Within PNG, there are 21 separate provinces and a National Capital District, which has a status similar to provincial governments. Provincial governments have their powers delegated from the National Parliament and are subordinate to the National Parliament. Provincial legislatures can pass laws on a ...
more important, an anchoring role in maintenance of the fabric of our society, and [to] ensure that public service structures we have in Port Moresby [are] lean, clean and are shifted to provinces and districts. That is what I envisage, and that is what many of the ...
He received the PNG Independence Medal in 1976 "for outstanding service" and in 2004 was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) "for services to management and training in media, communications, non-commercial broadcasting and public relations". Keith served as inaugural President ...
‘Remain in your provinces, remain in your villages, remain in your districts,’ Marape advised PNG’s population. The CEO of the Port Moresby General Hospital tells me 114 staff have now tested positive, about 10% of workforce. Some have recovered and returned to work, most still out. Bu...
‘By constitutional law, all minerals and petroleum in PNG are owned by the state and not by provinces, or districts, or LLGs, or LOs,’ a statement from Kua said. ‘Only the state is empowered to commercialise these resources, and here again no other entity is, by law, empowered ...