Douglas Tomuriesa, Pope Francis and James Marape

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  Opposition Leader Douglas Tomuriesa said he is disappointed and embarrassed over the way His Holiness Pope Francis was treated by Prime Minister James Marape over the last three-days during the Papal visit, and the lack of courtesy and respect shown by the Prime Minister. He said the Prime Minister continuously declares PNG as a ‘Christian country’ and prides himself on being a religious individual but he was surprised when the Pope was continuously snubbed by the PM over the weekend since the Pope’s arrival on Friday. “The Pope is the head of the Catholic church, the largest Christian church in the world and he is also a head of state. “PNG not only being a Christian country, but a country that prides itself as a ‘friend to all, enemy to none’, the PM should be according the Pope with the highest level of respect,” Tomuriesa said. The Opposition Leader pointed out that on Friday, the Prime Minister did not welcome the Pope at the airport, a tradition he had accorded to many other wo
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Call to set up procurement team

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Provinces and districts that have yet to establish their procurement committees have until the end of June to set them up, the National Procurement Commission (NPC) says.
NPC chief executive officer Simon Bole said this during the swearing-in of three district procurement committees in Port Moresby this week.
The three are Ialibu-Pangia in Southern Highlands, South Bougainville in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville and Sohe in Northern.
Bole said the committees were part of the NPC established in the districts to empower them to procure projects up to K2.5 million compared with the current limit of K500,000.
“The procurement reform is part of empowering districts and provinces to deliver goods and services,” he said.
“They must make it their business to establish their committees.”
Bole said provinces had a threshold of K5 million.
He commended the three districts and encouraged those that have yet to establish theirs to have it established before June 30.
South Bougainville MP Timothy Masiu commended Bole and the NPC for pursuing the government’s procurement reforms.
“Ensuring effective, efficient and transparent procurement of goods and services is very important and I really appreciate and commend the good work done by NPC,” he said.
Bole said 13 provinces and 41 districts already set up committees.

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