Friends of POMGEN, a charity organization made up of business houses and others have been running an appeal as of last week at Waterfront Food World under the banner “GIFT A FRIEND”. A booth has been set up at the shopping center for anyone who wishes to gift a friend at any of the wards in Port Moresby General Hospital. The donation appeal will end on the 19th of this month, while the gifts collected will be donated to the hospital on the 20th -24th December. Founding Director of Friends of POMGEN, Ms. Naarai Banam said the gifts will be…
Author: Katrina ANGELI
Estapacifica has won three awards at the Yumi FM PNG Musik Awards 2021 Live on Radio which was hosted last night on the Yumi FM radio station. The awards include Best New Artist of the Year, Female Artist of the Year and Artist of the year. Estapacifica was nominated under these categories for her most outstanding performance in the PNG Music Industry in 2020. The artist who hails from Southern Highlands and Eastern Highlands Provinces respectively is the first Female Artist of the Year to win the Artist of the Year award for 2021. In addition to this, Estapacifica’s Gomohane…
The list of nominees for the YUMIFM PNG MUSIK AWARDS 2021 LIVE ON RADIO is out now and the winners will be announced tonight on the Yumi FM radio station. The nominees have been voted under each of the ten categories, including Song of the year, Best New Artist of the year, Best Male and Female Artist, Group/Duo of the Year, Artist of the year, Producer of the year, Registered Artist of the year, Justin Kili Award and Listeners Choice Song of the Year. The nominees have been recognized for their contribution to the PNG music industry in 2020. Estapacifica’s…
Christmas came a little early for children at the Port Moresby General Hospital Pediatric Ward when Ela Murray International School today donated over 200 Christmas presents. The donations were initiated by a parent group committee called TEMIS. According to a parent, this was one of their ways in supporting the surrounding communities and one of them is giving back to children in the hospital. Melissa Belfrord who is part of the parent committee, expressed that this was the kind of support the school wanted to give especially during this festive season. “If it wasn’t for the help and support from…
In a country where there is an increasing number of lawlessness among our youths who have resorted to cheap alcohol and drugs, it is very difficult to raise a young man without the negative influence from his peer groups on the street. Parents, church leaders, schools and community leaders are struggling to tame this generation but it keeps getting worse by the day unless the youths are engaged in something positive they love doing and sports for Papua New Guinean youths is an alternative. A former professional boxer Nelson Kosipi has seen how this generation is wasting away to cheap…
The Accident & Emergency department at the Madang Provincial Hospital has recorded 74 Covid-19 positive cases for the last three weeks after carrying out a total of 203 tests. Emergency Physician, Dr. Juith Gawi, said swabs were done on patients who presented themselves with COVID-19 symptoms at the outpatient area. He said the department has seen a surge in the number of cardiovascular diseases like stroke, chest pain and treatment failure malaria. “Since October the Madang Provincial Hospital had recorded 74 positive Covid-19 cases and 25 Covid-19 deaths, while 55 Covid-19 patients were discharged from the A&E department for home quarantined.” “They were…
Nominations are now open for the Listener’s Choice Song of the Year Award for the Yumi FM PNG Musik Awards 2021. According to the Program Director Mistiq, listeners will be given this week to vote for their favorite song from 2020 into this year. Nominations have opened as of yesterday start today and will close on Sunday 28th of November. The Yumi FM PNG Musik Awards will take place on the 4th of December where Yumi FM will announce the most nominated artists who are voted the most by the listeners. The awards night will be aired live on Yumi FM…
The UPNG West New Britain Students Association have recently carried out a major project in West New Britain Province. The project consists of two parts, which includes an academic excellence awareness talk as well as a Book Drive program. Both the programs were carried out in five schools in each of the LLGs in the Province. The 2021 President of the UPNG WNBSA, Zeal Dau, said that as of the first program, the WNBSA conducted an academic excellence awareness to talk to students about the importance of education. According to Dau, this was to help students make informed decisions about…
The Yumi FM PNG Musik Awards is back this year to recognize the contributions of local musicians and producers in the PNG music industry. This year the Musik Awards is set to take place on the 4th of December, where Yumi FM will announce the most nominated artists who are chosen by the dedicated listeners and loyal fans of the artists. The Awards show will be aired live on the Yumi FM radio station from 8pm to 12midnight. Program Director of Yumi FM, Tuluan Vitz, said this is the second time Yumi FM will be hosting the event live on air…
“Doing what I am good at is not for the sake of the money but for the passion I have for it.” These are the words of one talented Jayde Jemimah Ovia, who has always had a dream of becoming a professional makeup artist one day. Ovia, aged 23 from Central and Gulf, took up Cosmetology at Caritas Technical Secondary School. After completing her studies in 2016, Ovia went into the fashion industry and took up modelling. She has been modelling ever since, following the recent fashion runway shows she took part in; the MPIP fashion show and the Paradise…