The recent temporary ban that was imposed by the Office of Censorship on all songs by well-known New Ireland music artist, Jason ‘Jayrex’ Suisui, has been uplifted. This after complaints were made against Jayrex of assault and on-going emotional abuse by his partner of four years, Ms. Hazel Schulz and her family. The announcement regarding the uplifting of the temporary ban was made today during a Press Conference by the Chief Censor, Jim Abani. Abani stated that the Schulz (complainant) had delivered a complaint letter attached with documents of court proceedings, court depositions and medical reports for her case against…
Author: Katrina ANGELI
A 3-day workshop on anti-corruption is currently underway in Kokopo, East New Britain Province. The workshop is based on corruption risk assessment and mitigation plans for the Provincial Governments. The three-day workshop which is funded by European Union and implemented by the UNDP Papua New Guinea and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, is a continuation of the first workshop on corruption risk assessment and management for representatives from the public sector agencies organized by UNDP under the PNG Anti-Corruption Project. According to UNDP Chief Technical Advisor (Anti-Corruption), Dr Alma Sedlar, the workshop is aimed at strengthening the government’s…
St. Francis Seim Hamtaba Primary School in Nuku District, West Sepik Province recently launched their new double classroom which was funded by Digicel PNG Foundation. Digicel PNG Foundation has always been driven to invest in education for the past fifteen years since it believes that every child has the right to education. On the 12th of July, St. Francis Seim Hamtaba Primary School celebrated the launching of their new double classroom funded by Digicel Foundation through its Education Infrastructure Development Program. The school has a total of 436 students enrolled this year from grades three to eight. Head Teacher, Mrs.…
It’s been seven years since Britney Spears released her last album, but she’s still making news in the music space. Over the weekend Spears became a member of Spotify’s “Billions Club,” when her 2003 hit single “Toxic” hit a billion streams according to the streaming platform. She joins other artists – including ABBA with their 1976 single “Dancing Queen,” Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” from 1987 and DJ Khaled’s “Wild Thoughts” from 2017– to reach the achievement. The news comes on the heels of the recently released Spears collaboration with Will.i.am for a song titled “Mind Your Business.” The song…
In a radical rebranding, Twitter owner Elon Musk has replaced Twitter’s iconic bird logo with X. Musk made the shock announcement of his plans early Sunday. By Monday morning US time, he tweeted that X.com now points to Twitter.com. “Interim X logo goes live later today,” he wrote, shortly before sharing a photo of Twitter’s headquarters lit up by a giant new X. The Twitter website now features the same logo, while the familiar blue bird is gone. Previously, Musk said he was bidding “adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds.” Twitter (TWTR), founded in 2006, has used its vivid, globally recognized blue bird…
Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” raked in a stunning $155 million domestically over the weekend, giving the film the largest opening weekend of 2023 and the biggest-ever debut for a female director. The combined release of “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” dubbed “Barbenheimer,” has become a pop culture sensation – and one that might revive a struggling movie industry. Barbenheimer was the fourth highest-grossing industry weekend of all time in North America, totaling $302 million Sunday. Analysts believe it will grow even more when final numbers are reported Monday. Coming in behind “Barbie,” “Oppenheimer” opened at $80.5 million domestically over the weekend, according…
The actor took to Instagram on Thursday to post a picture of himself atop a gold race car outside of a Las Vegas hotel. The car is labeled “BETMGM,” an online sports betting company. Foxx captioned it, “Thankful for my @betmgm family and a great few nights in Vegas. We got BIG things coming soon.” A photographer named Erik Umphery commented on the post, writing, “As always it was a great experience working with you the last 2 days.” Foxx was hospitalized for an undisclosed medical complication in April and has remained largely out of the spotlight since. He has been spotted in…
A liberal helping of Zac Lomax brilliance and the steady hand of Ben Hunt led the Dragons to a hard-fought 18-14 win over Wests Tigers at WIN Stadium on Thursday night. The victory was just the fifth of the season for the Dragons and gave them some breathing space over Wests Tigers in the fight to avoid the wooden spoon. The Dragons fired an early shot when Hunt took the line on from close range but he was denied by strong defence from Isaiah Papali’i. On the back of a high tackle penalty against Jack de Belin, Wests Tigers marched…
Transparency International PNG’s (TIPNG) Coalitions Engagement Lead, Ms. Barbra Ruin, is now engaged on a chapter-to-chapter exchange program with one of Transparency International’s leading chapter in the Asia Pacific region, TI Indonesia. Ruin leads the co-ordination of TIPNG’s engagements with the PNG Government through the Open Government Partnership (OGP) and the PNG Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), as well as various industries through the Community Coalition against Corruption. The learnings from the chapter exchange would help TIPNG develop a robust stakeholder engagement mechanism. During her exchange with TI Indonesia, Ruin will be involved in the chapter’s work on democratic governance…
St John Ambulance PNG continues its work in providing ambulance services to the people and with the tireless efforts, continue to save and help as many lives as they can. The partnership with the Government and the Provincial Health Authorities that St John Ambulance Council is focused on expanding ambulance service stations across the key provinces. The focus at the moment is in partnership with the Gulf Provincial Health Authority (PHA), the East Sepik PHA, and Madang PHA to re-establish the emergency ambulance stations in those provinces so that the people can have access to the triple one emergency service.…