“Promoting Access to Quality Education and Training for All” is the theme for this year’s ENB Education Expo which will be held at the Catholic Diocesan Hall, Vunapope, which started today and up till Thursday 9th of September. The expo is targeted for all schools in the province including non-school leavers and the general public. The event is hosted by the Education Division under the East New Britain Provincial Administration. Chairlady of the ENB Education Expo, Ruth Coplen, said that in previous years, the expo was targeted for mainly grade 10’s and 12’s, however, has changed this year because, there…
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Sevese Morea Primary School in Vabukori, will be receiving a newly reconstructed school including classrooms, ablution blocks and 14 teachers’ houses. Headmistress Ms. Julie Willie said that both the students and staff were very happy and thankful about receiving a brand-new school. “The school itself is very old and hasn’t been looked at for almost twenty years now.” “We are in need especially for new classrooms so that our students can learn in a good environment,” Ms Willie said. Willie said that the initial ground breaking ceremony of the reconstruction of the school took place in 2016, however, was delayed…
A couple from Mt Hagen have appealed to the public to help find their daughter who went missing last Thursday at the Gordon’s Market in Port Moresby. Crystal Daniel, aged 3, was last seen running out of the gate of Gordon’s Market around 5.30pm on Thursday afternoon. Her mother, Jennifer Daniel who sells kaukau for a living at Gordons Market said that her daughter was playing with a couple of kids not far from where she was selling her produce. “I was sorting out the kaukau on our market table for about a minute and when I looked up to…
“Accept what is, let go what was and have faith in what will be”. This was the theme for the Daffodil Day event hosted on Friday by the Cancer Foundation at the Port Moresby General Hospital. The purpose of the event was to celebrate the lives of those fighting cancer as well as promote this month’s cancer awareness and to create a public health education forum. Coordinator of the Oncology Unit, Dr Peter Olali explained the meaning of the day as a way of celebrating those fighting cancer and at the same time creating awareness about the different types of…
The Divine Word University recently hosted its’ first Virtual Open Day last Saturday at the Madang Campus. The Open Day brought together all the faculties in the university which included the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Faculty of Business & Informatics, Faculty of Education and Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. The Virtual Open Day was initiated by the President of Divine Word University Fr. Philip Gibbs, who advised that it was a safer and easier way to conduct the event due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “With the previous open days, we tend to have big crowds of people…
Paradise Private Hospital in partnership with Capital Insurance Group and Port Moresby Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a press conference followed by the screening of a documentary at the Paradise Cinema in Vision City. The documentary “Life in the Ward”, is the second of a series of episodes aimed at creating awareness about the COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout with Professor Glen Mola playing a leading role in the film as a scientific contributor. The film is part of a series of documentaries that focus on some of the most pressing medical issues in the country, starting from the first episode which…
A Youth Empowerment Seminar took place at UPNG today with the aim of influencing social change. The seminar will go on for eight weeks starting with today as the first seminar. Facilitator of the seminar, Mr Nigel Akuani, said that the main purpose of this seminar is to teach young people to become critical consumers of information rather than being mere observers that passively absorb every bit of information presented. “The seminar itself is basically to inform youths on the need to always question every information they absorb and to give them the ability to distinguish between facts from fake…
Queenpads PNG conducted a 2-day awareness program recently in Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province. The purpose of the awareness was to educate girls and women as well as males on the topic of menstrual health and hygiene. Founder of Queenpads PNG, Anne Shirley Korave, said that Goroka was one of the few provinces that Queenpads has visited so far. The main target audience for the awareness were school girls and female employees. “We reached out to four schools in Goroka which we have visited and spoke to the female students and also the male students as well about better understanding the…
The UPNG West New Britain Student’s Association are currently raising funds for their end of year project- A Book Drive. This is to support rural schools back in the province who do not have enough resources to learn. UPNG WNBSA President, Zeal Dau said that the students came up with the initiative of schools helping schools to improve the standards of learning especially in the rural areas. “The purpose of the fundraising is to raise funds to finance our end of the year ending project (Book Drive), also to cater for freight, clearance, and shipment of boxes to the province.”…
The DWU Unity Rugby League Team will be taking part in this year’s Vice Chancellor’s Cup which will take place on the 21st to the 23rd of this month in Port Moresby. The 3-day tournament will be hosted by the University of Papua New Guinea. President of the DWU Unity rugby team, Mr. Joel James, said that the team has started competitions at the beginning of the academic year followed by selections of the best players who will be representing DWU and competing in the VC cup. “We have prepared ourselves in advance with two weeks left for training before…