Following a near death incident experienced by St John Ambulance (SJA) officers that occurred on New Year’s Day at Laloki in the Central province, the Laloki community today invited SJA officials to accept their sincere apology and to witness a community committed to handingover the suspects involved to police to face justice. The community meeting this morning was joined by Laloki Ward 1 Councilor Mr. George Girisa, President Vanapa Brown Local Level Government (LLG) Wayne Iorive, Hiri Koiari District Chairman for Law-and-Order Mr. Jeff Malewa and the SJA Assistant Commissioner (AC) and Deputy Chief (DC) of Ambulance Mr. Terrance Torea,…
Author: E'lle- Gore YASI
The Governor’s Cup Grand Final in both the men’s and women’s game went toe-to-toe in a relentless battle to secure cup win. The Cup grand final in the women’s division, the PCL Venoms defeated the Morata Bullets in 11-4 points. And the men’s division was dominated by the Bara Fox Cliff Hangers defeating the M3 Bulldogs scoring 18-8 points at sir Hubert Murray Stadium on the 31st December. The Sir Hubert Murray was flooded with supporters inside and out to witness the Governor’s Cup Grand final winner in both the men and women division. Both games were aggressive and aggressive…
The St Johns ambulance was pleased to announce a successful New Year’s Eve celebration across NCD, Lae, Central and Kokopo. According to St Johns, despite attending to several cases throughout the New Years eve, the St Johns Ambulance was pleased and expressed their observation of the Celebrations to be a sensible and joyous event. St Johns was pleased to announce their fulfilment in advanced preparation to cater any emergencies with additional ambulances deployed during the New Year’s Eve. Also expressing gratitude to the Police, Fire Service, hospital, and the general public for their undying support during such a busy period…
The St. John Ambulance (SJA) Service has reported an increase in violence and trauma related emergencies between New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. According to SJA, the ambulance teams were able to effectively respond to over 50 emergency incidents from Sunday evening to this morning, Monday 01st January 2024. According to the report, violence and trauma-related emergencies, constituted 24 out of the 52 emergencies on New Year’s night. A breakdown of these violence and trauma-related emergencies revealed that 16 incidents occurred in the National Capital District (NCD), 3 in Central province, and 4 in the Momase Region. This doubling…
The Homa Border Storms have snatched the 2023 NCD Governor’s Cup Tournament Bowl Grand Final title, after defeating MPS Chiefs this afternoon at the Sir Hubert Murray Stadium in Port Moresby. Both teams came in hard during the first and second half engaging in raging contact, displaying their tremendous strength and skills. The first half saw the Homa Border Storms scoring the first try but failed to convert the try and led with 4 points to nil. The second half saw a lot of fumbles and countless penalties that resulted in two successful penalty kicks from both teams. The final…
The 2023 NCD Governor’s Cup Tournament Grand Finals for all the divisions will take place tomorrow, Sunday 31st December, on the eve of the New Year to close off the rugby league matches for this year. The Cup, Plate and Bowl Grand Finals will be held at the Sir Hubert Murray Stadium along with live entertainment from Mal Meninga Kuri, ACDP Dancers and Poly Crew featuring Mikes Toto from the Skwatas band, to get things rolling before the matches. The men and women division grand final games will begin with the Bowl grand final, followed by the Plate grand final…
With the fluctuating number of Sin bins, insensitive high tackles and shoulder charge penalties, the National Capital District (NCD) Governor’s cup Waigani games coordinator Mr. John Mauve has urged team management and players proceeding to the finals to fully understand the rugby league rules and policy to better prepare for the Governor’s cup tournament grand finals. “The players should be briefed by the coaching staff or coach about the up-to-date rules as the Governor’s Cup Tournament as it is recognized by the Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League.” “This will help avoid unnecessary penalty and disagreement between the referees and…
The National Capital District (NCD) Governor’s Cup Tournament last semi final day is underway following washout games at Waigani Koni Tiger Oval. The remaining top man and woman’s teams of the Cup, Plate, Bowl, and the pennant prices division have fought their way through their competitive pools. Eight teams will battle it out leaving only four teams to secure major semi-finals spots. Four teams of each division are now set to go toe-to-toe for the major semi-finals spots which will determine the grand finalists for each division. According to NCD Governors Cup Waigani Games Coordinator Mr. John Mauve, the major…
The operator of the PNG LNG Project, ExxonMobil PNG once again expressed its commitment to the people of Hela province by sharing the Christmas holiday cheer and joy with the patients at the children’s ward at Tari Hospital. The Tari Hospital ward visitation was joined by the company’s staff, Santa and the PNG LNG Community Ambassador Justin Olam, who shared gifts and taking pictures and putting a smile on the sick children’s faces this Christmas. The visitation to the children’s ward was to ensure that those who were unable to be with their loved ones at home during the festive…
The Gore family of late State Justice Sinclair Gore are preparing to host a Christmas Family fun day for families and friends, purposely to raise funds to transport the Late Mr Gore’s Tomb Stone to western Province. The fundraiser will include activities for children and adults to trap your attention, commencing in December on 9am to 4pm, Sunday 24th December 2023 at Tutu Bay, Taurama Bay. The children will take part in treasure hunts, Tug of War, and much more while adults compete in beer dart, lucky door prizes and live performances with Saugas, Basil Greg, Garry Vaibua and others.…