The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), that will result in greater cooperation and competition between the two FIFA Confederations for the benefit of football in the Pacific and Asia. The MOU signed after the 33rd AFC Congress in Bahrain will run for three years and will see the OFC and AFC strengthen their ties through more matches between teams from the two Confederations. It represents a further strengthening of a strong relationship forged between the Confederations who first signed an MOU in 2016. OFC President Lambert Maltock is hailing the…
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City Pharmacy and Paradise Private Hospital joined the PNG Cancer Foundation to host basic health checks and cancer awareness sessions at the Holiday Inn (Waigani, Port Moresby), closing off a 2-day workshop schedule held ahead of World Cancer Day (4 February). More than 60 participants from corporate companies, individuals and the hotel staff took the opportunity to get their basic health check done and participated one of three (3) different cancer information sessions conducted by the PNGCF Health Educator team, including Paradise Private Hospital’s Dr. Polapoi Chalau who facilitated a session on breast cancer. The health check campaign is an…
London Broncos are pleased to confirm Papua New Guinea international Emmanuel Waine has signed for the club, subject to VISA approval. The 26-year-old back-row middle joins from the PNG Hunters who compete in the Hostplus Cup, the second tier of Rugby League in Australia, and has more recently been training with NRL side The Dolphins. Waine started in Papua New Guinea’s 36-0 win over Wales at the recent Rugby League World Cup where he combined with new teammate Wellington Albert. He said he can’t wait to journey over to the UK and begin in his first campaign with the Broncos.…
Work has commenced on the sealing and upgrading of the remaining 27km of the Lihir island ring road, following a ground-breaking ceremony at Palie Catholic mission station on Lihir. The Lihir ring road is a project covered under both the 1995 and 2007 Benefits Sharing Lihir Memorandums of Agreement (MOA) – signed between the three levels of Government (National, Provincial and Local Level Government) and the Lihir Mining Affected Landowners Association (LMALA). As outlined in the MOA, Lihir Gold Limited is responsible for the upgrade of the component on the Eastern side from Zuen to Palie, which has already been…
Prime Minister and Tari-Port District Development Authority (DDA) Chairman James Marape presided over his district’s first DDA meeting for 2023 on Thursday (February 2, 2023). The meeting was held at Pangale Haus in Tari which is the Tari-Pori DDA office. At the meeting, PM Marape announced that each district in PNG had been allocated K10 million in District Services Improvement Programme (DSIP) with an additional K5 million for priority infrastructure. He urged his DDA Members to work on Tari-Pori District priorities. “We have a K15 million envelope so the DDA must approve clear priorities to be driven by Local Level…
Papua New Guinea does not welcome foreigners who consort with criminal elements and corrupt state agents, the Chairman of the Permanent Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Defence, Hon. Belden Namah said today. Mr. Namah made these remarks upon receiving information that a businessman, resident in Wewak, had been detained by officers of Immigration Office following strong allegations of “rogue and criminal activities” in the province. Mr Namah said: “I am informed that this man is not just happy with conducting business on PNG soil but is abusing his privilege by forming friendship and patronage with both criminals…
The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have signed an agreement they say will see more matches between the two continents. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Bahrain during the Asian body’s annual congress. Oceania President Lambert Maltock said the agreement is hugely significant and beneficial for football in the Pacific. “We are pleased that the implementation of this agreement means a focus on high level competitions between representative teams from both confederations,” Maltock said. A joint statement said the MoU would result in “high-level competition” for men’s and women’s teams and the exchanging…
The PNG University of Technology and the PNG Joint Forces Academy (Igam) signed a MOU for training and technical cooperation and implementation of Learning Management System (Moodle) at the academy. The signing of the MOU that took place yesterday morning between Unitech Vice Chancellor Dr Ora Renagi (Unitech) and PNGJSA Commanding Officer Lt Colonel Donald Aisuk enables Unitech to install Moodle software on all computers and servers at the Igam based academy. The MOU is to promote closer cooperation and exchange of information on Moodle Platform between the two institution to improve delivery and learning for instructors and officer cadets…
Five members of a criminal gang responsible for hurling a grenade that killed two men in Goilala were ambushed and killed in a retaliatory attack in December. Acting Provincial Police Commander of Central Province Senior Inspector Patterson Birigi said the five suspects were slain by angry relatives of the bomb victims, who went after and found them holed up in a remote village in Fane LLG. The gang led by a renowned criminal identified as Awa Pilot were responsible for various other crimes around the Tolokuma area until they met their fate, acting PPC Birigi said. He said since the…
Based on advice from Civil Defence authorities, Auckland mayor Wayne Brown has formally extended the local state of emergency, but expects it will be lifted early. The mayor was advised at 9am today by Civil Defence Emergency Management, to extend the state of local emergency. He considered the advice and signed the declaration at 11.30am, ahead of the existing declaration expiring this evening. While the rain has eased up somewhat, a week on from the record-breaking downpour that caused widespread damage across the city, it continues to fall. “We are hoping for a better weekend so we can continue the clean-up,…