DAY 5, final day of the WPQ and we have our first winner. Miss Pauline Hyun, champion of the 14 Girls event. She beat Ashanti Ligo of Vanuatu 6-3,6-2 to claim 1st place in the West Pacific Region. Congratulations Pauline and let’s go Team PNG. Michaela Mesa & Christopher Kaiulo will fight for the 3rd position in their respective age group later today. Source: PNG Tennis Association
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Further to the previous notice on the 13th of July 202, the polling for Western Highlands Province, and Simbu Province has being deferred to to Monday 18th July 2022. This is to allow ample time for preparations on the ground to be done accordingly so polling is conducted smoothly within the gazette period. All polling across the country will end on 19th July 2022. The decision has been made after consultation with Electoral Commission Officers and security personals on the ground. Polling for Jiwaka will proceed as scheduled for this Friday 15 July 2022. All voters within this concerned provinces…
The SP PNG Hunters will play host to the Central Queensland Capras this Sunday, 17th July at Bycroft Oval, Runaway Bay in Round 15 of the QRL Hostplus Cup. The Hunters will ride a wave of confidence into this weekend’s contest, having produced their best performance of the season last week against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls to win 36-22. There were some notable changes to the Hunters’ squad who won that game – namely a new halves pairing of Kingstimer Paraia and Judah Rimbu, and skipper Keven Appo’s move from edge forward to lock – but the most significant difference…
Blues five-eighth Jarome Luai has come under fire for standing over stricken Queensland flyer Selwyn Cobbo in what was an explosive opening to the State of Origin decider. Cobbo was left prone on the ground after a sickening collision with a Maroons teammate Patrick Carrigan, the third brutal head knock in the opening minutes after Cameron Murray and Lindsay Collins were also forced off with HIAs. But it was the image of Luai standing over a concussed Cobbo that enraged Queensland players and immediately sparked an all-in brawl. Queensland centre Dane Gagai, who immediately crouched over Cobbo to protect him from…
Telstra, Australia’s leading telecommunications and technology company, today announced it has officially acquired Digicel Pacific in partnership with the Australian Government. Telstra will continue to invest in and operate the business across its six South Pacific markets – Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Nauru, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu. Oliver Camplin-Warner, Telstra International CEO, said the deal was an exciting milestone for the Digicel Pacific business and its customers in Papua New Guinea. “We’re very pleased to welcome Digicel Pacific into the Telstra family. The Digicel Pacific team in PNG have amazing local expertise and are leaders in digital experiences for their…
After overseeing a win for the ages in his first Origin series as coach, Billy Slater confirmed what nearly anyone who witnessed the brutal 22-12 triumph was thinking. “That is as good a Queensland victory as I have ever seen,” Slater said. “I don’t think I’ve been any prouder of a team I’ve been involved in.” Slater played 31 Origins from 2004 to 2018 and was a key member of the most dominant team in the 42 years since the concept began, so he knows only too well the story of Queensland’s famous spirt inspiring the underdog Maroons to victory…
The public is advised that polling for Western Highlands Province and Jiwaka Province, is being deferred from today 13 July to Friday 15 July 2022. The deferral will allow ample time for mobilization and deployment of members of the Joint Security Task Force who are currently within the upper highlands region. The election process is ongoing and decisions made are based on real time events and circumstances faced by the Electoral Commission and its officials on the ground as well as advise from the Joint Security Task Force on security issues. “Accordingly, I have made a decision to defer polling…
Sick patients and their guardians admitted at Brown Memorial General Hospital in Finschhafen District, Morobe Province have been told to cast their votes in their respective ward areas if they wished to take part in the elections and will not be given any special treatment. Assistant Returning Officer for Finschhafen Urban and Kotte Rural Essau Lilibur issued the advice yesterday before allowing the polling to commence in the area. He said sick patients and their guardians from outside of the Finschhafen area admitted at the hospital had to find their own way to their polling locations to cast votes as…
Air Niugini wishes to advise the travelling public that the airline will resume its Fokker jet services to Kavieng airport, New Ireland Province effective from Monday 1st August 2022. The resumption of Fokker flights follows the completion of runway maintenance and upgrading works by the National Airports Corporation (NAC). Since the works on the airport runway commenced over a year ago, Air Niugini has been operating to Kavieng using smaller Dash-8 aircraft, but with passenger numbers restricted to as few as 20 at times because of the shortened runway. Air Niugini General Manager Commercial, Mr Paul Abbot said “The last…
Established in 2019, HRDF as a development partner to improve the quality of education, health and support sport functions in remote communities in Hela Province, HRDF continues to deliver projects through the support of donation partners and program support organizations in Papua New Guinea and Australia. With operation sites located in Port Moresby and Tari, the foundation has extended support to neighboring provinces in Southern Highlands and Enga. Founder and Chairman of HRDF Eric Yawas, explained that they currently have a total of ten donation partners and various program support organizations in both PNG and Australia. HRDF delivers range of…