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PNG Politics : Opposition MPs join Government, budget passed The Government used its numerical strength to pass the 2021 Budget this morning, after a dramatic twist of events on the floor of Parliament. This included the movement of Bulolo MP Sam Basil and others to the government and members of the Opposition walking out of Parliament in protest after Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey re-tabled the K19.6 Billion deficit Budget. Opposition Leader Belden Namah interrupted the Treasurer through a point...

Frenemies forever? PNG’s prime minister sees off a challenge Prime Minister James Marape (Peter Morris/Sydney Heads) Published 16 Dec 2020 14:30   0 Comments     So was this serious? Or have the past month’s political events been a cunningly disguised economic rescue package for Papua New Guinea’s resort and restaurant industries? It was more than a month ago that PNG was thrown into political crisis when...

Papua New Guinea prime minister James Marape. Photo: PNG PM media The oppositions planned motion of no confidence against Marape, signed earlier this week, was never tabled when parliament adjourned today. Up to eighteen MPs were seen crossing back to sit on the governments side of the house, boosting the prime ministers majority to around 70 of the 111-seat parliament. The Bulolo MP, Sam Basil, was among the high profile MPs to bounce back to government after defecting to the Belden Namah-led...

391 reads UNICEF PNG facilitated the launch of soap distribution to mark the start of the distribution of 54,000 soap bars to 50 selected schools in the National Capital District on Thursday 10th December, 2020.       The launch event was jointly coordinated by UNICEF PNG and Colgate Palmolive and was witnessed by students, teachers and board members of the Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School where the event took place at Hohola, NCD. Pravin More, WASH Specialist at UNICEF PNG...