FinCorp’s K10,000 donation to the Uni Piggies will help the club’s management train, strategize and incentivize player participation in the Capital Rugby Union Competition. “FinCorp is thrilled to show support to the Piggies team as part of our commitment to communities,” said Brett Tayler, CEO of FinCorp. “We live and work in these communities and know that the life-work balance should be encouraged. FinCorp believes that, if we help a community to thrive, then we all move forward.” As an organization with 25 years of operation in PNG, FinCorp understands relationships and the impacts its financial services can have on…
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The Department of Information and Communications Technology is embarking on implementing its public investment programs in 2023, which include in particular, the Cyber Security Network and the Digital Government Infrastructure and Service. This was highlighted by the Minister for Information and Communications Technology Hon. Timothy Masiu, when addressing the Commonwealth Conference on Cybercrime in the Pacific, in Port Moresby on Monday. “The Department of ICT is currently formalizing and onboarding key cyber agencies in PNG that will form a national cyber coordinating committee (N3C) which will speed up reporting, technical verification by backend technology, and cooperation with the Royal Papua…
Pacific Palms Property (PPP), the property division of Steamships is delighted to welcome Bill Doa Neill as the National Leasing Manager. Mr. Neill joins PPP from the Brian Bell Group where he was the Commercial Business Development Manager, bringing to the team over ten years of experience in commercial and project management. Mr. Neill has joined at an exciting time for the business, as PPP undergoes exceptional growth in 2023, with major projects; Portside Business Park, Harbourside South, and the Hagen DOBEL center scheduled to be completed by mid-2023. His knowledge of the Papua New Guinean landscape and wealth of…
Lino Eaki is on a journey to expand her business as well as providing this vital service for many working-class parents in Papua New Guinea’s capital city. equips Steppingstone Preschool, tucked away behind a church in a suburban community has enrolled up to 10 children in its primary year of business in 2022. Lino was part of cohort of twenty-eight other women entrepreneurs that participated in a six-week Entrepreneurship Acceleration Programme (EAP) from October to December 2022. The programme was facilitated by the United Nations Development Programme and Credit Union Foundation Australia. Through this programme, 28 women across Port Moresby…
Center for Excellence in Financial Inclusion is currently running its first 2023 Training of Trainers Training for Kina Bank staff. A total of 10 participants including eight women are attending the training. Following the training the Kina Bank Trainers will be required to deliver the Retail Training to their colleagues. This will be implemented through a training roll out plan developed by Kina Bank and CeFi will provide support to ensure that Kina Bank implements its training plans and training report provided to CeFi. The participants are being trained to deliver financial literacy training and taught skills on how to…
After playing host to their Māori counterparts for the past four NRL Harvey Norman All Stars, the Indigenous squad are this week enjoying being guests in the first ever edition of the event to be held in New Zealand. Tuesday morning saw a large gathering at the picturesque Te Papaiouru Marae, situated on the active geothermal lakefront in Rotorua, to welcome both the men’s and women’s Māori and Indigenous sides ahead of Saturday’s matches at Rotorua International Stadium. “To have the All Stars over here is pretty good, and to learn about the Māori culture as well,” Indigenous back Selwyn…
UH Hilo Political Science major and Pi Sigma Alpha member Leoshina Kariha was selected to represent Hawai‘i at the 2023 College Student Congress organized by the Henry Clay Center. As an academic summer program, the College Student Congress is a fully funded, public-policy summer program, providing students with opportunities to research and write public policy on current national issues, meet students from across the country, develop new interpersonal and leadership skills, and interact with guest speakers in Lexington, Kentucky, and Washington, D.C. Only one student from each state and the District of Columbia is selected for this very competitive program.…
It’s always best to start the year on a good note said the Acting Provincial Police Commander for Eastern Highlands Province, Chief Inspector Timothy Pomasso, when he spoke at the recent opening of the legal year parade. Pomasso, echoed keynote speaker Acting Justice Irene Mugugia’s message to the people of EHP to strive to become law abiding citizens because one of major issues that is being faced right around the country is the gap between disciplined forces, including the police to administer policing services. “The break up between both the population and the servicemen being exponentially wide, so we need…
The death toll from a strong earthquake in south-eastern Turkey, near Syria’s border, could rise eight-fold, the World Health Organization has warned. The toll, which currently stands at more than 3,400 people, has increased rapidly since the first earthquake struck early on Monday morning. About 12 hours later, a second powerful tremor hit further north. Rescuers have been combing through mountains of rubble in freezing and snowy conditions to find survivors. Countries around the world are sending support to help the rescue efforts, including specialist teams, sniffer dogs and equipment. The US Geological Survey said the 7.8 magnitude tremor struck…
Penrith Panthers is delighted to announce the re-signings of talented young players Jack Cole, Isaiah Iongi, Jesse McLean and Harrison Hassett. The Panthers quartet have all re-signed with the club until the end of the 2025 season. The contract extensions will see the four players train with the NRL squad on a full-time capacity throughout the 2023 season. Cole has committed to the club following a stellar 2022 season, in which he made his NRL debut for the Panthers in Round 25 against North Queensland. As well as representing New South Wales in the under-19s clash, the playmaker was named…