Gas Resource Central Dabari’s hope for a 4 straight back-to-back win on home ground on Sunday at the Santos National Football stadium was destroyed by the visitors from East New Britain Province, the Agmark Rabaul Gurias. Central Dabaris Coach Steve Gunua stated that Gurias was a strong side on the field yesterday, with height, weight, and stamina they dominated the first half leading 4 tries and two conversions, finishing at half time, Gurias 22 and Dabaris 4. “There were many silly mistakes, our defence were not too strong and we did not play our footy in the first half,” said…
Author: Kerebi DAVID
“Minister Tkatchenko has betrayed the people and national interest; he has lost the confidence of the people”. That’s from President of Catholic Professionals Society PNG, Mr Paul Harricknen in a statement today. The Catholic Professionals Society PNG has joined other mounting voices around the country for the Prime Minister to sack MP Justin Tkatchenko from Cabinet. “The Minister in his position failed in his conduct when he chose to respond for his daughter in the way he did.” Mr Harricknen said that Tkatchenko could have responded in other responsible ways and that he cannot be excused now that he responded…
A powerful cyclone has hit the coastlines of Bangladesh and Myanmar after intensifying into the equivalent of a category-five storm. Cyclone Mocha brought with it heavy rain and strong winds, leaving residents in low-lying coastal areas fearful they may lose their homes. More than 1,300 bamboo shelters in Cox’s Bazar, the world’s largest refugee camp, have been destroyed. At least five people have been reported dead in Myanmar. Landslides and floods are also hitting the area. As the storm approached, police patrolled the coastline in the town of Cox’s Bazar carrying loudspeakers, urging people to stay indoors. The streets emptied…
Central Dabaris Rugby League Club now sits comfortably on the 2nd place of the ladder in Pool B of the PNGNRL Digicel Exxon Mobil 2023 Cup. Central Dabaris have so far registered only one loss in the opening round against the Snax Tigers in Lae, however they have had an incredible 3 straight back-to-back win on home ground here at the Santos National Football Stadium. Dabaris Coach Steve Gunua said that in Round 2 Dabaris beat the Gulf Isou, 16 -14, In Round 3 they defeated the Kimber Cutters 16-10 and the Round 4 game last week they prove to…
The SP Sports Awards for this year will be happening on Saturday Night May 27th at the Crown Hotel and the event will feature an important icon in the boxing arena, Australian former world champion boxer Jeff Fenech, who will officiate as a guest speaker for the event. Jeff Fenech who is also known as “Marrickville Mauler” Fenech won titles in three weight divisions in the span of 20 fights in just 3 1/2 years. Fenech in his seventh fight captured the IBF bantamweight title on April 26, 1985, with a one-sided ninth-round TKO over champion Satoshi Shingaki of Thailand.…
Locals and community leaders of Rau village in Wakunai District in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville have recently celebrated the official opening of a permanent and fully furnished community government building. This is an initiative from the Australian government who is partnering with the Autonomous Government of Bougainville (ABG) and the Government of Papua New Guinea. This partnership will see the roll-out of 19 community buildings across Bougainville. The Rau community hall is the first to be completed out of 19 community halls that will be built across the region of Bougainville. It is a 225 square metre building fully…
More than 400,000 people are to receive a medal in recognition of their contribution to the King’s Coronation. Made of nickel silver, it has the royal cypher on one side and images of the King and Queen Consort on the other. Recipients include police, ambulance workers, choristers and military personnel working at the Coronation. It will also be given to emergency service workers, prison staff and members of the armed forces with more than five years of full service. And living recipients of the George Cross or Victoria Cross will receive the medal. The first coronation medal was awarded to…
PNG Defence Force Commanders Cup which was off for 3 years because of Covid-19, returns this year. With the return of PNG Defence Force Commander’s Cup this year, Teachers Savings and Loan Society (TISA) came on board with a K25, 000 as sponsorship. In announcing the sponsorship, Group CEO for TISA, Mr Michael Koisen stated that TISA is delighted to support this event because a lot of their service men and women are members of TISA and its one way of giving back to the members Mr Koisen highlighted that this event is also special because for the first time…
Murr Village, a community of 300 people and live along the Oriomo River in Western Province’s South Fly district now have much to celebrate after the installation of rainforest harvesting units that will provide the community access to a clean and safe water supply. After a Hydrogeology survey and confirmation from the District WASH committee on selected communities who lack groundwater sources, rainwater harvesting units are now being set up. This is funded by the Australian Government through the Western Province Partnership’s Water Security Project. Murr was one of the selected villages identified as lacking groundwater sources and earmarked by…
BSP has confirmed that as of 1st May, 2023, seventy-five percent of funds have been repaid by customers who have overdrawn their accounts in April, with an outstanding balance of less than K2.0m expected to be repaid over the next few weeks. Further yet BSP assures all customers who have been experiencing issues with their account balance that BSP has now verified all accounts and confirms that all account balances are now correct. That’s from the BSP Group CEO Mark Robinson in a statement yesterday. According to Mr Robinson, on Friday 7th April, some customers withdrew funds from their accounts…