Veteran striker Raymond Gunemba has been named captain of the PNG Kapuls team to the MSG Prime Ministers Cup in Port Vila, Vanuatu. A seasoned campaigner at international seen, commonly known as RG7 is the most experienced player of all the squad members. Played football in three countries New Zealand, Australia and Fiji, the Morobean man was the obvious pick to lead the team. PNG Kapuls Team Manager and MSG Prime Minister Working Committee member Joseph Ealedona announced it during the first training run this morning at Sir John Guise stadium. He said after close consultation with PNGFA Technical Team,…
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Knights star Kalyn Ponga has officially withdrawn from potential selection for the Australian Kangaroos ahead of the rescheduled 2021 World Cup starting next month in England. The Knights released a statement on Wednesday indicating Ponga had informed Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga he would make himself unavailable for the tournament in a bid to focus on Newcastle’s return to pre-season training in November. The Knights were one of the most disappointing NRL sides in 2022 with Ponga restricted to just 14 appearances due to repeated head knocks, including a final one in Round 19 that ruled him out of the final six weeks…
New support for the access to contraceptive, family planning and other sexual and reproductive health services in the Pacific has been announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs during a visit to Papua New Guinea (PNG). “Aotearoa New Zealand already works closely with the partners offering sexual and reproductive health services throughout the region, including here in Papua New Guinea, but we recognize much more needs to be done,” said Nanaia Mahuta. “We are investing a further NZ$30 million over five years for government and non government agencies working across the Pacific to improve care and access to health services…
Papua New Guinea’s national petroleum company, Kumul Petroleum Holdings Limited (Kumul Petroleum), announced today that it has appointed Mr Craig Schulz as its new Chief Operating Officer, filling a position that has been vacant for a while. Wapu Sonk, Managing Director of Kumul Petroleum said, “given our present level of operations in the petroleum sector, in non-petroleum related national development activities, and with forthcoming major projects such as Papua LNG and P’nyang LNG, it is timely that we have adequate and appropriately qualified senior technical management personnel.” “I am confident that Craig will be a huge asset for Kumul Petroleum…
The Solomon Islands government has slammed an Australian offer to fund national elections next year, calling it an “assault” on its democracy and an attempt at foreign interference. Foreign Minister Penny Wong earlier on Tuesday confirmed that Australia made an offer to help fund elections in Solomon Islands next year as the country’s parliament debated a deeply controversial bill to defer the national poll until 2024. The Solomon Islands opposition has accused Manasseh Sogavare’s government of undermining democracy and trying to “bulldoze” through a constitutional amendment that would delay the election until after the Pacific Games in late 2023. Mr Sogavare brought the…
Liz Truss became the third female prime minister in British history on Tuesday and pledged to immediately set about tackling the United Kingdom’s spiraling cost of living crisis, saying she was confident that “together we can ride out of the storm” of economic problems facing the nation. Truss, 47, took office on a day of ceremony that saw her scandal-plagued predecessor Boris Johnson bow out in a defiant speech at Downing Street in London before both politicians flew to meet the Queen in Scotland for a transfer of power. Truss, who served as foreign minister in the previous government, enters office…
Community advocacy organisation ACT NOW! says there are a lot of important issues for the new Forest Minister, Salio Waipo, to address, including rampant illegal and unsustainable logging. Campaign Manager Eddie Tanago says that it is shameful that more than 30- years after the Forestry Act 1991 introduced a raft of reforms aimed at stopping the unsustainable logging and corruption exposed by the Barnett Commission of Inquiry, the situation today is no better. “The Forestry Act was supposed to mark the end for Colonial era Timber Rights Purchase (TRPs) agreements which were found to be full of abuses” says Mr…
Executives of Newcrest mining met with the New Ireland Government on Tuesday 6th September, to revive its quarterly meetings, which temporarily ceased due to the advent of the Covid19 pandemic. Leading the 8 member delegation was Lihir Operations General Manager Johan Labuschagne and Country Manager Stanely Komunt. Mr Labuschagne said he was keen to create an effective working relationship based on open dialogue with the Provincial Government. While giving an overview of current operations he touched on the K1.52 billion financial contributions injected into the PNG economy this year from royalties, total taxes, production levy, and vendor contracts. Further to…
The Papua New Guinea Kumuls believe they can beat anyone on their day as they prepare for the Rugby League World Cup. Their first pool game is against Tonga and Papua New Guinean utility Lachlan Lam said they will go into the match as underdogs. The Kumuls are in a group with Tonga, Wales and the Cook Islands at this year’s tournament, which is hosted in England. Lam said being the underdog gives the Kumuls the belief to come out on top. He said this was evident when they beat Fiji 24-14 in June. “PNG have always been a team that have…
The University of Papua New Guinea, (UPNG) wishes to inform prospective applicants that the Online Applicant Portal for receiving applications for Undergraduate programs to be offered by the University for academic year 2023 is now open. It will close on the 15th of October 2022. Click UPNG website link below, read the Instruction carefully and fill in the Online Application form. https://www.upng.ac.pg/