infrastructure

Mandi Tumarau Road Development

On 09 Mar, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Source: Jimmy Kalebe

Mandi to Tumarau road in Turubu local level government area in East Sepik Province is currently given a facelift of K1.9 million.

Thanks to Minister for Correctional Services and Member for Wewak Open Jim B Simatab with counter funding from provincial and the national government to see this vital service reaching the people.

The road which connects more than 5,000 people was built in the early 1980s and has never been upgraded or maintained ever since.

Not Destructive Development

On 11 Feb, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Source: "Red Soil"

Jimmy is from the Junk-Aral District of the Jiwaka Province, and he walks from Jiwaka out to the Madang Province to sell his bags of coffee beans and peanuts once or twice every month. From where Jimmy’s village is located, one has to climb very rugged steep mountains, brave the thick jungles and cross some of the fastest flowing rivers to get to town and back home.

IDLE PROJECTS

On 03 Feb, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Photo Caption: The Wewak State of the Art Stadium

Source: "Red Soil"

My land, My Country - Avengu, another paradise forgotten

On 24 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Lightening

Avengu village sits on a mountain ridge in the highlands of the Morobe Province. It is one of 10 that sit on a ridge nestled amongst the Sarawaged mountains.

The people are cut off from their district headquarters in Gagidu. There is no road access. The nearest government station is in Pindiu is a two day walk from Avengu. The people grow coffee and little else in terms of cash crops.

My Land, My Country - Langima the magic of rural Papua New Guinea

On 23 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Langima is a village in a local government area of the Menyamya district.

It is isolated, forgotten and has one of the highest infant and maternal death rates in the country.

That’s slowly changing. For the first time, government funding will reach the people as the Menyamya district invests more than a million kina into rehabilitating the roads and bridges.Langima is a village in a local government area of the Menyamya district.

MP Keen to develop East Sepik Oil palm

On 23 Jul, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: The National

Maru SABL's

On 28 May, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG Loop

State minister and member for Yangoru Saussia Richard Maru is against the Special Agriculture and Business Lease (SABL) device being used to acquire customary land in the country.

Govt to outlaw 'scam' land leases

On 28 May, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: The National

SPECIAL agriculture business leases are nothing but a “scam” used by logging companies and will be outlawed immediately, Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says.

He told a radio talkback show yesterday that the logging companies and certain individuals in Government were preying on the innocent and unassuming people in rural areas.

He responded to callers from around the country on the FM100 talkback show complaining about SABLs and the damage they were doing.

Tomuriesa aims to deliver

On 28 May, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG Loop

Forest Minister Douglas Tomuriesa says he is developing a program with an aim to deliver services using funds from the Log Export Development Levy.

He says he has written a letter to every Member of Parliament outlining his plans on how the levies from logging companies should be spent on development.

Road works - did we make a big mistake?

On 04 Oct, 2011 By rait man With 7 Comments

By Scott Waide

Prior to 1995, Papua New Guinea's roads were constructed and maintained by the Department of Works. In 1995, structural and legislative adjustments shifted the role of the Works Department from maintenance and construction to monitoring and supervision.

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