Preparations for the 2023 Trukai Fun Run (TFR) on Lihir Island are progressing well with local business houses and community groups supporting the event through the purchase of t-shirts. This includes Petro Oil, Lihir Athletics, Nationwide Scaffolding Services (NSS) Lihir Civil Construction (LCC), Anitua Retail, Lihir Auto Services, Monadelphous, Lihir Police and Anitua Protective Services (APS). Event Lead, Nancy Gah expressed that Anitua Limited is grateful for the support shown by these local businesses as well as the sports association, as the funds will go towards supporting two worthy causes. “We are fundraising to support the Kavieng General Hospital’s cancer…
Author: Katrina ANGELI
A fundamental element of health care delivery is accessibility, whether impaired by an illness, injury or living with a disability, being able to access and navigate a health care facility is the first step to receiving good care. For this reason, from the very start, the Australia-funded ANGAU Hospital Redevelopment, incorporated universal accessibility guidelines into the design. This includes access for people who are physically immobile; color contrast around doorways to provide contrast between frame, door, ceiling, wall; touchable signage for people who are visually impaired and a sound loop for people who are hearing-impaired; it has appropriate signage for…
Snapchat users were alarmed on Tuesday night when the platform’s artificial intelligence chatbot posted a live update to its profile and stopped responding to messages. The Snapchat My AI feature — which is powered by the viral AI chatbot tool ChatGPT — typically offers recommendations, answers questions and converses with users. But posting a live Story (a short video of what appeared to be a wall) for all Snapchat users to see was a new one: It’s a capability typically reserved for only its human users. The app’s fans were quick to share their concerns on social media. “Why does My AI have a…
Madonna is feeling good. The singer has rescheduled the “Celebration Tour” dates she postponed following a health scare at her home in New York in June. The queen of pop was hospitalized in the ICU due to a bacterial infection and was later discharged to continue recovering at home. Madonna’s longtime manager Guy Oseary announced at the time that she would be postponing the launch of her tour that was scheduled to begin in July. On Tuesday, Live Nation announced that the North America rescheduled dates will take place immediately following the originally announced UK and Europe dates. Tickets for…
“Barbie” has broken numerous records since its July 21 opening and the summer blockbuster is close to breaking another one. Trailing behind “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” by an estimated $48 million, writer-director Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” appears destined to gain the top spot for highest grossing domestic film of 2023. “Barbie” raked in a stunning $155 million domestically in its opening weekend and last week joined the $1 billion club in global box office sales – a feat only achieved by about 50 films in history, adjusted for inflation, Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore, told CNN. While “Pink…
South Pacific (SP) Lager is delighted to announce its nationwide promotion where four lucky individuals can be lucky winners of a 25-seater coaster bus from collection of six SP Large promo red caps to enter. Senior Brand Manager Miriam Lama in a statement said that a winner will be drawn from each of the four regions. “Local SP Lager consumers now could win one of four 25-seater buses in the Highlands, Momase, New Guinea Islands and Southern.” “The promotion started this month, August and will run for three months, ending on 31st October.” The promotion also includes minor draws in…
The Office of Censorship recently hosted its first of its kind Music Forum Workshop themed, “Respect and Decency in PNG Music,” aimed at bringing together music artists, recording companies and the public to deliberate on the proposed General Guidelines for the classification of song lyrics by local musicians in Papua New Guinea (PNG). According to Chief Censor, Jim Abani, the National Censorship Policy II aspires to protect, promote and uphold moral and ethical values of society. The Office of Censorship is pursuing this by ensuring that the type of information content disseminated through films and publications including mass media, are…
Warriors hooker Wayde Egan was sent to hospital in Hamilton after suffering a throat injury midway through the first half of his side’s clash with the Wests Tigers on Saturday night. Egan went down after being hit by the elbow of Stefano Utoikamanu, which saw the Wests Tigers prop put on report, while attempting to make a tackle in the 23rd minute. While Egan passed a HIA and was set to rejoin the bench, the call was made to instead send him to hospital as a precaution. “At this stage he is fine, he has gone to hospital for a…
Instagram may have some new features up its sleeves for its users within the coming days. The social media platform is testing a feature that will let users tag a group of people on Instagram Stories via just a single mention. With the creator economy booming on Instagram at an international level, the platform keeps updating its feature palette to cater to a diverse range of user requirements. As of August, this year, the platform is estimated to have over 2.3 billion active users from around the world. Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, disclosed some information about this upcoming…
This week thirty-one women Members of Parliament (MPs) from around the Pacific region visited Wellington, New Zealand for a development and connection event at Parliament. They represented the majority of women MPs from the eleven Pacific countries they hail from. It’s a region where the vast majority of elected representatives have always been men, where the institutional and social barriers to women standing for parliaments around the region are deeply entrenched. Johnny Blades from “The House” sat down for a chat about these barriers and how to overcome them with several of the visiting Pacific MPs, beginning with Geraldine Paul,…