Author: Vasinatta Yama

Meet Ms. Ila Imelda Kapueina, a Senior Consultant with the Department of Personnel Management Digital HR Transformation. A former staff of DPM, now a consultant with the Department, this is her story to inspire Public Servants to persevere. Ila as most referred to her as is from a is mixed parentage of  East New Britain and Central…

Hailing from Maral Village in Imbongu district, previously known as Ialibu in Southern Highlands Province, Tilly Kaydowap escaped to Port Moresby from an arranged marriage and is now the Personal Officer of the office of the Secretary at the Department of Personal Management. Tilly dropped out of Ialibu High School in 1995 after completing his grade…

Department of Personnel Management Gender Equity and Social  Inclusion (GESI) Whole of Government (WoG) Division hosted the first meeting of the Public Service Male Advocacy Network (MAN) for year 2024 at the Central  Government Office building on the 23rd of this month. MAN representatives from several government agencies attended the meeting. The meeting was a call…

Department of Personnel Management Secretary, Ms. Taies Sansan signed her employment contract on the    extension of her term for another four years. Secretary Sansan including six other Departmental Heads signed their contracts at the Government House this month. PM & NEC Chief Secretary, Ambassador Ivan Pomaleu was there to witnessed the signing ceremony by the Acting…

A 2 day version upgrade workshop was held from the 14th to the 16th of February to bring the version upgrade teams together as work begins to complete the pay roll upgrade DPM is currently undertaking. The Workshop held at   Loloata is part of the Pay Roll Upgrade which DPM has commenced to implement findings…

The Department of Personnel Management in collaboration with the Somare Institute of Leadership and Governance (SILAG) have undertaken a review of the Public Service  Management Act 1995 to include a new section of the Section 44 that relates to training and appointment of public servants in Papua New Guinea.  According to a joint media statement…

Board members of the Somare Institute of Leadership and Governance (SILAG) were officially sworn in on the 8th of February, 2024 at the Central Government Office  Building. Department of Personnel Management Secretary, Ms. Taies Sansan term as  the Chairperson continues. Ms. Sansan told the Board that the amendment of the Parliament Acts and the name change…

Meet Relby Luke, the Principal Legal Officer for the Department of Personnel Management. Ms. Luke who returned in September from Melbourne Australia after completing her Masters in Employment and Labor Relations Law. Relby is from one of the D’Entrecasteaux Islands of Milne Bay Province called Normanby and is married with two beautiful kids. She began…

The merger between Public Services Commission and the Department of Personnel Management is a key reform agenda for the PNG Public Service said Australian Public Service Commissioner Dr. Brouwer. He said the key ingredients of gaining and maintaining trust during the process of implementing a reform agenda are: Capability building, Integrity, Maintenance of work standards…

Prime Minister James Marape in his keynote address challenged each and every Public Servants to reflect on their individual contributions, posing a powerful question: “Am I doing enough for my people and country?” PM Marape urged them to join him and the Government in constructing a better Papua New Guinea. The Prime Minister also acknowledged…