BSP Financial Group Limited (BSP) has reopened its Kerema sub-branch on 6thSeptember, 2021, after eight months of shutdown since 14th December, 2020, following breaking and entering of the branch. On 12th December, 2020, the BSP Kerema sub-branch was broken into by criminals with approximately K220, 000 in cash stolen. As a result of the theft, the sub branch was closed for all most 10 months to allow for police investigations to be carried out and for recovery of as much of the proceeds of the robbery as possible. BSP also had to carry out repairs to improve security at a…
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Chef Julz Henao and Australian High Commissioner Jon Philp recently joined Papua New Guinean volunteers from the High Commission to prepare and taste traditional dishes from PNG’s four regions to celebrate Independence Day. After some taste testing, the team delivered the dishes to Cheshire Homes in Hohola, where more than 30 people living with disabilities and staff gathered for an Independence Day feast. In true PNG style, all four dishes featured coconuts (and lots of scraping). Representing the Highlands region, Willie Koi prepared a Western Highlands Mumu, cooking a whole pig marinated in ginger, garlic, onion, carrots and green fern…
NCD Governor Hon. Powes Parkop has called on all the city residents to dress in National Colours of Red, Black and Gold on this 46th Independence Day celebrations on September 16th. With momentum gaining for the actual celebration, he said National Capital District Commission (NCDC) had already dressed the city’s street light poles along selected major roads in the city with the National Flags. As the Governor of the City and the Chairman of the Municipal Authority, Mr. Parkop said that the city is ready to commemorate the nation’s 46 years of Independence. “Despite the limitation and challenges in light…
The Central Provincial Government today paid up their registration to participate in the Southern Regional District Youth Games to be held in Alotau, Milne Bay Province from November 29 – December 8th 2021. Acting Provincial Administrator Francis Koaba presented a cheque of K5000 to Papua New Guinea Sports Foundation National Youth Sports Coordinator John D’siguria. Koaba said the among the five pillars that the Provincial Government has set up, one of them is to establish Sports in the province with an emphasis on Rugby League in the Province. He said with the recent acquisition of the Central Dabaris Rugby League…
Two veterans sealed a season of hope with for the SP PNG Hunters with a try to end a quality 30-18 Intrust Super Cup victory over finals-bound Tweed Seagulls at Bycroft Oval today. Prop Stanton Albert had three Tweed tacklers hanging off him in the 71st minute when he freed his arm to pass to playmaker Ase Boas for a try that pushed the Hunters clear of the Seagulls. The visitors gained a late try but this was a game that belonged to the Hunters. Gilmo Paul and Emmanuel Waine scored in the opening 15 minutes to lay the foundation…
The Grand Papua Hotel in Port Moresby is a proud winner of two International Hotel Awards in the Asia Pacific region for 2021/2022. The Asia Pacific Hotel Awards recognizes and celebrates the hotel industry worldwide, with votes cast by travelers, guests, and industry players. It is the first year the Grand Papua Hotel has entered the Asia Pacific Hotel Awards and we are proud to have been awarded the following: Best City Hotel for Papua New Guinea Highly Commended Award for Luxury Hotel category for Papua New Guinea “It is a prestigious milestone for the Grand Papua Hotel to be…
The Lae Snax Tigers created history this afternoon at the Oil Search National Football Stadium in Port Moresby when they added yet another Digicel Cup title to the club’s winning history thus crushing the JPG Waghi Tumbe’s dreams of a historic Grand Final win. The boys from Asa Sumba land came out in the first half with a mindset on winning and did not waste time in bagging the side’s only three tries in the first half which saw them walk away with their 4th championship title since entering the Digicel Cup in 2013. 3 minutes into the first half,…
Britain’s Emma Raducanu has completed a Grand Slam fairytale, with the 18-year-old becoming the first ever qualifier to win a Grand Slam title. She beat Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-4 6-3 in the battle of the teens to be crowned U.S. Open champion. Raducanu is the first British woman to hoist a major trophy since Virginia Wade triumphed at Wimbledon in 1977. The first Grand Slam final — men or women — to be contested by two unseeded players was an improbable matchup that no one could have predicted, featuring 150th-ranked qualifier Raducanu and little-known Fernandez, ranked 73rd. All the more…
Cases that made news headlines involving crimes against women and children that were either dismissed or given compensation payments as a form of sentencing by the courts will be reviewed and appealed before the Supreme Court. Justice Minister Bryan Kramer made this known in Parliament on Thursday when asked by Oro Governor Gary Juffa. Governor Juffa in his series of questions asked Minister Kramer if the Department of Justice is considering conducting reviews in the criminal prosecution and the justice system amidst the growing trend of what he called “the breakdown in justice system.” Minister Kramer in response said even…
The National Government has been called on to ensure the National Parliament is given its share of funding in the upcoming national budget. National Parliament Speaker Job Pomat sounded the call on Thursday in Parliament in light of a request for a parliamentary committee to immediately commence investigations into the procurement of a controversial medical drug that has resulted in several fatalities last month. Mr Pomat said in his last four years as Speaker, successive governments continue to overlook the Parliament’s budget that he presents in the annual budgets. “Over the years, the Parliament’s budget that I present to the…