Superintendent Gideon Ikumu ”all access into and around the precincts of parliament is now closed to prevent unauthorized people from trespassing .  The city’s police chief said only leaders elected in the recent 2022 elections and parliamentary staff will be allowed access into the premises of parliament from today onward until the formation of the new government. Mr Ikumu said no member of the Constabulary will be allowed to provide close protection security for the leaders when they are in camp or when they enter parliament.  He said police have now cordoned off all access roads into parliament by setting up roadblocks at the roundabouts near Moresby Arts thearter and the national library, to stop and search vehicles moving in and out of parliament.   He said employees of the court house and the nearby government offices and the national museum must provide their officia

A helicopter belonging to Heli Solutions, crash landed at Kuimimanda, in the Kaikin Pausa area of the Wapenamanda District of Enga Province, Papua New Guinea  today.  The helicopter was flown by retired army colonel, Captain Charlie Andrews.  Captain Andrews, when speaking to NBC News in Mount Hagen, said that he was returning from Enopi in the jungles of the Laigaim District of Enga and East Sepik Province, after dropping off some medical supplies. He said that he had a total of 6 passengers including himself, and this included two patients and their two care takers, his load master and himself.  Captain Andrews said that they were travelling back from Enopi, when a mechanical fault struck the back propeller, and this forced him to crash land on top of a garden. He also thanked members of the Mobile Squad 11 and Military Personnel, who were able to rescue them, and transported them to Mt. Hagen for medical checks. Security personnel are still guarding the crashed chopper, while awaiti