Female sports have rarely received attention in the Gulf Province and Gulf Netball Association President Marsha Sireh is determined to make this happen behind the scenes. “At the moment we are planning to host a Corporate Dinner on August 2.” “We will be using funds raised from the event to fund our tournament and send a team to compete in Lae.” Sireh recalls her travels to the hamlets and villages, reminiscing how much the women in Gulf adore netball. “Netball is a sport played in almost all rural villages along the coast.” “Some have built their own posts out of…
Author: E'lle- Gore YASI
Coca-Cola in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has announced an amazing new partnership with the Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League (PNGRFL) as the Exclusive Beverage Partner for the PNG National Rugby League Competition (PNGNRLC). Rugby league is PNG’s ultimate passion, and Coca-Cola together with local bottler Coca-Cola Europacific Partners are here to make game days even better. “We’re ecstatic to join forces with PNGRFL and bring some extra fizz to every game,” said Coca-Cola Papua New Guinea Senior Brand Manager Rachel Nainggolan, expressing her joy to join forces with the PNGRFL. “Rugby league in PNG isn’t just a sport, it’s…
Education Secretary Dr. Uke Kombra has challenged all Provincial Education Advisors (PEAs) to increase efforts to ensure all children in their respective provinces receive a high-quality, universal education for 13 years. He stated this during a recent conference, where he raised two issues that the attendees were to consider and devise a plan to overcome. The first is the obstacle of the delay in achieving universal access to education – ensuring a child completes a full 13-years of school. He said this means ensuring all 6-year-olds in every province who are enrolled in school, do not drop out between Prep…
Early Childhood Education is a vital field in education that requires collaboration from all partners in the field to successfully implement. Kindergarten 1 (for children aged 4) and Kindergarten 2 (for children aged 5) make up the new Early Childhood Education (ECE) sector. The ECE is scheduled to start in 2025 when new schools register. The foundation of the ECE curriculum is centred on GOD and the Bible, with emphasis on phonics and attaining key learning areas through established routines, play-based learning, and assessments. In addition, the Ministry for Education will acquire new teachers who fulfill qualification requirements in the…
The stage is set for the 2024 Ela Motors SME Awards Nominations, and now open including digital nominations from July 18th to August 31st, for all Small Medium Enterprises Nationwide. Walk-in nominations and enquiries can now be done at the CT Hub Hauswin, located opposite Hombina Grill and Café on Thursdays 7 am – 9 am, and online nominations can be on the PNG SME Awards. With only 10 categories in the first ever SME awards in 2020, this year 2024 will have an impressive number of 37 awards to be presented from 16 different categories recognizing diverse SME divisions…
The newly established Lae Pickleball Club will introduce the exciting Pickleball Doubles Tournament on Sunday 11th & 18th August at the Lae Gold Club, Morobe Province. Being almost two months old and being the first tournament of pickleball, it will be coordinated by the Lae Pickleball club, Boroko Motors and the Lae Golf Club and proudly sponsored by the Boroko Motors, Ramu Sugar, Lae Biscuit Corporation. • Boroko Motors: Sporting Equipment and Trophies for 1st, 2nd, 3rd Placing. • Ramu Sugar: Complimentary Incentives giveaways- best player awards • Lae Biscuit Co: Complimentary Incentives giveaways- Most Improved Awards The event will…
Acting Commander of National Capital District and Central Province Assistant commissioner of Police (ACP) Peter Guinness has urged church leaders to remove their church structures voluntarily in the eviction site in Nine Mile, Bush Wara. According to the reports provided by police officers at the eviction site, the majority of the squatters have already voluntarily vacated the area. ACP Peter Guinness said reports also confirmed that some of the church structures at the eviction sites are yet to be removed voluntarily. He said three other church buildings from different denominations are still up which is not good while the seventh…
Minister for International Trade and Investment, Richard Maru announced the East New Britain (ENB) Province is set to develop two new potential Special Economic Zones (SEZs) – Rabaul Free Port and Tokua Airport City. Minister Maru made this announcement on July 12th, following the ground-breaking ceremony of the Tokua-Kokopo 17km 4-lane road construction and the recent decision to lift the moratorium on Rabaul town by the National Executive Council (NEC) so that it can be redeveloped to its former glory. “The proposed Rabaul Free Port will be anchored on the current wharf and the new wharf development for tourist cruise…
Minister for International Trade and Investment, Richard Maru recently on the 12th of July announced that the National Government will be investigating the East New Britain (ENB) Palm Oil Limited, following numerous complaints from the oil palm growers who claimed to be under paid for the last ten years. When comparing prices, they have been getting to what the farmers in West New Britain are getting up to about K500 per metric ton. They claim that the company has been robbing them when prices are very high in the global market as is the case today. Growers in ENB have…
Seven young Papua New Guineans part of Air Niugini’s National Pilot Cadet Program left the country over the weekend to commence their initial 18 months pilot training at Flight Training Adelaide, in South Australia. Stephen Nialir, Vincent Yandawai, Shirley Ambang, Edward Bare, Emmanuel Kukyuwa, Thaddeus Kobal and Wari Willie were carefully chosen from over 3, 000 young men and women from around PNG who applied, after successfully passing rigorous and thorough selection criteria in Air Niugini’s Pilot Cadet Program in December 2023. Those shortlisted went through an intensive selection process which included academic ability, internal aptitude tests and interviews conducted…