Five men will face court to defend the charges against them after being released yesterday, charges in relation to the looting of a cash machine in Waigani on 20th January. Commissioner Manning after his recent reappointed stressed the release was due to the unacceptable administrative shortcoming that are being resolved as part of ongoing reforms in the NCD/Central Command. “This situation is unacceptable and my directives to NCD command are clear.” “The court has to follow its process and the RPNGC takes responsibility for the factors contributing to this situation, but the accused should not be back in the community.”…
Author: E'lle- Gore YASI
The NCDC Port Moresby Vipers Rugby league Club Head Trainer, Nelson Stone reignites his family Legacy in the Port Moresby Vipers Club with hopes to improve culture and Standard despite entangled challenges that lie ahead. The former Pacific Games (Sprinter) Gold Medallist, former Hela Wigman, Mendi Muruks Trainer and Fiji Bulikulas Trainer, Nelson Stone this year accepted the Head Trainer position for the POM Vipers and for good reason. The Stone family men line, father Jamuga Stone (Former Viper’s Header Trainer) and Late Brother Andrew Stone (Former PNG Orchids Coach and Viper’s HT) had a growing history in the Port…
Scans have confirmed Cowboys centre Zac Laybutt suffered a torn ACL in Sunday’s win over the Gold Coast Titans. The 22-year-old will have surgery in the coming weeks and will be sidelined for the remainder of the 2024 season. The Titans lost Kieran Foran to an ankle injury in the first half at Cbus Super Stadium. “My ankle got caught under my own player. Hopefully the damage isn’t too bad,” Foran said post-match. “It feels alright now but I just couldn’t get it going and we decided to take the cautious approach with it.” The Roosters will be without skipper James Tedesco and halfback Sam Walker for their…
The Port Moresby Viper Rugby Club set their sight on the 2024 Digicel ExxonMobil Cup season. The Vipers have undergone heavy development training sessions and preseason to maximize their efforts in preparations for their first DIGICEL-EXXONMOBIL CUP Round one next week against the Goroka Lahanis. In preparation, the Vipers 12 weeks hard grind training was led by the Vipers Head Trainor Nelson Stone. The former Hela Wigman Trainer and Pacific Games Gold Medallist. stressed the team has endured hard grind the past eleven (11) weeks and the team has been trimmed down to the final 13 men team and interchanges…
The Waigani Christian College (WCC) on Friday officially ended their term one school period at 12pm. WCC Principal Mr. Abakure Kaupa granted and released the students off to their term one week holiday during their final 12pm assembly in school. Also congratulating the student body, school staff and representatives on their term one endeavours and a successfully ending term one period on a high note. Mr. Kaupa told PNG HAUSBUNG that term one was excitingly challenging, but a smooth term all around despite the concerns due to the new overwhelming number of students registered in this 2024 year. This was…
The Papua New Guinea Taekwondo Federation (PNGTF) Team landed back in the country on Sunday at the Jackson’s International Airport, after qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympic set on July. The PNG Taekwondo Federation left the country with a strong six-man team focused on qualifying for the Paris Olympics in the Solomon Islands Qualifiers but came back two man short and four qualifying to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics. However, the loss, this is an exciting Milestone that will go down in the history of the PNG Taekwondo Federation as they look forward to their first ever Olympic Games…
The Green Machine hit top gear on Sunday night as Matt Timoko and Xavier Savage starred in a 41-8 win over the Eels at GIO Stadium. The speed of Canberra’s backline proved too much for the Eels as Ricky Stuart’s Generation Next ran in seven tries to bury the demons of last week’s fadeout against Cronulla. The Raiders took the lead through a Jamal Fogarty penalty goal in the 10th minute after Joey Lussick held on too long in the play the ball. The Eels had a golden opportunity to hit back in the 13th minute but Wiremu Greig spilled…
The leading technology provider in Papua New Guinea (PNG), SNS Tech announced and launched its groundbreaking integration between Kina Bank’s Integrated Payment Gateway (IPG) and Xero, a popular cloud accounting service, allowing businesses of all sizes to process secure card payments directly through Xero invoices, simplifying financial transactions. This innovative approach saves businesses precious time and resources protecting confidential financial data for both business and their clients, providing a custom URL integration that guarantees security for the entire transaction process and managing accounts and track cash flow in Xero account as Safety and convenience is priority to SNS tech. This…
The Capital Rugby Union will commence their rugby Union pre-season this today at Bava Rugby Park and will be conducted over 3 weeks. CRU President Kori Chan stressed due to circumstances beyond the association’s control pushed the game after Easter and expressed gratitude to the CRU Clubs for their patience. The Defence Rugby Union Club for discipline reasons has been stood down from competing in the CRU competitions and tournaments for 12months. Despite the unfortunate decision, Kone Sharks will be joining the Men’s A, B and Under 20 (U20) Division and the Women’s senior and U20 division. With the history…
After the Storm’s first-choice spine took to the field together for the first time since July 17, 2022, Melbourne are hoping for an extended run with their four star playmakers fit and firing together. With all four taking to the field against Brisbane following Cameron Munster’s return from a “baffling” groin injury, Munster, alongside Harry Grant, Jahrome Hughes and Ryan Papenhuyzen played their part in the quartet to perfection as Melbourne snuck home in a thriller against the Broncos. “It’s exciting,” Munster told NRL.com after he played in the Storm’s thrilling 34-32 win at AAMI Park. “I wouldn’t say it…