Chief Executive Officer of National Superannuation Fund (Nasfund) Ian Tarutia has been hailed as a hero on the Superannuation industry, whose services will long be remembered. At a farewell dinner hosted by the Fund, past and present Board Chairmen, Directors, staff, colleagues, and family members thanked Mr. Tarutia for his services to the organization, the industry, and the country. Nasfund Board Chairwoman Tamzin Wardley paid tribute to Mr. Tarutia, highlighting his exceptional leadership of the Fund over his 35 years of service “Ian has led and mentored this incredible team at Nasfund – that is really quite small in number,…
Author: PNG Haus Bung
PNG Prime Minister James Marape and his counterpart Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka have just announced in a joint presser in Suva some minutes ago that both Fiji and PNG will be given land to build their respective high commissions. Fiji had closed it’s High Commission here in Port Moresby in 2020. More on the LEGEND FM News, Yumi FM News and NAU FM News at midday. Source: Fijivillage
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape thanked Deputy Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica for the warm welcome into this part of Melanesia and the great Pacific. Marape says he looks forward to the next 24 hours as we relate as one people of the Pacific. The Papua New Guinea delegation was this morning accorded a traditional welcome at the Grand Pacific Hotel. Also present were members of Parliament, foreign dignitaries and invited guests. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka hosted Marape to a welcome dinner at Suva’s Grand Pacific Hotel last night. Source: Fijivillage
The Royal Papua New Guinea (RPNGC) is responding to confirmed reports of people being detained by armed criminals in the vicinity of Fogoma’iu Village, Southern Highlands province. Police Commissioner David Manning said he has been updated by Deputy Commissioner and Chief of Police Operations, Dr Philip Mitna, on negotiations to secure the release of the people that have been taken captive, with police authorised to use all necessary force to free those being held. Commissioner Manning said, “I have been briefed on the situation in which one foreign national and three PNG university students are being held by criminals in…
Rescue workers in Turkey have pulled at least three people from the rubble, over 11 days after they were trapped when an earthquake hit the country. Hakan Yasinoglu had been stuck under a flattened building in the hard-hit Hatay province for 278 hours when workers reached him on Friday. Teenager Osman Halebiye and Mustafa Avci, 34, were also saved in Antakya. “I had completely lost all hope. This is a true miracle,” Mr Avci’s father told Reuters news agency. “I thought nobody could be saved alive from there,” he added. Mr Avci’s daughter was just a few hours old when…
Wests Tigers have comprehensively beaten the Canberra Raiders 36-4 in the final Pre-season Challenge hit-out before Round 1 at Belmore Sportsground on Sunday. Tries to Asu Kepaoa and Charlie Staines extended a 10-4 half-time lead early in the second half before another three tries followed against a Raiders outfit that conceded seven unanswered and struggled to get going in the heat in Sydney. After losing Xavier Savage to a broken jaw last week, Raiders coach Ricky Stuart tinkered with his fullback option with Seb Kris starting in the role in a move that shifted Jordan Rapana to the wing and…
The Storm scored 24 unanswered points in the second half to beat the Warriors 24-6 in an at times error-ridden Pre-season Challenge clash in Christchurch on Sunday afternoon. With a total of 30 errors made between the two sides, it was a performance unlikely to have pleased either coach too much, with the start of the season proper less than a fortnight away. But there were plenty of positives as well, led by likely Round 1 debutant Will Warbrick impressing on the wing for the Storm and off-season recruit Jackson Ford looking good for the Warriors in the back row…
Almost 700 city residents clad in courageous red t-shirts gathered today at 5.30am for the Walk & Yoga For Life 2023 Launching. NCDC Active City Development launches Walk & Yoga for Life 2023 to open the 2023 activities for the year and to start the year’s programs with the first event, Walk for Love, from 5:30am to 8:30am from Ela Beach to Sir Hubert Murray Stadium. The Walk for Life is a simple way for people of all ages to get involved by actively demonstrating support for the value of human life – and a desire to make a difference…
“Being a tradeswoman is not an easy job. I am a woman performing tasks that were done by men for a long time. So instead of trying to beat men, I work alongside them so we collectively achieve our team targets.” These were 33-year-old Patricia Olen’s words, who currently works as a Programmable Logic Control (PLC) Electrician with Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML). Patricia joined OTML through the Company’s Apprenticeship Training Program in 2011 after completing her Diploma in Electrical Technology at the Don Bosco Technological Institute in Port Moresby. In 2015 after completing her training program, Patricia found herself…
A teenage girl has been rescued 248 hours after last week’s devastating earthquake in Turkey. 17-year-old Aleyna Olmez was pulled from the rubble in Kahramanmaraş, a southern city near the epicentre. Her uncle tearfully told rescuers “we will never forget you”, as he hugged them one by one. Aleyna survived, injured and in freezing weather conditions, for 10 days. But rescues like hers are becoming increasingly rare. More than 41,000 people have died in Tukey and neighbouring Syria from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Neither country has revealed how many people are still missing. Aleyna was gently prised from the ruins…