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…
Author: Katrina ANGELI
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…
The East New Britain Provincial Education Board will convene a meeting next week to deliberate on Teachers Posting especially the new graduands waiting in line to be employed. ENB Education Provincial Advisor, Mr Alkan Mararang said the meeting must be done on scheduled time for schools to resume on time also. “We are currently processing applications, whereas for now, we have a total of thirty-nine request of our new graduates with eight applicants requesting to teach in high schools and the rest to primary schools.” Mararang stressed that the new graduates, will be properly screened before going ahead with employment…
Teachers leave fares in the country continue to be an on-going issue every year where they are either eligible or not eligible to receive their leave fares. As for teachers in East New Britain, this seems to be the main case where only 50% of their leave fares were released to them. ENB Education Advisor, Mr Alkan Mararang said, teachers were not paid on time, however their leave fares were paid out to them during the Christmas week. He said the delay was caused by outstanding payments from 2020 that had to be settled first before teachers could receive their…
“My mission is to equip youths from different churches and communities in order to mould them in building a better nation.” These are the words of one determined individual who has had an impact on the lives of youths for over twenty years now. Shane Baiva, who comes from Gaire and Barakau has always had a life-long dream to help others. Baiva came up with the initiative to help youths through a conference he founded called the Worship Warrior Conference. Through this conference, Baiva has helped many youths become the people they are today. The conference itself is an annual…
Police officers on duty at the various checkpoints around Port Moresby city on New Year’s Eve last night were well supplied with food rations, including from local company the Funeral Home, where a team was donating several food items to the officers. The General Manager of Funeral Home, Losa Agonia, said that this is part of their support in helping the police maintain peace during this period. “Every year we donate a variety of food items to police working on New Year’s Eve operations,” she said. “Donating to our policemen is something we do every year by helping them in…
Police in the nation’s capital city of Port Moresby have apprehended a suspect involved in an attempted carjacking at the Gerehu suburb. According to the Port Moresby Metropolitan Superintendent, Gideon Ikumu, the suspect was apprehended by a police unit at the Gerehu stage three area in the early hours of the evening and is being detained at the Gerehu police station cell. This is perhaps the only major incident reported so far from what has been described as a peaceful New Year’s Eve before midnight. “Apart from that, the operations carried out in the city have so far been successful…