Three suspects were caught on camera this week leaving the Oshoma Business Consultant Institute (OBCI) with stolen accessories, getting into their getaway vehicle and departing the Gordons Business Centre parking lot. Two took their time to enter the OBCI building pretending to have interest in school matters only to access the building to scope the interior before taking out their firearm and demanded all the money, while the third – the driver was parked outside. Since the building is a school, no money was to be found, the two criminals raided the rooms and grabbed what valuables were insight and…
Author: E'lle- Gore YASI
A young man was rescued by police in 6mile after he was accused and held captive for the murder of a 45year old man. The accused was held captive by the victim’s relatives who were believed to be ready to take justice into their own hands, fortunately the police intervened and took the suspect into their own hands. The victim from Goilala, Central, after receiving the fatal blows died later at the Port Moresby General Hospital and the accused a 22-year-old male also from Goilala is now in police custody facing murder charges. According to Divisional Commander Northern and interim…
Papua New Guinea Heavy Weight Gold Medalist Dika Toua has a strict goal to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games set in July. The qualification progression involves athletes across the world to participate in 5 international Events for the coveted 12 spots. Toua weighing 49kg sat on a 166kg Total as she walked to the platform, at the final qualification. Toua walked the platform weighing 49kg and sat on 166kg at the final qualification event, over Easter. Her Nearest rival held 170kg. Toua, who will be 40 in June, was aiming to become the first weightlifter ever to compete…
Papua New Guinea Power Limited (PPL) Board of Directors Chairman Mr. McRonald Nale approved and clarified on 1st April 2024, that no debt over K700 million is owed to the International Power Producers (IPP) as stated in one of the dailies published on March 28th of 2024+. The IPP’s include NiuPower, Dirio, POSCO Lae, PNG Forests Products Hydro, Edevu (PNG Hydro Development), and New Britain Palm Oil Ltd. According to PPL records, PPL has debt with IPP but less than K700 million, inclusive of other charges on top of the energy bills, capital recovery cost and interest cost (inclusive of…
Hohola Off-Season Rugby League (HoRL) President Mr. Kambi Ingiman remains determined to finish the 2024 Hohola Rugby League off Season on a high note, despite the challenges of limited resources, high number of teams and unpredictable weather. HoRL Committee recently hosted a meeting that clearly identified the appropriate actions and decisions to settle the team’s management complaints and queries. According to common arguments from team staff and management, this year’s off-season holds the highest number of teams to participate in the HRL Off-Season, therefore reduces the weekend rounds. Team Management feel the time is limited to play for an appropriate…
Prime Minister (PM) James Marape visited the disaster-hit district communities of Angoram and Wosera-Gawi in East Sepik Province (ESP) during the Easter Sunday reassuring them of National Government support as they come to terms with the disaster effects including the disaster hit mid last Month. PM Marape from Lae, Morobe Province after a program in Lae flew on a helicopter to the district of Wosera-Gawi, and escorted by his wife Rachael Marape who is partly from ESP from Wosera-Gawi Disrict. Marape saw the community and assured his government’s support and made an aerial assessment of the damages. The people living…
After dominating the 2024 Justin Tkachenko Super 9s (JT9s) Grand Final, the Sub City Raiders (SCR) Women’s Team now set their sights on the upcoming 13s in the 2024 Port Moresby South Rugby League (PMSRL) Season. The SCR Women’s team carry the title as the 2024 JT9s champions after defeating Vadavada United and receiving a cash prize of K5, 000. The SCR Team Manager, Mr. Oliver Konige told PNG HAUSBUNG that the focus now is to apply the same intensity in the JT9s, in the PMSRL season. “Though we had girls coming from different parts of the city to attend…
An Aidan Sezer field goal has helped the Wests Tigers secure a 17-16 win over the Eels in a thrilling Easter Monday clash. After the visitors skipped out to a one-point lead with 30 seconds on the clock, an offside penalty set up a grandstand finish with Clint Gutherson handed a chance to steal the victory from almost 40 metres out. But with the ball falling left of the uprights, Benji Marshall’s side celebrated back-to-back wins for the first time since Round 10 last year. The Round 4 victory came on the back of an impressive defensive performance from the…
A masterful kicking display by Adam Reynolds and a herculean performance from Carl Webb medalist Pat Carrigan inspired the Broncos to a 38-12 win over the Cowboys at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night. Heading into the Queensland derby as the NRL’s only unbeaten team, the Cowboys were their own worst enemies with 17 errors cruelling their chances. The Broncos exploded out of the blocks with a try to Billy Walters out of dummy half just three minutes into the game. Four minutes later the Broncos kicked out to 8-0 when Reynolds landed a penalty goal after Murray Taulagi spilled a…
The Panthers withstood a late second-half surge from the Roosters to claim their third win of the season and their ninth win in a row against the Tri Colours. Panthers winger Sunia Turuva scored a hat-trick in the 22-16 win to add to his impressive try-scoring streak which has seen him cross for 11 tries in his past eight NRL games. Before the game, some had feared the gloss of the contest may have been diminished with Penrith missing their biggest names in captain Nathan Cleary and forward leader James Fisher-Harris, but the match delivered plenty of entertainment. While the…