The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in Papua New Guinea is vital because it limits the spread of the virus and saves lives. The Oil Search Foundation (OSF) is supporting the Gulf Provincial Health Authority (GPHA) to work with government and development partners to ensure Papua New Guineans have access to the COVID-19 vaccine. In the Gulf Province, the vaccine roll-out of the first round of priority population groups is doing well. In just five weeks the GPHA vaccination teams have achieved amazing results. The first groups to be vaccinated were health staff, other essential workers and people considered vulnerable because…
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Fisheries Minister Dr Lino Tom said investment into children’s education is important as they will drive the nation forward in the future. He made these remarks during the opening of a four-in-one double classroom at Arifiran Primary school in Markham District of Morobe Province last Friday. The four-in-one double classroom project was an initiative undertaken by the former Fisheries Minister and is part of National Fisheries Authority’s community base support. Minister Tom said the project will serve to benefit the children with access to proper classroom building that will enhance their learning environment and urges parents and the community to…
Prime Minister James Marape said all 89 MPs received K2 million for COVID-19 on top of their K10 million District Services Improvement Programme (DSIP) funds. He said this in Parliament on Friday to clear confusion by North Fly MP James Donald and Opposition Leader and Vanimo-Green MP Belden Namah on these funds. PM Marape said each MP had already received K2 million for COVID-19 for his district last year while disbursement of the K10 million depended on availability of funds. Of the K2 million for COVID-19: K1 million was earmarked for agriculture intervention, K500,000 for Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)…
Nearly two million people have been urged to evacuate their homes amid heavy rainfall in parts of Japan. Highest-level rain warnings have been issued in a number of prefectures, including Fukuoka and Hiroshima. One woman has died and her husband and daughter are missing after a landslide destroyed two homes in Nagasaki prefecture. More than 150 troops, police and firefighters have been sent to help with rescue operations in the area. “They are carefully searching for the missing residents, while watching out for further mudslides as the heavy rain continues,” a local official told the AFP news agency. The west…
Rwandan President and Arsenal fan Paul Kagame has vented his frustration at the club’s shock defeat by a newly promoted club on the opening day of the English Premier League season. Brentford, after a 74-year absence from top-tier football, beat Arsenal 2-0. Mr Kagame often comments on the Gunners – a club sponsored by his government. After Friday’s away game, he tweeted: “We just must NOT excuse or accept mediocrity. A team has to be built with purpose to win win win.” In two further rapid-fire tweets, he demanded “a plan that really works” and lamented that “fans don’t deserve to…
The Marsden Point oil refinery is asking for taxpayer help to look into making more environmentally friendly jet fuel. Refining NZ is proposing a study that could cost several million dollars funded by a public and private consortium. It would look into making jet fuel from the likes of biomass or hydrogen. It is envisaged this would provide an alternative to the oil refinery that is set to shut down with the loss of hundreds of jobs. “We believe that some of the equipment we currently have on site at Marsden Point, as well as some of our team, are…
At least 304 people were killed and more than 1,800 injured as a devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti Saturday morning, the country’s civil protection agency confirmed to ABC News. The earthquake, according to the United States Geological Survey, struck about 5 miles north of Petit Trou de Nippes, Haiti, a little over 90 miles from the capital, Port-au-Prince. There are also concerns that the earthquake could exacerbate the island’s COVID-19 infection rate should displaced people be forced into closer confines. Jerry Chandler, Haiti’s director of civil protection, said that teams will be sent to the area for search and rescue missions, The…
The Bumpy Track Band of Laksbay in Kavieng, New Ireland Province was first formed by William Gurumang and Timothy Toketa and the youths from Lakurumau village in Kavieng District back in the year 2000. William and Timothy are now in their forties but their interest in music started off in the late 90s. The band was inspired by other local bands like Azzimba, Dirty Beggars, Barike and local artists like K-Dumen and Anslom. “Mostly it was Papua New Guinea musicians and how the music evolution was changing throughout the years that has had a great influence on our music,” said…
Rapper Nicki Minaj and her husband, Kenneth Petty, are being sued by a woman he was convicted of attempting to rape in 1994. The woman, now 43, has filed a lawsuit alleging that the couple harassed her to try to make her take back her claims, US media report. Petty served four-and-a-half years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted rape of the then teenager. Last year he was arrested for failure to register as a sex offender. In the lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the woman alleges that Ms Minaj offered…
The University of Papua New Guinea East New Britain Students Association will be hosting a mini fundraiser from 9am to 4pm today at the Stop & Shop Central Waigani carpark. Association President Mr Ezra Kereku said this mini fundraiser will help host the East New Britain Night which in turn will help the association raise funds for their end of year election awareness and book drive project back in the province. Mr. Kereku said the aim this year is to carry out two projects, a Book Drive Project which is a continuation of the book donation drive that started in…