Police in the city of Port Moresby were called in to assist the company Hugo Sawmill remove illegal squatters who have been residing on their property just next to the Fly- over at Erima. The eviction, which took place on Monday 25th March, saw the removal of the group comprising of mostly people from the Hela province, illegally residing on the piece of land. Police also claimed that the group of people residing there continuously commit petty crime in the area, and their removal should bring about safety to the community there and the public that pass through that area.…
Author: E'lle- Gore YASI
The village of Elevala in the city of Port Moresby came alive with joy and celebrations following the crowning of Miss Elevala as 2024 Miss Hiri Hanenamo in the 50th Hiri Moale Festival over the weekend on Sunday, 24th March. The young Miss Elevala, Henao Heni, also received accolades adding to her victory in the quest. She was presented with gifts, a K10, 000 Education Scholarship and a K5, 000 cash Prize from the Major Sponsors. Miss Elevala was followed by Miss Pari, Margret Ali as the Runner Up and Miss Kirakira, Mabata Noka Paul, who received the Miss Hetura…
Since 1988, Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) has shown its support to train young Papua New Guineans in the technical and even in the administrative fields by providing the Graduate Development Scheme (GDS) program for students at the tertiary level of education. To this day, OTML has trained 590 graduates under the GDS program, and continues this commitment by recently welcoming 16 new intakes under the 2023 graduate batch, who recently completed their respective university programs in 2023 and were selected after meeting the GDS program entry requirements. OTML General Manager Social Performance and Sustainability, Jesse Pile, expressed gratitude and…
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Dallin Watene-Zelezniak starred as the Warriors came from behind to kick start their 2024 campaign with an 18-10 defeat of the Raiders in Christchurch on Friday night. Coming off back-to-back narrow losses, the Warriors found themselves in another close contest but Tuivasa-Sheck and Watene-Zelezniak ensured they were on the right side of the scorecard in front of a full house at Apollo Projects Stadium. Chasing a 3-0 start to their season, the Raiders stayed in the contest until the end but the Warriors bounced back from last weekend’s heart breaking loss in Melbourne after Xavier Coates scored…
Sydney Roosters prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves will make history tonight, becoming the 50th player to reach the 300-game milestone. The National Rugby League (NRL) congratulated Waerea-Hargreaves on the milestone, which will come against South Sydney Rabbitohs at Allianz Stadium. NRL CEO Andrew Abdo will present Waerea-Hargreaves with the traditional 300-game match ball following the match. “Jared is everything you want an NRL player to be, tough and athletic on the field, and a leader and role model off it,” Mr Abdo said. “Jared’s on-field career speaks for itself – 300 games in the middle of the field is truly remarkable. He has…
After conjuring a grand final miracle to break Brisbane’s heart last October, Nathan Cleary tormented the Broncos again at BlueBet Stadium on Thursday as he led the premiers to a dominant 34-12 victory. Cleary finished the night with three try assists, three line break assists and four tackle breaks while Dylan Edwards ran for 307 metres as the Panthers made it seven wins in their past eight games against Brisbane. The night started badly for the Broncos when fullback Reece Walsh was forced from the field after just four minutes following a head clash with Taylan May and was unable…
Aquila Turalom has broken the oldest record in books of athletics PNG by just a couple of seconds during the Queensland Championships in Australia on Thursday 14th March. Turalom ran the 3000m steeplechase in 9minutes 22.06 seconds, shaving 3 seconds off the time of 9min 25.8 secs set by the late, great John Kokinai in Port Moresby on 25 August 1971: 53 years ago. Athletics PNG President, Mr. Tony Green witnessed this milestone achievement by young Turalom in Brisbane and mentioned that it was not a total surprise because he had shown signs that he was going to eventually break…
The National Volunteer Service (NVS) of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has finally secured its own office space at Hohola in Port Moresby city after two years of waiting. The NVS last week relocated from Sambra Haus in Waigani to Enchi Haus in Hohola opposite the Hilton Hotel, occupying levels 1 and 2. The NVS is a State agency under the Ministry of Defense responsible for the recruitment, training and placement of professional volunteers in remote communities. Apostle Charlie George from the Teshuva Trumpet Worship Centre, who was invited to open the new NVS office with the anointing with salt and…
The Police Commissioner, David Manning, has congratulated the tribal chiefs, the Enga Provincial Government, the Judicial Leadership and his officers for their efforts to negotiate for a ceasefire between the warring tribes, following their negotiations in Port Moresby this week. He said that with the age old differences and past tensions to be resolved, the ceasefire negotiations were never going to be easy, but much to his delight, many who participated in the discussions brought out the outcome that they wanted to achieve. “The ceasefire agreement is the first of its kind to deal with the level of unprecedented violence…
Sea travel made more efficient for the people of Pomio with the addition of a new vessel to serve the district in the East New Britain (ENB). Prime Minister (PM) James Marape launched the K8 million “MV Pomio 2,” as Pomio districts second vessel at the Palmalmal wharf last week Friday. PM Marape, while accompanied by the ENB Provincial Member, Michael Marum, and the Member for Pomio Elias Kapavore, stressed that the government is taking collaborative efforts in linking Palmalmal to the city of Kokopo since Pomio district holds almost 75 percent of ENB’s landmass. PM Marape also mentioned that…