The National Examinations for grades 10, 12 & 8 students in the general education system, including private permitted schools will begin in the second week and end in the 4th week of October. The published dates for the 2022 examinations are; Grade 10 (LSSCE) Exam Dates: 10 – 14 October (One Week), Grade 12 (USSCE) Exam, 17 – 21 October (One Week) and Grade 8 (COBE) Exam 24-27 October (4 days). A total of 31,155 students from 212 Grade 12 schools including 6 National Schools of Excellence, 71,300 Grade10 students from 213 High/Secondary Schools, and 125,000 Grade 8 students from…
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Personal Account opening, registrations for Mobile and Internet Banking and Cash Agent awareness will be among services offered this weekend at the BSP Stall during the 59th Morobe Show. The Morobe Show is back after two (2) years of absence, and BSP is pleased to support its return with a Red Ribbon Sponsorship of K20, 000 towards the show at the Lae Showgrounds. BSP as a bank that promotes people, small businesses and culture sees the Morobe Agricultural Show as an opportunity for participants in these industries to display and promote agriculture, livestock, horticulture, floriculture, livestock, Singsings as well as…
Seventeen personnel from the PNG Correctional Services (CS) and the Royal PNG Constabulary (RPNGC) participated in a three-day workshop on child protection at the Bomana Correctional Services Training College facilitated by Save the Children’s Child Protection Team. The 17 officers consisting of seven females and 10 males are currently based at PNG CS Bomana Training College and Bomana Police Training College. Topics covered during the training included; what is child protection, effects and impacts of abuse and violence on children, the UN Convention on the rights of the Child, as well as the responsibilities of parents and professionals working with…
The 12th world ranked Papua New Guinea Lewas continued their unbeaten tournament run with comprehensive victories over hosts Vanuatu and Fiji on day two of the inaugural Pacific Cup yesterday. The Lewas accounted for Vanuatu by 8 wickets while their afternoon victory over Fiji was by 124 runs. After a winless first day, Samoa bounced back with two wins, over Fiji by 75 runs and then surprising hosts Vanuatu by 6 wickets in in their second game of the day. The Pacific Cup concludes on Thursday with four more T20 Internationals as the Lewas head into the final day two…
The State has failed to sign the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) that contains the schedule of payments agreed to by both parties for the settlement of the remaining over K120 million in rental arrears owed to the Members of Nambawan Super before the end of the year. This has forced Nambawan Super Limited (NSL) to resort to locking out the State tenancies occupying NSL owned properties. When the partial payment of K52 million for the outstanding rentals was made by the State last week, NSL made it very clear that this would be followed by the parties agreeing to a…
Elon Musk on Monday sent a letter to Twitter proposing to follow through with his deal to buy the company at the originally agreed upon price of $54.20 per share, according to a securities filing on Tuesday. In the letter, Musk said he would proceed with the acquisition on the original terms, pending receipt of the debt financing for the deal and provided that the Delaware Chancery Court stay the litigation proceedings over Musk’s initial attempt to pull out of the deal and adjourn the upcoming trial over the dispute. A Twitter spokesperson said in a statement to CNN that the company…
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile over Japan, in what appears to be a deliberate escalation to get the attention of Tokyo and Washington. The missile travelled 4,500km (2,800 miles) before falling into the Pacific Ocean – far enough to hit the US island of Guam if it took another trajectory. It is the North’s first missile launch over Japan since 2017. Japan issued an alert to some citizens to take cover. The US, Japan and South Korea conducted their own military drills in response. South Korean and US aircraft fired at a mock target on an uninhabited island…
North Queensland NRL forward Luciano Leilua has been arrested and charged with domestic violence offences after an alleged incident on Monday. NSW police confirmed they were called to a home around 1pm on Monday after reports of a domestic violence incident. Officers attended and were told a 26-year-old man allegedly assaulted a woman known to him and smashed the woman’s phone. He was arrested at the home and taken to a local police station, where he was charged with common assault (DV); damage or destroy property (DV) and granted bail to appear at a local court on 11 October. The matter has…
Central and western parts of New South Wales have avoided heavy rainfall overnight but the region remains on high alert with days of rain set to sweep across already flooded parts of the state. The Bureau of Meteorology says heavy rain developing over parts of far western NSW may lead to flash flooding throughout the day. The system is expected to move over western parts of the Riverina and Central West Slopes and Plains this morning. A severe weather warning spanning from the Queensland and South Australian borders to the far west of NSW is in place. Deniliquin, Tibooburra, Cobar, Bourke, Broken Hill and…
The Internal Revenue Commission (IRC) regrets to inform taxpayers and the public that its headquarters in Port Moresby has been locked out by the Landlord, Nambawan Super Limited. All HQ operations therefore has been suspended indefinitely until further notice. All IRC office rental payments are centralized by Departments of Finance and Treasury hence it’s beyond IRC’s control. Taxpayers who wish to pay and file, especially the Salaries and Wages Taxes which are due on 7th September, can email or visit our online payment portal via addresses provided below. https://irc.gov.pg/login We also inform taxpayers that there will be some delay in…