Criticism of Queensland’s team culture may have “hurt” but coach Paul Green is confident it will galvanize the wounded Maroons and inspire a State of Origin game three upset. Green conceded Queensland shouldn’t be surprised that the knives are out for the embattled team ahead of Wednesday’s dead rubber following their dire run. The once-mighty Maroons are at risk of becoming the first Queensland side to lose a series 3-0 on home soil after Origin III was relocated from Newcastle to the Gold Coast due to the escalating COVID-19 outbreak in Greater Sydney. Losing the first two games at home…
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Themed the “Niupela Pasin Bilong Audit,” the 16th PNG Auditors Conference is aimed at equipping internal auditors with tools to adapt to changes in their business and the business environment both locally and globally taking into account the challenges brought on by global pandemic, Covid-19. Backed by the BSP Financial Group Limited (BSP) with a sponsorship of K20, 000, this two-day conference is set for 21st – 22nd October 2021, at the Holiday Inn in Port Moresby. The Conference will feature high profile national and international speakers delivering on the challenges and opportunities in the audit category due to Covid…
After an awful and winless opening four rounds, the Cowboys won six from eight to push themselves into the top eight heading into the round 13 bye but their following four games featured three huge losses in NSW by a combined 134-36 and one narrow loss at home as they slumped back to 12th. They players don’t expect the home ground advantage to do the work for them but are hoping to recapture their earlier form in their return to Queensland Country Bank Stadium. “Obviously we’re very disappointed, it’s been an embarrassing month,” said five-eighth Scott Drinkwater. “It’s been tough.…
Nickelodeon star Drake Bell was sentenced to two years probation by an Ohio judge after pleading guilty to criminal charges involving a minor. The child actor and singer, 35, whose real name is Jared Drake Bell, appeared in court on Monday via Zoom. He was dressed in a dark suit with a light pink shirt and a patterned tie. Bell was sentenced to two years probation, 200 hours of community service in California, and cannot have any contact with the victim. After his probation, the judge said his sex offender status would be reviewed. “Today I accept this plea because my conduct…
Sprinter Leroy Kamau has completed his competition programme in the United States and now heads the PNG Ranking list for 2021 in both the 100m and 200m, with clockings of 10.71secs and 21.48secs respectively. Following a period of three weeks in Kansas with his PNG teammates settling into the USA, Kamau moved to California in May for more favourable training conditions and some good competition opportunities. Due to the high costs involved and the quarantine expense on the return it was not possible for Leroy’s coach Nelson Stone to accompany him, said Athletics PNG President Tony Green. “After due consultations…
India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, has proposed legislation that aims to discourage couples from having more than two children, becoming the second state ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party to make such a proposal. Today, India’s population stands at 1.38 billion people, according to the World Bank, second only to China. If Uttar Pradesh were a country, its 240 million people would make it the world’s fifth most populous, and population density in the northern state is more than double the national average. Under the state government proposals unveiled on Saturday, couples with more than two children would not…
At least 11 people were killed in a lightning strike at a popular tourist spot in the city of Jaipur, in India’s northern state of Rajasthan, on Sunday evening. Lightning hit Amer Fort on the outskirts of the city, according to Shankar Lal Saini, a senior disaster management official in Jaipur. “There was a tower there. When the lightning struck, the tower’s wall collapsed, many people were buried under it. Since the fort is on a hill, when the debris was falling and space reduced, some people also fell into a ditch,” Saini told CNN. he incident happened at 6.30 p.m. on Sunday and…
The online racial abuse of some England players following Sunday’s Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy has been described by the team’s manager Gareth Southgate as “unforgivable” and “just not what we stand for.” Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were targeted on social media after they missed penalties in the 3-2 shootout defeat at Wembley Stadium. “For some of them to be abused is unforgivable,” said Southgate, who was speaking at a virtual press conference on Monday. “Some of it has come from abroad, we have been told this, but some of it is from this country. “We have been a beacon of…
Link PNG, a subsidiary of Air Niugini wishes to advise the general public that the airline will resume flights to Wapenamanda, Enga Province, commencing on Sunday 18th July, 2021. Link PNG suspended services to Wapenamanda in September 2019 to allow for major upgrade works to the runway by National Airports Corporation (NAC). These runway upgrade works have now been completed and Link PNG is pleased to be able to restore services to Wapenamanda and the surrounding communities once again. Link PNG will be operating three weekly direct flights between Port Moresby and Wapenamanda, every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday, using Dash-8…
The Special Parliamentary Committee on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) has been active this year in drawing attention to the increasing levels of GBV across the country and continue to call for more action from the Government. One of the most pressing issues that has been brought to the attention of the Committee in recent months is the worrying rise in sorcery accusation related violence (SARV), which is resulting in vicious, brutal violence and killings of innocent people, not only in outlying villages but also now in bigger towns and cities. At the parliamentary hearings held by the GBV Committee in May…