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  12 of the NBC Staff that attended the Radio Documentary Training for the Stori Bilon Yumi Radio program. Seated: Cecelia Woito NBC EHP, Warren Tjangau NBC NIP, Rona Aigilo, NBCWNB, John Wena Dilu NBCSimbu, Middle: Ms Carol Umbo, Excecutive Producer Stori Bilon Yumi NBC Morobe, Switala Kosote NBC Northern and Executive Director Provicial NBC Radio Michael Samuga. Standing from left: Mathilda Gimbo NBC Madang, Christine Yambu NBC Enga, Matthew Jaymes NBC Milne Bay, Charles Kekeng NBC Morobe, Grayson Hamoniu NBCWSP, Igantius Palisan NBC Manus and Nimrod Meles NBC SHP. Radio still has the widest audience footprint in Papua New Guinea. In reaching the rural masses, at any one time it has the power to educate and inform everyday life and is as important today as it has always been. The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) plays a major role in information service delivery, and this has been its core business since its establishment nearly fifty years ago. The collaboration with th

  East New Britain province boasts of its tourism industry and its thriving cash crop economy. But all these came to a standstill after the first case of covid 19 was reported in the province. And like any other province, it shut its doors to the rest of the country to deal with the local transmission and the two positive cases that were reported thereafter. The bustling commercial hub of the New Guinea Islands came to a halt, causing fear and anxiety among its citizens. All business houses closed their doors except for essential service providers. State of Emergency Controller and Provincial administrator Wilson Matava said it was not easy to go into lockdown. ’’When you lockdown services, stop transportation, food, and medical supply, this is something else. This situation caused fear and it was something we couldn’t control. our people were not ready for the lockdown and it was a huge challenge. We quickly learned from the first case and with close collaboration with the med

  Four LLGs’ communities in East New Britain are set to benefit from a 4-million-kina development grant made available after being appraised by their LLG Development Committee (LLDC) through the Ward development planning process under the auspices of the Rural Service Delivery Project. Five of the seven Women’s groups are amongst the first beneficiaries and will receive grant funding between K70,000 and K140,000, while the thirty-two Wards subprojects will be receiving between K80,000 and K110,000 for community projects such as classrooms, community resource centres, water catchment and other community prioritised projects. Mr. Jacob Warus left with LLG Managers and ENB District Administrator Wilson Matava This is a collaborative partnership effort by the Department of Provincial and Local Level Government Affairs (DPLGA) and other key agencies such as National Planning, Treasury, Finance and Works delivered through a World Bank credit facility along with a grant support from the A

Koya Aibe(3rd from left) with Rachel Nake (second from left) and women farmers and their produce. The impacts of covid19 were felt by people from all walks of life, from the far end coastal shores of the Rossell Islands in the Milne Bay province to the Aua Islands of Manus, the borders of Western and West Sepik Provinces and hinter lands of Papua New Guinea, the ripple effect somewhat caused a chain reaction and that continues to affect livelihoods of ordinary Papua New Guineans. While its trail of impacts left footprints all over the place with some seriously affected by losing a loved one, others felt a pint and continues to do so. People are learning each day, and such is the case for Samberigi Polopa Women ’ s Voice. An Association established in 2006 by -the women of Samberigi and nominated Koya Sukiapu Aibe as the Chairlady and Rachel Nake Sisimolu as the treasurer to lead the association. Both determined women leaders who are currently championing and empowering their people i

  MEET THE IRON LADY BEHIND BOUGAINVILLE'S REVOLUTIONARY LEADER By: Calvin Caspar “He was the first black man I’ve ever seen in my life! “He was so black! Seeing him had left me wondering how a person could have so much pigment to produce such black skin colour,” Elizabeth was recounting to me her yester-years of meeting the love of her life, the late revolutionary leader of Bougainville, Francis Ona. But her eyes seemed far away from me, staring into the clear blue skies from underneath the home she was accommodated in on Buka Island. It was a day after the inauguration of the 4th Bougainville House of Representatives in September 2020, when I met her. She’s never left Guava Village – a place which had become home to her, since the start of the 1994 ceasefire from the bloody Bougainville Crisis. This was her first-ever travel outside Guava on a special invitation by the Governor of Madang, Peter Yama, and I’ve had the privilege, along with the consent, to meet with her. The year w