CPL Group through their Supermarket brand, Stop & Shop, is pleased to launch the Roots Festival for 2023 for another year running and with that is proud of the partnerships they create, especially with their local SME’s and farmer networks across the country. The festival is a celebration of their farmers that supply local produce, especially root crops such as kaukau (Sweet Potato), Taro, Yam, Radishes, Carrots and many others, to their Stop & Shop supermarkets in Port Moresby. CPL Group Chief Executive Officer, Navin Raju stated that as PNG’s leading retailer, CPL is proud to have a business model…
Author: Katrina ANGELI
A Sponsorship Agreement has been signed between National Gaming Control Board (NGCB) and Bougainville Pro-Boxing to enhance the partnership going forward. NGCB is proud to announce its partnership to develop the sport in Bougainville as well as driving important messages and awareness to the communities through sports, particularly the code of boxing. In the Agreement, the NGCB will provide a sponsorship of K1.6 million for a period of four years to the Bougainville Pro-Boxing to develop the code, which will be paid in instalments of K400, 000 per year. During the Agreement signing, Minister responsible for NGCB and Minister for…
A pair of best friends from Texas are proving that adventure doesn’t have an age limit – even when you’re 81. Ellie Hamby, a documentary photographer, and Sandy Hazelip, a physician and lecturer, toured the world in 80 days, adventuring from the beaches of Bali to the deserts of Egypt. The octogenarian grandmothers started their ambitious adventure on January 11, according to the blog the two have used to document their travels. Their first stop was a location that eludes even many seasoned travelers: Antarctica. Getting to the southernmost continent first required crossing the Drake Passage, the notoriously rough waters…
A university lecturer believes artificial intelligence has the potential to personalise learning and provide students with in-depth feedback. AI-driven technology has been on the rise with open access tools such as ChatGPT, allowing people to ask the bot any question. Students have been able to use the technology to help them write assignments, with some universities introducing ways to detect bot-written work. Alex Sims, an associate professor in the Department of Commercial Law at the University of Auckland, said there are benefits that can come from AI tech within the classroom. “It can give much more individualised feedback; it can…
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” powered up at the box office with an impressive opening. The movie ran up the score with more than $200 million in the US and Canada for its five-day opening run, according to a news release, and an estimated $377 million worldwide – the latter topping the box office launch record for an animated movie, previously held by “Frozen 2.” It marks the biggest global box office opening of the year, with “Super Mario Bros.” standing ahead of “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” which brought in the $225.3 million during its February opening. The movie is…
Other members of BTS have gone solo, but none as big as Jimin. According to Billboard, his “Like Crazy” single has debuted at No. 1 on this week’s Hot 100 chart, making him the first South Korean solo artist to ever top that chart. The successful start for “Like Crazy” was driven by sales of the five different versions of the song, Billboard reported. Grammy-nominated BTS is one of the most successful boy bands in music history. In addition to Jimin, its members are Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, V, and Jungkook. Jimin’s new song sold 254,000 song downloads and CD…
273 students of Mapex Training Institute in Port Moresby have finally attained certificates and diplomas during the schools graduation on Friday after continiued postponements since 2022. The graduating students are from last years batch of graduands especially from the Business Management Department that couldn’t graduate due to certain policy issues between Mapex Institute and Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology. Founder and Chief Executive Director, Mr. Marcus Palem Kara, said this was a special occasion for the institute as it portrayed yet another successful outcome for the school since its establishment in 2015 and with challenges encountered throughout…
Prime Minister (PM) James Marape, officially opened the East Sepik Provincial Specialist Hospital recently in Wewak, East Sepik Province. According to PM Marape, the National Government made a decision to build provincial hospitals around the country in the 22 Provinces and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. “We made that decision after COVID-19 shutdown the country and revealed to us that we had only 44 beds with inbuilt oxygen valves in the whole country. Another thing was that Health and the economy go hand in hand; therefore in 2022, we gave more funding to the health sector. “PM Marape stated that…
A total of ten students attending the University of PNG and the PNG University of Technology are the recipients of Ok Tedi Mining Limited’s (OTML) 2023 Undergraduate Scholarship Award Scheme with a funding of over K250, 000. The students who are in their third year of studies are studying various science and engineering courses. Of the ten students, three are studying Environmental Science, and Geology at UPNG while seven students are studying Applied Physics/Instrumentation, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Communication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mineral Processing and Mining Engineering at Unitech. The 2023 batch of awardees include five females and five…
PNG’s well known brand in the fashion industry, Lavagirl and Maku Gifts, will be hosting their first ever Lavagirl Xplosion Fashion Show which will take place on the 6th of May at the APEC Haus. Entrepreneur and Owner of Maku Gifts, Annette Sete, said the Runway Show will be give them the opportunity to be able to tell a story on their journey and challenges showcasing them as a homegrown business in PNG. Being the first ever runway show for Lavagirl and Maku Gifts, Sete said preparations leading to the big event, took over two years which has been budgeted…