Melbourne Storm will play the Newcastle Knights in the first-ever NRL-sanctioned rugby league match in Fiji in February 2024. The match will be played on Saturday 24 February at Churchill Park, Lautoka, and will be the club’s second trial in preparation for the 2024 season. Storm CEO, Justin Rodski, and Fiji Bati Captain and Storm player, Tui Kamikamica, were in Fiji to announce details of the groundbreaking match alongside Fiji’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation, Hon. Viliame Gavoka, Fiji Airways Chief Marketing and Customer Officer, Akuila Batiweti, and Tourism Fiji CEO, Brent Hill. “We are…
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The CPL Group of companies recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mama Bank, enabling Mama Bank Customers comfortable level of access and affordability for quality home improvement products and healthcare products. In addition, customers can access discount partnership program in CPL Hardware Haus Outlets and City Pharmacies around PNG. The Memorandum of Understand was signed by Mama Bank CEO Mr. Gunanidhi Das and CPL Group Chief Executive Officer Mr. Navin Raju with relevant executives and representatives from both organisations. Mr. Raju expressed his hopes for customers to feel more comfortable for transactions towards both establishments. “CPL happily hopes customer…
Prime Minister James Marape reaffirm PNG’s Significant progress since 2019. PM Marape stressed the need to share effective public service issues such as political instability at all government levels, law and order fragile economic fundamentals and exposure to global economic inflation. Following the acknowledgment and frequent significant challenging. Furthermore stressing to influence a long term goal of trade relations with Australia and United States America of processing resources like such major market PNG associates with such as Japan, China, India, Indonesia and Korea. Additionally, expressing his previous presence on July 25th 2019 conversing on Papua New Guinea’s New Book and…
Papua New Guinea (PNG) Prime Minister James Marape addressed and labelled the Enga Porgera Mine reopening as a significant milestone during the 17th PNG Resource and Energy Conference held in Sydney, Australia. Prime Minister Marape shared among the 1500 individuals of Industry Leaders, Resource Sector Minsters, private sector, and government representatives that the Pogera Gold Mine is soon to be reopened. Stressing the Following Grant of the Special Mine Development Contract (MDC) and Special Mining Lease, and also the progressive workshop on overdue issues as the landowner Compensation Agreement. “Porgera is a step away from ignition,” said Prime Minister Marape.…
The well-known National Capital District (NCD) Governors Cup Tournament (GCT) is on the way. The tournament influences and encourages teams all over NCD to participate for prices and for the selection process of the local franchise rugby clubs. The tournament effortlessly attracting supporters and fans to witness elite teams around NCD to go head-to-head to reach the same objective, to win. The NCD GCT is estimated for three weeks of non-stop rugby league from 11th -29th December, in four locations and pools. The 4 locations are managed by Gerehu Rugby League Field, Hohola Ipi Park, McGregor Barracks Oval and Waigani…
Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Minister for Environment, Conservation and Climate Change (MECCC) has called for serious attention to climate changes around the world, calling on high emitting carbon Nations to maximize their potential resources to action against Climate Change. Minister Simo Kilepa emphasized the urgency for swift action by high carbon emitting states to combat impacts of climate change hugely affecting small island states in the Pacific including PNG. Citing the latest Synthesis Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), he highlighted the severe impacts of human-caused climate change, stressing the urgent need for high-level political decisions to…
The Governor’s Cup Tournament (GCT) launching yesterday at the National Capital District (NCD) City Hall in Port Moresby saw over 50 team representatives attend, marking the first time for a large number of teams to participate in this year’s challenge. Having the reputation of below 50 teams to participate in the GCT, this year’s event will for the first time ever see 70 teams in NCD participate. The teams 70 teams consist of 64 man’s teams and 6 women’s to participate during the event. The return of Governors Cup President Mr. Billy Aki had really excited teams to welcome him…
The Sepik Pride Rugby Franchise has had an unfortunate turn of events in 2023 Digicel Cup and now found to be not meeting requirements according to Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League (PNGRFL). PNGRFL stated Sepik Pride lacked three requirements in Governance, Financial Capacity and Affiliate League Associations. Sepik Pride Franchise co-founding member and Operations Manager Mr. Bradley Simon told PNG HAUSBUNG this in an interview today. He further acknowledged the respect and love from the communities in Sepik Province. “Affiliate Leagues are rare to coordinate in a soccer dominant province, our club really reached youth potentials to express their…
The Sepik Pride Rugby Franchise was unfortunate missing out to qualify to participate in the Digicel ExxonMobil Cup for 2024. Sepik Pride’s Day 01 supporter East Sepik Province Governor Allan Bird took to social media stressing on facebook to convert this one-year suspension upset into motivation, also confirming Sepik Pride will participate in the 2025 Season. “The positive of the situation is we will take moment as a learning experience and use the 12 months to organize ourselves accordingly.” “We will appoint one point of contact between the franchise and the League Management to minimize misinformation or any other issue.”…
The Leprosy Mission (TLM) in Papua New Guinea is a part of an International Fellowship devoted in spreading awareness of all ages on the fight against leprosy and other fatal diseases across the globe. The Leprosy Mission currently is seeking adequate funding and is hosting a raffle ticket fundraiser for its valued supporters and public to have the chance to win 5 new Landcruiser tyres with K100.00 per ticket. The Leprosy Mission aims to secure K5000.00 as an adequate sum to carry out their awareness projects in the nation. The draw will be held on the 8th of December 2023,…