As an integral part of the National Education System, Prime Minister James Marape has praised the resounding success of the Flexible Open Distance Education (FODE) concept, launched in 2020, for providing a “new lease of life” to thousands of school leavers across Papua New Guinea. FODE is mandated to offer open and distance learning pathway as an integral part of the National Education System, where students study the same primary and secondary education curriculum in their own time, in their own homes, and at their own pace. PM Marape praised the Department of Education’s 2022 Annual Report, presented to Parliament…
Author: Paula David
Papua New Guinea’s 16-year-old long-distance runner Christina Moiyang from Simbu Province will proudly carry the flag for Papua New Guinea (PNG) at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago. Moiyang is slated to compete in the 800m, 1500m, and 3000m events at the Games. Moiyang started to make her mark in the athletics arena when she won the 1500m Under 16 races at the 2020 National Championships, and she has continued to show her mettle ever since. Despite missing the 2021 National Championships, she excelled at the Highlands Momase Regional Championships, taking top honours in the Open 3000m…
Ryan Papenhuyzen will make his highly anticipated return to football, in what will be 384 days since he suffered his knee injury in Round 18, 2022. The Melbourne Storm fullback will play for the Sunshine Coast Falcons in the Q Cup on Saturday at Sunshine Coast Stadium. “It hasn’t really sunk in yet so I’m sort of just going through the training week and trying to prepare like it’s a normal game,” Papenhuyzen said. While it’s been a long journey, Papenhuyzen said he sees this as another milestone to achieving his goals. “It’s just been a while between drinks. It’s…
In preparation for the Grade 12 Written Expression Exam, many High schools across the country are already getting their students ready to sit for the Exam next week Monday 7th August. Don Bosco Technical School Principal Mr. Martin Dai said, they already started coaching classes last week and will see around 120-130 Grade 12 students from their school to sit for the exam. “I cannot give the exact number of students because some may fall ill on the day or have other reasons to not attend the exam.” “But we have around 120 to 130 grade 12 students at Don…
The SP PNG Hunters travelled to Totally Workwear Stadium to take on the Brisbane Tigers in Round 19 of the Hostplus Cup but couldn’t build on their early 12-0 lead, falling 32-18 after 80 minutes. A poor end to a Tigers set ended with the Hunters hot on the attack and with the first real opportunity to produce points. Passing and offloading, a sweeping Morea Morea played Jamie Mavoko through a flimsy Ryley Jacks tackle before the halfback sent Rodrick Tai over for the opener. With a chance of their own to attack the Hunters line the Tigers again looked…
In the month of July, Gulf and EHP governments both formally appointed the PNG St John Ambulance, a PNG civil defense organization, to operate its emergency ambulance service in the province. This marks the 8th province to appoint St John with this imperative role. Plans and discussions are underway for East Sepik, Madang and Western Highlands Provinces to also engage such a vital emergency service for its people. These partnerships will ensure integrated emergency services will be available in the provinces, ensuring swift and effective emergency response for the people. Last year St John attended to 21,500 emergency cases and…
The “Public Island Society” brand in Australia will feature at the 2023 PNG Fashion and Design Week runway on the 19ht of Aught 2023. Australian born Tongan fashion designer and founder of the Public Island Society brand, Iki Haangana, will this year showcase his designer collection at the 2023 PNG Fashion and Design Week (PNGFDW) Runway. CEO of the PNGFDW Runway 2023, Mrs. Janet Sios said she’s excited to see how this runway, over the years, has been able to inspire a lot of great talent and creativity by designers not only in PNG, but also abroad. She pointed out…
The Titans have put an end to North Queensland’s six-game winning streak by beating their rivals 22-13 at Cbus Super Stadium on Sunday. In a see-sawing Queensland derby, the Titans took a unique nine-point lead shortly after half-time through tries to Jayden Campbell and Alofiana Khan-Pereira after the Cowboys led 13-10 at the break. Both sides had their chances in the final 35 minutes but neither team could get over the line for the remainder of the second half with the Cowboys’ loss putting a dent in their finals hopes with the Knights and Sea Eagles hot on their heels.…
The Bulldogs survived a late comeback from the Dolphins to claim a 23-22 win on Sunday afternoon in Bundaberg. Up 23-18 with two minutes to play, the Bulldogs leaked a try to Anthony Milford and had to watch nervously as Jamayne Isaako – the NRL’s leading point scorer – pushed what would have been the game-winning conversion across the face of the posts from out wide. In the end it was a Matt Burton field goal in the final minute of the first half, which had appeared strange at the time given it stretched his side’s lead to three points,…
Storm stars Jahrome Hughes and Harry Grant produced an attacking masterclass to lead Melbourne to a commanding 46-16 victory over the Eels on Friday. With Grant bagging a double off some brilliant running from the ruck and Hughes chalking five assists, three line breaks and a try of his own, the Melbourne duo controlled proceedings at Marvel Stadium after being upset by the Knights in Newcastle last week. Buoyed by the occasion of Old Boys’ Day, Craig Bellamy’s side well and truly staked their claim as 2023 premiership contenders, putting last year’s grand finalists to the sword at home and…