The 60th Morobe Agricultural Show will commence tomorrow, Saturday 04th November in the city of Lae and is expected to draw in a huge number of people, including tourists, to experience what the two- day event has to offer. The Morobe show has a reputation of attracting fans from Madang and Highlands regions and from other parts of the country and even from the rest of the world. The opening day event of the show will be led by the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary, the Papua New Guinea Defence Force, students and civilians in a parade into the show…
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A young man from Southern Highlands Province is currently in a serious condition at the hospital after being shot on his left cheek after an argument over a mobile phone turned violent. According to the father Mr. Jeffery Tinso, the incident took place at the Mendi Compound in Gabutu in the city of Port Moresby. His son, Mr. Jackson Jeffery, was having a few drinks with his friends in the early hours of Wednesday morning when someone from outside the group came over and allegedly stole his mobile phone which was left on a table. Upon realizing that his phone…
PNGFM was privileged and honored to welcome and embrace the Brisbane Broncos Women and Men National Rugby League (NRL) Players such as Hooker Tyson Smoothy, Prop Annetta-Claudia Nu’uausala, Second-Rower Romy Teitzel, Cameron Bukowski and retired Broncos Captain, Alex Glenn. After the formal meet and greet, the Broncos team gathered for a brief introduction followed by a question-and-answer session. Following that, the players were asked to leave their voices on each of the radio stations; Yumi FM, Nau FM and Legend FM, as a promo of the Australian NRL’s support to the country’s national sports, rugby league. Alex Glenn happily rose…
The Port Moresby Suburban Rugby League (PSRL) Semi-Final games held at the Waigani Koni Tigers oval on Saturday 28th October, had to be cancelled due to on- field violence after players and team officials laid waste to the match officials. The very unfortunate incident took place during the first A-Grade match when a try was not awarded to the Kagua Woodman team due to a player stepping over the touch- line in an attempt to score a try. This led to players arguing about the decision and then decided to take matters into their own hands by brutally attacking the…
Police in West New Britain (WNB) province has cautioned the public to be vigilant at this time following some major crimes being reported in the month of October. At the start of the month saw an attempted robbery at the BNBM Hardware in Kimbe town, ended up in the capture and death of some criminals. The incident took place on the 09th of October where police responded to a call about a robbery, resulting in 12 suspects being captured by police. However, 4 suspects died after succumbing to their wounds at the hospital and 2 had their limbs amputated due…
Madang town was overrun by the relatives of the deceased officer from Chimbu province on Thursday this week, overpopulating the town seeking justice. However the situation changed drastically when opportunists among the population took advantage and began performing criminal acts in town, forcing the town vicinity to shut down immediately. Police units rushed to the scene but could barely control and enforce peace as the opportunists rage grew excitingly resulting in the destruction of properties within the town. A press conference was held yesterday to address the situation and how to minimize as soon as possible. The conference was joined…
The Grade 8’s final exam in Madang town has been postponed to this morning. Four Primary Schools hosting Grade 8 Exams within the town vicinity were forced to postpone the exam to this Friday due to poor attendance of students and invigilators. The schools Jomba Primary School, Lutheran Primary School, Holy Spirit Primary School, and Kusbau Primary will be on high alert to prioritize the safe travel of their students to travel safely to school and back. The Madang Provincial Education Department authorities had postponed the exams after Madang town was infested with locals on Thursday. Deputy Principal for Kusbau…
Prime Minister James Marape hosted a warm culturally-enriched dinner over the weekend as recognition and to express his overwhelming gratitude to the Pacific Rugby Team’s participation in the 2023 Pacific Championship Bowl Tournament. During that time, PM James Marape took the time to emphasize the significance of the “Pacific Family” and to appreciate and recognize the presence of the Cook Islands and full Fiji team and staff in PNG. In addition, the dinner was set out as a farewell event for the Cook Islands men and women’s team, who had spent two memorable weeks participating in the tournament in Port…
After starring in his return to the Test arena last Saturday, Jamayne Isaako is relishing the prospect of facing off with his Dolphins teammate Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow this Saturday in Melbourne. A two-try showing in New Zealand’s 50-0 drubbing of Toa Samoa in week two of the Pacific Championships headlined Isaako’s first international match since 2019. Now the 27-year-old is set to clash directly with Tabuai-Fidow at AAMI Park when the Kangaroos take on the Kiwis, after ‘Hammer’ enjoyed a promising Australian debut earlier this month with a double of his own against Samoa. The pair have each carried their strong NRL…
The Eastern Highlands Province (EHP) Pacific Games officials are organizing both track and field event teams to utilize this time to prepare for the upcoming games in Honiara, Solomon Islands in November. Coaching staff of both track and field events are regrouping athletes for final fitness training to prepare for the Pacific Games and due to a high number of athletes being skilled and competitive candidates from all over EHP, the organizers called to host final trials for all athletes in all categories. Knowing the tough International competition between other pacific nations during the games, training coaches will go all…