Prime Minister (PM) James Marape visited the disaster-hit district communities of Angoram and Wosera-Gawi in East Sepik Province (ESP) during the Easter Sunday reassuring them of National Government support as they come to terms with the disaster effects including the disaster hit mid last Month. PM Marape from Lae, Morobe Province after a program in Lae flew on a helicopter to the district of Wosera-Gawi, and escorted by his wife Rachael Marape who is partly from ESP from Wosera-Gawi Disrict. Marape saw the community and assured his government’s support and made an aerial assessment of the damages. The people living…
Author: E'lle- Gore YASI
After dominating the 2024 Justin Tkachenko Super 9s (JT9s) Grand Final, the Sub City Raiders (SCR) Women’s Team now set their sights on the upcoming 13s in the 2024 Port Moresby South Rugby League (PMSRL) Season. The SCR Women’s team carry the title as the 2024 JT9s champions after defeating Vadavada United and receiving a cash prize of K5, 000. The SCR Team Manager, Mr. Oliver Konige told PNG HAUSBUNG that the focus now is to apply the same intensity in the JT9s, in the PMSRL season. “Though we had girls coming from different parts of the city to attend…
An Aidan Sezer field goal has helped the Wests Tigers secure a 17-16 win over the Eels in a thrilling Easter Monday clash. After the visitors skipped out to a one-point lead with 30 seconds on the clock, an offside penalty set up a grandstand finish with Clint Gutherson handed a chance to steal the victory from almost 40 metres out. But with the ball falling left of the uprights, Benji Marshall’s side celebrated back-to-back wins for the first time since Round 10 last year. The Round 4 victory came on the back of an impressive defensive performance from the…
A masterful kicking display by Adam Reynolds and a herculean performance from Carl Webb medalist Pat Carrigan inspired the Broncos to a 38-12 win over the Cowboys at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night. Heading into the Queensland derby as the NRL’s only unbeaten team, the Cowboys were their own worst enemies with 17 errors cruelling their chances. The Broncos exploded out of the blocks with a try to Billy Walters out of dummy half just three minutes into the game. Four minutes later the Broncos kicked out to 8-0 when Reynolds landed a penalty goal after Murray Taulagi spilled a…
The Panthers withstood a late second-half surge from the Roosters to claim their third win of the season and their ninth win in a row against the Tri Colours. Panthers winger Sunia Turuva scored a hat-trick in the 22-16 win to add to his impressive try-scoring streak which has seen him cross for 11 tries in his past eight NRL games. Before the game, some had feared the gloss of the contest may have been diminished with Penrith missing their biggest names in captain Nathan Cleary and forward leader James Fisher-Harris, but the match delivered plenty of entertainment. While the…
The Dolphins have re-signed young gun playmaker Isaiya Katoa with a three-year contract extensionsecuring the Tongan international until at least the end of 2028. After joining the Dolphins from the Panthers’ junior system, the 20-year-old half played 22 NRL matches for the NRL’s newest franchise in his debut season last year before representing Tonga in their Test series against England. The Panthers have extended Taylan May on a new two-year extension which will see the star outside back remain at the club until the end of 2026. Returning to the NRL this year after suffering an ACL injury in the…
Police in the city of Port Moresby were called in to assist the company Hugo Sawmill remove illegal squatters who have been residing on their property just next to the Fly- over at Erima. The eviction, which took place on Monday 25th March, saw the removal of the group comprising of mostly people from the Hela province, illegally residing on the piece of land. Police also claimed that the group of people residing there continuously commit petty crime in the area, and their removal should bring about safety to the community there and the public that pass through that area.…
The village of Elevala in the city of Port Moresby came alive with joy and celebrations following the crowning of Miss Elevala as 2024 Miss Hiri Hanenamo in the 50th Hiri Moale Festival over the weekend on Sunday, 24th March. The young Miss Elevala, Henao Heni, also received accolades adding to her victory in the quest. She was presented with gifts, a K10, 000 Education Scholarship and a K5, 000 cash Prize from the Major Sponsors. Miss Elevala was followed by Miss Pari, Margret Ali as the Runner Up and Miss Kirakira, Mabata Noka Paul, who received the Miss Hetura…
Since 1988, Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) has shown its support to train young Papua New Guineans in the technical and even in the administrative fields by providing the Graduate Development Scheme (GDS) program for students at the tertiary level of education. To this day, OTML has trained 590 graduates under the GDS program, and continues this commitment by recently welcoming 16 new intakes under the 2023 graduate batch, who recently completed their respective university programs in 2023 and were selected after meeting the GDS program entry requirements. OTML General Manager Social Performance and Sustainability, Jesse Pile, expressed gratitude and…
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Dallin Watene-Zelezniak starred as the Warriors came from behind to kick start their 2024 campaign with an 18-10 defeat of the Raiders in Christchurch on Friday night. Coming off back-to-back narrow losses, the Warriors found themselves in another close contest but Tuivasa-Sheck and Watene-Zelezniak ensured they were on the right side of the scorecard in front of a full house at Apollo Projects Stadium. Chasing a 3-0 start to their season, the Raiders stayed in the contest until the end but the Warriors bounced back from last weekend’s heart breaking loss in Melbourne after Xavier Coates scored…