SP PNG Hunters have re-appointed Matt Church as coach for the 2022 Intrust Super Cup season. The Hunters board voted unanimously for Church to remain at the helm for next season after he steered the team through the challenges of 2021 when it was forced to relocate to southeast Queensland due to Covid travel restrictions. The Hunters have confirmed that the team will return to Queensland throughout 2022 due to the ongoing international Covid travel challenges. “We are delighted to reappoint Matt Church given how he and his staff handled a difficult year,” Hunters Chairman Mr Stan Joyce CSM said.…
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Transparency International Papua New Guinea (TIPNG) and the Public Services Commission (PSC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop an agency-level anti-corruption strategy for the PSC. This initiative is part of TIPNG’s Promoting Anti-Corruption and Integrity Strategies (PAIS) Project funded by the European Union to strengthen public trust in national integrity institutions. “TIPNG welcomes the decision by the PSC to partner with us through an MoU for the development of an anti-corruption strategy that will support the mandate of the PSC. We commend the leadership demonstrated by the Commission in signing an MoU to develop an agency-level anti-corruption…
The PNG Sports Foundation (PNGSF) Chief Medical Officer, Dr Kapua Kapua, after reading Cricket PNG’s submission has confirmed that Cricket PNG is compliant with the lockdown measures in place if we play cricket at Amini Park as described. Cricket is a non-contact outdoor sport, where at no time are there more than 15 people on the field (11 fielders, 2 batters, and 2 umpires). A cricket field is a large outdoor space, the approximate size of two rugby fields, where it is rare for any player to be within two metres of each other, and even then, they do not…
Mr Fleming said BSP understands that with the growing customer base, expansion of the Arawa branch is necessary, to continue to effectively provide banking services to the people of Bougainville. The BSP chief, together with BSP New Guinea Islands Area Manager Ruby Patu, had a brief audience with Arawa Town Mayor, Member for South Bougainville and Minister for Communication & Information Technology (ICT), Honorable Timothy Masiu, MP, including the Business Arm of South Bougainville (BUSIBA) and discussed the expansion of the BSP Arawa Branch and the Buin Sub-Branch. Mr Fleming added; “the trip was timely as we are heading towards…
Yesterday’s (6 Oct) announcement of Australia’s withdrawal from its offshore arrangements in Papua New Guinea (PNG) ought to be welcome news. Sadly, it is happening without confirmed viable long-term solutions for many of the individual refugees and asylum seekers it will affect. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has long advocated against policies under which states externalize asylum and protection obligations. We have noted on many occasions the harm done to those asylum seekers and refugees involved. We have also spoken of the grave risks to the global refugee protection regime when countries seek to shift their responsibilities onto others, typically…
The 2021 National Examinations penned for this month by the Department of Education will go ahead as scheduled and there will be no delays despite the escalating cases of Covid-19 around the country. “I would like to inform all Head Teachers, Principals, Provincial Divisions of Education and stakeholders in education that the National Examinations for 2021 will go ahead as scheduled by the Department,” said Education Secretary Dr. Uke Kombra. He said the examinations must be held as scheduled to avoid any delays in the certification and selections and most importantly any opportunities for mal-practices such as cheating or selling…
The PNG Sport Foundation will effective immediately close all its venues and services (except essential functions) across the country. This will be till the 30th October when it will be reviewed upon advice from the National Control Centre (NCC) and Controller. The PNGSF Executive Director, Albert Veratau, and PNGOC Secretary General Auvita Rapilla met with NCC’s Niupela Pasin team to discuss a reprieve for Sports on Friday last week. The closure of sporting competitions put an enormous strain on the sporting community. Many sporting competitions were in or nearing finals for the season. Sports development programs, representative activities and community sports…
Wayne Bennett says Benji Marshall will bow out of the NRL alongside all-time greats like Allan Langer and Andrew Johns after a stellar 19-year career in the game. The man who Marshall credited for resurrecting his career twice, including in his final season this year, Bennett led the tributes to the veteran playmaker after he officially announced his retirement on Wednesday. Bennett, who reflected on Marshall’s journey as a teenager who moved from New Zealand to Keebra Park High, to a premiership-winner at the Wests Tigers and retiring Rabbitoh, said the Kiwi would go down as one of the greats.…
The Papua New Guinea Rigby Football League (PNGRFL) and the rugby league family especially from Malaguna, Rabaul in the East New Britain Province are mourning the death of former PNG Kumul Harrison Patiliu.Patiliu aged 66, died at his Malaguna No.1 village in Rabaul on Monday October 4, 2021 after a long illness. PNGRFL Chairman Sandis Tsaka said late Harrison Patiliu was Kumul No. 10 and played in PNG’s first ever Test match against England on July 6, 1975 in Port Moresby. “Harrison Patiliu debuted in that game captained by Paul Chue alongside fellow Islanders Billy Wartovo, Robin Guere, Henry Kavanamur…
Three main issues are currently being experienced at the Goroka Provincial Hospital amidst the increasing number of COVID19 patients being admitted to the hospital. In an interview with PNGFM News, EHP Deputy Director Curative Health Mr Tony Basse says staff to patient ratio at the hospital is demanding at this time after more than 40 hospital workers were infected with the deadly disease. This in turn has affected patient care at the hospital. Mr Basse further says bed capacity has also run out as more and more people get admitted to the hospital on a daily basis, many coming in…