Notice to all Hela Public Servants

By William Bando, LM Provincial Administrator - Posted on Post Courier 

This notice serves as a final warning for the below listed Hela Public Servants to return to the province and or place of work by or before 1st of March 2019. We have already installed the Alesco Payroll System in Tari and it will be fully operational by 1st March 2019. This means all Salary and HR matters will no longer be processed in Waigani.

You will be required to report to your superior each Monday and Friday mornings to be eligible for fornightly salaries to be processed. Peace is now surfacing and I need all your help to be agents of change in your respective villages and therefore seek your fullest of corporation to restore our province.

I have removed over 100 ghost names from the payroll and have suspending some of you from payroll pending your return to the province. Failure to comply with this directive will result in your dismissal from the National Public Service and your accrued entitlements paid forthwith.

You are also informed that a restructure was completed and submitted to the Secretary for Department of Personnel Management for Approval. This restructure once approved will see the strength of our Public Service reduced to 299 positions from the previous 402, following the departure of the Health Staff to the Provincial Health Authority. You are to be on the ground to be considered for a position once internally advertised.

Name	File Number
Richard Agiru	11434425
Gunalo Aliabe	00828971
John Aluago	11367593
Grace Amaya	12850647
Steven Angobe	12517377
Steven Andrew	11229007
Moses Arabagali	12201398
Alex Ariako	01443905
Benson Y. Asan	11367833
Newman Ayako	11366256
Patrick Dabugo	10113823
Bubila Danny	12518014
James Erebo	01340251
Tom Higili Etabe	00868051
Sedric Ekara	11367889
Mex Ekeya	11228904
Mara Elo	11365670
Paiangi Max Elo	12517330
Steven Gabe	01456578
Richard Gobouli	10305566
Egara Habagua	01584916
John Hamua	00623016
Solomon Handupi	0144885A
Mark Hape	01456659
Daniel Hari	01866938
Deniel Haro	113656625
Hetra Hekele	01474690
Paul Hetawi	11368043
Jackson Hewape	11367619
Turumbu R. Himuku	11230058
Henry Hiripi	11364431
James Hole	01448958
Danny Hongai	00867276
Tindipe Grace Horabi	11364413
Steven Horabi	11228726
James Hubiya	11367824
Hubia Huriba	01587222
Anna Ibanda	10290071
Ngawe Huyebi Ikila	11228771
Gini Mark Irabe	11228987
Aliali Alusis John	10292655
Telape Julius	01446882
Pibe Kambali	11365465
Jim Kaloma	11368025
Haguai Kapili	00740730
Tom Kapia	10122409
Jeremiah Karaka	11228735
Halukaya Kepagi	01340189
Bob Kepaya	11229820
Kapil Kepaya	10285983
Makape Kereme	01448247
Iso Kirawe	11367842
Bu Smith Kiwa	10048944
Wagani Kone Kor	00690031
Ronald Kou	00867357
Florence Kumbaija	00725781
Victor Kunini	11367815
Henzi Lapi	01411043
Andako Laro	00867128
Aiene Lepo	01590932
Steven Lialu	01870293
Eleaser Listing	00870668
Belinda Marabe	10049397
Emmanual Mara	01456691
Edward Maropa	01447021
Ala Matiabe	12517751
David Minape	00829447
Paija Minape	01474118
Josephine Mogola	11365017
Angelyn Mokai	10578233
Samson Molu	00506915
Alen Mone	01446840
Jonathan Moses	11367860
Gibson Muli	11574613
Pupi Mulupe	11367216
Luke Mulungu	11365699
Steven Pawini	00867322
Paro Paias	12518005
Steward Paragua	01867543
Timothy Peabe	01867667
Bei Pelake	00769967
Thomas Dickson Pelapa	11229849
Peter Peles	11367539
Homogo Chris Pitzz	12209684
Mattew Poke	11368016
James Poroli	11318907
Filter Puni	10148331
Andane Sakane	11368419
Alembo Luke Segowa	00749486
Peter Tazape	01461601
Hetawi Tegela	01353132
Samuel Telape	11229197
Daniel Teke	00867047
Nick Thomson	11384212
Margaret Tiabe	01448591
Halimbu Tima	01406694
Joe Wija Tindipe	10493465
Henry Tobenego	01477923
Ezekiel Togola	11229043
Tapole Toko	11365213
Kemai Tony	12517161
Tendele M. Tumbu	11228969
Filbert Tuya	11228851
Jonson Ukuni	11366013
George Urai	12206602
Kove Waiko	00882470
William Waira	11367851
Waiya Wakia	11367486
James Waiyabe	00867535
John Wambie	01447005
Walu Wamu	01362158
Henry Wango	00273244
Kopi Warake	00867306
Peter Warili	00870471
Anna Wayali	01867900
Mathew Yago	12200121
Abel Yakala	11228996
Raphael Yaki	00884367
Dennis Yalon	00828696
Steven Yangis	11368624
Nicky Yatali	00868035
Kulu Yawale	10098189
Andigi Yuguli	11365240

PNG LNG Project Developer Signs Agreement with PNG Power Limited

By Meriba Tulo - EMTV News, Sydney

On the sidelines of the PNG Mining & Petroleum Investment Conference in Sydney, ExxonMobil PNG has signed an agreement with PNG Power to conduct a study to provide electricity from the PNG LNG Hides Gas facility into Hela Province.

ExxonMobil PNG Managing Director, Andrew Barry, and PPL Acting Managing Director, Carolyn Blacklock, signed the agreement today (01 December, 2018), signaling the start of efforts to provide up to Five megawatts of power from gas for electricity for the home province of the PNG LNG Project.

According to both parties, these efforts are long overdue, and are aimed at improving the lives of communities in the PNG LNG Project area.

Go to this link: https://emtv.com.pg/png-lng-project-developer-signs-agreement-with-png-power-limited/

21 New, 15 Former Directors Appointed

• By Glenda Willie - Vanuatu Daily Post

The appointment of six women as Directors in six respective Government Departments and one occupying the position of Commissioner of Labour marks a milestone in the history of Vanuatu.

They are: Meriam Seth Toalak — Director of Biosecurity; Dorothy Erickson — Director of Finance & Treasury; Rothin Ilo — Director of Women’s Affairs; Esline Garabiti — Director of VMGD; Ann-Rose Tjiobang — Director of Tertiary & Training and Donna Kalfatak — Director of Environment Protection & Conservation. Miss Murielle M Meltenoven is appointed to the position of Commissioner of Labour & Employment Services.

The seven women are among 36 directors whose appointments were made over the weekend. 15 of them are former directors who have been re-appointed to their positions, 21 are new while some of the women previously occupied the positions on an acting basis.

There are currently 48 positions of directors in all government departments.

Chairman of Public Service Commission (PSC) Martin Mahe confirmed the positions of directors under the Prime Minister’s Office are still vacant and should be occupied in the coming weeks.

The positions of the Directors in the Departments of Youth & Sports and Civil Status are still vacant and will be re-advertised.

Meanwhile, Mahe also said there is a possibility that members of the public will voice their opinions on the outcome of the selection process.

“I can confirm that panel and Commission underwent a strict process to scrutinise the candidates and ensure all appointments made are based on merit, and without any outside influence, he stressed.

“Their appointments are not only based on their qualifications, but the Commission also considered their wealth of experience in the workforce.”

The 3-year contracts will come into effect tomorrow, Friday 8 February.

Chairman Mahe reminded the directors to execute their duties to the best of their abilities as their performance will be monitored.

“A director is entitled to a three term contract which means he or she can serve for maximum of nine years, he said.

“Again, that depends entirely on their performances. The directors are aware that the guarantee in order to continue to occupying their positions is their performance in the field.”

On the other hand, Mahe explained that the Commission welcomes the initiative should any government departments wish to hire some of the outgoing directors on a consultant basis.

Go to this link: http://dailypost.vu/news/new-former-directors-appointed/article_59c018fd-9b84-55c5-93a1-5b11a2ed3cd8.html

Lack of Proper Communication on Land Issues Highlighted

BY MIRIAM ZARRIGA - Post Courier

THE lack of proper communication to landowners on opportunities and options that are available has created instances where citizens misunderstand and hold the government to ransom over land issues.

This was highlighted by Finance Minister James Marape at the National Lands Summit Stakeholder meeting yesterday morning.

“There are very few countries all over the world where you will find that every citizen still has right to a piece of land or real estate or whereby majority of land still remains under customary land ownership.

“Our problem over time has been the lack of proper communication to our landowners about the options and opportunities that are available.

“These series of meetings and the summit are a step in the right direction, I commend the Lands Department under Minister Justin Tkatchenko for putting its head in the right place for the benefit of all concerned, and most importantly our landowners,” Mr Marape said.

“Proper databases are also important for our purposes, including the NID program, which will ensure that we deal with the right people, these little things that need tidying up before we go to the finance sector.

“As a Government we are behind our people, and we are committed to ensure that we guide and partner with them through the proper institutions to empower and encourage them to recognise the opportunities and potential to use their land for a formal economy,” he said.

 Go to this link: https://postcourier.com.pg/lack-proper-communication-land-issues-highlighted/

PDL 1 Clan Vetting Done

BY ISAAC NICHOLAS - Post Courier

Petroleum Minister Dr Fabian Pok has announced that clan vetting for PDL 1 (Petroleum Development Licence 1) has been completed and PDL 7 is about end to clear the main hurdles blocking landowners from receiving their rightful benefits.

He said work is halfway through the second PDL 7 and is expected to be completed by the end of this week.

“I am determined to bring that matter to conclusion especially as far as PDL 1 and PDL 7 is concerned because they are two primary contributors to the current existing gas into the PNG LNG project.

“These are two important anchor PDLs and I want to bring that to conclusion so for those of you who belong to PDL 7 or PDL 1 we’re encouraging you to go back because the process of assessing what has been done already and the process of input is not going to be convened at any hotel rooms in Port Moresby,” he said.

Dr Pok said he was very happy with the cooperation by the landowners who have worked closely with the Department of Petroleum officers on the ground for the exercise to be completed.

“This is one of the many legacy issues that will be solved by this government and I am determined to ensure all the processes are completed for landowners to start receiving their long awaited benefits like royalties that is stuck at the Bank of Papua New Guinea,” he said.

“Your benefits are parked in the central bank and I feel very guilty when I see fathers and mothers and elderly dying without receiving benefits and the young ones whether at political level, and landowner leadership level fighting for power and holding back benefits that supposedly flow through to our people so we are encouraging everyone to go back.

“PDL 7 is about to be completed and I encourage all landowners and their leaders to return to Hides for them to agree and I signed the Ministerial Determination that will open the doors for them to access their money.”

Dr Pok said he will be personally on the ground in Hides to put the landowner listing for public display and everyone landowner will be given an opportunity to look through to verify and clear all issues relating to ownership and then the he will sign the Ministerial Determination.

“We do not want people running to the courts again so let us do it properly for the good of everyone,” he said.

He said the government has also decided to rotate the chairmanship of groups to maximum three years so no landowner chairman can claim chairmanship forever.

 Go to this link: https://postcourier.com.pg/pdl-1-clan-vetting-done/

Biometric Fingerprint A First For Microbank

BY MELISHA YAFOI

Women in the informal sector can now enjoy the full services of a formal banking system.
This was made available following the official launching of the country’s first ever Women’s Micro Bank Mama Access Point last Friday in Port Moresby.
This Mama Bank Access Point is a joint project between the Women’s Micro Bank and the Pacific Financial Inclusion Program.
Women’s Micro Bank Director Noel Norikgu said this project aims to reach out customers of Women in Business in Rural and semi-urban areas who are currently not able to access basic financial services.
Mr Norikgu said because of the high cost of travelling into town to do banking, money is used up along the way.
As a result he said the bank is rolling out these MAPs to help women who are living in the rural areas.
He added that this Mama Bank Access Points or MAPs will enable Women’s Micro Bank not to only offer services closer to the women in the communities but also improve sustainability of the institution by mobilisation of savings deposits to fuel all lending activities.
“This project roll out will have a long distance relationship that the bank has with the customers thus we expect to roll out these to our customers.
“At Women’s Micro bank we focus only on women. In PNG women are representing a very large portion of the informal economy than men. Women lack access to the bank, account to a savings or to get a loan.
“This project will help us bridge that gender gap and to empower women to build savings and go into business,” he said.
Mr Norikgu said the technology will be used at each mama bank will be equipped with tablets using biometric technology for customer Identification and authentication of transactions.
He said this innovative project is unique in PNG and this technology will help women’s Microbank to overcome many of the identification challenges that many banks and other financial service providers in PNG are facing especially with ID.
“We are going into biometrics using fingerprints to assist and open bank accounts and to assist in the transaction process.
“I am personally astonished with the project because Women’s Micro bank with the help of founders has set the bench mark in the micro bank industry by introducing biometric finger prints through these mama bank access points,” Norikgu said.
He also said using of biometric fingerprints is a new way of securely identifying bank customers unlike the past where many customers are using hidden names which leads to a lot of fraudulent activities.
“However, using of fingerprint identification now provides a stronger authentication for customers and bank users hence I am impressed on the technologies that will be used on the MAP project.
“Furthermore this project objective is to impact 20,000 women in the pilot phase and if proven successful will be scaled up nationwide.
We will be rolling it out in specific places where our customers are therefore we will not be rolling it out in the provinces as yet,” he said.

Go to this link: https://postcourier.com.pg/biometric-fingerprint-first-microbank/