Port Moresby Nature Park wraps up its special schools education program, ‘Culture Connects’ this week, educating over 5000 students throughout the 3-week duration of the program. The Culture Connects program is the third of a series of four special themed education programs run annually at the Port Moresby Nature Park through its education department since September 2016. Since the inception of this special schools education program, the Park’s Education team has had many successful highlights. One successful highlight to date is the working partnership with Teaching Colleges such as the Sacred Teachers College in Bomana where trainee teachers support the…
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Contributors to National Superannuation Fund (Nasfund) who are yet to receive their new look membership identification (ID) cards, can now apply for one, for free. Effectively September 1st 2021, the previous fee of K10 for the production of a new Nasfund membership ID card, has been removed. In addition, a request to exchange an old Nasfund card for a new-look Nasfund membership ID will also be free of charge. However, a K10 fee will still be applied to requests for lost or destroyed replacement membership ID cards. According to Nasfund Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ian Tarutia, this decision to remove…
The 2021 Youth Arts Program has given students the confidence to express their stories on stage, an avenue which a Year Nine student from Kopkop said gave them an opportunity to relate to the issues affecting their lives. Adriana Mulavo, a year nine student attending Kopkop College said dramatizing these sensitive topics gave her and her class the chance to talk about the issues that they see happening around them. “These topics dramatized on stage (police brutality, suicide, gambling) needs to be talked about and really needs changing…Telling these stories, in a way helped us to express ourselves. Because most…
Coinciding with the launch of the Todave Council Chamber at Silur in the Konoagil LLG on the 25th of August, the Niu Ailan Savings and Loans Society ( NASLS ) opened an agency office at the old Council Chamber premises. The office was Beautifully decorated in the official colors of NASLS, sky blue and bright yellow, pretty flowers all around and ideally located next to a crystal clear stream that meandered down past the office . New Ireland Governor Sir Julius Chan officially opened the premises in the presence of NASLS Executive John Mara, Director Gerard Penticost their staff and…
The annual Senior Education Officers’ Conference for 2021 was officially opened by Justice Dr. Vergil Narokobi on behalf of the Chief Justice Sir Gibbs Salika at the town oval this morning (Monday, Aug 30). Dr Narokobi conveyed the Chief Justice’s apology to the crowd who gathered there for not being able to make it due to a prior commitment overseas. The beginning of the speech talked about the challenges the Chief Justice faced during his early schooling days at the Kodoro Primary School in South Fly District which prompted him to leave his home and family for better education elsewhere.…
Minister for Education Hon. Jimmy Uguro, MP has said that education is a shared responsibility and has called on all parents to support their children in school. Mr. Uguro said this while speaking at the official opening of the 30th Senior Education officers’ Conference in Kiunga on Monday morning. “In order to become a pilot, a doctor or a factory worker, you must first go through a ‘factory’ called the education system. This factory moulds and shapes a human being,” he said. “Education is a very important priority for our Government. To our parents, once we enroll our children at…
Athletics PNG has released its updated its 2021 Calendar of events now that it has become clear that there will be no PNG Games this year. A number of major events will be held towards the end of the year, as was the case in 2021 when the pandemic delayed most sporting programmes for several months. These events will form a key part in selecting athletes for the Pacific Mini Games in June next year. The team will be announced early in 2022 , however athletes will be required to maintain a strong training commitment and perform well at final…
The Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (PNGOC) has expressed its sadness upon receiving the news of the passing of former International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge on Sunday at the age of 79. Late Rogge was the second IOC President to visit PNG in 2009 and his 12-year tenure as head of the IOC also saw the transformation of a modern-run IOC and re-ignited and inspired the noble vision preserved in the Olympic Movement of Move, Learn and Discover, especially in youth sports. Rogge was elected the IOC’s eighth president in Moscow on July 16, 2001, to succeed Juan…
The Special Police Forensic Criminal Investigation Team (SPFCIT) arrested former Kiunga Branch Manager Ivy David as the combined forensic and criminal investigation into the alleged misappropriation and stealing of K268 million belonging to the 147,000 people of 158 CMCA Communities perpetrated by management, directors, and lawyers of a purported entity called Ok Tedi Fly River Development Foundation Limited (OTFRDF). The Police Team headed by Commissioner of Police David Manning undertook the high-profile investigation over the last ten (10) months and is currently continuing. The people who were alleged to have committed the significant financial crime include the Chief Executive Officer…
NCD police have warned that there is a new trend used by armed criminals in committing crime in the city lately with the use of taxi cabs. NCD Metropolitan Superintendent Gideon Ikumu sounded the warning after an armed robbery incident yesterday at a fast-food outlet where the criminals made off in a taxi cab. A CCTV footage captured the whole incident. “Criminals are now using taxis to commit crimes because their chances of stealing cars in the city is being restricted by effective police responses,” Mr Ikumu said. He said in a similar incident recently, criminals used a cab and…