The Papua New Guinea Taekwondo Federation (PNGTF) Team landed back in the country on Sunday at the Jackson’s International Airport, after qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympic set on July. The PNG Taekwondo Federation left the country with a strong six-man team focused on qualifying for the Paris Olympics in the Solomon Islands Qualifiers but came back two man short and four qualifying to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics. However, the loss, this is an exciting Milestone that will go down in the history of the PNG Taekwondo Federation as they look forward to their first ever Olympic Games…
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The Green Machine hit top gear on Sunday night as Matt Timoko and Xavier Savage starred in a 41-8 win over the Eels at GIO Stadium. The speed of Canberra’s backline proved too much for the Eels as Ricky Stuart’s Generation Next ran in seven tries to bury the demons of last week’s fadeout against Cronulla. The Raiders took the lead through a Jamal Fogarty penalty goal in the 10th minute after Joey Lussick held on too long in the play the ball. The Eels had a golden opportunity to hit back in the 13th minute but Wiremu Greig spilled…
The leading technology provider in Papua New Guinea (PNG), SNS Tech announced and launched its groundbreaking integration between Kina Bank’s Integrated Payment Gateway (IPG) and Xero, a popular cloud accounting service, allowing businesses of all sizes to process secure card payments directly through Xero invoices, simplifying financial transactions. This innovative approach saves businesses precious time and resources protecting confidential financial data for both business and their clients, providing a custom URL integration that guarantees security for the entire transaction process and managing accounts and track cash flow in Xero account as Safety and convenience is priority to SNS tech. This…
The Capital Rugby Union will commence their rugby Union pre-season this today at Bava Rugby Park and will be conducted over 3 weeks. CRU President Kori Chan stressed due to circumstances beyond the association’s control pushed the game after Easter and expressed gratitude to the CRU Clubs for their patience. The Defence Rugby Union Club for discipline reasons has been stood down from competing in the CRU competitions and tournaments for 12months. Despite the unfortunate decision, Kone Sharks will be joining the Men’s A, B and Under 20 (U20) Division and the Women’s senior and U20 division. With the history…
After the Storm’s first-choice spine took to the field together for the first time since July 17, 2022, Melbourne are hoping for an extended run with their four star playmakers fit and firing together. With all four taking to the field against Brisbane following Cameron Munster’s return from a “baffling” groin injury, Munster, alongside Harry Grant, Jahrome Hughes and Ryan Papenhuyzen played their part in the quartet to perfection as Melbourne snuck home in a thriller against the Broncos. “It’s exciting,” Munster told NRL.com after he played in the Storm’s thrilling 34-32 win at AAMI Park. “I wouldn’t say it…
Three suspects were caught on camera this week leaving the Oshoma Business Consultant Institute (OBCI) with stolen accessories, getting into their getaway vehicle and departing the Gordons Business Centre parking lot. Two took their time to enter the OBCI building pretending to have interest in school matters only to access the building to scope the interior before taking out their firearm and demanded all the money, while the third – the driver was parked outside. Since the building is a school, no money was to be found, the two criminals raided the rooms and grabbed what valuables were insight and…
A young man was rescued by police in 6mile after he was accused and held captive for the murder of a 45year old man. The accused was held captive by the victim’s relatives who were believed to be ready to take justice into their own hands, fortunately the police intervened and took the suspect into their own hands. The victim from Goilala, Central, after receiving the fatal blows died later at the Port Moresby General Hospital and the accused a 22-year-old male also from Goilala is now in police custody facing murder charges. According to Divisional Commander Northern and interim…
Papua New Guinea Heavy Weight Gold Medalist Dika Toua has a strict goal to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games set in July. The qualification progression involves athletes across the world to participate in 5 international Events for the coveted 12 spots. Toua weighing 49kg sat on a 166kg Total as she walked to the platform, at the final qualification. Toua walked the platform weighing 49kg and sat on 166kg at the final qualification event, over Easter. Her Nearest rival held 170kg. Toua, who will be 40 in June, was aiming to become the first weightlifter ever to compete…
Papua New Guinea Power Limited (PPL) Board of Directors Chairman Mr. McRonald Nale approved and clarified on 1st April 2024, that no debt over K700 million is owed to the International Power Producers (IPP) as stated in one of the dailies published on March 28th of 2024+. The IPP’s include NiuPower, Dirio, POSCO Lae, PNG Forests Products Hydro, Edevu (PNG Hydro Development), and New Britain Palm Oil Ltd. According to PPL records, PPL has debt with IPP but less than K700 million, inclusive of other charges on top of the energy bills, capital recovery cost and interest cost (inclusive of…
Hohola Off-Season Rugby League (HoRL) President Mr. Kambi Ingiman remains determined to finish the 2024 Hohola Rugby League off Season on a high note, despite the challenges of limited resources, high number of teams and unpredictable weather. HoRL Committee recently hosted a meeting that clearly identified the appropriate actions and decisions to settle the team’s management complaints and queries. According to common arguments from team staff and management, this year’s off-season holds the highest number of teams to participate in the HRL Off-Season, therefore reduces the weekend rounds. Team Management feel the time is limited to play for an appropriate…