The State of Emergency (SOE) in the Nation’s Capital will come to an end by 11:59pm tonight after the SOE Controller Acting Police Commissioner Donald Yamasombi & Acting PNGDF Chief Commodore Philip Polewara declared the end of the 14-day SOE in NCD. He said, the objective of the SOE is to bring back normalcy and confidence to the people and the business community in NCD from the events that occurred on Wednesday 10th January. “I am glad that we have archived the objective of the SOE." "Life is now back to normal.” He said, security forces, Police and PNGDF will maintain some visibility for confidence in the city as students return to school. “The presence of our security personnel will still continue to give that comfort to everyone in our city.” “As we enter into the 2024 academic year." "Students are coming in from around the country and we would like to give them that confidence and comfort as they settle into the various institutions they’ll be attending.” Yamasombi also stated that, investigations into Black Wednesday are ongoing. “From the events that transpired, we have investigations on foot." "Various actions have been taken and those investigations will still continue.” He said, going into the future, they don’t want to see this events being repeated. And through this SOE, further recommendations will be made to prevent such events from happening in the future. Meanwhile, Acting PNGDF Chief Commodore Philip Polewara said, they will continue to support the Police and they will not allow such events to happen again. “This is the heart beat of our country." "We destroyed it and we will rebuild it." "We have come to realize that economy and security co-exist.” He is also thanking those who have stepped out during the civil unrest and helped the security forces maintain normalcy and peace within NCD. Yamasombi further stated that, the call center is still operational and the number is 1800 500.