While many throughout the nation take this time to commemorate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ this long Easter weekend, Saint John Ambulance (SJA) will be at service throughout the Easter period to provide emergency services for those in need. SJA Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Matt Cannon said his team will be on the road twenty-four-seven to provide emergency services to those in need. He is also appealing to the general public to keep safe and healthy at this time, especially during this time of heavy rains experienced in parts of the country. “Recent rains have brought with them…
Author: Paula DAVID
“We have to create this type of panel discussion so that we give them (the people) factual and substantial information so that they may be aware and conscious about the things that are going on in the country.” That’s from the University of Papua New Guinea President of the 2023 Student Representative Council Luther Kising during the opening of the important dialogue and panel discussion between Prime Minister James Marape and Opposition Leader Joseph Lelang, who were in the hot seats to discuss important issues affecting the country. Presidents from Tertiary institutions in the country joined in on the discussion…
The nib Newcastle Knights, in conjunction with independent concussion consultants, have reviewed all available information and have approved for Kalyn Ponga to return to rugby league. Ponga recently flew to Vancouver, Canada for additional clinical and advanced neurophysiological assessment, with the results indicating the Knights co-captain is ready to resume his return to performance program. “We are comfortable with the objective evidence from our independent testing, indicating normalisation of his cognitive function,” nib Newcastle Knights Director of Football Peter Parr said. “Kalyn has recovered well from his recent concussion, however he has had limited specific training due toO the amount…
Storm hooker Harry Grant says Roosters counterpart Brandon Smith was uncharacteristically quiet all week ahead of his former teammate’s return to AAMI Park on Thursday night. The former AAMI Park crowd favourite copped boos and jeers from Storm fans – none bigger than when he knocked it on out of dummy-half during the second half – in his first visit to AAMI Park as a Rooster as the Tricolours went down to Melbourne. Grant revealed to newspapers this week that Smith – when still at Melbourne – used to send fired-up photos of man-mountain teammate Nelson Asofa-Solomona to opponents he…
The University of Papua New Guinea will host the much-anticipated panel discussion on the rising issues affecting the country today Wednesday 5th of April at the UPNG main campus New Lecture Theater. The program will start today at 3pm to 6pm. UPNG SRC President Luther Kising said, the Prime Minister James Marape and the Opposition leader Joseph Lelang have approved to be on the hot seats for the panel discussion. They already have the SRC presidents from the other universities on ground which includes the University of Technology, Divine Word University, Western Pacific University, University of Goroka, Institute of Business…
“It is important for the 22 provinces in Papua New Guinea to have a Provincial Climate Change Committee within the respective provinces. This is from a team from the Climate Change and Development Authority who recently visited the Gulf Province to discuss with the Provincial Administration a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the establishment of Provincial Climate Change Office and Committee. That’s according to CCDA national communication officer Ms Jacinta Kull. Ms Kull said the purpose of the visit was to strengthen the establishment of the Provincial Climate Change Office in the Provincial Administration, support the Gulf Provincial Climate Change Committee’s…
Students from Kerema Coronation Secondary and Malalaua Provincial High School were privileged to learn more about climate change from officers from Climate Change and Development Authority (CCDA) who carried out awareness on Climate Change on the 29th and 30th of March 2023. The awareness carried out was on the Science of Climate Change and the nine (9) priority areas for adaption. National Communication Officer from CCDA Pricilla Pep explained the Science of Climate Change in saying that Climate Change wasreferred to an increase in the average global temperatures, natural events and human actives which are believed to be contributing to…
The Member for Namatanai and Minister for Transport and Civil Aviation, Walter Schnaubelt, has concluded a weeklong electoral visit in his electorate with the grand opening of the Halis Primary School’s new 6-in-1 model classroom building on Friday, March 31st. The school with a vivid history dating back almost 114 years to the time of early missionaries, is located few kilometers outside of Namatanai town in the New Ireland province and sits beautifully on a plateau overlooking the Namatanai Harbour in ward 12 of the Namatanai Local Level Government (LLG). As a United Church agency school, it is one of…
Several Executive Management staff of the National Gaming Control Board (NGCB) recently attended the Regulating the Game Conference in Sydney, Australia with the aim to upskill and broaden their knowledge. NGCB Chief Executive Officer Ms. Imelda Agon said this was part of upskilling the Executive Management of the NGCB. The decision to send these officers came about after she and her two other staff members attended the same conference for the first time last year and decided that the management team should attend this year. “As a regulatory body, we are committed to staying at the forefront of the gaming…
The National Netball team, the PNG Pepes team is on the road to attend the 3rd Pacific Netball Series (PNS) in Gold Coast, Australia. The Board of PNG Netball endorsed a team comprising of youth and experience. All these girls, both in Port Moresby and Brisbane have been consistently playing good competitions and featured netballers in their domestic clubs. Inclusion of more Brisbane based players instills confidence for a promising campaign in the series. The original long list of players went through a very stringent selection process. They were assessed on their Technical Skill, Tactical and Game Sense including Fitness…