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PNG dominates PINA Board as it sets its sights on 2028
Oct 4
Written by Neville Choi（https://www.mcpng.net/news?author=675518769257c73d9a900b61）
PNG: Members of the PNG Delegation to the 2026 PINA Summit (L-R) Kelvin Caspar (NBC Bougainville), Rose Amos (NBC), Neville Choi (PINA President and President of the MCPNG), Gregory Moses (Vice President MCPNG), Ben Kedoga (Office of Censorship) and Vanessa Ripa (NBC Mt. Hagen) outside the Wasawasa Event Centre in Savusavu, Fiji. Pic: NBC
SUNDAY, 4TH OCTOBER 2026 - PAPUA New Guinea has three media representatives on the new Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) Board as it sets its sights firmly on hosting regional Pacific media at the next Pacific Media Summit in 2028.
President of the Media Council of Papua New Guinea (MCPNG), Neville Choi was appointed President of PINA, while the other two Papua New Guinean Media Representatives on the new board are Frank Genaia, General Manager of the Post-Courier who was elected Print Industry Representative; and Rose Amos, Director Provincial Radio, National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), who was elected Online Industry Representative.
They join PINA Industry representatives for Television, Charles Sumbe President of the Media Association of Vanuatu (MAV); Radio, Viola Ulakai, CEO of Tonga Broadcasting Corporation (TBC); and Tipi Autagavaia who leads the National Media Associations (NMAs) as the main implementing agencies for PINA programs.
The PINA membership voted unanimously for the next Pacific Media Summit to be hosted in Papua New Guinea. This follows an official bid from the Media Council of Papua New Guinea and the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) to host the 9th Pacific Media Summit in Port Moresby, PNG.
“The MCPNG and NBC have decided to host the next PINA Summit in 2028. We have begun a process of education and awareness amongst our members of parliament and the community over the past three years as the government of PNG has done its best to understand how the media works, the difference between social media and its unregulated nature, and mainstream media who operate under a set of guidelines and know how to properly vet information before it is presented for public consumption,” Mr. Choi said, adding that PNG will be resting on its experiences and engagements with the PNG National Parliament, to help the other smaller Pacific Island countries’ media sectors.
Post-Courier , through their General Manager Frank Genaia, will now lead the PINA’s print members comprising: