The Kumul Petroleum PNG Lewas & Barras have had access to specialist coaching and access to Cricket Australia’s National Cricket Centre and resources over the past two months thanks to the PacificAus Sports Program. The partnership, only signed in August, has already provided huge benefits to the National teams and High-Performance department. The program is linked to specific activities starting with the Kumul Petroleum Barramundis participation in the Cricket Australia sanctioned NT T20 Strike competition in Darwin in August. This competition provided much needed highly competitive cricket with the Barras playing against two BBL franchises, a Cricket Australia XI and…
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Prime Minister James Marape has given the green lights to Japanese think tank Japan Development Institute (JDI) to help develop a new Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Master Plan for the country and work with partners like the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the World Bank to build SEZs right across the country. He gave the blessing to CEO and Chairman of JDI, Dr. Shoichi Kobayashi, during a meeting with him in Tokyo last Tuesday (September 27, 2022). PM Marape was accompanied by International Trade and Investment Minister Richard Maru, East Sepik Governor Allan Bird and…
The Vanuatu Cricket Association is excited to announce the fixtures and team lists for the inaugural Pacific Cup, a T20 International tournament running 3-6 October 2022 to be played between the women’s national sides of Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and hosts Vanuatu. A joint initiative between the four competing nations and with assistance from the ICC, New Zealand Cricket and with plans to expand the event in future editions the Pacific Cup will see the four teams each play six T20 Internationals over three match days on the 3, 5, & 6 October 2022. Each team will play double…
Hundreds of soccer fans have held a candlelight vigil for the victims of the East Java football stadium stampede disaster, where police fired tear gas in an attempt to stop violence that left at least 125 people dead. Attention has focused on police crowd-control measures at Saturday night’s match between host Arema FC of East Java’s Malang city and Persebaya Surabaya. Witnesses described officers beating them with sticks and shields before shooting tear gas canisters directly into the crowds. On Sunday, mourners gathered outside the gates of the stadium to lay flowers for the victims. Later at night, people burned candles in a vigil…
The Penrith Panthers have converted three years of dominance into back-to-back premierships with a clinical 28-12 dismantling of Parramatta in Sunday night’s NRL Grand Final. With Clive Churchill Medalist Dylan Edwards (281 metres), Brian To’o (299 metres) and Nathan Cleary delivering command performances on the game’s biggest stage, the Panthers became the first team since the Roosters in 2018-19 to win consecutive premierships. In front of 82,415 fans at Accor Stadium the Panthers scored five tries to two to secure the club’s fourth premiership to go with the 1991, 2003 and 2021 trophies. After a physical opening the Eels tried…
Nambawan Super is advising its Members that they should not purchase any land within the Nambawan Super Limited (NSL) owned 9-mile land Portions (2156, 2157, 2158 and 2159) from squatters or people claiming to be agents of the Fund. NSL CEO Mr Paul Sayer said that they have received reports of individuals and groups of squatters trying to illegally sell portions of NSL’s land in an attempt to de-risk themselves prior to NSL taking vacant possession of the site. “We have received reports that these groups are targeting Members of Nambawan Super and misleading them into believing that if they…
Nambawan Super Limited (NSL) confirms that it has received K52 million from the State as partial payment for its K160 million in rental arrears. NSL is now working to finalise a suitable payment schedule to have the remaining K108 million paid before the end of the year. NSL is hoping to finalise the agreement soon with a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signing with the Departments of Finance and Treasury. As such, NSL has put on hold its lockout activity in the interest of finding an amicable and mutually satisfying solution to this issue. However, NSL remains committed to collecting the…
Barrick (Niugini) Limited (BNL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Karo Maha-Lelai as Country Manager for Papua New Guinea Operations. Ms Maha-Lelai is a lawyer by profession and has over 23 years of experience in the petroleum and mining industry. She previously held executive positions with Petromin PNG Holdings Limited (now known as Kumul Minerals Holding Limited), Tolukuma Gold Mines Ltd and more recently established a private consulting practice specializing in the petroleum and mining industry. Ms Maha-Lelai is also well known for her contributions to sports in PNG and internationally, as former Chairperson of PNG Athletes Commission,…
The Sports Minister, Don Pomb Polye has commended PNG’s men side for having won the inaugural Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Prime Minister’s XI Cup in Port Villa, Republic of Vanuatu on Saturday night. Papua New Guinea’s MSG Prime Minister XI side beat the host Vanuatu Development Team 4-1 during their grand final match last night and claimed the 2022 inaugural cup of the MSG Prime Minister’s XI Soccer tournament. Minister Polye equally congratulated host Team Vanuatu for being a strong, worthy opponent, representing their country well. Polye said PNG has maintained its supremacy in soccer in the region, citing PNG’s…
Pop star Ed Sheeran has been ordered to stand trial in the US over claims he copied his hit song Thinking Out Loud from Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On. A judge denied Sheeran’s bid to dismiss the case, saying a jury should decide on the similarities between the songs. The move comes six months after Sheeran was cleared of copying his hit song Shape Of You at a trial in London. After that ruling, the singer hit out at “baseless” copyright claims, which he said were “way too common”. The claim over Thinking Out Loud was originally lodged in 2018, not…