St John Ambulance PNG has received a donation of much needed equipment and supplies to support the expansion of new ambulance stations and to aid in its development emergency support capabilities in times of disaster. With the support of the Royal Hobart Hospital, St John Ambulance Australia – Tasmania has organised the donation and shipping to PNG. Donated items included 9 defibrillators, patient assessment equipment, portable navigation devices, head torches, and emergency medical team kits among other assorted supplies. This donation was handed over last Friday by Tasmanian St John Commissioner, Carl Graham to St John PNG Chief Executive Officer…
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With the recent surge of COVID 19 cases in Eastern Highlands Province and the shortage of medical oxygen supply at the Goroka Provincial Hospital, the National Eastern Highlands Adventist Students Association (NEHASA) has organized a one-week fundraising drive to support the pandemic response in the province. NEHASA President Jarmol Hogi told PNGFM News that the fundraising drive started on Sunday with the appeal for cash and kind posted on their social media platforms. He said their aim is to purchase 50 medical oxygen bottles from the contributions and have it transported from Lae to Goroka by next week. So far,…
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…
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…
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…