Author: Vasinatta Yama

A workshop on the introduction of the GESI Policy was presented to the Office of the Public Prosecutor, by the DPM GESI (WoG) branch. It was attended by the Public Prosecutor, Mr. Pondros Kaluwin, and his senior management team, Prosecutors who are In-Charge of all the  provincial offices. An eye-opener session as it was, the…

DPM’s Public Service Institutional Housing team have conducted its quarterly routine inspection of Devon Lodge this month. Situated just opposite the scenic Ela Beach in Downtown Port Moresby, is where Devon Lodge is found. Devon Lodge was purchased and owned by the Department of Personnel Management in 2008. It is a two blocks of Bedsitter Units, containing…

The Gender, Equity, and Social Inclusion Policy Branch (Whole of Government), recently conducted an eye opening presentation on GESI policy Implementation Planning session to the Senior Management Team from the Department of Petroleum and Energy (DPE). DPE staff were in awe to understand the Policy in a nutshell, and can now differentiate equity from equality, gender from sex,…

The Department of Personnel Management has coordinated one of the biggest number of Public Service retirement       exercise this year, since its inception in 2019. A total of 548 retired Public Servants were paid out their retirement benefits on Pay 14 in July. They were the second batch under the Public Service Retirement Exercise for 2022. They were paid out…

Department of Personnel  Management has suggested  to Bank of Papua New Guinea Superannuation and Life Insurance Review Secretariat for the retirement age of public servants and employees to remain as it is at 65. Executive Manager, Public Service Institutional Housing, Mrs Nancy Levi, who represented DPM said this during the SLIRS Consultative Workshop in Port Moresby recently. The consultative workshop…

Performance of agency heads through the Department of Personnel Management’s Performance Management System will now be strictly done online. This was announced by the Deputy Secretary of Department of Personnel Management Mr. Vele Ravugamini when addressing national agency representatives during a 2-day workshop hosted by the department. Mr Ravugamini told the participants that the Manual Mode of Performance…

A thirty-five-year-old man, Robert Richard is an inspiration to his community at one of the biggest suburbs of Port Moresby, in Gerehu. Topping the class of 155 Reservists at Bomana in Court filing, Richard passed out with flying colors at Bomana Police Training   College to volunteer and provide community policing, and assisting the Royal Papua New…

The Department of  Personnel Management Staff have shown great  interests in owning a home for the first time during a brief presentation by the Nambawan Super Limited on their products and services. Staff were encouraged to use their Housing Advances to construct a house, renovate or make extensions, and purchase a house by using their…

In this month’s edition of the newsletter, we feature Ms Rachael Kelly Kiap, one of the four Legal Officers at the Department of    Personnel Management. Her three other colleagues are; Glenda John from WHP, Senior Investigation Officer, Eva Boas from New Ireland, Manager   Executive Contracts & Appointments, and Relby Luke from Milne Bay, Principal Legal Officer, who is …

In this month’s edition, we feature Mr. Joakim Luma, Manager Legislative Reforms. Luma is 36 years old and married with three  children. He hails from Mai Village in West New Britain Province. In 2020, he left for studies at Australian National    University, under the Australian Awards scholarship to do his masters in Public Policy for two…