The rugby league world is in mourning after the sudden death of Paul Green at 49 years old in his Brisbane home on Thursday morning. The Daily Telegraph reported that Green had not said anything about feeling ill before his sudden passing, with a post-mortem to determine the cause of his death. Green had been in Sydney last weekend for the Cronulla ex-players’ reunion, one of five teams the former Australian and Queensland representative halfback played for during his career. Green had a decorated playing career which spanned 162 games, suiting up for the Cronulla Sharks, North Queensland Cowboys, Sydney Roosters, Parramatta…
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U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) supports 477 people to graduate from financial literacy training in Lae, Morobe Province, with a majority 415 (87 percent) of the total number of graduates all women. This is part of USAID’s commitment through the PNG Lukautim Graun Program (LGP) and its partnership with Center for Excellence in Financial Inclusion (CEFI) to deliver financial literacy training for Papua New Guineans, with a focus on economic empowerment of women and people from rural communities. For many people in PNG, especially women and marginalized populations living in rural and remote communities, it can be difficult to…
Team Papua New Guinea will arrive back in the country at 5:10am on Friday morning (August 12) from the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The contingent departed Birmingham on Wednesday, August 10 and will transit through France and Singapore and on then on to Port Moresby. Three members will go through Dubai and then meet up with the rest of the contingent in Singapore for the final leg home. The US based athletes of Team Papua New Guinea are already en route back to their respective states. The swimming team have already arrived safely back in Brisbane, Australia. The official welcome…
Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai has thanked all his electoral officials across the country for doing a tremendous job and returning majority of the Election Writs in time of 11th Parliament to convene and conduct the first business of the day in electing a new government. He said about 109 Writs were returned after counting for Provincial and Open Electorate were completed in many parts of the country. Mr Sinai thanked all election officials in doing a tremendous job under difficult circumstance, particularly in the Highlands Region in making sure counting was completed and winners declared. The commissioner urged electoral officials…
Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) is committed to ensuring the closure of the mine is done in accordance with the approved mine closure plan when the mine ceases production. The plan which has been developed and updated since 1997 includes the decommissioning of mining infrastructure, the rehabilitation of operation sites, the ongoing monitoring of the affected environment the transfer of public infrastructure or services currently provided by OTML and the establishment of a fund to implement the plan. The Company stated this during a Mine Closure Consultation Meeting that was held in Port Moresby from August 03rd – 05th 2022…
MP for Lae John Rosso was appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea for the eleventh parliament. DPM Rosso and three other ministers were sworn in on Wednesday afternoon at the Government House at Konedobu by Governor General His Excellency Sir Bob Dadae. Prime Minister James Marape also announced a caretaker cabinet comprising to run the nation’s affairs while awaiting a full cabinet comprising members of the coalition. The caretaker are as follows; 1. James Marape Prime Minister, National Planning, Police, Defence and Correctional Services 2. John Rosso, Deputy Prime Minister, Lands & Physical Planning, Housing, Education,…
The Commonwealth Games -Birmingham 2022 drew to a close yesterday Monday 8th August, 2022. Team PNG, led by Flag Bearer and Silver medallist Morea Baru, joined thousands of athletes and officials from across the Commonwealth as well as local Brummies, for a spectacular showcase put on by the Games Organising Committee. The next edition of the Commonwealth Games will be held Victoria, Austalia, in 2026. Source: Team PNG
A leading Solomon Islands opposition MP has called on Australia to offer funding to try and ensure the country can hold elections next year. Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s government has said it wants to extend parliament until after it hosts the Pacific Games in November 2023, for which China has donated a stadium and other sporting venues that are being built by Chinese companies. Australia will be the second largest contributor to the games, after Pacific Minister Pat Conroy announced in Solomon Islands that Australia would contribute almost $17 million towards the landmark event. The United States and other Pacific…
Now, Serena Williams has amassed over 15 million Instagram followers and even more fans over the years. She is a literal icon. She has won a whopping twenty-three Grand Slam singles titles and, as a result, she is now considered one of the greatest female tennis players of all time. Serena has been ranked as the No. 1 in singles on 8 separate occasions during her career and in total, she has been No. 1 for 319 weeks, which ranks third in the Open Era among female players behind Graf and Martina Navratilova. Williams is understandably considered one of the greatest tennis players of all…
The Santos PNG Orchids selection process ahead of this year’s Rugby League World Cup (RLWC) will continue in Port Moresby this week, with 34 eligible players to face off in a trial match on Saturday 13 August at the Santos National Football Stadium to assist with final squad selections. Orchids coach Ben Jeffries will travel from Australia to Papua New Guinea this week to observe training sessions and the match, which are being delivered by PNG-based Orchids staff and Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League (PNGRFL). Initially it was hoped that 10 Australia-based potential Orchids players would travel to PNG…