The youths from Raulai in Matupit Island, East New Britain Province are into their third week of the Christmas tournament after it started two weeks ago. Committee for Raulai Youths Dickson Darius said, the competition consists of four teams which are playing round robin matches and finals to be in the new year. Mr. Darius further stated, there are games organized for little children and they will be awarded as well apart from the men’s rugby touch 7’s and women’s volley ball. A combined fellowship will be held at the end of the festive tournament and they are looking forward…
Author: Helen-Jennifer BUBUWAU
The Lihir Union of Students Association, which is comprised of both university and college students, is prepared and all geared up to conduct their major career expo next year January 12th 2023 on Lihir. The major carrier expo is the second part of the program which will specifically look at students from secondary schools. The first part of the carrier expo was carried out to students in primary schools and with the delivery of basic educational counsel and encouragement alongside the dissemination of secondary school requirements done by members of the association. According to team leader for the association, John…
Health Centres in the Kokopo district of East New Britain province are all geared up and ready for the festive season operations. Kokopo District Health Manager Mrs. Anastasia Tio, confirmed that there will be no shutdown for the health centers in Kokopo district during the festive period. Mrs. Tio elaborated that staff have scheduled a rooster with a group of ten staff members to work during the Christmas and New Year’s Day and at the same time, hold Christmas celebrations together with patients at the hospital. “We have hospitals like St. Mary’s hospital and other hospitals that usually have patients.…
As Christmas approaches, many of us are planning to celebrate Christmas with kaikai, carols by candle light, and exchanging of gifts with friends and families this weekend. Let us not forget the true meaning of Christmas in the midst of our merry making though as highlighted by Seventh Day Adventist Minister Leeroy Yamahaune. Minister Leeroy Yamahune’s Christmas Message
Oro Provincial Government is supporting the festive operations in Oro Province with K750 000 to make sure law and order is maintained in the districts and villages. Provincial Police Commander Ewai Segi said, the Christmas operation in Oro province was launched during the weekend and police are stationed at certain hotspots areas of Popondetta. Mr. Segi confirmed, a group of 25 police men will be deployed to Popondetta from Port Moresby to complement the man power in the province. “Currently we have 76 police man on ground and with the inclusion of the reserve police, we should have a total…
A group of 17 students from the Morobe Tertiary Students Association are looking forward to roll out their awareness program starting this weekend in the 10 districts of Morobe Province. The awareness program will be based on the importance of education, constitutions, law and order and economy. Luther Kising who is the incoming UPNG SRC President for 2023 said, this program is an initiative by the UPNG Tertiary Student Association in collaboration with 2023 UPNG SRC President. This initiative has been supported by the provincial government of Morobe with funding of K200 000 to help the Association. Mr. Kising explained…
“Take ownership of Law and Order during this festive season”, were the words of the Provincial Police Commander for New Ireland Province Felix Nebanat. The annual festive season police operations within New Ireland has already begun to ensure individuals and communities celebrate the festive season accordingly, free from trouble and public nuisance. According to Mr. Nebanat, the police operations within the province has two phases to it and is progressing smoothly as planned. The first phase which is the public awareness (pre-ops) conducted by police officers and personnel will end this Friday 23rd December. Police will move directly into phase…
Kiunga Vocational Training Center in Western Province was privileged to receive donations of renovation supplies from the PNG Adventist Tertiary Student Association this week. The renovations supplies include two 9000L tuffa tanks, lawn mower and plumbing and building materials costing over K100 000. During the presentation PNG ATSA President Steward Alu Kalan said that they wanted to show appreciation to the Administration of Kiunga Vocational Training Center and the board of Management for accommodating over 300 students at their convention. “In the one week convention, students realized that facilities are deteriorating and needed maintenance.” With the support, they would now…
Christmas operations in the East Sepik Province began on Monday afternoon after hosting a PPC meeting with all the Police Stations Commander in the province. That’s according to the new Provincial Police Commander for East Sepik Province Superintendent Christopher Tamari. PPC Tamari said the East Sepik Provincial government has allocated K150 000 to help the roll out of the Christmas operations. District Government have also pledged and they are assisting the Police Stations Commander in each of the districts. Superintendent Tamari stated, even though he is new to the place he is confident he can provide leadership using his experience…
In a bid to strengthen community-embedded capacities in digital skills, digital agriculture, and financial inclusion in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea, the EU Funded UN Joint STREIT Programme organised an intensive training for Maprik Secondary School’s teachers and lead farmers on Digital Skills and Financial Literacy modules. The training was aimed at building trainees’ capacities as future Trainers of Trainers (ToTs) or Coaches. Held in close collaboration with the PNG National Information & Communication Technology Authority (NICTA), this two-day event attracted 30 participants, including three model farmers and female teachers (comprising 40% of total attendees). It was the…