Solomon Islands hotshot Raphael Lea’i has signed for Bosnian footballing giants FK Velež Mostar, to become the first Solomon Islander to ever sign for a professional European club. Lea’i signed a one-year contract after a successful trial for the club which is known as The Rodeni. The deal includes the possibility of extending the contract for another year. Lea’i began his playing career at Honiara club Henderson Eels FC for whom he played in the OFC Champions League. After playing for the Solomons at various age group levels, Lea’i made his international debut in 2022. Eels president Hudson Wakio said the…
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City Pharmacy Limited (CPL) Group is pleased to announce the opening of our newest City Pharmacy branch in Kundiawa, Simbu Province. The new branch was opened under a Private Partnership agreement with the Sir Joseph Nombri Memorial Hospital, and now provides quality and affordable healthcare and wellbeing retail services to the province. City Pharmacy Kundiawa, which also houses our coffee brand Bon Cafe, officially opened after 8 months of preparation on January 30th 2023 in Kundiawa-Gembogl, Muguwa Dilu, among an excited crowd and hospital staff. “Our vision was that if we did anything, that it has to match the standards…
At least three people were killed and more than 800 injured when a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck Iran on Saturday night local time, according to Iranian news agencies. Iran’s state news agency IRNA said the earthquake hit the city of Khoy, West Azerbaijan province, in northwest Iran, around 9:44 p.m. local time, citing the Iranian Seismological Center in Tehran. The semi-official Tasmin news agency put the toll at three dead and 816 injured, while the Mehr news agency said 70 villages had been damaged. Mehr said that relief and damage assessment operations are underway. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) also registered…
Kiribati is reportedly returning to the Pacific Islands Forum. Forum Chair, the Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, said his office has received a letter confirming this intention from the Kiribati President, Taneti Maamau. Rabuka visited Kiribati just over a week ago, on his first official overseas visit since taking office. At the time he said bringing Kiribati back into the Forum was the visit’s overall objective. Kiribati left the group in July last year when Maamau refused to attend the annual Leaders’ gathering in Suva due to what he claimed was failure by the PIF to address concerns of equity, equality and…
St George Illawarra fullback Cody Ramsey has been ruled out of the entire 2023 season after he was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. The Molong product will need to take the year off to recover from multiple bowel surgeries, with the club hopeful the fullback will return to the game in coming seasons. “Cody was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel condition, in late 2022 which required an extended stay in hospital,” Dragons General Manager of Football Ben Haran said. “Unfortunately, this ultimately required significant bowel surgery. This surgery was successful, however it will require multiple follow-up procedures over the coming season. This…
In Tok Pisin the word “Lewa” means “heart” or “love”. In the case of the seven mothers in Papua New Guinea’s national women’s cricket team, the PNG Lewas, it is love imbued with dedication, heartbreak, and mental toughness. The Lewas mums are away from their babies and young children for long periods and in some cases have sent children to be raised by extended family. Returning to training just months or even weeks postpartum is common. All the mothers are enormously proud to represent Papua New Guinea, but their primary motivation is financial survival in a country where nearly half the…
Aucklanders are waking to the sound of yet more rain over the already sodden city as the state of emergency there enters its fourth day. Northern suburbs of Auckland and Titirangi appear to have been some of the worst areas hit by the heavy rain overnight. Auckland Emergency Management duty controller Rachel Kelleher says northern regions like Wellsford and Warkworth have been hit by more than 60mm of rain and there is some flooding. In West Auckland, there have been landslips in Titirangi with some houses very close to falling off a cliff. Earlier, Fire and Emergency said five people…
The addition of colourful murals to the Hahela market on Buka Island in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville has made it a centre of attraction and inspiration for many Buka Town commuters and people from the surrounding communities. The murals, painted onto the water tanks and plywood story boards at the market, depict traditional stories and legends, including various themes that symbolise life in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. This is the work of ten young Bougainville artists with the support of experienced visual artists from the Port Moresby-based Tool Boox Production (TBP), who were engaged for the Market Beautification…
A full feasibility study on the bilateral trade between Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Australia will commence at the beginning of next month. A full term of reference has been agreed to between the two countries and the Centre for International Economics (CIE) will deliver the study beginning February this year. The study assesses the feasibility of a comprehensive bilateral FTA covering goods and services as well as other crosscutting issues such as investment and local content policies, competition policy, movement of people, sanitary and phytosanitary issues, and technical barriers to trade. The trade relations between PNG and Australia have…
Actress Annie Wersching passed away of cancer early Sunday morning, her publicist, Craig Schneider told CNN. Wersching was 45 years old. She was best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the series “24.” Wersching’s husband, Stephen Full, released a statement to CNN: “There is a cavernous hole in the soul of this family today. But she left us the tools to fill it. She found wonder in the simplest moment. She didn’t require music to dance. She taught us not to wait for adventure to find you. ‘Go find it. It’s everywhere.’ And find it we shall,” he…