The countdown for the PNG Orchids against Vaine Moana match this afternoon is on with the Orchids vowing to compete with or without the ball. Coach Ben Jefferies stated that the message circulating among the girls right now is to compete and that is what they will be focused on. Playing on home soil, Jefferies stated that they obviously want to get the win for the crowd. At the Moment, Jefferies said they have a few injuries that they need to work on to see if they can play, but overall, he’s happy with the selection. “We’re not here to…
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After the successful completion of the Grade 10 and 12 National Examinations, 125, 000 Grade 8 students from 3, 433 Primary Schools nationwide will commence their exams come Monday 23rd October, including the Kido Primary School in Central province. Kido Primary School Headmaster, Mr. Douglas Bonani said preparations for the exams have gone well without any hiccups experienced. He said, the external invigilator from Manumanu Primary School will arrive on the island before tomorrow. “As a representative of the Division Education to the examinations, a teacher from Manumanu Primary School is coming to be the external invigilator.” Mr. Bonani said…
Like many health facilities around the country facing drug shortage, the Alotau Urban Clinic in the Milne Bay province is facing the same problem. Alotau Urban Clinic Health Extension Officer, Mr. Adam Sause said they often send their patients to the pharmacies to buy their drugs because basic drugs always run out fast. “We currently have very short supplies of basic drugs like Panadol and Amoxicillin because many of the people who come in need these basic drugs.” Mr. Sause said, the drugs don’t last a month due to the number of patients they get on a daily basis. “We…
Making his debut in front of his mother, big brother, relatives and PNG rugby league fanatics at the Santos National Football Stadium on Sunday, Judah Rimbu said it is a great blessing to wear the Kumul jersey and represent his home land. Rimbu said, with instructions from Coach Holbrook to not stress and just do his job on the field, the young bloke did what he did and displayed a tremendous set of footy in in front of a cheerful crowd. “It’s an honor for me to debut in front of my family.” “I’m just so grateful that I made…
Ms Wavie Kendino Leki has been appointed as the Head of Office for Dentons Papua New Guinea as of the 8th of January 2024. Wavie started at Dentons as an Associate in 2013, moving up the ranks before spending the last 12 months as Head of Legal and Company Secretary for ANZ in Papua New Guinea. Wavie specialises in Banking and Finance law, with particular experience in conveyancing and property law, probate, energy, and resources, corporate, government and state-owned enterprises, employment law and general commercial law matters. Wavie will simultaneously continue her practice as a Partner in Dentons’ PNG Commercial…
The Papua New Guinea Kumuls outclassed the Cook Islands Aitu in a smashing 46-10 triumph with Nene Macdonald setting a new record for the Kumuls with a 4-try assist here in the Nation’s capital at the Santos National Football Stadium on Sunday. With the first 40 minutesa ticking away, the Kumuls seemed to enjoy ball possession with center Zac Laybutt scoring their first try followed by wing Robert Derby adding more points with only 12 minutes into the game. The Cooks pushed for attempts but were unsuccessful at all in the first half of the match. But the Kumuls did…
A great comeback from the women in blue as Fetu Samoa ran away with a thrilling 26-12 victory over Fiji Bulikula at the Santos National Football Stadium on Sunday. As temperatures rose to great heat, the ladies from Fiji went with their first opportunity to score their first try by cowboys NRLW player Vatalina Naikore. Fiji tried to push forward to score more tries, ball handling was not so good for the Fiji side despite having much less experience in their squad than Samoa, that soon saw the ball return to Samoa which ended in the hands of Eels wing…
The Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (PNGOC) has finalised the Team PNG contingent for the 2023 Solomon Islands Pacific Games through its Justification Committee. Team PNG will compete in 20 sports, involving a team of 520, including athletes, officials, management, and medical staff. From an initial roster of 24 sports, Rugby 9s, Judo, Sailing, have been excluded, and most recently, Karate, also has been excluded. The decision on Karate is being appealed by the sport to the PNG Sports Dispute Tribunal. Sports endorsed as part of Team PNG to participate at the Pacific Games include: Athletics, Basketball (5×5 and 3×3),…
Tickets are on sale now at the J-Mart Supermarket Erima, Santos NFS Ticket sales office and you can purchase your ticket online at www.tiketmastas.com.pg for the first week of the 2023 Pacific Rugby League Championships here at the Santos National Football Stadium. The first match will see the Samoa women’s take on Fiji at 12:45pm and the main event will see the home boys “PNG Kumuls” take on Cook Islands at 3:00pm. The Kumuls side will see Jack de Belin make his Test debut at lock for Justin Holbrook’s side and joins Dragons teammate Dan Russell and Titans prospect Jacob…
Air Niugini is pleased to announce that the Fokker jet operations to Madang airport has resumed as of this morning, Tuesday 10th October. The National Airports Corporation resumed jet services after the NAC repaired a small portion of the airport runway that was damaged by the earthquake. On the 9th October, Air Niugini downgraded its flights to Madang by using only Dash 8s before resuming jet operations today. Safety is always of paramount importance in Air Niugini’s operations.