The 2024 Digicel ExxonMobil Cup Football Conference commenced over the next five days, created by the Papua New Guinea National Rugby League Competition (PNG NRLC) to gather 12 teams, to best assist contending teams to prepare for the season, which kicks Off on April 13th. The conference has three focus groups-the Franchise Managers, the Head coaches, and the medical Trainers. As part of the collaborative approach to the season, the Franchise Manager Head will have close engagement with the PNG NRLC team to ensure adequate governance and compliance as top priority. The head coaches will also maintain acknowledgement of the…
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The Tokarara Secondary School once again is ready for the 2024 academic year with new challenges and new goals to execute throughout the busy year. Tokarara Secondary School student number grows every year especially the intermediate category of grade 9 & 10 with 8 full classrooms every year. With over 1600 students, TSS is prepared for this year and with the teaching staff steadfast to adjust to adequately attend to the student’s needs. Tokarara Secondary School Deputy Principal Mr. Jennor Taniwey stressed that new classrooms are in our plans to accommodate more student in the near future. According to Mr.…
The Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Member for Lae Open, Mr. John Rosso on behalf of the people of Lae city, the business community and stakeholders, congratulated the Australian Government and its people on celebrating Australia Day recently on Friday 26th January. Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Australia share a bilateral relationship spanning pre-independence till today. Mr. Rosso stressed that Lae city and the Morobe province appreciates Australia as being the biggest supporter through the Australia-PNG Partnership. “We are grateful for the support of the Australia- PNG Partnership in the areas of education, sports and cultural exchange as well as…
The Governor for New Ireland Province, Sir Julius Chan (Sir J) is urging the prime minister to remove all ministerial positions from the Member for Kavieng and former Treasurer, Ian Ling Stuckey, stating that he shouldn’t be doing any handling of the country’s affairs as a minister following the issues that led to Black Wednesday. Sir J was disappointment to learn that Mr. Ling Stuckey was not fully stripped off his ministry and stressed that Prime Minister (PM) James Marape must sack Mr. Ling Stuckey in order to restore credibility to his cabinet. “We cannot play around with people’s livelihoods…
The notorious Wapenamanda District tribal fight erupted again on Monday in Enga province. The crime scene left one individual in critical condition following a shootout from his rival. The Enga Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Mr. George Kakas in an interview with PNG HAUSBUNG said that the incident is news to police after almost a year of peace, and they now plan to minimize the dangers before it can escalate even worse. “We have police units patrolling the fighting area to ensure security to the innocent locals.” “We also have police units in Wapenamanda High School, Hela Opene Polytech institute and…
The PM marked the comprehensive review of the key issues affecting the country by the Prime Minister Hon James Marape as he officially assumed the role of Treasurer following the reshuffled cabinet announced on Thursday, succeeding Ian Ling-Stuckey. Prime Minister Marape expressed he will not take anything from Ian Lin-Stuckey during his term as he has elevated his position over four challenging years. He will assist in a thorough review on the relationship between Treasurer, National Planning and Monitoring, Finance, and Central Bank. And, to uncover amicable solutions in Foreign Exchange, National Fuel Security, the work of fiscal and monetary…
Papua New Guinea Minister for Health and Dr. Lino Tom was pleased to reiterate the organizations undying pledge to fight cancer cases in the country, as articulated in the National Health Plan 2021-2030. With cancer having a profound impact on the individuals and their families and communities, placing a heavy burden on our health system. Papua New Guinea Ministry of Health still remains affirmed and committed at the highest level of reducing cancer mobility and mortality, Significant steps have been taken towards achieving our vision of having PNG’s First comprehension cancer centre in operation by 2025 as cancer is a…
The 2017 IPATAS CUP rugby League Golden Pass winners, the Tokarara Mix Dogs (TMD), drew in the match against the Boroko Bulldogs in the Hohola Rugby League off- season competition yesterday with the skipper saying that there is sill room for improvement. The A- Grade division match on Saturday in Port Moresby city was intense with both teams showing strong form in both attack and defence. The result of the intensity shown by the two teams led to the teams ending up in a draw nil all. TMD Captain Mr. Conroy Harold stressed his disappointment with the mistakes during the…
The Hohola off Season round of matches is currently underway in the city of Port Moresby with matches held each week at the famous Ipi Park. The Hohola Rugby League (HRL) Coordinator, Mr. Omega Nari stressed that the HRL Committee is committed to stay focused on the games to keep the youths busy, especially following the recent unrest in the capital city. “It’s important we keep our youths occupied during this time, this is the time we can actually contribute to bringing back normalcy to our community,” said the Coordinator. Meanwhile, Round 7 clashes in the A-grade and B-grade is…
“We disagree with the Prime Minister regarding the civil unrest where he stated, it was orchestrated by one group of people.” “If the Prime Minister had done his investigations, he would know this act was carried out by 60-70% of the semi-urban and settlements. And each suburb had its own uprising to it nearest service areas.” That’s according to the PNG Banks Finance Institution Workers Union (PNGBFIWU) Vice President (VP) Raphael Waiyalaka, who expressed the concerns. “We condemn what has happened on 10th Wednesday that affected businesses and law-abiding citizens.” Furthermore, he added, addressing the statement from the PNG Trade…