The Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea’s Hoops for Health – Mums A Hero program is continuing its work in Madang Province and the Eastern Highlands Province (EHP) to educate mothers about child protection and safeguarding. The program was delivered to communities in the Wara Wagol, 26 community, Ward 8, of Madang District and also in the Walium Usino-Bundi Gama District and in the Ukarumpa-Aiyura SIL Kainantu, EHP. The key messages given were about child protection and safeguarding, and mothers to value and play an important role in their child’s development. Lucy Abel, a Walium participant said, “Through this program,…
Author: Paula DAVID
The Parramatta Eels have kept their finals hopes alive after overcoming the St George Illawarra Dragons 26-20 in an entertaining and intensely fought match. Played in front of a vocal crowd at CommBank Stadium, the Eels scored three straight tries to close out the second half and claim the result in what was must-win game to keep them in touch with the eight. While Parramatta started well, scoring two tries in the opening 11 minutes of the match, the Dragons came roaring back into the game with winger Mikaele Ravalawa overcoming a poor start to cross for a first-half hattrick…
The SP PNG Hunters returned with a win. After going down to the Brisbane Tigers last weekend, the home crowd at the Santos National Football Stadium boosted the boy’s efforts to hold off the Redcliff Dolphin’s with a brilliant 26-22 victory at fulltime. A beautiful start for the Hunters with only two minutes into the game as they charged in with a floating pass from Jamie Mavoko to Morea Morea and finishing it with their first try from Solo Wane followed by a successful conversion by Jamie Mavoko himself. Bouncing back at the Hunters, Dolphin’s Cameron Cullen broke through the…
Prime Minister (PM) Marape is currently out of the country visiting a close friend who is currently hospitalized with a serious medical condition in Gold Coast, Australia and is scheduled to return tomorrow; however, before his departure the PM reflected on the first week of the August parliament session. Reflecting on this week’s parliamentary session, Prime Minister Marape expressed commendation for all Members of Parliament who participated. He highlighted the session’s significance, particularly the presentation of crucial Ministerial Statements, including those related to Education. “Our Government believes in transparency, and presenting our departmental activities to Parliament is part of our…
For the first time since Round 6 the Knights have moved into the top eight, after coming from behind to beat the Dolphins 30-28 in a try-fest in Perth. Three tries in the final 27 minutes lifted Newcastle to victory, after they had trailed the Dolphins 22-12 with half an hour to play, with skipper Kalyn Ponga at the heart of the revival which leaves the Knights undefeated in their last five games. Ponga scored the opening four-pointer of the game off a long-range support run and went on to set up his side’s final two tries with clutch plays,…
The National Capital District (NCD) Governor Powes Parkop continues to support and harness the potential of sports as a development tool to achieve the National Capital District Commission’s Safe-City vision. Governor Parkop recently attended the PNG Kickboxing teams fundraising dinner at the Dynasty Restaurant in Port Moresby, where he highlighted the positive impacts of sports in uniting people, instilling positive value systems and inspiring pride. The fundraising dinner was to help raise funds for the team to participate in a tournament in Miami in Florida in the US next week. He said, “The success of former kickboxing champion Stanley Nadex…
The PNG WaSH Consortium, will be facilitating an inception workshop for a phase 2 of the Water for Women Consortium project on Tuesday, 8th of August in Port Moresby, with the aim at saving lives and reducing illness by improving global access to healthy and safe water, adequate sanitation, and improved hygiene,. The inception workshop is expected to bring together key government stakeholders/partners to align support for Water for Women Consortium (WfWC) Phase 2. The PNG WaSH Consortium consists of four international non-government organizations; World Vision, WaterAid PNG, Plan International and its partner, Live and Learn. The workshop also aims…
Star halves Jarome Luai and Nathan Cleary cruised the Panthers to a comfortable 26-6 victory over the Storm at BlueBet Stadium on Friday night. The defending champs are closing in on another minor premiership after shutting out the Melbourne heavyweights, holding their place on top of the competition ladder over the Broncos for another week after making it eight straight at home. Losing Jahrome Hughes (ankle) and Xavier Coates (hip) throughout the week didn’t help Melbourne’s cause but errors (11) and missed tackles (41) cruelled any chances of causing an upset in Sydney’s west. Melbourne surprised the home side early…
Broncos captain Adam Reynolds has withdrawn from Saturday’s Queensland derby match against the Cowboys due to groin tightness. The Broncos have also lost forward Kobe Hetherington (back cork). “Reyno won’t be able to play and that creates an opportunity for Jock [Madden] to come into the side,” Broncos coach Kevin Walters said. New Manly signing Matt Lodge suffered a suspected ACL injury during the first half of Thursday night’s match against his former club, Sydney Roosters. Lodge, who is on a train and trial contract, clashed knees with Lindsay Collins and will undergo scans to determine the extent of the injury but Sea Eagles…
The Roosters had Nathan Brown sent off but still managed to send the Sea Eagles packing with a 26-16 win at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday night. Brown was marched in the 63rd minute for a high shot on Ben Trbojevic but the Roosters scored a try in his absence to put the finishing touches on a win that keeps their slim finals hopes alive. The Roosters launched an early raid in the seventh minute and Daniel Tupou looked set to cross for yet another try but some desperate defence from Haumole Olakau’atu forced him into touch. Manly marched…