The grade 9 students of St. Charles Lwanga Catholic Secondary School had the best morning this week, when they welcomed the visit of members from the Brisbane Broncos NRL club all thanks to Bank South Pacific. The Broncos visit is part of BSP’s School Financial Literacy Awareness Program which aims at promoting good money handling practices for students at a young age. Former Broncos captain & Kiwi superstar, Alex Glen along with current broncos, Tyson Smoothy and Cameron Bukowski, Romy Teitzel and Annetta-Claudia Nu’uausala from the Broncos NRLW team spent their morning talking to students of the importance of saving…
Author: Nigel-Francis MADO
Police in Milne Bay province is still struggling to maintain law and order, especially with a limited number of manpower, but are still maintaining that they will continue to work toward ensuring public safety and security. Provincial Police Commander (PPC), Chief Inspector Ben Kua stated that at the moment police have not faced any major incidents in the last 4 weeks, but with only 71 police officers the Milne Bay Command is still faced with a couple of ongoing challenges. Housing, logistics and manpower is what PPC Kua believes are the only issues that are greatly affecting the command; however,…
The Minister for Justice and Attorney General, Pila Niningi has announced that retirement benefits and pension scheme for Judges of the National and Supreme Courts will be improved significantly to give judges a descent retirement after life on the bench. The Minister made this known by stating that the current pension scheme under the Judges Pension Act 1997 is inadequate and they will be working to amend the Income Tax Act to have the judges exempted from paying personal tax on their pension. Apart from this, he said that they are also considering some other fringe benefits as well for…
The country’s national flag carrier, Air Niugini, has announced that there will be disruptions to their services to international and domestic flights, both passenger and cargo, due to technical issues and will not be risking the safety of their customers due to this. In a statement released today, Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Gary Seddon stated that Air Niugini operates aircraft to one of the highest standards of aviation and airworthiness in the world. “This is a very good safety benchmark to have. This means that we will not cut corners on our interim aircraft acquisition program.” “When we discovered…
It’s back to the drawing board for the PNG Kumuls following a disastrous first half that led to their 27 point hammering by the Fiji Bati. A visibly disappointed Kumul Coach, Justin Holbrook mentioned that there were a number of areas that they weren’t able to maintain, things that the Bati were able to execute well and this cost them the match. “What we built over the last couple of games we didn’t obviously do and Fiji did. They beat us in all areas of the game.” The Kumuls now have a week to regroup before taking on the Bati…
Kumul Kyle Laybutt will be running out as Captain for the team for just his second time, he is thankful that he’s jobs been made easier with the help of other senior members of the team, stating that he is happy to be surrounded by leaders in the likes of Edwin Ipape and Rhyse Martin. According to the Kumul skipper, it’s more of a group effort and it’s been a good experience for him being put in charge of the team, something that he was not expecting. “It’s a pretty easy job with the group of boys that we have.…
“Hey everyone, Maika Sivo is in the house!” Literally! Sivo fever is so big in Papua New Guinea that officials had to secret him into a house opposite the Hohola Flies ground, while his Bati team-mates conducted a coaching clinic, to ensure they were able to maintain control. With the announcement of Sivo’s presence at the end of the session, fans rushed towards for a glimpse of the Fiji megastar and stood outside chanting his name after the team returned to the house. Students at the school next door came to the fence overlooking a courtyard where the Fiji players…
Things are slowly returning to normal following the arrival of two mobile squad units in Madang Town. Madang Provincial Administrator Frank Lau told PNG HAUSBUNG that tensions have eased slightly and people are returning to their normal daily routines. The major incident that sparked violence on Thursday was the discovery of a dead police officer, alleged to have been murdered by the members of the Wali Community in the N7 area in Transgogol. This in turn saw relatives of the deceased take up arms and raid the town in revenge. “They rampaged through town in the morning, the relatives and…
Young Kumul, Robert Derby will have a mammoth of a task this weekend stopping giants as the young lad lines up in the Melanesian clash this Sunday. Derby said there’s nothing much the Kumuls look to change up in their preparation for their match this Sunday against the Bati, but they remain ready for anything that the Bati will be throwing to them. The North Queensland Cowboy said they will be working hard to manage both Fijian wingers, Mikaele Ravalawa and Maika Sivo, knowing how dangerous these both of them are, seen from their last outing against the cooks. “Justin…
Koiari landowners have called for the Prime Minister, James Marape and the Government to disregard the resignation of PNG Power Limited, Obed Batia stating that he is the best person to address legacy issues that have plagued the State-Owned Entity (SOE) for many years. The landowners in a conference told media that should the Government not reinstate Batia by the end of this week, they will have no choice but to forcefully shutdown all power and water supply to the capital, including the new Edevu Hydro Station. Spokesperson Mr Mathias Jack expressed great frustration over Batia’s resignation, alleging that it…