Author: Paula DAVID

With Cameron Munster and Harry Grant coming to the party when it mattered the Storm downed an injury-hit Warriors side 30-22 at AAMI Park on Tuesday night. The Warriors had no players on the bench in the final 10 minutes and it was a line break by Munster and a try to Grant out of dummy half that snuffed out the visitors’ brave challenge. Early on it was the Warriors making the ideal start in their bid to avenge last year’s 60-point Anzac Day drubbing when edge forward Jackson Ford powered onto a Dylan Walker pass to cross for his…

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Broncos duo Ezra Mam and Payne Haas will miss the Round 9 clash against the Rabbitohs after both entered early guilty pleas to Dangerous Contact charges. Mam was cited for a tackle on Eel Matt Doorey in the 63rd minute of the clash in Darwin while Haas was charged for an incident involving Reagan Campbell-Gillard one minute later. Mam and Haas will both be back on deck for Magic Round where the table-topping Broncos face the Sea Eagles. Sea Eagles prop Aaron Woods, Cowboys winger Murray Taulagi and Eels forward J’maine Hopgood all entered early guilty pleas to charges arising from Round 8 and have received monetary fines. Meanwhile,…

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The punters have written them off and contract negotiations are seemingly wearing them down but Josh Kerr is adamant Anzac Day is the perfect stage to turn the Dragons’ fortunes around. The Red V arrive at Allianz Stadium on Tuesday with an unflattering 2-4 record but that’s exactly where they stood last year when they stunned the Roosters 14-12 on the back of a Ben Hunt masterclass. “It’s not really a game you need to be coached for, we’re always up for it,” Kerr told NRL.com. “The thing we need right now is this Anzac Day match, it’s not a…

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Issues relating to kidneys can now be treated at the Mendi Hospital in Southern Highlands province after the hospital received its new Kidney Dialysis Unit. This was made possible through the support of the national petroleum and energy company, Kumul Petroleum Holdings Limited (KPHL), through a commitment made to support the establishment of the Unit at a cost of K1million and after some years, the dialysis unit is finally officially open and ready to take in patients. At the 2020 ground-breaking ceremony, KPHL made their first instalment of K500, 000 towards the Sothern Highlands Provincial Health Authority (PHA) project and…

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The Digicel ExxonMobil Cup first double header match played at the Santos National Football Stadium in Port Moresby this afternoon saw the Central Dabaris secure their first win of the season against Gulf Isou. However, the first half started with the Gulf Isou leading the match with a penalty kick by Gabby Taune securing 2 points followed by a try by himself taking the lead to 6 points to 0. The Dabaris on the other hand won’t go into half time scoreless and at the last minutes of the half, Dabaris’ centre Wala Samoa scored their first try followed by…

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The SP PNG Hunters are back in Australia this weekend to take on the Burleigh Bears at UAA Park, Gold Coast in Round 6 of the QRL Hostplus Cup. The match will kick-off at 3pm on Saturday, 22nd of April. It’s been a short week for the Hunters who returned to Port Moresby following their disappointing loss to the Northern Pride last weekend. The travel to and from Papua New Guinea means the Hunters observed a restricted training schedule this week, but no doubt they’re eager to take the field on Saturday and respond to their Round 5 loss. Despite…

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Motorists in the Nation’s Capital are currently being hit with another fuel crisis. This time, a fuel shortage of unleaded petrol with some service stations closed and others still operating on whatever fuel they have left. Koki Puma Service Station has closed indefinitely due to no fuel since Monday. Supervisor for the Koki Market service station Dada Kairi told PNG HAUSBUNG they had lost customers since Monday due to the fuel shortage. “We have plenty of dingys coming in and this has brought a huge loss on our side for cost. Our petrol and zoom are out, and we are…

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The Dolphins will have the services of star fullback Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow until at least the end of the 2027 season after extending his current deal out to a five-year contract. After initially signing a two-year deal in 2022 to become the club’s inaugural fullback, the 21-year-old has been rewarded for a stunning start to the season which has seen him score eight tries in seven games, including the club’s first ever four-pointer against the Roosters in Round 1. Dolphins’ chief executive Terry Reader said Tabuai-Fidow’s outstanding form had been a key factor in brokering the long-term deal. “It is so pleasing that Hamiso…

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Ten primary school teachers on Lihir Island in the New Ireland province graduated in March from Divine Word University with bachelor’s degrees in Primary Education. They are pioneers of the Bachelor of Primary Education upgrade program that was set up under a partnership between Newcrest’s School to Mine Campus (STMC) and the Divine Word University Faculty of Education. Despite having fulltime teaching jobs, the teachers were able to complete the program successfully through a flexible learning arrangement, from April 2021 to September 2022 at the STMC in Lihir. Head of Department of the Faculty of Education at Divine Word University…

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The United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Rt. Hon. James Cleverly, paid a visit today to the Port Moresby General Hospital’s Pathology Laboratory to see how machines which were procured through the UK Fleming Fund project were being used. The PHGM Laboratory carried out clinical specimens to obtain information about the health of a patient to aid in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases. James Cleverly said that this was his first time to visit the country and he was pleased to see the work the scientist and doctors at PMGH are currently carrying out…

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