Rabbitohs captain Cameron Murray has signed a three-year contract extension through to the end of the 2028 season. Murray has played 146 games for the Rabbitohs since making his NRL debut against the Broncos in Round 8, 2017. He took the reins as captain of the foundation club at the start of the 2022 season. “This club has always been home to me and I never saw myself playing anywhere else,” Murray said. “It was a no-brainer for me to extend my contract here and I’m grateful to be able to represent South Sydney, our Members and fans every day.”…
Author: Katrina ANGELI
Weeks after winning gold and taking out the Band of Year award at the 2023 International Singer Songwriters Association (ISSA) annual ceremony in Atlanta, Georgia, PNG music sensation Anslom’s dreams are certainly growing with more opportunities coming. Papua New Guinea’s International talent has been busy working on recording a ten-track album with the late Bob Marley’s band, The Wailers. The Wailers have sent music beds of the ten tracks and Anslom has begun recording vocals with Emmanuel ‘Toxicmhan’ Muganaua’s Panakatsu Studio in Port Moresby and Cool Jamm’ Entertainment in Rabaul. “The invitation by The Wailers after the ISSA Awards to…
Governor of East New Britain province, Michael Marum, presented a total of K123, 000 worth of cheques from the Provincial Improvement Support Program (PSIP) to support churches in the province. Governor Marum recently presented K63, 000 to the King of Kings Wairiki No. 1 Catholic Parish in the Gazelle District and K60, 000 to the Raburua United Church in the Raluana LLG in Kokopo district. The presentation of the cheques were witnessed by members of the provincial executive council, Acting Provincial Administrator, Levi Mano and his Deputy Administrator LLG Services, Nicholas Larme and other Senior Provincial officers who all accompanied…
To launch a new book entitled ‘When I Grow Up, I want to be a Lawyer’, 10 Buk bilong Pikinini (BbP) children from the organisation’s Library Learning Centre at Vabukori went on a field trip to visit the office of Denton’s Lawyers. The event included an official launch reading by Theresa Kawi, Dentons Lawyers Senior Associate and 5-year-old mini professional talent Nancy Frank. The children had the opportunity to meet with lawyers from the firm and understand what is required for the profession. Theresa Kawi, who is featured as a role model in the reader talked to the children about…
BSP’s Financial Literacy program continues in selected schools in partnership with its community partner, NRL Club, Brisbane Broncos. Students from the St. Joseph Malagunan Primary School in Rabaul, East New Britain (ENB) province, were the recent recipients of the program that aims to help school children understand the basics of budgeting in order to make better future financial decisions. BSP Rabaul Branch Manager, David Pilai and his team conducted the training to more than fifty Grade four students last week, which resulted in fifteen Sumatin Accounts and seven Kids Saving Accounts opened. Pilai explained to the students that with growth…
Trying to do “young stuff” has temporarily landed Kevin Hart in a wheelchair. That’s according to the movie star, who posted a video on his verified Instagram account in which the caption reads in part, “I got to be the dumbest man alive!!!!!” Using some expletives in both the caption and the video, Hart recounted how he tried to race his friend, former NFL player Stevan Ridley, in a 40-yard dash and ended up injuring himself. “Ladies and gentleman, the age 40 is real,” Hart said. “All my men, women out there 40 years old and above, it’s not a…
Eels winger Maika Sivo scored four tries as the Panthers suffered a blow to their premiership campaign after star five-eighth Jarome Luai suffered a serious shoulder injury. With their season all but over, Parramatta finished on a high with a 32-18 triumph in the derby clash before a sold out BlueBet Stadium crowd but Penrith were left with more to worry about than a rare loss. The Panthers now need to beat the Cowboys next weekend and rely on the Broncos losing to Canberra or Melbourne to claim a third minor premiership in four years but of more concern is…
The Broncos remain in the hunt for the minor premiership – or at the very least a top-two finish – but if they fall just short, the club should hold no fear if travelling south is required. Brisbane can close out their regular season as high as first or as low as third on the Telstra Premiership ladder, but finishing in the top two would give them the opportunity to play two finals games at home before the decider in Sydney. The Broncos have only left Queensland six times so far this season, with their upcoming trip to Canberra on…
Buk bilong Pikinini (BbP) recently launched a new book titled, ‘When I Grow Up, I want to be an Archaeologist’ at the National Museum and Art Gallery in Port Moresby. This saw a total of fifty children enrolled in Buk bilong Pikinini’s Early Childhood Education program visit the National Museum and Art Gallery and had a hands-on experience to learn what Archaeology is all about. The students took part in several fun and exciting plus educational activities including a reading session of the book ‘When I Grow Up, I want to be an Archaeologist’, followed by tour inside the museum…
A good number of youths recently took part in a beach clean-up program hosted by two non-Government organizations: Malia Foundation and Sea Keepers in Ialakua ward of Raluana LLG in the Kokopo District, East New Britain Province. These are community-based programs established to involve youths to be responsible in looking after the sea as well as to keep them away from law and order issues. The theme of the clean-up program which was, ‘Green skills for youths towards sustainable world’ was also hosted to commemorate International Youth Day. With such initiatives, this sets as an example to other coastal villagers…