The Papua New Guinea National Rugby League Competition (PNGNRLC) clarifies the referee Bonny Bin’s late decision was incorrect In the Match on Saturday between Wamp Nga Mt. Hagen Eagles and Gas resources Central Dabaris in Minj, Jiwaka. The referee originally sent Eagles Captain Levai Andrew into the sin bin for swearing at him. After two minutes of arguing to remain on the field, the referee decided to allow Andrew to remain playing but place him on report. The match ended in 18points draw. General Manager of Pathways and performance Mr. Tony Archer confessed to the mistakes today sharing that we…
Author: E'lle- Gore YASI
The second annual Power Play Awards (PPA) Papua New Guinea (PNG) was launched at the Hilton Hotel on Monday 6 May to identify Papua New Guinean trailblazers and shine a light on their accomplishments across the LNG and decarbonisation industries. Chairperson and Managing Director at ExxonMobil PNG, Tera Shandro shared the PPA PNG is built on a foundation of storytelling, where every story is unique, and every story should be celebrated. Developed by women, Power Play is a global program to bring together other women from across the industry, while the PPA acknowledges the contributions of the company’s valued external…
A young man was found dead yesterday early hours in Suksuk Compound, Wewak East Sepik Province, the young had been lying there for almost 3hours. During that time the public’s impression saw it as a youth member intoxicated and passed out on the road. But in actual fact, it was a dead body lying there for over 2hours. Acting ESP Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Senior Inspector James Baugen told PNG HAUSBUNG that the body was transported to Boram General Hospital, Morgue, and the police are currently conducting investigating to recover the full story of the incident. PPC Baugen said the…
The Port Moresby Rugby Football League (PRFL) Inc. sets out to bring a fun and thrilling 2024 Rugby League season with over 10 clubs set to compete. Under the Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League (PNGRFL), the PRFL is set to endure a strong and momentous season according to the Head Games Coordinator and Digicel ExxonMobil Cup Master of Ceremony (MC) Ground Announcer Mr. John Kaupa. The 2024 PRFL Season has 12 confirmed clubs that will participate this season under the Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League requirement to possess counterpart teams in the three division of Under-20, A-Grade, and…
Six (6) out of the nine (9) convicts detained from the successful drug bust at the start of April in the Gulf province will be transported to the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Correctional Service (CS) Bomana facility outside Port Moresby due to rumors of bribery at play to release prisoners. The Provincial Police Commander (PPC) for Gulf, Chief Inspector (CIP) Jeffery Lemb told PNG Hausbung that he believes that some police officers have accepted bribery to release the prisoners; therefore, the prisoners will have to be transported out of the province. PPC Lemb said the six prisoners will serve out…
The United States Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Law enforcement Training Centres (FLETC) and Department of state’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (NIL) representatives visited Papua New Guinea recently over the week of April 22. The representative s of the FLETC and INL met with members of PNG Criminal Justice System, including the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary, Bomana Police Academy, Department of Justice and the Attorney General, PNG Customs Service, Department of Transportation, and the National and Supreme Courts of Papua New Guinea. And an additional meet with the United Nations agencies, diplomatic partners, and members…
Aromas of burnt rubber, the screeching of drills and people in all manner of racing paraphernalia painstakingly working on mind-blowingly expensive cars. These were some of the sights and sounds that confronted us as we entered the drivers’ garages at the Taupo 400 V8 Supercars Championship last weekend. As a sports journalist for PMN News, it’s important to cover a wide range of sports and while rugby stadiums are familiar environments – racing tracks, not so much. But late last year a colleague challenged me to look into an up and coming athlete who was going to be the first-ever…
The Minister for International Trade and Investment, Richard Maru and his team are currently in New Zealand (NZ) for three days of high-level bilateral trade talks with the New Zealand Government. Minister Maru emphasized the intention of the visit is to learn from the experiences of New Zealand. “We want to learn from the experience of New Zealand’s capital market industry and seek New Zealand Government’s support to transform the Securities Commission of PNG and the capital market industry of PNG,” the minister said. Apart from the capital market industry, Minister Maru said the team will visit New Zealand’s chicken…
The Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) has increased patrols, including undercover patrols on board public transport buses in Port Moresby city, in an effort to curb crime in public places. Police Commissioner, David Manning emphasized that this is part of an overall initiative in Port Moresby and across the country to deter any form of crime and also ensure the safety of commuters. In a recent patrol, police officers detained a suspect on board a PMV bus at Hohola where a handgun was confiscated, preventing a potential robbery from happening. Another incident was at the Koura Way on the…
The 2024 ExxonMobile Digicel Cup Round 2 saw the Hela Wigmen play against the West New Britain (WNB) Kimbe Cutters endured an intense 9 minutes going head-to-head to into the first half with heavy and momentous body contact. The Hela Wigman Left Centre McWin Worin finally broke the ice in the 8th minute of the first half scoring a try on the fourth play ball, breaking through multiple defenders from the Kimber cutter 10 meter line into the goal line following a clean conversion from Hela Wigmen Captain Solomon Pokare Leading with 6-0. The both teams faced a mutual amount…