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- Newly-elected NCW President pledges to work together to address women issues in PNG
Provincial Council of Women President of Enga Province is now the newly-elected President for the National Council of Women in Papua New Guinea.
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- Hard reset necessary to strengthen rule of law
By JACINTA DOKTA
CONSULTATIVE Implementation and Monitoring Council chairman and Minister for National Planning Sir Ano Pala said a hard reset is necessary to strengthen the rule of law in the country.
Sir Pala said this during the opening of the National Development Forum themed at: Strengthening the Rule of Law: A Roadmap for Future Generation at the APEC Haus yesterday (Wednesday 02 April, 2025).
“I say a hard reset because the rule of law is a fundamental of a functioning democratic society, ensuring that laws are applied impartially, protecting individual rights and liberties while maintaining social order,” said Sir Pala.
“This will demand comprehensive reforms, stakeholder engagements and a deep commitment to upholding justice.”
Sir Pala added that as the country prepares to celebrate its 50th independent anniversary, the country needs to take a hard look at itself by acknowledging its successes, failures and to take necessary actions to ensure the integrity and effectiveness of the legal system.
Pala said the country has had its fair share of issues and challenges but it has progressed towards nationhood for 50 years.
“Let’s look back and assess our strengths and successes as a way forward from now and into the next 50 years,” he said.
Sir Pala also stressed that the country’s foundation to strengthening the rule of law is founded in the founding document which is the National Constitution.
He pointed out that the PNG Constitution provides the foundation for the rule of law, highlighting that section 99 of the constitution provides the principles of separation of powers.
“These three arms of government must be kept separate and independent of each other. They work to serve the public and citizens of the country and they provide checks and balances and oversight on each other,” said Sir Pala.
“The constitution enshrines the rule of law under section 35, protection of the law and section 42 liberty of the person,” he stressed.
Pala drew two important elements that provides for rights of individuals; punishment or penalties for law breakers and equality before law, stating that penalties can only be imposed accordingly through law and only by courts; no man is punishable expect for a breach of law and if found guilty by the courts.
Sir Pala concluded by pledging his support to CIMC to work together to develop a roadmap that has respect for the rule of law now and into the future.
“As the chairman of the CIMC council, I will also look into CIMC’s internal challenges so that it can continue to do its great work sustainably, including ensuring adequate funding support,” said Pala.
Pala recapped by stating that a hard reset is necessary to strengthen the rule of law as it’s not only a legislative or institutional challenge but a societal imperative.
“Through comprehensive and sustained efforts, we can restore the rule of law and ensure justice and equality over rule to foster a stable and peaceful environment where real democracy envisioned and enshrined in our National Constitution can shine,” said Pala.
- USP signs partnership agreement to foster sustainable agricultural research
The University of the South Pacific (USP) and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) signed a partnership agreement at the Australian High Commission in Suva this week in a significant step towards fostering innovation and sustainable agricultural research in the Pacific.
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- PACD-Cocoa supports poultry training in ENB
THE PACD-Project through the partnership model program is fulfilling its objective in improving the lives of the rural population.
The basic objective of the project is to facilitate the development of competitive and diversified agriculture value chains for selected commodities in the targeted provinces.
As part of the project design and initiative East New Britain province is the first to have a poultry rollout program with a total of more than 1000 farmers with their households participating.
Kairak Center for Sustainable Rural Development (KCfSRD) in partnership with the PACD-Cocoa project conducted a three-day training last week from March 26 to 28 on Basic Broiler Farming for 150 farmers both men and women including youths at the Kairak Resource Center, Gazelle District of East New Britain.
The aim of the training is to equip participants with the basic knowledge and skills of poultry farming including good waste management practices to mitigate and monitor waste from poultry farming.
Kairak is a productive partnership with the PACD project managing two poultry projects the Noth Baining Poultry, Piggery Commercialization and Galip Diversification project and Ataliklikun Commercial Small Livestock and Galip Diversification.
A total of 1000 farmers have registered under Kairak 500 each and about 14, 000 day-old-chicks have been distributed to the participants beginning in March 2025.
The income generated from the first batch of the rollout program will eventually be used as seed capital save in individual bank accounts with an aim to save money or purchase chicks again and eventually venture into other micro, small to medium enterprise activities.
The participants are expected to use the knowledge acquired in the training to manage poultry projects as a micro enterprise in their respective villages.
Participants Matiran Tutmulai who is a member of the Ataliklikun from Vudal ward, said the training has taught a lot and will motivate her members to adopt best practices in poultry farming.
Representing the Cocoa PACD PMU Productive Partnership Coordinator Martin Powell sit in to witness the end program the certificate presentation to the participants.
PNGUNRE Vice Chancellor Professor Isak Pue and KCfSRD Manager Hosea Turbarat were also present to witness the small yet significant gathering for the farmers.
On behalf of the Cocoa PACD Project Mr Powell urged the gathering that this training is vital as they already received day-old chicks to utilize these knowledge and skills in their small poultry projects.
“Chickens are perfect and sustainable way to ensure adequate protein is included in diet as many surveys shown that there us shortage in protein and is expensive,” he added.
The Kairak farmers are fortunate that they are near the UNRE abattoir, and it is a privilege for them as they do not have to look for a market again.
“Look after your poultry projects sell them and the income look after your families, save some and used some to buy day old chicks again,” said Mr Powell.
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- USP signs partnership agreement to foster sustainable agricultural research
The University of the South Pacific (USP) and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) signed a partnership agreement at the Australian High Commission in Suva this week in a significant step towards fostering innovation and sustainable agricultural research in the Pacific.
The post USP signs partnership agreement to foster sustainable agricultural research appeared first on Post Courier.
