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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