Nambawan Super launched its Choice Super campaign for 2021 today, celebrating the growth and success of Choice Super, a product that has made retirement savings possible for anyone outside formal employment. Since 2014, Nambawan Super’s Choice Super membership has reached over 18,000 people living and working across the country, as micro or SME owners with less than 15 employees, landowners, farmers or fishermen, casual labourers and expatriates. Nambawan Super CEO Paul Sayer said: “We are pleased to see Choice Super reaching those who can now take charge of their retirement savings by putting away a minimum of K20 each month…
Author: PNG Haus Bung
Young boys and men living in and around the Gordons bus stop area have decided to come together as a team to fight against the negativity and chaos that has taken over the Gordons area especially where the main bus stop and shops are located. On Tuesday night, long time resident of Gordons Mr Willie Yogomin organised a community meeting at his residence along Lapwing Drive to discuss prevalent law and order issues currently affecting the community. In recent weeks, the Gordons suburb has attracted a lot of criticism from the general public. It has been noted as a notorious…
The Papua New Guinea National Research Institute (PNG NRI) today launched a new project looking at Autonomy and Decentralisation of Government with the special focus on improving basic service delivery. The main objective of the Autonomy and Decentralisation Research Project (ADRP) is to facilitate informed discussions on autonomy and decentralisation among key stakeholders with a view to considering various options and issues, and making a report to Government for attention. These stakeholders include academia, political and bureaucratic leaders responsible for policy development and implementation, and the broader public. The project will be headed by PNG NRI’s Professorial Research Fellow Dr.…
PNG’s first Catholic Church cardinal, and Metropolitan Archbishop of Port Moresby, His Eminence Sir John Ribat joined the St Benedict’s campus of the Divine Word University in Wewak, East Sepik Province to celebrate the St Benedict’s Feast Day. As a catholic university campus named after Saint Benedict, the messenger of peace and promoter of unity, the campus celebrates Saint Benedict’s Feast Day every year on the 14th of July. Dr Fr Lawrence Arockiaraj, Vice President of the St Benedict’s campus welcomed Sir Cardinal John Ribat to the campus, as well as other Catholic brothers who also joined the celebration along…
American history is being “stolen and rewritten” by those teaching critical race theory and the “disinfectant” to that is to celebrate the contributions of important Black Americans in the classroom, Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, said this week. “As our history is stolen and rewritten, Americans lose not only pride in our past, but also appreciation for our present and a vision for our future,” Owens wrote in an op-ed for Newsweek published Wednesday. “We’re seeing this unfold as the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) continues to infiltrate our classrooms. Although radicals would like the masses to believe otherwise, America has historically revered its Black…
Fiji recorded 1220 new cases of Covid-19 in the 24 hours ending Thursday morning. It is the largest number of cases in a single day since the latest outbreak began in April. There were another five deaths which health authorities say have occurred over the past four days. This follows Thursday’s announcement of 10 additional deaths over the past week. The death toll in Fiji has now reached 74. The most recent deaths included four people in their sixties and a 78 year old – none of whom were vaccinated. There are now 11,033 active cases with Fiji having recording nearly 14…
Megan Fox is setting the record straight after being accused of supporting former President Trump. The actress appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” earlier this week where she told guest-host Arsenio Hall all about what she and boyfriend Machine Gun Kelly have been up to lately, including a trip to Costa Rica to try out ayahuasca. The host asked Fox about her recent attendance alongside other A-listers at the UFC 264 bout between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier. The high-profile Las Vegas fight attracted many celebrities, as well as the former president, who Fox noted was received by the crowd at the event as a “legend.” The…
An 18-year-old is to become the youngest person to fly to space when he joins Jeff Bezos on the first human flight by his space company on 20 July. Oliver Daemen will fly in place of an anonymous $28m (£20m) winning bidder of a public auction. The winner of the auction could not fly on the mission “due to scheduling conflicts”, Mr Bezos’ space venture Blue Origin said. The teenager is the son of Somerset Capital Partners CEO Joes Daemen. Mr Daemen had secured a seat on the second flight but was moved up to the first when the winning bidder…
It has been confirmed today that a single positive COVID-19 case with the Delta mutation has been detected in Papua New Guinea. Deputy Controller of the PNG COVID-19 National Pandemic Response Dr Daoni Esorom confirmed today that the case, PNG’s first and only case, is a 65-year-old male, who is a Philippine national. Dr Daoni said the case is currently in isolation at the Pacific International Hospital, and is in a stable condition. This positive Delta case is the captain of the cargo ship, the Grand Tajima. The Grand Tajima departed from the Banjarmasin Port, Kalimanta Province, in Indonesia, on…
SP PNG Hunters believe the challenges of an Intrust Super Cup season far from home are preparing the team for future riches as they head on their longest road trip of the year. The Hunters board a plane tomorrow for a two-hour flight to Cairns before transferring to a bus for a 90-minute drive to Atherton for the Intrust Super Cup Country Week clash with Northern Pride. It’s an unusual trip but that’s been the theme of a season that has thrown up more challenges than expected for the Hunters, who remain in camp on the northern end of the…