Often in fire emergency situations, a fire extinguisher is an active fire protection device used to extinguish or control small fires and it is not an easy task putting out fires during a fire emergency as it takes skills, courage and a lot of critical thinking and most importantly quick reaction when attempting to extinguish fires. 22 participants from the Lae International School successfully completed a 3 day Fire Extinguisher training at the Buablong Boarding Campus in Lae on the basic handling of the fire extinguishers, the different types of fire extinguishers and the different components of the fire extinguishers…
Author: PNG Haus Bung
The Special Parliamentary Committee on Gender Based Violence (GBV) conducted the first-of-its-kind public hearing on the issue at the APEC Haus. The two-day session, which started yesterday led by Charles Abel, aims to understand the challenges faced by survivors and service providers, identify gaps in the system, and make recommendations to the Parliament on the way forward. One of the priority areas is to investigate the roadblocks behind the funding and implementation of the 2016-2025 National GBV Strategy. The 7-member Committee summoned various stakeholders including the Minister of Community Development, Youth and Religion and his team, Minister for Police, Royal…
Papua New Guinea has recorded 35 new COVID-19 cases this week, increasing the total number of cases to 15,222. The cases were reported in six provinces with Morobe reporting the highest of 16 cases. New Ireland reported seven cases, National Capital District and Southern Highlands reported four cases each, Western Highlands three and Hela a single case. Of the 35 cases recorded, 28 were males and seven were females. Their ages range between 16 to 64 years. At the time of testing, 19 cases were showing symptoms of COVID-19. The country’s COVID-19 cases now stand at 15,222 with 156 known…
With less than three days before the May 28 deadline, only two from the 15 National Soccer League franchise clubs have paid their EOI non-refundable Fees of K10,000 and have also submitted their Expression of Interest (EoI) forms to the PNGFA Competition Department. The two teams are Port Moresby Strikers (formerly Southern Strikers) and Hekari United FC from Port Moresby. Other teams are yet to meet the affiliation and registration requirements includes Kimbe FC (NGI), Lae City, Lae City Dwellers, FC Morobe Wawens, Morobe United (Lae) Tusbab Stallions (Madang), Kutubu FC (Kutubu), Star Mountain FC (Tabubil) Hekari United FC, Vitiaz…
BSP Financial Group Limited Chairman Sir Kostas Constantinou OBE, announced that the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) had approved BSP’s application for listing and that BSP officially joined the ASX on Tuesday 25 May 2021. At a virtual ringing of the bell ceremony in Port Moresby, with CEO Robin Fleming and Company Secretary Mary Johns, Sir Kostas said that BSP had been listed on the PNGX since 2003, but the board had determined last year that a listing on the ASX would benefit shareholders by giving them access to a far more liquid market, and also give BSP potential new sources…
BSP is the only bank operating in Moro since May 2008 and has been assisting the communities since 2009 with community projects valued at up to K275,000 to date. “Our reach in Moro covers employees from the camp sites and customers in the nearby villages, capturing over 12,000 customer base,” Mr Faunt added. Inu Health Centre, located at Inu Station along the Lake Kutubu, is one of those remote communities that BSP recently assisted. Moro Branch Manager Bau Kiso and his team installed solar lights at the Inu Health Centre, lighting up the centre, a project valued at K30,000. “They…
THE man who dared to use the Tok Pisin word ‘koap’ to describe sex during the first-ever television campaign against HIV/AIDS many years ago, causing an uproar among members of the society, got his jab against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Dr Clement Malau was the founding Director of the National AIDS Council Secretariat when he did the advertisement in the 1990s. His family was ostracised about it but he has no regrets. He describes it as a sacrifice that needed to be made to save lives. In a society that regarded sex as a taboo subject at the time,…
Papua New Guinea has recorded two new COVID-19 deaths on Saturday May 22, increasing the total number of deaths to 156. The deaths, a male and a female between the ages of 48 and 59 were reported in West New Britain. Also in the last 24 hours, 54 cases have been reported with Manus reporting the highest of 24 cases. The National Capital District reported 12 cases, Morobe six, Western Highlands five, Simbu two and Eastern Highlands, West Sepik, Central, Jiwaka and Hela reported a single case each. Of the 54 cases recorded, 31 were males and 23 were females.…
The BSP School Kriket program has been a phenomenally successful community sports program operating throughout PNG and is currently in its twelfth year. This program has won multiple international and domestic awards and has again been recognised with its nomination for the Stan Joyce Award at this year’s SP Sports Awards. It has grown substantially since its inception and has now surpassed 1.5 million participants which is an outstanding result. It provides employment for approximately 60 CPNG staff and has been used as a blueprint for other entry level programs now in use around the associate cricket world. It has…
Papua New Guinea has recorded 221 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday May 20, and Friday May 21 respectively, increasing the total number of cases to 15,133. 130 new cases were reported on Thursday while another 91 new cases on Friday with 154 known deaths. A total of 14,108 recoveries have been recorded. On Thursday, The cases were reported in 13 provinces in which New Ireland reported the highest of 27 cases. Southern Highlands reported 18 cases, Western Highlands and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville 16 cases each, Manus 15, National Capital District 11, East New Britain 10, Morobe eight, Madang four…