A total of K100, 000 from the East New Britain Provincial Government (ENBPG) annual budget will now be allocated to Organizational for Industrial, Spiritual and Cultural Advancement (OISCA) starting next year 2024. This is one of ENBPG’s obligations after a signed tripartite Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) took place between ENBPG, OISCA Japan and OISCA PNG Association Incorporation. The MOA signed last month at the OISCA training center was witnessed by OISCA BOD Chairman Sinai Brown, Acting Provincial Administrator Levi Mano, OISCA international Representatives and the three stakeholder’s senior management team and members. In this revised agreement the parties agree to…
Author: Katrina ANGELI
PNGFM Limited team members today commemorated the World Aids Day that falls on the 1st of December every year marking this year’s theme, ‘Let Communities Lead’. In commemoration of the day itself, the staff had a session led by member of PNGFM’s Occupational Health & Safety Committee (OHSC) and Lead TB Warden, George Kavil who presented the awareness session on HIV/Aids in Papua New Guinea. Both Mr Kavil and his fellow awareness session coordinator on the topic, Mr Jack Manu compiled their presentation after training with the Business 4 Health. The session included discussions based on the difference between HIV…
With World AIDS day being marked on 1 December, UNAIDS says the role of communities in combatting the virus is critical. In a new report called Let Communities Lead, the agency said underfunding and harmful barriers are holding back the lifesaving work of communities and obstructing the end of AIDS. The report shows that the proportion of HIV funding channeled through community-led organizations has declined by at least 35 percent over the last decade. It report said to accelerate progress, the work of communities on the frontline must be better integrated into all aspects of the HIV response and properly…
Communities in Papua New Guinea are now receiving the Bible in their own languages for the first time all thanks to innovations that are speeding up the work of Bible translators. This exciting new era means that Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) Technologies can help organizations like Wycliffe Associates by updating software and apps on their computers and mobile phones that translators use in their work. According to MAF Technologies Ministry Partnership Officer, Caine Ruruk, so far MAF Technologies has supplied over four hundred translation kits to Wycliffe translation teams across the country, allowing them to translate various local language Bibles.…
Athletics competition gets underway at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara this week. Athletes from around the Pacific arrived in the Solomon Islands capital over the past two days in preparation for their track and field events. The National Stadium will be the centre of activities, as competition rolls off at 3pm New Zealand time. Events that are scheduled for Monday includes the women’s heptathlon, men’s decathlon, 100 metres heats and the 5,000m on home soil. Fijian sprinter Banuve Tabakaucoro is missing from the Games after he retired early this year, having dominated the 100 and 200 metres in the…
On the 26th of this month November, will mark 150 years since the Missionaries of the London Missionary Society arrived in Poreporena village with the Gospel. The day will be significantly remembered for the remarkable transformation of the village from hostility to peacefulness as the villagers accepted the arrival of the missionaries with the gospel and the ensuing settling of Christianity. A week-long program of celebration has been organized in Poreporena involving the United Church congregations in Hanuabada, Elevala, and Gabi. The villagers through the celebration will remember and honor the heroic efforts of the missionaries from Rarotonga to bring…
“Education is the pathway for the people of Simbu to rise and shine out in the different stages of development.” These were the words from Simbu Governor, Noah Kool who addressed a total of 76 garde twelve graduates of Boromil Technical Secondary School in its second open graduation held recently at Boromil of Gumine district. Kool said in his first term as Governor in 2012 and again in 2022, remained consistent in ensuring that Simbu has viable educational facilities in the province for accessibility, and also affordable. He also announced that the province now has a primary school teachers’ college,…
Football or soccer will be the first sport on the 2023 Pacific Games program when PNG Mens National Team and the Womens National Teams play on November 17, 2023. Both the men and the women’s team left early Monday morning on the first Charter Flight to Honiara, Solomon Island. The football competition will kick off two days early prior to the Official Opening of the Games on November 19, 2023, at the new Honiara Stadium. PNG Mens National Team: Dave Tomare, Roland Warisan, Vagi Koniel (goalkeepers), Daniel Joe, Abel Redenut, Godfrey Haro, Kolu Kepo, Emmanuel Simon, Joseph Joe, Troy Dobbin,…
In a significant event held on Thursday, the launching of the name changing of what was known as the Pacific Institute of Leadership and Governance (PILAG) is now known as the Somare Institute of Leadership and Governance (SILAG). This renaming marks a pivotal moment in the institution’s history, as it pays tribute to the late Grand Chief, Sir Michael Somare, a visionary statesman who played a crucial role in shaping the nation’s development. Honouring a visionary leader, Sir Michael, fondly known as the “Father of the Nation,” was a towering figure in Papua New Guinea’s political landscape and as the…
John Swire & Sons (JS&S) PNG Limited and owner of Swire Shipping Limited, yesterday officially launched two new scholarships for Papua New Guinean students: Swire University Scholarships and Taikoo College Scholarships. The fully funded scholarships will enable Papua New Guinean students to access financial support for vocational and tertiary studies for next year’s academic year, 2024. This is part of Swire’s Higher Education Scholarship Program aimed to support those pursuing their studies. Steamships Trading Company Limited, whose biggest investor is John Swire & Sons (JS&S), will now be administering the scholarship program on behalf of Swire. The new Swire Scholarships…