It is with heavy heart I learnt of the passing of one of our true sons of Telefomin and former Governor of Sandaun Province Mr Amkat Mai who left us all on the morning of Tuesday 9th Novermber 2021.
He was a very humble man who provided strong leadership in the province during his political tenureship from 2012- 2017 before losing his seat in the 2017 National General Election. He was the first and only Min man to be the Governor of Sandaun.
The Ministry of
Education is very concerned and notes the recent surge in covid-19 cases across
the country and, especially affecting schools and the education services.
“Whilst we take note of
the surge and the actions that are being taken by schools and provinces during
the examinations period, as Minister for Education, I would like to thank
everyone for their actions taken to ensure that the examinations were completed
without any major incidences and, currently the marking is in progress,”
Minister for Education Hon. Jimmy Uguro said.
“As Minister
responsible for Education, I commend schools for the timely completion of grade
eight, grade 10 and grade 12 examinations.”
“Also, I would like to
make it very clear as to whether classes are to continue or be suspended. There are a lot of speculations and
suggestions for classes to be suspended and closed indefinitely until the end
of the year.
“The official position
of the Minister who is responsible for education standards, services and curriculum
and the position of the Government; there will be no definite or indefinite
suspension of classes by any schools or provinces. Schools will remain open
until the December 10, 2021 when all schools officially close for the Christmas
festive season.
However, Minister Uguro
said, given specific situations in specific schools or districts or provinces;
the established provincial covid-19 taskforce or committees can make an
assessment to suspend schools in their respective areas for a short period for
up to 14 days.
He added that any
extension after 14 days; the provincial covid-19 committees must consult with
the Ministry through the Department.
“There should be no
decision by any provincial education authority for any suspension of schools
for the rest of the year, until and unless the Ministry and Department is
informed and an approval is given. Failure to do that will result in students’
learning and certification being affected; furthermore, there will be more
ramifications as a result.”
“As of today, the academic
year still remains. We have five more weeks to go so we urge all heads of schools,
school boards and heads of divisions of education to be vigilant and take all
proactive measures and follow the mitigations and health measures that are in
place and are being published widely to prevent teachers and students from
being affected by the pandemic,” the Minister said.
The Minister also called
on all schools nationwide not to conduct any graduation ceremonies as such
events are risky at this time and advised students to graduate in absentia.
He is strongly urging every
teacher and public servant in the Education System to go for vaccination.
“The vaccinations are
not mandatory and compulsory but based on medical advice and experience and the
global practice now, we urge that every teacher go for vaccination to protect
themselves, students, colleagues, and their family members.”
I have used capital letter ' I' for internet in the heading because that is the formal use of it.
It is a connection of connected network of computers around the world.
For PNG its introduction has surely changed a lot of things in the way we do business and communicate.
Internet was introduced in about 1997 and limited number of people accessed it through Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) via landlines mainly.
It had actually picked up exponentially in terms of use and literacy in about 2010.
Today about two million Internet users are in Papua New Guinea, that's according to the Minister for Information and Communications when he applauded the acquisition of Digicel Pacific by Telstra, an Australian company.
Social media users of Facebook account for about half of the Internet users.
So while we have increased accessibility and its affordable, well in the last 12 months internet data price was slashed when the Coral Sea cable 2 linking Sydney was launched.
Overseas commentators feel cost was still high compared to other Pacific countries though.
Well, I have deviated and lets get back on track.
The Internet is at your finger tips with access through smart phones, laptop or desktop.
I will point you to one accessible and affordable means of making money-just through writing.
Yes just through writing and so your thoughts and ideas are a gold mine.
BLOGGING
Through www.blogger.com you can host a blog or website for FREE and and start uploading what you think in writing with pictures or videos.
Get people to read your content by browsing your website.
You can build a social media page to promote your content so you get people to read your stuff.
When you have some traffic say 5,000 go to Google Adsense and register to be a publisher.
Visit this site https://www.google.com/adsense/new
Once you are a publisher, you will be will be prompted to copy a code and embed in your blogger site.
There are widgets there you will use.
Once that is done, you should see Google ads appear on your site randomly.
So people pay Google to place these ads and they send to websites at selected regions that this ad is targeting and if anyone clicks on your advert, you receive 68% of the money.
The more clicks you get on these ads the more money you make.
Adsense will send you a six digit PIN from Singapore once you reach $20 and you can activate your publisher account.
You can enter your Papua New Guinea bank account details.
Once you have reached USD $100 the money is wired straight to your nominated PNG account usually on the 21 of each following month.
And you start earing income from your mobile phone or computer right at your home or office.
WORD PRESS WEBSITE
For the Wordpress website, you can also monetise it with Google Adsense.
But you need to register a domain name costing less than USD $20 and and buy a business plan that is renewable every year costing K1,200 (USD $300)
Use your visa debit cards.
I have recently received my PIN from Adsense in Singapore and focusing now on creating content for my audience and hope I can earn some money.
What we can do is you focus on a particular type of content for your niche market, so as I.
We read each others content and we all earn a little to sustain our lives.
You can use the same publisher account on various websites and your YouTube account.
There are many other monetisation platforms you can find on the Internet but I am sharing this one as it has worked for me and I will not be selfish to keep it secret.
Many PNG websites have already monetised their sites and earning money, so why not you do too?
Let's bring in foreign currency and grow our economy.
All the best.
For you all who knows little about horses and punting like me
This is for us. I am looking at these tips. May you score luck!
Is it a case of Incentivise or bust this Melbourne Cup day?
The biggest day on the racing calendar is almost here. Who are you backing on Melbourne Cup day?
TAB racing guru Nick Quinn has gone through the form and has you covered with some early specials from all the races.
See who he likes below and all our expert tips for the big race.
THE BANKER
SPIRIT OF GAYLARD
(Flemington, R9 No. 6)
NAMED after the late racing identity Rob Gaylard, Spirit Of Gaylard resumed from a spell with an impressive win at Bendigo before losing no admirers last start when finishing just out of the placings in the Drummond Golf Vase won by Forgot You.
Spirit Of Gaylard was an emergency in the Victoria Derby but failed to gain a start, which could be a blessing in disguise for connections as this looks a lovely race for him on Melbourne Cup Day.
Drawn nicely in gate six and with star jockey Jordan Childs in the saddle he looks a good bet for punters later in the day.
EACH-WAY
GROOVY KIND OF LOVE
(Flemington, R4 No. 9)
ULTRA-consistent mare who has finished in the placings 10 times from 11 career starts.
Comes into this race on the back of a strong last-start win at Ballarat.
World-class jockey Damien Lane takes the ride again and on an open program she looks a nice each-way play.
TUGGING AT THE HEART STRINGS
JOCKEY Harry Coffey is an absolute inspiration, and he is set to ride in his first Melbourne Cup.
Coffey, a determined jockey who lives with cystic fibrosis, is set to steer longshot Port Guillaume, for brothers Ben and JD Hayes.
And no matter where the horse finishes, Coffey is already the biggest winner on Cup Day.
Coffey also has a ride in race 5 in which he will partner Ocean Beyond for Group 1-winning trainer Daniel Bowman.
TAKE WEDNESDAY OFF
NORMALLY landing a trifecta in the Melbourne Cup would lead to many happy returns.
But this year, with Incentivise one of the shortest Cup favourites in history, you might need to shoot especially straight to enjoy the same spoils.
We are going to take our trifecta requiring Incentivise winning, then a group of runners for the placings.
First: Incentivise
Second: Twilight Payment, Spanish Mission, Grand Promenade, Sir Lucan, Floating Artist, Tralee Rose, Persan, Pondus, Delphi, Explosive Jack and Great House
Third: Twilight Payment, Spanish Mission, Grand Promenade, Sir Lucan, Floating Artist, Tralee Rose, Persan, Pondus, Delphi, Explosive Jack and Great House
This would cost $110 for 100 per cent of the trifecta, but the good thing about the flexi betting option is that you choose how much you spend.
So an $11 outlay would result in you collecting 10 per cent of the trifecta if successful.
WHO TO BACK IN THE MELBOURNE CUP
Gilbert Gardiner
1 Spanish Mission
2 Grand Promenade
3 Pondus
4 Incentivise
Brad Waters
1 Incentivise
2 Tralee Rose
3 Grand Promenade
4 Twilight Payment
Glenn McFarlane
1 Incentivise
2 Spanish Mission
3 Verry Elleegant
4 Tralee Rose
Andrew Rule
1 Incentivise
2 Verry Elleegant
3 Spanish Mission
4 Sir Lucan
Patrick Carlyon
1 Spanish Mission
2 Incentivise
3 Grand Promenade
4 Twilight Payment
Ben Dorries
1 Incentivise
2 Verry Elleegant
3 Tralee Rose
4 Selino
Ray Thomas
1 Incentivise
2 Verry Elleegant
3 Grand Promenade
4 The Chosen One
Stephen Brassel
1 Incentivise
2 Spanish Mission
3 Grand Promenade
4 Floating Artist
Nick Quinn
1 Incentivise
2 Spanish Mission
3 Tralee Rose
4 Explosive Jack
Chris Vernuccio
1 Incentivise
2 Spanish Mission
3 Grand Promenade
4 Verry Elleegant
Simon Moy
1 Verry Elleegant
2 Incentivise
3 Grand Promenade
4 Tralee Rose
Residents in the Papua New Guinea capital Port Moresby have taken to the streets to protest against mandatory vaccination.
This is despite the protest being disapproved by Police Commissioner David Manning who is also the Covid-19 Pandemic Controller.
He issued a statement on Friday that any protest would be deemed illegal and persons sponsoring it or misinforming people that vaccination was mandatory would be prosecuted.
Journalist Miriam Zarriga has posted on social media for people to avoid the streets leading to Goodwit Street where the Australian High Commission is. This street leads to Parliament.
Police have beefed up presence on the streets.
Last week a protest against vaccination was held in Lae.
There were reports of cars being damaged as well.
The people of New Ireland expects a water and sanitation program to be rolled out throughout the province.
This would come under the provincial government's subsidy office.
Governor Sir Julius Chan says good good sanitation and hygiene is now the focus of his government because of the period of uncertainty and increase in deaths from Covid-19.
Last Thursday Sir Julius travelled to Sumuna on the beautiful island of Djaul when he made the announcement and launched a WASH program.
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New Ireland government media said in a statement delegation who accompanied Sir Julius was given a rousing welcome by the Chiefs of Tikana local level government.
CEO for Government Subsidy Mactil Bais said a total of 15 toilets will be built all over the Island of Djaul to kick start the Wash program.
She made it clear that it would not be a handout project but one that needed partnership between the people the Government.
“We will supply the necessary materials but we expect you to assist with labour and timber. We have to get rid of this handout mentality because it is making our communities unproductive,” said Bais.
Papua New Guinea Pandemic Controller David Manning has issued a statement on Friday that a purported peaceful march set for November 1 against mandatory vaccination has not been approved.
Manning stressed vaccination is not mandatory but voluntary.
This has been voiced by the Prime Minister James Marape as well but apparently businesses and government departments are placing rules that otherwise impute vaccination to be mandatory for entering a work place or building.
Manning said: "We are in a pandemic that is affecting the globe. PNG is no exception,"
He has blamed social media for misinforming people.
