Kina Bank and SNS Tech have partnered to deliver market leading results for SMEs in Papua New Guinea looking to turn digital. SNS Tech is a Papua New Guinean owned tech firm who develop best in class digital solutions for their clients so they can thrive in the digital economy. As a business, Kina Bank have long been committed to directing the digital future of PNG and identified e-commerce as a crucial aspect to the long-term success of the country. With a joint vision in bettering digital experiences in PNG, Kina Bank and SNS Tech have joined forces to set…
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This just in! Long-time businessman and former Madang Governor Sir Peter Barter is confirmed to have passed away this morning at the Cairns Hospital in Australia. The Barter family announced the passing of Sir Peter Barter this morning via advise from son Andrew Barter. Sir Peter first came to Papua New Guinea as a pilot in 1967 with the Divine Word Aviation. He has travelled the length and breadth of the Sepik and Madang Province. He later became a prominent businessman and a citizen of the newly independent Papua New Guinea. He was a pioneer in the development of tourism…
New Ireland Police is ready to secure election materials including ballot boxes and ballot papers that arrived in Kavieng yesterday (Tuesday 21st of June). A total 52 ballot boxes, 3 electoral roll boxes plus other accessories for the National General Election 2022 were dispatched by C130 of the Australian Defence Force. New Ireland PPC, Chief Inspector Felix Nebanat confirmed that security details for the materials begun with the escort from the Kavieng Airport and will continue at the station now that the materials are stored at the Kavieng Police Station. We have already organized our men into teams with personals…
Coral Sea Hotels & Hospitality is in growth mode, part of this includes changes to the Coral Sea Hotels. Papua New Guineans are familiar with the Coral Sea Hotel offering of ENZO’s Pizza. ENZO’s has traditionally been a feature offering of Coral Sea Hotels, however as the business grows there are changes taking place to accommodate this growth. “The wait is over for the people of Goroka, to get a taste of our renowned pizzas, pies, muffins, soft serve ice cream and great coffees” said recently appointed Country Manager Sudeep Geethanandan for ENZO’s Pizza. “So here we are, welcoming you…
THE District Services Improvement Programme (DSIP) is an overarching financial input for service delivery for the Anglimp South Waghi (ASW) district in Jiwaka province, says District Administrator Joseph Mangro. Mr. Mangro said the SIP program is a strategic rural intervention program aimed at address lacking of development and basic government services targeting rural marginalized communities and villages. “The district strongly believes that the SIP program, if soundly managed and implement, will inevitably address development needs of the rural communities and progressively bring about unprecedented rural economic growth and improve the living standards of its people,” he said. Mangro highlighted this…
Key findings from a recent evaluation of a Parenting for Childhood Development (P4CD) program highlight a reduction in family violence, abuse and neglect of children in communities exposed to this program. The evaluation, generously supported by UNICEF Australia, found that parents exposed to the P4CD program, were empowered to apply positive child rearing parenting practices and invested time to enhance child-parent relationships that helped create safe spaces for children. An estimated 35,000 children aged between 3 and 10 have been positively impacted by this intervention that has reached over 8,700 parents in six provinces in the country since UNICEF PNG, working…
With two participating schools in NCD, Tokarara Primary School and Ororo Primary School battling out at the blast, Ororo Primary school were too good for Tokarara Primay , claiming both the female and male divisions of the blasts. BSP Corporate Sponsorship Manager Amelia Minnopu commended CPNG for its hard work, commitment and stability in driving the programme’s growth. “The BSP School Kriket Blast is a fun and fast program for kids of all abilities to learn the skills of cricket and play the sport. The program driven by Cricket PNG is focusing on developing the participation of boys and girls…
The University of Technology (UOT) has expressed gratitude to the National Gaming Control Board (NGCB) for providing an incredible opportunity in engaging its Communication & Development Studies final-year students for their industrial on-the-job training. The University’s Vice Chancellor Dr. Ora Renagi thanked the NGCB for heightening its Job-Training through a 5-year MOU signing between the two institutions to prepare graduates to deliver quality output and add value in the industrial workforce. “The UOT aims to build capacities that empower and promote technological skills, enhance quality education and add good principles and values to the graduates for them to employ in…
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs five-eighth Matt Burton and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks centre Siosifa Talakai were today named to make their debuts for the Brydens Lawyers NSW Blues in Game Two of the Ampol State of Origin series at Optus Stadium in Perth on Sunday 26 June. Burton will start in the centres while Talakai has been named on the bench. Other changes from the team which lost the opening game in Sydney include Stephen Crichton being named at centre; Apisai Koroisau at hooker; Jake Trbojevic in the front row; and Cameron Murray in the second row. Nicho Hynes has been named as the…
The Chief of Defence Force (CDF), Major General Mark Goina DMS, CBE has confirmed that, as part of their ongoing joint inter agency security operations, personnel from the PNGDF Forward Operating Base at Tari and RPNGC MS6 members carried out a check of a charter flight from Port Moresby to Komo. The flight consisted of 100 passengers (97 males and 3 females) and all luggages and cargo was searched on arrival. The search was based on intelligence that people may have been trying to smuggle weapons and other contraband items into Hela on that flight. During the search the RPNGC…