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Morobe has now become the 14
th Province in the country to successfully establish its Provincial Procurement Committee following the swearing in of its members in Lae on Friday.
The members include Morobe provincial administrator Bart Ipambonji as the chairman, provincial finance manager Andrew Namuesh, provincial works coordinator Charlie Sindang and provincial planner Gordon Aking.
They were sworn in together with Markham District Procurement Committee members by the National Procurement Commission (NPC)
NPC chief executive officer Mr Simon Bole said the committee establishment now gives procurement powers to the Morobe Provincial Government to procure goods, works and services up to the threshold limit of K5 million and Markham District up to the threshold limit of K2.5 million.
BY: Loop Lifestyle 16:15, May 8, 2021 216 reads
Nurses of the Port Moresby General Hospital formally apologised to the Secretary for Health through the PNG Nurses Union, for threatening to hold a sit in protest.
A letter dated 03
rd May was addressed to the Health Secretary, Dr. Osborne Liko, from the General Secretary of the PNG Nurses Association, Gibson Siune.
The letter stated:
“I hereby admit that the subject matter in the PMGH Nurses Petition is wrong, should be corrected and addressed as Overtime Allowance for the COVID-19 lockdown period…sincerely apologise for any inconveniences caused”.
The letter was written following the Health Secretary’s response letter to nurses, clarifying that risk allowances will not be paid as per Circular Instruction No. 12 of 2021, from the Secretary of the Department of Personnel Management.
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Doctors at the Angau Memorial Hospital walked off their jobs yesterday afternoon after being denied response from the hospital administration and the Department of Personnel Management on outstanding gratuities and staff shortage.
The Morobe PHA National Doctors Union had presented a number of petitions on these concerns to the administration, however, claimed that they never received any tangible response.
The Union stated three reasons for their protest.
Failure by the hospital management to respond to numerous petitions;
Failure to respond to the medical shortage issue; and
Failure to honor the annual gratuity payments for the year 2020 to contracted officers.
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