The Tokarara Secondary School Head Master Mr. Gabriel Manga urges National Government to consider broadening the Flexible Open Distance Education (FODE) scope to be more available and accommodate intermediate and junior High School drop outs. Despite Tokarara Secondary having a successful student registration early this year, a high number of grade 8 students who fell below the required National Exam percentage flooded the registration week requesting a grade 9 spot for the academic year. According to Mr. Manga, the Tokarara Secondary School was unable to cater these students due to simply being academically ineligible, and their acceptance would be deemed…
Author: E'lle- Gore YASI
The Queensland Rugby League Hostplus Cup Round 9 saw the Papua New Guinea SP Hunter go Head-to-head against the Queensland Northern Pride at the National Football stadium, Port Moresby. The Northern Pride made a strong impression scoring two tries within the first 10 minutes of the first half by their right center Braidon Burns in 2 minutes followed by another in 7 minutes, Northern Pride halves Thomas Duffy kicked both successful conversions leading the game in the early minutes. The SP Hunters responded back with SP Hunters fullback Sanny Wabo scoring their first try elevating their momentum into the first…
On the back of Nathan Cleary’s latest hamstring injury, the battered Blues will be forced to call on their fourth different halves combination in as many matches when they open the Origin series at home on June 5. With Cleary sidelined for the entire series, Parramatta halfback Mitch Moses is firming to wear the No.7 jersey, as he did in Game 3 last year when the Blues saved face with a 24-10 victory in Sydney. Moses hasn’t played since fracturing his foot in Round 3 but is in contention for the Eels’ clash with the Storm this weekend before a…
The Orei ward 1 and 2 People Association of Imbongu District in the Southern Highlands Province (SHP) has taken the initiative to redevelop poor government infrastructure and services in their communities. People’s Association President, Mr. Steve Nomondo told PNG Hausbung that the Association members have a lot of plans to bring to light, but lack funds to carry out these development plans. However, Mr. Nomondo was pleased to mention that the first successful application development plan under the Community Grant from the Digicel Foundation of K50, 000 for the redevelopment of Orei Health Centre, is currently in progress. “We focus…
The Papua New Guinea National Rugby League Competition (PNGNRLC) clarifies the referee Bonny Bin’s late decision was incorrect In the Match on Saturday between Wamp Nga Mt. Hagen Eagles and Gas resources Central Dabaris in Minj, Jiwaka. The referee originally sent Eagles Captain Levai Andrew into the sin bin for swearing at him. After two minutes of arguing to remain on the field, the referee decided to allow Andrew to remain playing but place him on report. The match ended in 18points draw. General Manager of Pathways and performance Mr. Tony Archer confessed to the mistakes today sharing that we…
The second annual Power Play Awards (PPA) Papua New Guinea (PNG) was launched at the Hilton Hotel on Monday 6 May to identify Papua New Guinean trailblazers and shine a light on their accomplishments across the LNG and decarbonisation industries. Chairperson and Managing Director at ExxonMobil PNG, Tera Shandro shared the PPA PNG is built on a foundation of storytelling, where every story is unique, and every story should be celebrated. Developed by women, Power Play is a global program to bring together other women from across the industry, while the PPA acknowledges the contributions of the company’s valued external…
A young man was found dead yesterday early hours in Suksuk Compound, Wewak East Sepik Province, the young had been lying there for almost 3hours. During that time the public’s impression saw it as a youth member intoxicated and passed out on the road. But in actual fact, it was a dead body lying there for over 2hours. Acting ESP Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Senior Inspector James Baugen told PNG HAUSBUNG that the body was transported to Boram General Hospital, Morgue, and the police are currently conducting investigating to recover the full story of the incident. PPC Baugen said the…
The Port Moresby Rugby Football League (PRFL) Inc. sets out to bring a fun and thrilling 2024 Rugby League season with over 10 clubs set to compete. Under the Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League (PNGRFL), the PRFL is set to endure a strong and momentous season according to the Head Games Coordinator and Digicel ExxonMobil Cup Master of Ceremony (MC) Ground Announcer Mr. John Kaupa. The 2024 PRFL Season has 12 confirmed clubs that will participate this season under the Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League requirement to possess counterpart teams in the three division of Under-20, A-Grade, and…
Six (6) out of the nine (9) convicts detained from the successful drug bust at the start of April in the Gulf province will be transported to the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Correctional Service (CS) Bomana facility outside Port Moresby due to rumors of bribery at play to release prisoners. The Provincial Police Commander (PPC) for Gulf, Chief Inspector (CIP) Jeffery Lemb told PNG Hausbung that he believes that some police officers have accepted bribery to release the prisoners; therefore, the prisoners will have to be transported out of the province. PPC Lemb said the six prisoners will serve out…
The United States Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Law enforcement Training Centres (FLETC) and Department of state’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (NIL) representatives visited Papua New Guinea recently over the week of April 22. The representative s of the FLETC and INL met with members of PNG Criminal Justice System, including the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary, Bomana Police Academy, Department of Justice and the Attorney General, PNG Customs Service, Department of Transportation, and the National and Supreme Courts of Papua New Guinea. And an additional meet with the United Nations agencies, diplomatic partners, and members…