While family and friends gather to celebrate the festive holidays, the green angels ‘St John Ambulance’ are preparing and is anticipating a surge in emergency calls over the festive season. Additional emergency ambulance crews will be rostered on duty to ensure the service can meet demand and get care to people in need. SJA’s Commissioner, Matt Cannon said that during the festive season there is always an unpredictable rise in calls for help. “Unfortunately, many of these incidents are the tragic outcomes of violence and trauma related to excessive alcohol consumption.” To effectively manage the anticipated increase in demand, the…
Author: Paula DAVID
The PNG Open Government Partnership (OGP) Secretariat recently unveiled its 2nd National Action Plan (NAP) 2022-2024 and launched its official website at the Grand Papua Hotel on Thursday 14th, December. The new NAP outlines 16 concrete commitments across six key areas: public participation, freedom of information, fiscal transparency, extractive resource transparency, government integrity, and data portal development. Each commitment boasts clear milestones, empowering citizens to track the government’s progress towards improved governance. Department of National Planning & Monitoring Deputy Secretary Michael Kumug said, the documents stand as a testament to the collective commitment to building an open and inclusive government.…
The Education Department has announced the theme for the 2024 academic year “Transform Teaching and Learning to achieve Quality Education for All”. It is focused on the National Education Plan 2020-2029 Focus Area #5 which states that in order for quality education to be achieved the curriculum to be used must be current and appropriate, sufficient textbooks must be produced, procured and distributed to all schools in order to achieve the one textbook per child policy; a sustainable national examination and assessment system has been established for use in all schools and schools will be able to access teaching and…
Kokoda Track Foundation’s (KTF) 2023 Archer Gathering saw 13 years of Archer alumni gathered for a 2 day event that’s focused on start-up social organizations and programs, collaboration and leadership. The event saw a total of 41 participants. The theme, “Ideas to Implementation,” focused on practical knowledge to inspire and motivate participants to turn ideas into action, fostering tangible and sustainable change. The amazing young leaders worked on developing 4 organizations with an aim to improve social outcomes in PNG, including: 1. LITE (Learning IT education): improving digital literacy in rural PNG. 2. Elevate Equality Foundation: aimed at improving lives…
Puma Energy Papua New Guinea has once again reiterated its commitment to the country by participating in the 17th Resources and Energy Investment Conference, in Australia, as a Gold Sponsor. As a major +fuel distributor in the country, Puma Energy’s attendance is an important opportunity to highlight the company’s important role in enabling the mining sector, and to also restate its commitment to PNG. Puma Energy’s PNG Chairman and Managing Director Hulala Tokome emphasized the company’s long-term presence and investment in the country, acknowledged current short-term challenges and called for collaboration between industry and governments to secure a positive future…
Secretary for National Department of Health Dr Osborne Liko has applauded the East New Britain Province for setting a standard for markets in the country. He said most markets in PNG are operating without functional organizational structures, and management, necessary resources and infrastructure and facilities. “Market place must first have an organization which allows basic controls to be implemented, particularly as they relate to safety requirements for specific foods being offered for sale and handling practices associated with them.” “Municipal health authorities, therefore, have an important position in that structure.’’ Dr. Liko said, without this, marketplace poses health risks and…
Australia has ruled the Pacific Games ‘blue ribbon’ events after claiming gold meals in the men’s and women’s 100 metre finals at 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara on Tuesday evening. Georgia Harris crossed the finish line in 11.7 seconds at the National Stadium, to claim gold in the women’s final ahead of Papua New Guinea’s Asila Apkup and Guam’s Regine Tugade-Watson. Her countryman Calab Law clocked 10.4s in the men’s final and finished ahead of fellow Australian Lachlan Kennedy. Law took control from the start to beat his mate Kennedy, who had to settle for silver with a time of…
Forward Fletcher Baker has arrived at the Broncos hoping to rise to the occasion and fill the boots left by the departure of Thomas Flegler – but first of all, he has to tackle the Brisbane humidity. “I came up a little bit early just to get a bit of volume in the legs and I’m glad I did, because today, it was a punch in the face; a bit of heat and I was struggling, but I got through it,” Baker told media after a morning training session at Red Hill. “I’m trying to get used to it; I’m…
With the aim to raise the standard of rugby league in the country, 17 Papua New Guinea (PNG) trainers from the PNG Rugby League Competition and the PNG Hunters are currently undergoing the necessary requirements for Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA) Level 1 Accreditation, all thanks to the Papua New Guinea Rugby League (PNGRFL) in partnership with the Pacific Aus Sports Program. ASCA conducted its Level 1 course in Port Moresby, from Thursday 23rd of November to Sunday 26th of November 2023. The comprehensive 4-day course covered all aspects of being a Strength & Conditioning (S&C) Coach and was…
Air Niugini Fokker jet services have resumed today, Monday 27th November to the Kagamuga Airport at the city of Mt. Hagen to cater for the influx of passengers during this festive period. Jet operations to Mount Hagen were suspended in late September to allow the National Airports Corporation (NAC) to carry out urgent maintenance works on the airport runway. During the period of the runway repairs, all Air Niugini flights to Mt. Hagen were downgraded to Dash 8 operations. Air Niugini’s Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Gary Seddon said, “Mount Hagen is the major airport serving the Highlands region…