For decades, the people of Mil Werip in the Imbonggu District have dreamed of a road that would connect their remote community to the rest of the Southern Highlands Province. 

Kar Primary School in the Nipa-Kutubu District of Southern Highlands Province has officially been elevated to Junior High School status, a long-awaited milestone that fulfills the hopes and aspirations of surrounding communities in the Poroma LLG.

The Kutubu Local Level Youth Development Council, in the Nipa Kutubu District of Southern Highlands Province, has launched a specialized training initiative focused on data collection for youths within the Kutubu local level government [LLG] area

A new compare 200 double bailey bridge has been bought by the Imbonggu DDA to replace the Wara Lai cane bridge in Lower Mendi. 

People of Imane Rakuare, Sumi, Roalmonda and surrounding communities in the remote Aiya LLG of Kagua Erave District, SHP are celebrating the arrival of roadworks machinery that has cut through jungle and reached the isolated community. 

Kagua-Erave MP Maina Pano handed over his DSIP acquittals for 2019, 2020 and 2024 to the department in Port Moresby on Friday 27th June 2025

Healthcare delivery in Southern Highlands Province has received a major boost following the donation of four new vehicles by the Mendi Munihu District Development Authority (DDA) to the Southern Highlands Provincial Health Authority (SHPHA).

Member for Nipa Kutubu has called on the people of Nipa Kutubu to embrace development initiatives

An emergency team from the Mendi Munihu District Development Authority [DDA] has gone to Mt Hengla between Shumbi and Kip villages in Southern Highlands Province, following a devastating landslide, to assess the full extent of the damage.

Nipa Kutubu DDA completes its meeting at Pimaga