“Never waste an opportunity to sell.” These were the words of a keen and enthusiastic individual who has certainly paved a way for PNG women in the fashion industry. Entrepreneur and Owner of Maku Gifts, Annette Sete, for the first time has pushed boundaries and gone out of her comfort zone in creating her first ever Runway Show. The first of its kind event, ending on a high note as more than 300 people attended the spectacular Lavagirl Xplosion Runway Show that was hosted at the APEC Haus, Port Moresby. The show itself portrayed a total of twelve collections…
Author: Katrina ANGELI
Being nominated for the first time for the YUMI FM PNG Musik Awards 2023, Kronos received four nominations in which he expressed as something exciting and honored to be one of the nominees for such a big event. The awards night will feature and celebrate the work of local artists over the last two years, 2021 and 2022. Kronos was nominated for the four categories: · Artist of the Year 2021 · Male Artist of the Year 2021 · Song of the Year 2022 · Duo/ Group of the Year 2022 The Murumbu singer shared with PNGHAUSBUNG major highlights he…
On May the 8th, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement will be celebrating the World Red Cross Red Crescent Day to recognize the importance of humanitarian action in saving lives, protecting livelihoods and upholding human dignity. This year, the staff of the PNG Red Cross Society (PNGRCS), the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) want to highlight the universal, human and diverse aspects of movement by the Papua New Guinea Red Cross Society by focusing on their volunteers of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in responding…
Minister for Defense, Win Bakri Daki has paid a courtesy visit to the Kokopo fire station office in East New Britain (ENB) recently. The Minister was accompanied by the Chief Fire Officer, Bill Roo and welcomed by ENB leaders; Member for Kokopo, Ereman ToBaining Jnr, Member for Pomio, Elias Kapavore, Acting Provincial Administrator, Levi Mano, ENBPA Disaster Director and ENB Governor, Michael Marum. The purpose of the visit was for the Minister for Defense to visit the station and to see how they are going about with their operations. The visit is also to see what things are needed in…
Nominated for four categories of the YUMI FM PNG Musik Awards 2023, Jnr Viginuts or Jnr Vigi, have never felt so much motivation in boosting them to perform more in their musical career. Jnr Viginuts, a group comprised of three brothers from Keapara village in Central province, have for the first time been nominated, not for one, but for four categories. The awards night will feature and celebrate the work of local artists over the last two years 2021-2022 and the trio group have certainly earned the spot to be nominated for more than one category. The group was nominated…
Papua New Guinea’s international artist, Anslom, is among talented musical artists from the United States and around the world who are finalists for various music awards. The International Singer Songwriters Association (ISSA) in the United States of America, recently announced finalists of awards in various categories. The ISSA is a platform that honors excellence in individual singer songwriters and musicians worldwide which is based in Atlanta, Georgia in the USA. Anslom was announced as finalist in the following two categories: · International Band of the Year; and · International Male Album of the Year – Love me again Anslom thanked…
Nominees for the YUMIFM PNG Musik Awards 2023 have been announced and this year the Yumi FM PNG Musik Awards 2023 will celebrate the work of local artists over the last two years 2021-2022. The local artists have been nominated in ten various categories. Hotwills Wagon has been nominated as one of the nominees for the Producer of the Year 2022 category where he is amongst two other producers nominated for the same year. “When I got a call, I got a shock, because in those two years of 2021 and 2022, I didn’t produce a lot of tracks.” This…
St Anthony’s Vunavavar Primary school in NCR of Gazelle district in East New Britain has received funding support of K50, 000 from the East New Britain Provincial Government (ENBPG) which will be used for school infrastructure upgrading and renovations. This was announced by ENB Governor Michael Marum recently during the primary school opening of a new two in one classroom. Governor Marum thanked Chinese Jiangsu International (CJI), a Chinese business operating in Kokopo for core funding the classroom through their partnership with the education division and provincial government. He said CJI came forward to support the projects in two schools;…
The Prince and Princess of Wales have posted a photo online to mark their 12th wedding anniversary. The photo shows the couple on bikes in Norfolk during sunny weather last year. It was posted on the couple’s official Twitter account, with the simple caption “12 years” and a heart emoji. On Thursday and Friday the pair spent time in Wales abseiling off a cliff, ordering pizza and visiting Aberfan Memorial Garden. The couple married at Westminster Abbey on 29 April 2011 after an eight-year relationship. They spent their first three years of married life in Anglesey, where Prince William was doing his helicopter training to…
Officials from Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Australia recently held the annual PNG-Australia Annual Climate Change Dialogue in Port Moresby to advance priority actions under the PNG-Australia bilateral partnership. The dialogue was also a first commitment under the PNG-Australia-Climate Change Action Plan (PACCAP); a joint Ministerial Agreement between PNG and Australia signed in May 2018 for both countries to work together to address climate change in PNG and in the region. The one-day dialogue was led by Special Climate Envoy Mr. Ruel Yamuna and Climate Change Ambassador for Australia, Ms. Kristin Tilley, setting key priorities for both countries. Key priorities…