Sunday May 10 2020 COVID – 19 State of Emergency Controller David Manning says the Government has a plan in place and will announce this on the floor of Parliament when it resumes its sitting on the 2 June, to debate the COVID-19 SOE report. Mr Manning said this following a news report that there
Sunday May 10, 2020 The Controller of the State of Emergency and Police Commissioner David Manning has assured the general public that the situation between the police and soldiers following the death of a senior police officer is under control. Commissioner Manning said this during a joint press conference with the Papua New Guinea Defence
Thursday 30 April 2020 Prime Minister, James Marape, has extended his appreciation, on behalf of Government, to Papua New Guineans, from all walks of life, for their role in ensuring coronavirus has not spread uncontrollably in the country. Mr Marape was speaking during the daily press briefing on government’s response to COVID-19, at Morauta Haus
Statement by Deputy Controller and Acting Secretary for the Department of Health, Dr Paison Dakulala Global Situation Globally we have a total of 3,175,207 persons confirmed with the Coronavirus or COVID-19. This is an additional increase of 84,771 cases over the last 24 hours. Our death toll from COVID-19 now stands at 224,172. This is
1st May 2020: Statement by Deputy Controller and Acting Secretary for Health, Dr Paison Dakulala Good afternoon, my fellow Papua New Guineans. It’s been five (5) weeks since the SOE commenced. During these five weeks, we have identified 8 confirmed cases. We have tested 2,402 samples. Of the total 2,362 turned out negative while 32
Thursday 30 April 2020 The Controller of State of Emergency, David Manning, has issued strict instructions to incoming passengers. All incoming passengers are now expected to abide by a number of instructions for entry into Papua New Guinea. These include In flight Sanitizing hands when boarding aircraft; Wear face mask at all times during flight;
Press Briefing on COVID-19 Monday 27 April 2020: Morauta Haus As of today, statistics show that the world has confirmed 2, 804, 796 confirmed cases And recorded 193, 710 deaths The pandemic has reached 213 countries including Papua New Guinea and other western pacific countries of Australia, Philippines, Singapore, New Zealand, Guam,
The Government has refused an application by Barrick Niugini Limited to extend the existing Special Mining Lease (SML) for the Porgera Gold Mine for another 20 years. Barrick Niugini Limited, has been operating the Porgera mine since 2006. Prime Minister, James Marape, when announcing the National Executive Council (NEC) decision of 11 March 2020, said
Prime Minister, Hon. James Marape, says government is committed to policing PNG’s borders and protecting citizens during the State of Emergency’s coronavirus disease (covid-19) preparedness and response. At the media briefing on Monday 20 April, 2020,, Mr Marape said control measures have been put in place to protect the country from the spread of
Air Niugini acknowledges there has been confusion on the requirements for domestic air travel, and is pleased to be able to provide firm information on this. The SOE Controller has issued a new Emergency Order today, providing the following directives; Air Niugini’s domestic flights are now open for domestic travel to all airports in PNG