The Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (PNGOC) and Trukai Industries Ltd have announced today the 40 winners for the Trukai Fun Run T-shirt Sales Campaign raffles promotions. The draw was conducted at the PNGOC Office at Olympic Haus Boroko, in the presence of representatives of Trukai Industries Ltd, TSI Security Personnel and PNGOC to witness the occasion. PNGOC Corporate Manager Ian Leklek congratulated the winners and thanked them for supporting Team PNG through the purchase of Trukai Fun Run T-Shirts despite the tough economic times our country was facing. All Fund’s raised this year went towards supporting Team PNG to…
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Elon Musk’s brain-machine interface company, Neuralink, has raised $205 million from investors including Google Ventures, Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The series C round, announced in a blogpost Thursday, was led by Dubai-based Vy Capital. It comes two years after Neuralink raised $51 million. Total investment in the company now stands at $363 million, according to start-up tracker Crunchbase. Founded in 2016, Neuralink is trying to develop high-bandwidth brain implants that can communicate with phones and computers. The company is targeting its first devices at quadriplegics — who are unable to interact with many of today’s devices —…
Thanks to a reworked menu and long hours, Jeannie Kim managed to keep her San Francisco restaurant alive during the coronavirus pandemic. That makes it all the more frustrating that she fears her breakfast-focused diner could be ruined within months by new rules that could make one of her top menu items — bacon — hard to get in California. “Our number one seller is bacon, eggs and hash browns,” said Kim, who for 15 years has run SAMS American Eatery on the city’s busy Market Street. “It could be devastating for us.” At the beginning of next year, California will begin…
The New Zealand Government will today formally apologise for the Dawn Raids, in a cultural ceremony at Auckland’s Town Hall. RNZ Pacific sat down with the Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio, in his only radio interview before standing alongside Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, as she says sorry for the racist immigration policy that tore Pasifika families apart. Understandably with the long work programme this apology has required of him (there has only ever been two formal government apologies meeting human injustice criteria), a number of portfolios and a pandemic continuing to ravage the Pacific, Aupito said he was…
The PNG Chamber of Mines and Petroleum congratulates and also expresses its support to the PNG Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) on the release of the 7th Papua New Guinea Extractive Industries Transparency Report which details the industry’s mandatory payments to government in 2019. The Chamber notes with satisfaction the full participation of the extractive industry operating projects in furnishing information required to compile the 2019 Report. We are pleased that the current report provides a more comprehensive information from industry and government of the revenue derived from the resource projects and also noting the enormous voluntary contribution in community…
Judith Meauri took to the pool on Friday night in the 50m freestyle event with over 80 swimmers taking part amongst 10 heats. Meauri is a second time Olympian having raced in the London Olympic Games in 2012. Her swim tonight of 27.56 seconds beat the time she set back in London of 27.84. Meauri won heat 4 of the 11 heats in the event. Speaking after the race, Meauri said she was very happy with the race and that she was excited to compete but felt she had faced the race calmly and achieved everything she had set out…
On a path to picking out young talents at an early age and preparing them onto the right path to achieve the bigger dreams, BSP Financial Group Limited (BSP) presented K40,000 to Rabaul Rugby Football League (RRFL) School Rugby League Competition in East New Britain Province today. The K40,000 support will go towards the Rabaul Select Side, U/14 boys, U/16 boys and U/18 boys and girls teams. The funds will cover four sets of jerseys worth K20,000, equipment at K10,00 and an added K10,000 to upgrade the sports field. BSP Rabaul Branch Manager Kalat Tiriman announced this saying, “participation in…
Papua New Guinea’s sailing duo Teariki Numa and Rose-Lee Numa hit the water, on Friday, for the final day of the preliminary Laser racing event. Conditions were completely different to the strong winds and large swells experienced over the prior 4 days of racing, with messy waves and winds gusting 6 to 8 knots on the Enoshima course on Friday. Both events, Men’s Laser and the Women’s Laser Radial had to restart many times due to too many boats being over the start line when the race began. Secretary General for PNG Olympic Committee and International Olympic Committee member, Auvita…
When Russian athletes stand on the podium after winning an Olympic gold in Tokyo, they hear a Tchaikovsky piano concerto rather than their national anthem. And some of them also hear questions. More than 300 athletes across 30 sports are competing as the Russian Olympic Committee rather than as their country as part of sanctions for doping scandals. They are fourth in the medal table, with 10 golds and 34 medals, but their success has not sat well with some of their fellow competitors who believe they should not be at the Games because of the country’s doping record. American…
Amazing Port Moresby has a new monthly event to look forward to, as the National Capital District Commission launches the NCD SME Fair on July 31. The SME Fair makes its debut in a public space outside the Depart of Works headquarter at 4-Mile this weekend, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. The vision is to showcase a new suburb every month, including Hohola and Gerehu. The carnival style event is pitched as a sustained platform for vendors selling fresh produce, clothes, traditional artefacts, and food. There will also be live entertainment, with performances from youth volunteers from the Active…