Underprivileged children who have been salvaged from the harsh living conditions of Port Moresby and given a second chance in life by a local charity organization and NGO have many more reasons to smile following a kind donation of K25, 000 by a Stationary Shop in the city. Theodist Stationary Supermarket presented today a timely K25, 000 cheque to support Life PNG Care and its ongoing program of taking care of underprivileged children. The charity organization based in Gerehu, Port Moresby, which focuses on impacting the lives of unfortunate children through education were pleased with the donation saying it was…
Author: Genesis KETAN
A partnership between NCD and Southern Highlands Province has seen the birth of the SHP Hope Cup Rugby League challenge which gets underway this weekend starting Friday in Mendi. “To bring peace, harmony and unity to our people in Mendi, Southern Highlands Province is the main purpose of the SHP Hope Cup,” said NCD Governor Powes Parkop whilst giving an update on the event this week. Moni Plus Port Moresby Vipers and Motu-Koita Lakatois are two teams from Port Moresby who will grace the three-day challenge with their participation in Mendi. To be held this weekend from the 22nd -…
Putting God first as a sector and individually was the main point in the keynote speech delivered by the Minister of Information and Communication, Timothy Masiu during the Departments dedication service yesterday. “In everything that we do as a Department, we must put God first and foremost,” said Mr. Masiu. “All that the Department has achieved in 2020 was not by sheer luck but through God’s grace.” Apart from the Department of Information and Communication, present for the dedication service also was the National Broadcasting Network (NBC) and National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA). Mr. Masiu reminded the workers…
A group of Gulf students from various tertiary institutions across the country have been spending their school break raising awareness on the importance of education to children, students and parents in the Gulf Province. This voluntary awareness program which started last week and ended over the weekend, saw 21 Gulf students visiting the main villages in the Province. The idea was proposed by a third year Applied Chemistry student of the University of Technology, Benjamin Bal who reached out to fellow Gulf students of other tertiary institutions to carry out this awareness. “We visited the main villages Iokea, Lese, Moveave,…
The Final 29 men SP Hunters was announced this week at the Oil Search National Football stadium after the omission of 6 players. According to SP Hunters Coach Matthew Church, Ricko Jimmy, Rhadly Brawa, Sunny Lipu, Ben Kennedy, Jordan Pat and Valentine Culligan were released. “It was a tough conversation to have with each player, one part of the job of a coach we don’t look forward to but it’s best to be honest,” he said. He encouraged them to keep playing hard and well in their Digicel Cup. Meanwhile, 11 new faces were added into the squad. Coach Matthew…
A new partnership will now enable members of the PNG Health Assurance (PHA) to directly bill their medical prescriptions to PHA Health Assurance from any one of the 32 City Pharmacy branches at a discounted rate. This partnership was announced today by the Deputy CEO of PHA Insurance John Elisa and the CEO of City Pharmacy Navin Raju. According to Mr Elisa, PHA Insurance members will be able to readily access prescriptions and basic health care in all City Pharmacy outlets nationwide. “This is more affordable and accessible for our members since CPL has 32 branches country wide,” said Mr.…
Department of Education witnessed the formal handing over of the Ministry of Education from the outgoing Minister and member of Wosera-Gaui, Joseph Yopyoypy to the member of Usino-Bundi Jimmy Uguro this week. In his farewell remarks, Outgoing Minister Joseph Yopyoypy stressed on the importance of education and that it is only through education we can truly take back PNG. “We talk about taking back PNG than education is the way to go because only through an educated population we can change the nation,” he said. In the last 18 months he has pushed for more reforms and policies to be…
Outgoing Minister for Education Joseph Yopyoypy has urged the Government to be serious about improving the quality of Education in PNG and not remove money already committed to education. He made this comment during the official handover takeover ceremony between him and his successor, and new Education Minister Jimmy Uguro. He said that schools struggled
An 8 day State Funeral Program has been organized for Papua New Guinea’s seventh Prime Minister and Port Moresby Northwest MP the late Sir Mekere Morauta. This was announced by the State Funeral organizing Committee Chairman and member for Moresby South Justin Tkatchenko who said Day One will officially begin when Late Sir Mekere’s casket lands at the Port Moresby Jacksons Airport. “Day One will be today when the casket and family of the late Sir Mekere arrive at 1:30pm at the VIP carpark at the Jacksons airport.” “He will be received by his family, the Prime Minister, NCD Governor,…
The NCD Police Command is stamping its authority ahead of the New Year and warns city residents that their celebrations welcoming the New Year 2021 can only last for an hour. And the sanctioned times for celebrations which doesn’t include public disturbances and, or noise pollution is from 12am – 1am in the New Year. “You can only have an hour of New Year celebrations from 12 – 1am, if you go beyond that and a neighbor complains, then that would be an offense,” said the NCD Police Metropolitan Superintendent Perou N’Dranou. He said an hour should be enough for…