Author: Vasinatta Yama

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister, Penny Wong in her recent visit to PNG had a brief visit with PNG’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Justin  Tkatchenko and later held a media conference at the Central Government Office Building. DPM Secretary, Ms Taies Sansan and Chief Immigration Officer, Mr Stanis Hulahau were there to welcome her. Australia is looking…

Secretary, Ms Taies Sansan during the welcome ceremony for the Public Service Minister, Hon. Joe Sungi, said the Department will continue to work with the Minister to implement policy initiatives and visions going forward. Ms Sansan announced that DPM has made great strides with the ‘Whole of Government Housing Project’, which will be launched in…

A welcome ceremony was held this month by the three agencies  under Public Service Ministry to welcome the re-appointed Public Service Minister, and Nuku MP, Hon. Joe Sungi in the 11th Parliament. Staff from the Department of Personnel Management, Public Service Commission, and Pacific Institute of Leadership and Governance (PILAG) gathered at  PILAG for the welcome ceremony,…

The Gender Equity, and Social Inclusion (whole of Government) branch have recently completed a two days GESI workshop with the Constitution and Law Reform Commission. This has seen 32 participants receiving Certificates of Attainment that they have been GESI sensitized. Executive Manager, GESI (WoG) Mr Emmanuel Ginis who represented  DPM Secretary, Ms Taies Sansan told the…

Central Governor Ms. Rufina Peter paid her first courtesy call on Department of Personnel Management Secretary Ms. Taies Sansan  Secretary Sansan and Ms. Peter had a brief meeting to look at Human Resource employment development for Central Province. “This is my first government department visit. I think it’s logical to come to DPM first because human…

Just two weeks after  doing a presentation at the Department of Petroleum & Energy, on the introduction of Gender Equity, & Social Inclusion (GESI) Policy to the senior management of DPE, and they have requested for DPM’s GESI (Whole of   Government) to rollout the Mainstreaming and  Sensitization workshop. This resulted in the hosting of a…

The Executive Contract Administration Division, under the Executive Resourcing Services Wing have recently conducted a successful two days workshop with the Milney Bay Provincial Health Authority (MBPHA) on the development of the CEO’s Key Result Areas. The workshop was held on the CEO’s request for DPM to assist Milney Bay PHA to provide technical assistance…

The Policy and Reforms Wing have recently conducted a Capacity Building Training   under the DPM and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville Twinning Program. Under the Bougainville Referendum Charter, PNG government through the Department of Personnel Management was to support ABG Public Service build their HR capacity, on the road to self-government. This was the first official training…

A number of key  organization’s that can assist staff of DPM to own a home were part of teams that made presentation to the DPM Internal Housing Committee on the 28th of July. Nambawan Supa Limited, Nambawan Super Savings and Loans and Kina Bank made presentations to the Housing Committee as part of efforts to look…

In this month’s edition of the newsletter, we feature DPM’s famous, Moses Hulea. He is no stranger to PNG in the 80’s as one of the rugby stars playing in the National Rugby League. Growing up in his village at Aroma Coast, Abau, Central Province, Hulea saw his life and carrier in Rugby League. He…