The PNG Chamber of Mines and Petroleum is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Meriba Tulo as its Communications and Public Relations Manager. President of the PNG Chamber of Mines and Petroleum, Mr. Anthony Smaré, said the Chamber is delighted to welcome Mr. Tulo as part of its leadership team. “Mr Tulo is well known in the media space with a national profile from his background as a business journalist, and he is well known in the business sector through his recent history as a Papua New Guinean communications leader in the business sector.” “We are pleased that he…
Author: Katrina ANGELI
Uniting our voices and taking action’ was the theme for Papua New Guinea Cancer Foundation’s Corporate Gala Networking Event held at the Royal Papua Yacht Club in Port Moresby on Saturday evening. This is the second year that the cancer foundation has put together to show its commitment towards creating and improving its awareness activities throughout the country. Speaking at the event was Executive Manager of Papua New Guinea Cancer Foundation Inc, Priscilla Napoleon, who highlighted and made mention of challenges they face when trying to break barriers in order to carry out their awareness programs effectively. She stated that…
The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Tournament’s Manager, Chris Kemp has expressed great delight over the span of the inaugural Women’s Championships in Port Moresby, stating the level of competition has been top notch since it began 10 days ago. “We are delighted with the way it finished,” a satisfied Kemp said. He said that the atmosphere, along with the reception and the venues, added to the whole experience of a true international club competition. “We’ve been really encouraged by the overall level of competitiveness between the teams. It’s been a fantastic tournament, we are happy with the way it was…
Communities in the Pomio District of East New Britain (ENB) have been reminded again to protect their surrounding environment for the future generation to use and enjoy when marking World Environment Day on Monday 05th of June. For the first time in history the District celebrated the World Environment Day 2023 at Palmalmal. The celebration was facilitated by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Conservation and Environment Protection Authority (CEPA), PNG Red Cross and the East New Britain Provincial Government. The Natural Resource Management and Development Division (NRMD) Coordinator, Florence Paisparea, with the team were in Palmalmal to celebrate the day…
Prime Minister (PM) James Marape has confirmed that there is no bill before Parliament to legitimize Lesbian Gay Bi-Sexual Transgender Queer (LGBTQ) rights, and that the Parliament is not likely to pass any legislation on this matter any time soon. The Prime Minister said the existing laws of the country are sufficient to protect the rights of all PNG citizens and residents including those in the LGBTQ community. “There is no bill with our government to promote gays and lesbians in the country. Neither will there be any promotion of gays and lesbians under my watch. People’s sexual preferences are…
Performing one more time on their tour with famous PNG singer Anslom, the Barike Band are now preparing themselves to perform tonight at the Cosmopolitan Club in Port Moresby. PNG’s most popular band from Rabaul are known for their music dated back from the 70s, 80s and 90s. Anslom got on board with the legendary music band to perform alongside them to promote and bring back the legends whose music played a big part in our lives through peace, unity and independence. This tour was made possible through Bassline Entertainment; a newly established local music organization that purely focuses on…
21-year-old Lisah Paul was all smiles after receiving her Dignity Kit. She could not express in words, but her smiles and gestures said it all as she went through the contents of what she received. Lisah who was born deaf, was brought to the Wonepap Catholic Parish by her grandmother, who heard news of the distribution of the kits from the local priest. They traveled a few miles from their local village to reach the church. Women and girls are among the most vulnerable during a humanitarian crisis, or in this case, election-related violence, and too often women and girls…
The management and Board of the Papua New Guinea National Rugby League have made a response considering the recent incidents that happened at the Lae Rugby League Oval in Morobe Province during Round eight of the National Rugby League Competition. Firstly, the management and Board of the PNGNRLC have encouraged that all media outlets report responsibly, as in the case of what factually happened in the recent match at Lae Rugby League Oval that led to Monday’s misleading reporting made this week. The incidents that happened were very unfortunate and the PNGNRLC requested statements from all parties involved in the…
PNG Power Ltd have advised via a Public Notice posted on their social media pages of a citywide System Power Outage. “This is a public notice to all consumers within the POM Grid that we experienced a total system outage at 10:23am.” “We have rectified the issue and we are in the process of restoring power supply back to all our feeders in due course.” PNG Power added all customers will be kept updated on the restoration work progress. For more information, city residents can call the PPL National Call Center on 116 or email: callcenter@pngpower.com.pg
Finally after four years, the YUMI FM PNG Musik Awards is coming back as a public event aimed to be bigger and even better and to spice things up, the three Radio Stations, Yumi FM, Nau FM and Legend FM will be giving away tickets to lucky winners during the weekly draws for them to have a chance to watch the show come 17th of June at the Lamana Gold Club, Port Moresby. The weekly draws will go on for three weeks where in the first week they announced one winner each for the three radio stations, totaling to three…