Jacks of PNG on Wednesday celebrated a series of achievements at their Waigani Central store in Port Moresby. This includes celebrating its 7th year Anniversary, the opening of its refurbished Waigani Central Store, the launching of the new XL Sports Store and the Launching of the New Jacks of PNG Uniform. CEO of CPL group Mr. Navin Raju, made this announcement, saying that it was an honor as the day marks another achievement for the company. He said that despite going through some of the toughest challenge including the pandemic, the staff have managed to pull through with their continuous…
Author: Katrina ANGELI
Maprik Secondary School in East Sepik Province, have received a number of beneficial projects this year including a new Computer Lab as well as a new upcoming girls dormitory. The new Computer Lab is provided with Internet Service all set up and provided for by The National Information & Communications Technology Authority (NICTA). Principal of Maprik Secondary, Mr Alfred Akai, said the students have started using the lab since the start of the school year and it has been of great help to them in terms of doing their research. He added that NICTA will also assist the school with…
Famous for his two songs, “Lewa” and “Life Ino Easy More”, Mal Meninga Kuri was the featured artist of the month under the Yumi FM Local Strings Wantem Nescafe Original 3 in 1. Kuri shared with Yumi FM and with his fans, a glimpse into his musical career as a local artist and how he rose to stardom. At the age of 13, Kuri had a passion for music where he started writing songs for fun. He was inspired by some great singers in the likes of Gedix Atege at the local scene and international band, MLTR. He would put…
The students and staff of Kopkop College in Port Moresby celebrated National Women’s Day last week Thursday under the theme; “Gender Equality today for a Sustainable tomorrow.” Students from Grade 1 to 12 each presented an item based on the theme of the event including a drama, debate, dances and songs. The day itself portrayed the significance and importance of women and girls in a society and for a country like PNG where most societies are male dominated, the students celebrated and portrayed how important the role of a woman. Zachary Samol, a grade 11 student, said that celebrating the…
The Free Education Policy that has been put in place this year by the Government has caused a lot of issues for schools including Utmei Secondary School. Though it has been an advantage for students and parents in terms of paying lesser school fees, schools have been affected by the policy in terms of the school running on a daily basis. According to Principal, Mr. Bernard Manau, the school has seen an increase in enrollment of students this year, compared to last year. He said that in the previous year, a residential student paid an amount of K1,900 whilst a…
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…
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,…