The Pacific’s biggest music competition, Pacific Break (2023) is set to launch in Port Moresby on September 21st. This is a competition which offers unsigned artists living in the Pacific and Timor-Leste a career-changing opportunity with the winner flown to Australia’s largest international music festival WOMADelaide in March 2024. The event lasts six-weeks and featured artists will have their music and videos featured on ABC Radio Australia, ABC Australia programs, and on ABC Pacific digital and social media accounts throughout the six-week campaign. This year’s winner will be decided by a panel of judges made up of PNG-born Australian artist…
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The Central Music Association (CMA) has got a new executive team following the results of its recent elections held on Thursday, September 7th, at the Scouts Headquarters in Konedobu. The elections were opened by CMA members, who had nominated their executive candidates during the Central Music Association 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM) one week prior. The newly elected executive team included: • Allen Kedea – President of CMA • Dokona Manoka – Vice President • Danny George – Treasurer • Ferlyn Oembari – Vice Treasurer • John Naime – Secretary • Tau Tola – Vice Secretary Newly elected President, Mr. Allen Kedea (AKay47), expressed his optimism…
Snapchat says it’s working to make its app even safer for teen users. Parent company Snap said Thursday that it is rolling out a suite of new features and policies aimed at better protecting 13- to 17-year-old users, including restrictions on friend suggestions and a new system for removing age-inappropriate content. The company also launched a series of YouTube videos for parents about the features and an updated website laying out its teen safety and parental control policies. The new features come amid increasing pressure on social media platforms by lawmakers, educators and parents to protect young users from inappropriate content, unwanted adult attention, illicit drug sales…
As the country prepares to celebrate its 48th year of independence, the Department of Personal Management (DPM) has advised all Departmental Heads, Provincial Administrators, Head of funded Public Authorities and all Public Servants that Friday 15th of September 2023 has been declared a Public Holiday as confirmed in the National Gazette No. 775 of 2022 and Circular Instruction No. 18 of 2022 on Public Holidays for 2023. Secretary Ms. Taies Sansan has urged all government institutions to decorate their office buildings in national colors (red, black, and gold) from September 1st, 2023, leading up to Independence Day. The Amazing Port…
Miss Pacific Islands Pageant PNG Inc. (MPIP PNG) officially handed over its custodianship of the prestigious platform to ‘Miss Bird of Paradise.’ Since its establishment, the MPIP PNG contributed positively to the lives of over 400 young women in areas of Health, Education and Agriculture throughout the country, given business scholarships through partners IBS and successfully claimed for PNG the Miss Pacific Islands Crown. The outgoing MPIP team, consisting of Chairperson Molly O’Rourke, Deputy Genevieve Igara-Falevai along with Official Chaperone Lewa LK James, acknowledged long-time sponsors, former contestants and Queens and their teams, government, corporate and business partners, designers, models…
Steve Harwell, the founding lead singer of the rock group Smash Mouth, died Monday, according to his manager. He was 56. No cause of death was shared, but Harwell had been receiving hospice care over the weekend. He died at his home in Boise, Idaho, with family and friends by his side, according Robert Hayes, the manager of Smash Mouth. “Steve Harwell was a true American Original. A larger than life character who shot up into the sky like a Roman candle,” Hayes said in a statement to CNN. “Steve should be remembered for his unwavering focus and impassioned determination…
Just weeks after winning The Band of the Year Award at the International Singer-Songwriter Association annual ceremony in Atlanta Georgia, Papua New Guinean reggae singer and songwriter Anslom has scored two more American music awards. The band won the Best of America Award in reggae with the song Love Me Again and also bagged the InterContinental Music Award’s (ICMA) annual prestigious ICon Award – the highest honour award in the ICMA’s global music community. ICMA congratulated Anslom on his achievement. “This prestigious accolade (ICon Award) is reserved for one exceptional artist selected from the pool of official winners from every…
Taylor Swift’s concert film has already broken theater records more than a month ahead of its October 13 release. AMC Theaters said Friday that the singer’s Eras Tour concert movie “shattered records for single-day advance ticket sales revenue,” with $26 million of tickets sold on Thursday. It beat the previous record holder, “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which sold $16.9 million worth of tickets in one day ahead of its release in 2021, AMC said in a statement. Swift’s movie crushed the daily record less than three hours after tickets became available, prompting the theater chain to say that it will…
St. John Ambulance (SJA) has partnered with Port Moresby Nature Park once again to bring awareness on snake-bite safety to the public. This event aims to debunk any myths disseminated about snakes, address common fears of snakes, inform about snakes importance in the ecosystem and create awareness in the community on how to be safe from snakes. SJA Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr. Matt Cannon explained the importance behind the awareness. “We believe that empowering individuals with the understanding of snakes and the knowledge and skills to provide immediate care during a snakebite emergency, can make all the difference.” “Through…
When an antiques enthusiast purchased a painting that appeared to bear the signature of N.C. Wyeth at a thrift store in 2017, she joked that the $4 item might actually be a real work by the prolific Maine artist and patriarch of the Wyeth family of painters. Her joke was no laughing matter, and the painting is now estimated to fetch as much as $250,000 at auction in September. According to specialists at Bonhams Skinner auction house, the seller unknowingly purchased the work at a Savers thrift store in Manchester, New Hampshire, while searching for frames to reuse. The Wyeth…