Team RAKA Boxing League will be hosting a FIGHT NIGHT Tournament organized by one of PNG’s Professional boxer himself, Mr. Junior Kauko Raka. The six month tournament which was initially supposed to start on the 20th of this month, has been put on hold following the death of the Patron of PNG Boxing and Former Kavieng MP, Mr. Ben Micah. “For now, teams have been preparing themselves well for the tournament with a total of seventeen teams confirmed to take part. Each team/club has a total of sixteen boxers each, for both the women and men’s team.” “Our focus for…
Author: Katrina ANGELI
Nine candidates have been successfully selected under the Kokoda’s Track Foundation Archer Leadership Development Program for 2022. The announcement of these candidates was made this week at the Airways Hotel in Port Moresby. Apart from the announcement, was also the graduation of the 2020 and 2021 cohorts who successfully completed the program. The nine young men and women under the 2022 Development program are from tertiary institutions in PNG including University of Technology (UNITECH) and University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG). They were selected based on their merit, leadership potential and the desire to serve their communities and country as…
Tanaka Primary School in East New Britain Province will soon become a Junior High School as of next year with new intakes of grade 9s and grade 10s coming in. Headmaster of Tanaka Primary, Mr. Kuki Sero, made this announcement recently saying that this year will be the year where infrastructural preparations will be carried out with funding to be made available by the Kokopo District.ra “In preparation of next year’s new intakes, a new 4 in 1 classroom will also be part of the school’s main project including the renovations of classrooms in the school.” “We already have a…
The University of Papua New Guinea’s (UPNG) School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) recently presented their four-year strategic operational plan to the UPNG Council. According to Executive Dean Professor Leo Marai, the strategic plan is to be carried out from 2022- 2025. He stated that the aim of the plan is to re-engineer the school by achieving academic excellence for the next four years. He added that the document took two months to work on by the Strategic team. “This Strategic operational plan will guide us and provide clear direction for our efforts in order to deliver excellence and…
St Charles Lwanga Secondary School in Port Moresby yesterday opened a new 3-storey learning facility comprised of a staff room, department offices, an audio visual room, computer labs for the upper secondary classes, a prayer room, sick bay and an SRC office. The Project initially began in March last year and was completed only last month. Principal of St. Charles Lwanga, Bro. Joymon Mathew said the total funding of the project was K1.9 million. He said K1million came from the project fees paid in by parents, K500, 000 came from the Department of National Planning and Monitoring Division and K400,…
Divine Word University welcomed a total of 1,689 students to the campus as of last week Friday. According to the President of DWU, Professor Fr Philp Gibbs, most of these students have not yet registered as they are yet to sort out their school fees. He said that though registrations have closed last Friday, he has given students as of yesterday to register. “For the Registrations that took place for one week starting from the 7th to the 11th of February, many of the students did not register due to a number of factors. Factors including; flight disruptions as well…
Divine Word University officially opened their Fr. Frank Mihalic Male Dormitory at the Madang Campus on Thursday this week. According to the President of DWU, Professor Fr Philip Gibbs, the dormitory is a double floor worth over K2 million. Fr Gibbs said the construction of the new dormitory took up to six months and was fully completed last month. He further added that the new dormitories are a replacement of the old boys’ cottages and that they will be ready of use once students resume for studies. The opening of the new dormitory took place on Thursday with a number…
A total of five vehicles were involved in a minor car accident along the Poreporena Freeway between 5pm to 6pm this evening. The accident was caused by a blue 10-seater whose driver was heavily intoxicated. The vehicles involved in the accident included a 25-seater bus, a white 5th element belonging to Corps Security, a blue 5th element and a black harrier belonging to an Asian family. According to the driver of the Corps Security vehicle, Koma Korua, he said the driver of the blue 10-seater lost control on the freeway resulting in a chain of accidents on all the other…
Divine Word University now has a new double floor male dormitory worth over K2 million. The President of DWU, Professor Fr Philip Gibbs, made this announcement recently to cater for the new and continuing students coming in this year. According to Fr Gibbs, the construction of the new dorm took up to six months to complete. He said that new dormitories are a replacement of the old boys’ cottages and that the new dorm should be up and ready for use before the end of this month. “The students should be able to use the new dormitory once we’ve received…
Divine Word University students will see an increase in tuition fees this year, compared to last year. The 2022 fee structure put in place by the University, will cover all costs including electricity, water bills, internet services and other related additional costs. According to the President of DWU, Professor Fr Philip Gibbs, he said that fees had to increase this year due to the high cost of living. He added that with not enough funds coming from the Government, the institution had to increase fees to cover all costs. “With the services needed to keep the school running, bills have…