NEW YORK: Prime Minister James Marape, MP arrived in New York on Tuesday (21/09/21) to attend in person the 76th United Nations General Assembly. The Prime Minister will be delivering Papua New Guinea’s country statement on Friday, 24th September 2021 at 3:30pm and can be viewed virtually on the UN Web TV, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Besides the main dialogue and debate, Prime Minister Marape has also been invited to attend, virtually, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) Moment 2021. This is a high-level meeting at head-of-state and head-of-government level. He will then attend the bilateral meeting between himself and the…
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Prime Minister James Marape, said Papua New Guinea has experienced the impacts of climate change, therefore, he as the leader is qualified to talk about climate change and to call on industrialized nations to contribute more towards reduction of carbon emissions and the conservation of existing rainforest, including the rainforest in Papua New Guinea. The Prime Minister made this comment when meeting with the Hon. Alok Sharma, the United Kingdom’s UNFCCC COP 26 President Designate, to discuss the COP26 Climate Change Agenda. Prime Minister Marape said although Papua New Guinea has a large land mass, we also have close to…
‘Strength and conditioning within PNG itself is a very new concept. For the [cricket] players, it’s definitely brought up their standard and it has no doubt changed the game.’ Meet the Head of Strength & Conditioning (S&C) for Cricket PNG, Meiling Choong. Making history as the first woman appointed to coach an international men’s cricket team (in the S&C department), Meiling has certainly developed her love for this sport science. Initially coaching the Lewas she’s now been in the role for three years and is part of the support team for the PNG Barramundis. ‘The best part about my job…
The Coalition of Parliamentarians to end Gender Based Violence and the Special Parliamentary Committee on GBV offered its congratulations to the Minister for Community Development Wake Goi and Minister for Inter Government Affairs Pila Niningi for the opening of the District Community Development Centre at Walume, Immbongu District of Southern Highlands Province last Friday 17th September, 2021. The opening was attended by Coalition members, Hon. Jelta Wong, Minister for Health and Hon. Powes Parkop, Governor for NCD. The new Centre is a significant step in rolling out the national strategy to end GBV. It is the first time in the country…
19-year-old PNG Muay Thai fighter Joshua Lester is set to fight for the Destiny Muay Thai Super Featherweight Belt on the 30th October 2021 at the Mansfield Tavern in Brisbane, Australia. Lester will be fighting against Michael Lamrock from the Fight Firm Thai Boxing Club and this will be his eighth fight so far since joining Muay Thai Boxing in 2019 winning six of his fights and only losing one. “If I win this fight, I will become the Destiny Super Featherweight Champion,” Joshua said. Joshua has got back into training slowly as he is still recovering from his last…
The shortages of houses in towns and cities of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has reached a critical level that requires urgent attention, a Senior Research Fellow of PNG National Research Institute has warned. In recent years, government departments and statutory organisations have rolled out numerous residential projects to alleviate their employees suffering from this housing debacle. Furthermore, the private sector, through the superannuation industry, had initiated large private sector housing projects. However, the number of houses constructed, whether by public or private sector, in an uncoordinated fashion is unlikely to have an impact on the total housing demand in the…
The inaugural Douglas Guise Tribute 7s in New Ireland province has been hailed a success with the display of talents over the three days tournament outside Kavieng town. President of New Ireland Rugby Union Charlie Melachon thanking the participation of Port Moresby based Brothers club as well Harlequins and Nova Rugby Union clubs said it was indeed motivational. Melachon said the three POM based clubs associated with the late Douglas Guise and being the only out of province clubs participating as exhibition play offs showcased an improved level of rugby in Papua New Guinea boosting an elevated platform for the…
The Department of Personnel Management will be holding a two day workshop at the end of September to train line agencies on how to write Key Result Areas (KRA’s) for their respective heads. The training is part of ongoing trainings conducted by DPM to equip HR Managers and Planning Managers on how to create KRA’s for their respective agency heads. Department of Personnel Management Secretary Ms Taies Sansan said, the Performance Management System (PMS) is part of the Performance Based Agency Head Contract system committing agency heads to deliver services and programs in accordance with the performance targets agreed with…
Digicel Foundation will be launching a new educational television channel called Be Lit on September 27, 2021. The Be Lit channel will focus on airing educational content for students in formal schools and will work with flexible open distance Education to produce mathematics and science series. This is all part of Digicel PNG Foundation’s education pathways strategy. Be Lit will air on TVWan on a three-hour block daily and will become a fully-fledged 24-hour education TV channel early 2022. Digicel PNG Foundation Chief Executive Officer, Serena Sasingian, said that this is the first major shared value project between Digicel PNG…
Slap on your hat and slip into your adventure shoes because Kids for Conservation began yesterday! We can’t wait to meet our next generation of conservationists at the Port Moresby Nature Park! If you haven’t yet registered your kids for this fantastic holiday program, registration is still open for the next session which will be held on Thursday 23rd September, 2021.