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…
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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…
A potential strategy for promoting effective access, administration and governance of customary land, and effective resolution of disputes relies on a successful land administration system. This is stated in the latest PNG National Research Institute report titled “Strategies to address challenges in customary land administration, governance and dispute resolution in Papua New Guinea” that was released today. The report by Dr. Flora Kwapena, Logea Nao and Jerry Birop states that a robust customary land administration system should possess sustainability elements including but not limited to the following: • Capacity building and sufficient recurrent budget to maintain the operations of all…
Economic growth is projected to accelerate to 4.2% in 2022 as PNG’s economy continues to recover from a pandemic-induced recession in 2020 and with 2021 economic growth expected at 3.5%, although recent surge in Covid-19 cases poses a threat, announced BSP Financial Group Limited (BSP) in its Pacific Economic and Market Insight Quarter 2 of 2021 Report. The report also stated that the reopening of the now sets the path for all stakeholders’ partnership for the next 10 years. Encouragingly, copper and oil, two of PNG’s major exports are at multi year highs. “With the recent government announcements, BSP is…
The Los Gatos, California-based streaming service has hired Mike Verdu as its vice president of game development, a Netflix spokesperson told FOX Business. Verdu was most recently Facebook’s vice president of content for Facebook Reality Labs, where he oversaw a VR game studio and teams bringing games and other apps to its Oculus VR headsets. He also was previously the head of mobile games at EA and held leadership roles at several game developers, including Kabam and Zynga. He’ll report to Netflix COO and Chief Product Officer Greg Peters, the spokesperson said. The news was first reported by Bloomberg on Wednesday. The…