Sunday 23 August 2020 PAPUA New Guinea has reported three more new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, bringing its total confirmed cases to 401. The three new cases are all from the National Capital District and were detected at the Port Moresby General Hospital, Rita Flynn and PIH respectively
Friday, 21 August, 2020 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape and Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs His Excellency Toshimitsu Motegi signed a Statement of Intent between the two countries today at the Airways Hotel, Port Moresby. The Statement of Intent reaffirms the strong bilateral relations between PNG and Japan since the establishment of diplomatic relations in
Friday 21 August 2020 Minister for Health and HIV/AIDS Hon. Jelta Wong further reiterated this afternoon that the National Department of Health has not approved any vaccines to be trialled in Papua New Guinea. “I have fielded questions over the last couple of days about trials being carried out in Papua New Guinea. “Firstly, let
Friday 21 August 2020 PAPUA New Guinea has reported one more case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours ending 12pm Friday 21 August 2020, bringing its total confirmed cases to 398. The new case is from the National Capital District and was detected at the Port Moresby General Hospital. The case
Thursday 20 August 2020 The Papua New Guinea government has not approved any trials on a vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country. Controller of the National Pandemic Response David Manning said this in response to Australia’s The Australian newspaper report that a Chinese mining company operating in PNG has claimed to have
Thursday 20 August, 2020 Provincial Governors have been urged to ensure that both political and bureaucratic systems be harmonized to enable service delivery reaches people in the remote areas of the country The Acting Secretary for the Department of Prime Minister & National Executive Council Amb. Isaac Lupari, when addressing the 2020 Provincial Governors’ Conference
Thursday 20 August, 2020 The Government aims to deliver electricity to 70 percent of Papua New Guineans by 2025, when the nation celebrates 50 years of being independent Prime Minister Hon. James Marape made these remarks when he officially launched the National Energy Policy 2017-2027 at the Hilton Hotel yesterday, 19 August. “And whilst I
Wednesday 19 August 2020 Papua New Guinea reported 12 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 359. COVID-19 related deaths remain at three. National Pandemic Controller and Police Commissioner Mr David Manning says all those new cases are from Ok Tedi
Monday 17 August, 2020 The Prime Minister, Hon. James Marape today launched the online land rental payment collection system for the Department of Lands and Physical Planning in Port Moresby. The Department partners with Kina Bank and an online software company, NiuPay to have its revenue collection, bill payment for land titles, records and management
Tuesday 18 August 2020 A Two-year old is among 14 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reported in the last 24 hours in the National Capital District, bringing the country’s total confirmed cases to 347. Of these 14 cases, six were samples collected from St John Ambulance’s Drive-thru testing being conducted at 3-mile; five
