The 2022 National Touch football championship was held at the Eriku oval in Lae. A four days tournament held last week which saw participating teams from Chimbu, Kainantu, Kundiawa, East and West New Britain as well as the host of the tournament Lae Corperate Touch. Referee Development and Technical officer Billy Karava said, the tournament comprised of seven divisions which saw all teams play hard to win the championship in each of these divisions. Lae Corperate Touch team was the favorite and announced the 2022 champions of the tournament while Sohe won in the Junior Boys, Huon Corperate for Master’s…
Author: Helen-Jennifer BUBUWAU
A total of 190 students graduated on Tuesday from the Institute Business Studies College of TVET at six mile campus in Port Moresby. Chancellor of Institute Business Studies College Gabriel Pepson gave the key note speech at the 10th graduation as special awards were presented to the top performing students in Certificate three and certificate four programs. Certificate three they offer Business studies, Accounting and Information Technology whilst in Certificate four an additional course offered is Human Resource Management. Vice Chancellor Dr. Ramachandran Arunacha said, these certificate programs are pathways to joining degree program in other universities in the country…
The festive season operations in East New Britain Province has officially been launched this week on Monday with police now on full duty, according to ENB Acting Police Commander Senior Inspector, Gabriel Bandi. The three major stations in ENB which are Kokopo, Rabaul and Kerevat have been on festive period duty since Monday and police personnel are working around the clock to ensure public safety is upheld. The ENB police personnel will be assisted by a Mobile Squad from Kerowagi in Simbu Province to roll out the festive operations. According to acting police boss Bandi, operations will cover both land…
The PNG Adventists Tertiary Students Association Convention (ATSA) was officially launched yesterday Monday 12th December at the Kiunga Vocational Center in Kiunga town, Western province and should include activities aimed at assisting the communities. The Convention is scheduled to go for a week with different sessions to be held by Pastor Gideon Kend and Pastor Willie Siso along with other facilitating Pastors. Apart from these sessions, each of the tertiary institutions have sessions allocated to do brief reports and highlights about their ministry work in the various institutions they attend. One of the main highlights of the PNG ATSA Convention…
Director for Community Development Agencies Yanny Guman has been working with communities in Simbu Province in addressing gender based issues faced by the people for sometime now. Most of the work of their Agency is creating and building peace among the citizens which they saw that a lot of issues were gender based violence. Mr. Guman said, over the years they have been really working hard to support community leadership in the Simbu Province and with the grant received from the government it will help to support their work for referral pathways by working together with Family Sexual Violence, Family…
At the commemoration of International Human Rights day held today outside Sir Guise Stadium, 10 Civil Society Organizations received their grants from the Government. Secretary for Department of Community Development and Religion Jerry Ubasi announced a K7.9M funded by the Government to help each of the existing organization function and carry out more projects in helping to keep a safer PNG and bring every citizen together in peace. Mr. Ubasi extended his gratitude towards leaders in the frontline that are doing a great work to make sure funding is available. “I will not invent any new thing, CSO are already…
The PNG Adventist Tertiary Student Association (ATSA) travelled in to Western Province this week in preparation for their 19th biennial convention to be held in Kiunga starting next week. Participants of the convention include students from the various universities and colleges in the country as well as their professionals and Pastors. PNG ATSA Secretary, Lovelyne Aragas, confirmed that 300 plus students are attending the convention and their main goal is to carry out awareness on financial literacy, provide medical check to the locals and also share the word of God. “As students are settling in this week, they will carry…
The Hospital in Gulf Province is facing issues with lack of management and governing body that looks after the hospital. This concern was raised in an interview with the Gulf Deputy Director Public Health Mr. Ben Bal. Mr Bal said that the hospital does not have a governing authority that can make decisions as there is no Acting CEO on ground to organise and properly coordinate the operation of Gulf hospital. “Many cases reported here at the hospital such as pneumonia, malaria and waterborne diseases cannot be treated at the hospital as there is a shortage of medical drugs and…
The Waigani Primary School in Port Moresby city held its 26th Graduation yesterday where a total of 354 grade eight students successfully graduated at the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) Drill Hall venue. Headmaster of the Waigani Primary School, Mr. Moses Modekawau, in his speech said that this year’s graduation saw the largest number of grade eight students graduate. Mr. Modekawau further went on to thank all supportive parents as well as the hardworking staff for helping the students come this far. “I would also like to make a special mention to our government for its commitment in providing…
The Eastern Papuan Cup Soccer tournament is just a few days away from the finals. The tournament which began around mid this year is now wrapping up with finals scheduled to be played this Saturday at the UPNG sports oval. EPC Tournament Director Mr. John Mogi said three divisions are looking forward to playing their grand finals this weekend. These three grand finalist teams are from the Men’s Presidential Cup, Women’s Presidential Cup and the EPC Women’s Major Cup. Mr. Mogi said the tournament had 14 teams in the junior category and 35 adult teams, 26 teams for men and…