The Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League (PNGRFL) as it continues to reform its systems and strengthen its capabilities to support the national sport, announced its High Performance Plan yesterday at the Santos National Football Stadium in Port Moresby. “On behalf of the PNGRFL Board chairman Mr. Sandis Tsaka and his board I would like to congratulate all the stakeholders both national and internationally who have been involved in the process of getting this HP Plan to its launching and implementation now,” PNGRFL Chief Executive Officer Mr. Stanley Hondina said. “The PNGRFL is delighted to embark on this new plan…
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PNG’s three teams competed well in the World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst NSW last Saturday. The mixed relay team of Aquila Turalom, Scholastic Herman , Dilu Goiye and Mary Kua completed the race in 29min 42 secs , over five minutes ahead of Fiji, the only other Pacific Island nation to enter a team in this race. Herman was outstanding on the second leg, gaining a place by passing the Refugee team runner. Next up was the womens 10km race which saw Mary Tenge run a strong race behind Sharon Firisua of Solomon Islands and Nathania Tan of Saipan,…
“The symposium was an eye-opener for me as I learned that several plant diseases in PNG such as the Bogia Coconut Syndrome and Banana Wilt Associated Phytoplasma are vectored by hemipterans,” says Noah Saruwa, Agriculture Scientist, and Australia Awards awardee. What’s a hemipteran you may ask? Commonly called true bugs, they range from cicadas and leafhoppers to bed and assassin bugs. There are more than 80,000 species and have piercing and sucking mouths to extract plant sap or suck blood. Enemies to agriculture. Growing up in his home village in Oro province, Noah and his family’s daily lives depended on…
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,…
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…