The Telikom Affiliated Leagues Confederate trials scheduled to start in the New Guinea Islands in Kokopo on Thursday October 7, 2021 followed by Southern in Port Moresby, Highlands in Minj and Northern in Lae over the weekend on Saturday October 9, 2021 have been deferred by a month. The deferral means the 2021 Telikom National Confederate Championships slated for the weekend of October 15 to 17, 2021 in Lae and the All Stars challenge the week after will be re-scheduled. The Affiliated Leagues comprise Under 20, senior men’s and senior women’s local competitions. PNGRFL CEO Stanley Hondina in a statement…
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BSP Financial Group Limited (BSP) has confirmed in an announcement that BSP shareholders can migrate their holdings, or part of their holdings of BSP shares to the ASX and trade their shares on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) Market. BSP Financial Limited Group CEO Robin Fleming said, “since BSP’s listing on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in May, we are now pleased to announce to our shareholders that they can trade on the ASX market.” In order to move shares across to ASX, BSP PNGX shareholders are required to fill in two mandatory forms; the PNG Registries Shunt Form and…
“It is important to give the correct information so that interested candidates ensure they meet all the requirements before applying,” said the Papua New Guinea Defence Force Team Leader for the Central Schools Career Expo, Major Ezron Dekaetavara. The Central Province School Expo was held last week at the Caritas Girls Technical School. Over seven secondary schools in the Central Province took part with more than three hundred students passing through the PNGDF booth. Most were interested in learning about the organization and the requirements for General Enlistment and Officer Cadet. PNGDF personnel manning the booth also encouraged the students…
South Sydney officials point to Wayne Bennett’s description of Jason Demetriou as his “co-coach” at Sunday night’s grand final press conference as confirmation that the Rabbitohs are in good hands next season and beyond. Contrary to the widespread belief that Demetriou joined Souths from Brisbane in 2019 as part of a package deal with Bennett, he was identified independently by the Rabbitohs as the best assistant coach available at the time. In fact, Demetriou had been on the radar at Redfern since 2016 when he was discussed internally for a role on Michael Maguire’s coaching staff the following season. However,…
Just as Facebook’s Antigone Davis was live on CNBC defending the company over a whistleblower’s accusations and its handling of research data suggesting Instagram is harmful to teens, the company’s entire network of services suddenly went offline. The outage started just before noon ET, and nearly four hours later there’s no sign or restoration, and no one from the company has offered an explanation of the issues or estimates for when they will be fixed. On Twitter, Facebook communications exec Andy Stone says, “We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. We’re working to get…
The Department of Implementation and Rural Development (DIRD) is quite perturb that Service Improvement Program grants are being used to fund municipal operational activities and not funding intended development projects at the district level. DIRD Secretary Aihi Vaki said that there must be a distinct demarcation of roles and responsibilities of District Development Authorities and City Authority which the Department of Provincial and Local Government Affairs needs to review its enabling Acts and legislations. Mr. Vaki stressed this after Hagen District Administration raised its flagged last Friday pertaining to Mt. Hagen City Authority claiming some of its activities intended for…
Cricket PNG has made submissions to the relevant authorities seeking clarification so that cricket can continue to be played in compliance with the new measure restricting any gatherings of more than 20 people now in place. Cricket PNG believes that cricket does comply with this and would like to be able to play and train in accordance with all lockdown measures. While we await confirmation of our interpretation of the new measures, Cricket PNG has suspended all cricket, and has instituted full Covid protocols allowing only small groups trainings. Cricket is a non-contact outdoor sport, where at no time are…
EU-STREIT PNG on a recent mission to Ambunti-Drekikier District trained 200 lead farmers to act as Trainers of Trainers (ToTs) on advanced cocoa cultivation practices and efficient vanilla production techniques. The FAO-led EU-STREIT Programme, in Papua New Guinea in collaboration with Provincial DAL and Cocoa Board in East Sepik Province, conducted two trainings on ‘Cocoa Bud Grafting’ and ‘Vanilla Cultivation, Husbandry and Processing’ that will benefit 2000 plus rural farming-dependant households in East Sepik Province. Building on previous technical assistance provided by the EU-STREIT PNG in August 2021, the Programme continued with another technical assistance to Hambini Village in early…
Transparency International Papua New Guinea (TIPNG) and the National Judicial Staff Services (NJSS) have now signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop an agency-level anti-corruption strategy for the NJSS. 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 NJSS to partner with us through an MoU for the development of an anti-corruption strategy that will support the NJSS mandate of providing equal access to an independent, fair and quality Judicial Services to all people. This signing…
The National Examinations for grades 8, 10 & 12 students in the general education system, including private permitted schools will begin in the second week of October. The published dates for the examinations are; Grade 10 (LSSCE) Exam Dates: 11 – 15 October (One Week), Grade 12 (USSCE) Exam, 18 – 22 October (One Week) and Grade 8 (COBE) Exam 25-28 October, 2021 (4 days). A total of 31, 817 Grade 12, 74, 982 Grade10, and 137,769 Grade 8 students are expected to sit the national examinations. This data includes a few students with special needs especially in grade 8…