Easy Pay Crash of 2026

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Shortwave Broadcast in the Pacific

My obsession with radio goes back when I was introduced to this device in Community school or Primary school as it is known today. Before televisions became a part of the households back than in the 90s, Radios was more like the TVs and now the mobile phones of today. Back here in Papua New Guinea, we have the government owned station called the National Broadcasting Corporation or NBC in short. It was previously known as National Broadcasting Commission. This station currently broadcast on Radio two bands, the FM and MW bands. Previously it also did used the Short Wave band however the transmission devices became obsolete and hard to maintain over the years. With the FM and MW bands, this has led to a limited broadcasting range within the country. It is anticipated that the national broadcaster will in the not too distant future return to SW now that there is political will in the current Minister (Hon Timothy Masiu) responsible for the NBC.

In the Pacific, the most reliable SW broadcaster was Radio Australia, however this was discontinued in 2017 leaving only Radio New Zealand's (RNZ) broadcasting into the Pacific. The station from time to time adjusts its frequencies to cater for different times, seasons and events. For the Melanesian countries such as PNG, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, the listeners listen to the Wantok Radio program produced by Radio Australia but relayed on the SW Radio broadcast by RNZ. This program are broadcast in the evening via their schedule link  https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/listen 

 

 Radio NZ currently is the leading Shortwave broadcaster into the Pacific and continues to improve these services over the years. 

 

 

NBC Celebrates 50 Years of Broadcasting

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The week long celebrations leading up to the 50th anniversary on the 1st of December 2023 began on the 27th of November at the broadcast house at 5 mile, Port Moresby. Activities on the first day included a convoy of floats around the city and fun fill activities and entertainment for both young and old during the day and later in the evening was the switching on of the Christmas lights by the Governor of NCD, Hon Powes Parkop. 

The second day included a mix of music and traditional dances from various regions of the country  followed by live band entertaining the crowd the next day. Appearance from artists included Junior Insects, Kwikila Stringband, Helgas, Archie Tarzy, Basil Greg and Pati Pots Doi to name a few.  On Thursday the public were given the opportunity to tour the facilities and see first hand how NBC broadcast nationwide. The activities ended on a high note on Friday morning where VIPS and guest witnessed the unveiling of a Plague by the Hon Minister for Information and communication Hon Timothy Masiu and speeches by the special guest and later on in the evening with a gala dinner at APEC House and at Ela Beach.

 

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NBC Launch new Medium Wave Transmitter

 

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The National Broadcasting Corporate (NBC) has launched its MW transmitter on the 20th of October 2023 giving a wider transmission coverage in the Southern Region. This is the second MW Transmitter to be launched after the first was in the Eastern Highlands Province (EHP) in Goroka for the Highlands region. The AM band is 585 Khz and 900 Khz.

The next transmitter will be for the New Guinea Islands (NGI) region in East New Britain (ENB) province followed by the Momase region in Lae, Morobe Province. The AM Band has a wide coverage compared to the FM band however NBC will also install SW to cover the whole country in the future as announced by the Minister for Information and Telecommunication Hon Timothy Masiu

PANGU PATI mediation meeting

By Solomon Puana

Party faction and dispute has become a concern for some Political Parties in the country and
Pangu is one of those parties that is greatly affected by this experiences. On Wednesday 24th of
January this year, a mediation was held at the Office of the Registry of Political Parties, which was
directed to by the National Court to be mediated in the presence of the Registrar of the Registry
of Political Parties. The mediation was basically about the court proceeding between two disputing
parties within Pangu Party and at the same time to comply with the Directional Orders of the
National Court as issued by His Honour, Justice Ere Kariko on the 06th December, 2017 to mediate
on, or before the 24th January 2018.The parties find a way forward in the proceeding instituted
by the President and General Secretary of Pangu Party, asserting their appointments and election
as the duly appointed, and or elected Executives of the Party.
The Direction Orders issued by the Court were eleven (11) in total, however, both parties
agreed to narrow down the Directional Orders to three (3) main issues as proposed agendas, and
or issues for the purpose of the mediation, which were: Declaration of the First Plaintiff as the
National President of Pangu Party and Declaration of the Second Plaintiff as the General Secretary
of Pangu Party; Cost of the Proceedings; and Any other matters. These three (3) main issues and
or agendas were agreed to by both parties prior to and at the mediation.

The members present included the senior staff of the Registry, led by Mr John Bishop, who
chaired the meeting on behalf of the Registrar, who was away due to illness. Other staff present
in the mediation meeting were: Mr Emmanuel Pok, Mr Kennedy Pais and Mr Solomon Puana.
The disputing parties who were present in the meeting and or mediation were: for the Defendants;
the Pangu Party Parliamentary Leader, Honourable Mr Sam Basil; the Party Council Members
and Miss Julie Kaname (Suspended Female Vice-President), Mr Sinaka Rea (Council Member),
Mr Nelson Tuka (Council Member), and Mr Ronald Ababa from Henao Lawyers, representing
the Defendants, Honourable Mr Sam Basil and Mr Sinaka Rea. For the Plaintiffs’, it was
Mr Patrick Pundao (The National President) and Mr Morris Tovebae (The National General Secretary)in person.

The mediation came to an end with all members of the two disputing parties agreeing that the
First Plaintiff, Mr Patrick Pundao remains as the National President of Pangu Party and the Second
Plaintiff, Mr Morris Tovebae remains as the National General Secretary of Pangu Party. It
was also unanimously agreed by both parties that each party to proceeding in the National
Court take the responsibility in meeting their own cost of the proceeding and to submit a supplementary application to the National Court to discontinue the proceeding.

Finally, a request was made by Mr Sinaka Rea to have a full Party Council Members meeting to
endorse the Court finally determining the proceeding and concluding it, including putting to rest
any other matters and any other outstanding issues in order to get the party in order and for the
party to move forward. All present agreed to have the Party Council meeting to be held on the
19th February 2018. On that note, the Parliamentary Party Leader, Honourable Mr Sam Basil also
made the request to the Registrar to allow for the full council members meeting to be held at
the Office of the Registry of Political Parties.

On behalf on the Registrar and the Registry Office, Mr John Bishop and Mr Emmanuel Pok
agreed for the meeting to be held at the Registry of Political Parties Office on the 19th February
2018 as agreed by both parties.

Town hall meetings

By Dr Alphonse Gelu

This is a new concept that the Registry of Political Parties would like to roll out in 2018 and beyond. The concept is based on the idea of bringing politicians and party leaders especially to speak to the people in different locations in the country about themselves, their political party and the policies of their parties. The people will be given an opportunity to ask questions but more so see their Leaders in person. This concept is successfully done in countries like the United States however for us in Papua New Guinea this would be done to suit our own conditions.

The main objective of this concept is to bring our Leaders closer to the people, make our leaders more visible and in the process for our leaders to promote their political parties.

The Registry would be making invitations to Parliamentary Leaders of Political Parties and other Members of Parliament to join it to visit the different locations to take part in this initiative. The Registrar would be writing to each Parliamentary Leader of the 21 political parties in Parliament to take part in this activity. This will be done in early 2018.

Due to the government not funding activities for the Registry in 2018, the Registry is contemplating to roll this out in the Central Province and the National Capital District.

Political Party Expo 2017!

The inaugural political parties expo was considered a success after being staged at the Sir John Guise indoor complex on the 25th November 2017. The main theme of the event was "Know a party, Join a Party". Most Port Moresby residence where grateful of this kind of activity being staged to showcase political parties. Amongst those who attended where party leaders such as Sam Basil, PANGU Pati, Patrick Pruaitch, National Alliance Party, Sir Julius Chan, Peoples Progress Party, Gary Juffa, Peoples Movement for Change Party to name a few. An estimated 1000 plus crowd flocked through to see the political parties and learn about their Policies as well as a chance to join them. The event was staged by the Register of Political Parties in partnership with he UNDP. The day was also marked by a white ribbon day.