The Defence Rugby League Club will resume trainings for 2025 Port Moresby Rugby Season this month. Head Coach Mr. Wesley Laveliu stated that the club will be resuming its first week of training on Monday 3rd of February. “Trainings will start come this Monday and training start time is 4pm as usual, and the venue is at Murray Barracks.” “All players are encouraged to come prepared and ready to give your best for this new season.” Defence Rugby League Club also extends invitations to all interested players and new interested talents to join the club this season. “This is a…
Author: Kerebi DAVID
The National Weather Services is currently monitoring a tropical depression, a system that is developing just North of Australia and Indonesia, however it has not reached the Tropical cyclone threshold yet. With the system still developing the National Weather Services has now issued strong wind warnings for the Southern Region, from Western Province all the way to the Milne Bay Province. The winds have reached the strong wind threshold and is now under monitor for the next few days, 48- 72 hrs, if it reaches the cyclone threshold or wind magnitude then the National Weather office will provide advisories and…
The Road Traffic Authority (RTA) has successfully launched its Road Traffic Management System (RTMS) in Kimbe, West New Britain (WNB) province. The official launching was done by the West New Britian Governor Sasindran Muthuvel who highlighted the importance of this partnership in strengthening RTA’s presence across the country. The launching also marks a significant milestone in its commitment to extending services to provincial centres. The launch, conducted under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the West New Britain Provincial Government, included the first issuance of a vehicle registration using the newly implemented system, thus this achievement underscores RTA’s dedication to…
Simbu Province will be the next honey producing province in the country, thanks to a Chinese company based in Kundiawa, CBL Limited, who has partnered with local bee farmers, the Provincial Government and districts to develop bee farming. Consultant Mr. Andrew McCarthy, in an interview with PNG HAUSBUNG said that a bee farming expert from Nepal, Mr. Sanjib Pokhrel, who is engaged with the CBL Limited to carry out the Honeybee project in Simbu, has been visiting existing local bee farmers giving training and technical support to them. “CBL will work with Simbu Provincial Government, District Development Authorities and Simbu…
Salt Nomane Karamui (SNK) is the only District in Simbu Province that to this day, has no proper district office of its own. The old district office was based in Kilau Station in the Salt Local Level Government back in the colonial era, however to this day no district office was built in the old district vicinity. For the last 25 years, term in term out, all MPs that came through as members for Salt Nomane Karamui has given least priority to building the district office. Sadly, Salt Nomane Karamui district is the last frontier in civilization and is by…
The fourteen (14) undergraduate students which Simberi Gold Company Limited (SGCL) took onboard last year to undergo their On-the-Job Training (OJT), recently completed their training with great success. From various fields of studies, of the 14 students, nine (9) were from the Papua New Guinea University of Technology, two (2) from the Devine Word University, two (2) from St Joseph’s Catholic Technical School, and one (1) from the National Polytechnic Institute of PNG. On 13 January 2025, eight of the trainees presented to SGCL management and staff the projects they have been working on and what they have learnt during…
The Pharmaceutical Society of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has remembering, and acknowledging the great work done by one of their pioneer members in the industry, the Late Igo Baru, who sadly passed on recently. A representative from the Pharmaceutical Society of Papua New Guinea, Mr. Malcolm Sabak in paying his tribute said Late Mr. Baru was the first registered pharmacist in PNG. Today, PNG has more than three hundred pharmacists, but Mr. Baru was the first, and for that the School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical society recognizes and appreciates Mr. Baru’s innovation and leadership in the field of science and…
There are at least 11 deaths associated with the Los Angeles fires, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner said Friday. Five of the deaths appear to be from the Palisades Fire and six deaths in the Eaton Fire, according to the office’s records. Authorities have warned they are unable to determine the full death toll from the fires until it’s safe for investigators to go into neighborhoods where there are downed power lines, gas leaks and other hazards. The Hurst Fire in northern Los Angeles County is now 70% contained. A Red Flag Warning for high winds is due to…
The Kainantu Gold Mine in Eastern Highlands Province has produced record breaking results for the fourth quarater of 2024, with quarterly production of 53,401 ounces gold equivalent (“AuEq”) – the highest in the Company’s history. This was revealed by operator, K92 Mining Ltd. The Kainantu Gold Mine annual production had also reached a record 149,515 ounces AuEq, significantly surpassing the production guidance range of 120,000 to 140,000 ounces AuEq. Quarterly achievements include processing 96,614 tonnes of ore at a head grade of 18.0 grams per tonne gold equivalent, which is the highest head grade achieved since the second quarter of…
Five people are dead and “likely more” have lost their lives, while at least 130,000 people are under evacuation orders and warnings. US states are sending in firefighting resources to bolster efforts on the ground. There are multiple active wildfires burning including the Palisades fire, the Eaton fire, the Hurst fire and the Woodley fire. Firefighters are facing enormous challenges across the grounds battling hurricane-force winds accompanied by drought conditions. Tens of thousands of people have been told by authorities to evacuate their homes because of the multiple fires burning in the Los Angeles region. The most recent mandatory evacuations…