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…
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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…
The Holiday Inn Resort Vanuatu Women’s National Cricket Team and the Papua New Guinea Lewas got off to perfect starts on Monday with both countries registering two wins each in their matches on day one of the inaugural Pacific Cup. PNG were arguably the more dominant of the two winning by 178 runs and 8 wickets, over Fiji and Samoa, respectively. Vanuatu’s two victories came after batting first in both of their matches. In the morning game a rearguard fightback got Samoa to within 21 runs of the home side’s 136/8 and in the afternoon, a commanding total of 172/6…
Huddersfield trio Ashton Golding, Michael Lawrence and Kieran Rush headline the Jamaica squad ahead of their first-ever Rugby League World Cup. The Reggae Warriors became the first Caribbean nation to qualify for a Rugby League World Cup after they beating Canada and the United States. Jamaica are in a group alongside New Zealand, Ireland and Lebanon for the tournament, which is held in England. Golding, Lawrence and Rush are the only Super League players included in the Jamaican 24-man squad. Workington winger Alex Young, the brother of England hopeful Dom Young, is one of four newcomers in the Jamaica squad alongside…
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (Fortescue, ASX: FMG) advises that Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has entered a global strategic collaboration with energy infrastructure developer Tree Energy Solutions (TES) which aims to accelerate the development of a world leading green hydrogen and green energy import facility in Germany. The investment of €130 million (US$127 million) will be funded by FFI’s unutilised capital commitment and provides FFI with a pathway for access to critical infrastructure to execute its strategy. Through the agreement, FFI subsidiary Netherlands Fortescue Future Industries Holdings B.V. will invest €30 million (US$29 million) to become a shareholder in Tree Energy…