Warriors five-eighth Te Maire Martin is set to miss the next eight weeks of the season after scans confirmed he fractured his left fibula in the Round 6 loss to the Knights. The club confirmed Martin’s diagnosis on Tuesday, after he was forced from the field in the 46th minute after suffering the injury while attempting to score a try. Warriors hooker Wayde Egan will miss the side’s clash against the Cowboys under concussion protocols. Meanwhile, the Knights and Wests Tigers have confirmed star players Jayden Brailey and Adam Doueihi will miss the remainder of the 2023 season respectively after suffering ACL injuries in Round 6. Source:…
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Newcastle have fended off a second consecutive Warriors comeback to run in an impressive 34-24 victory at McDonald Jones Stadium on Sunday night. The Knights had a 22-6 lead after running in four first half tries but like last week in their win over Cronulla, the Warriors showed fight to deliver a scare for the Novocastrians after the break. The visitors got to within four points after tries to Adam Pompey and Edward Kosi reduced the deficit in the second half but a cheeky try to Kurt Mann from close range and double to powerhouse winger Greg Marzhew got the…
Responding swiftly to genuine emergencies is what the officers at Saint John Ambulance (SJA) do best. As busy as the Eater period can get, the nights can be a handful with callers calling in to seek for ambulance transportation to the hospitals. Ambulance officers attended to cases all over the city all of last night to dawn, including four cases with one patient experiencing Shortness of Breath (SOB) case, a trauma case, a severe sour throat case and a Respiratory Viral Infections (RVI) case that can be associated with a wide range of clinical manifestations. Despite with only six ambulances…
The Warangoi Rural Hospital in the East New Britain (ENB) province has reported a quiet Easter weekend so far with no major cases being reported at the hospital. The Sister-in-Charge, Rosemary Sylvester, said the hospital was very quiet and they only got one admission at their labor ward. The lady gave birth to a healthy baby girl that weighed 3.6kg. “Apart from our Good Friday baby girl that was delivered, no reports of any incidents or major incidents that were reported since yesterday. It was basically quiet in the hospital.” Sister Sylvester said, they only received one new admission who…
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…
“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…