It was quite a challenge for young all-rounder, Boio, when it came to balancing school and training but he managed the two seemingly with ease. The teen, who has just completed grade 11 at the Port Moresby Grammar School said that was one part of training that was hard for him. ‘It was difficult balancing school and cricket. But I just go to school and after school I join the boys in training.’ ‘Usually the U19 team would train for at least six months, but for us it’s shorter than that.’ As with other countries participating in the ICC U19…
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PNG’s most wanted criminal Tommy Baker has been shot dead around 10pm last night in Alotau, Milne Bay Province. Milne Bay Provincial Police Commander Superintendent Peter Barkie confirmed this with PNG Hausbung this morning. He said Baker’s body is now at Alotau General Hospital and that further information on the operation will be released by Police Commissioner David Manning today. The manhunt for Baker and his gang members began in May after the attack on a police barracks in Alotau late in April among other strings of criminal activities. Since 2013 when he was on the run, Baker was arrested…
My Dear People of Papua New Guinea, I bring to you warm greetings for a happy, prosperous, and a very hope-filled New Year, 2022. Whilst walking with optimism into 2022, I want to thank our God who looked after us in 2021 right through the burden of COVID-19 and economic hardship. God’s watch over the past, gives us confidence, that the future will be good and bright for us. In this New Year’s message, I would like to take the opportunity to remind us all of the significance of this year, and the responsibility each of us has in contributing…
Police Commissioner David Manning has issued orders for the arrest of all persons involved in a recent torture and murder of five women accused of sorcery in the Pawa Yamo village of Kagua district in the Southern Highlands province. “Everyone will be identified and arrested. Even if it means we have to arrest every member of a clan or tribe we will do so. This madness has got to stop. We are in the 21st century and such barbaric actions must be quickly stopped with the full force of the law,” Police Commissioner Manning said. He added that there are…
The Independent Commission on Young Lives says some children who go into care are “more likely to experience instability through multiple placement moves and changes in social worker”, while in some cases they are moved into “completely unsuitable” accommodation. The social care system in England is not fit for purpose and “may as well be handing over children directly to ruthless gangs and criminals”, according to a leading children’s rights campaigner. Anne Longfield, a former children’s commissioner for England, says some teenagers taken into care to safeguard them from county lines and criminal exploitation are being put at risk of…
Conservationist Bindi Irwin, who is daughter of the late Steve Irwin ‘The Crocodile Hunter’, wants to make sure her daughter understands life and death from a young age because that was a “gift” her parents gave to her. “Growing up and being 23, I can look back with gratitude that my parents did that for me; it really was a gift that they gave me,” she said. Growing up at Australia Zoo “was an absolutely wonderful experience” for Irwin, but it meant she was confronted by death well before the tragic passing of her father. The first such experience she…
The young cricketer has been playing since he was ten years old in the local BSP School Kriket Program. Now at 17 he is excited to be part of the PIH Under 19 Cricket PNG team. Recently completing grade 8 at Pari Primary School, Patrick was fortunate enough to balance both school and training. ‘I’d come and train on weekends but now I’ve finished my exams, so I train full time.’ And now with his full focus on the ICC U19 Men’s World Cup he is anxiously hopeful. ‘I want to perform well in the World Cup and hopefully we…
Lae Rugby League (LRL) Judiciary announced its decision to ban two clubs for 3 years as a result of the spectator and player violence that occurred during the December 11 grand final match . The Judiciary imposed a 3 year suspension on the Tent City Rangers RL Club for the actions of its supporters in bringing LRL and the game into disrepute, in breach of the…
PNG Football Association President John Kapi Natto has warmly welcomed new men’s soccer Head Coach Marcos Gusmao who arrived in the country on Tuesday. “On behalf of PNG Football Association Executive Committee Members, the PNGFA Management, MA Presidents and all the supporters of our football here in PNG, I would like to take this time before our Christmas period to warmly welcome our football instructor and head coach of the PNG men’s national squad, Marcus Gusmao all the way from Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America to our shores,” Mr Kapi Natto said. Gusmao slipped into the country quietly to take…
Egyptologists knew from decoded hieroglyphics that the mummy had been unwrapped once in the 11th century BC – more than four centuries after his original mummification and burial. The perfectly wrapped mummified body of the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep I has been examined in “unprecedented detail” for the first time with the use of modern scanning technology. Researchers were able to “peel off” the facemask and bandages and discover details about his appearance and the lavish jewellery he was buried with. They said it was a “unique opportunity” to study how he had originally been mummified and also “how he had…