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.…
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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…
Papua New Guinea has recorded 91 new COVID-19 cases last week, increasing the total number of cases to 15,133. The cases were reported in six provinces in which East New Britain reported the highest of 57 cases. West New Britain reported 17 new cases, Madang nine cases, National Capital District four whilst Morobe and Jiwaka reported two cases each. Of the 91 cases recorded, 58 were males and 33 were females. Their ages range between four to 69 years. At the time of testing, 75 cases were showing symptoms of COVID-19. The country’s COVID-19 cases now stands at 15,133 with…
Papua New Guinea has recorded 130 new COVID-19 cases last week, increasing the total number of cases to 15,042. 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 cases, Eastern Highlands two and Enga, Jiwaka and Hela a single case each. Of the 130 cases recorded, 70 were males and 60 were females. Their ages range between six to 73 years. At…
The Hausples Online Flash Sale event offering discounted properties for rent to the public for a limited period of time has received a record of over 1,000 registrations with many property seekers demanding additional stock. The event has been marketed in April as the first online event of its kind in an effort to sustain the real estate industry during the Covid-19 lockdown. In anticipation of the actual event, Hausples made properties visible to the public on Thursday 6 May – one week prior to the discounts being revealed – allowing property seekers to browse through properties and bookmark those…
The National Airports Corporation (NAC) hereby advises the general public that the construction works on the runway at Wapenamanda Airport have now been substantially completed. This is a great relief for the air traveling public in Enga Province. Traveling to Mt Hagen (Kagamuga) Airport to board aeroplanes by the people of Enga Province will now be a thing of the past. Wapenamanda Airport upgrade is part of the Civil Aviation Development Investment Program (CADIP) co-financed by the Government of Papua New Guinea’s (GoPNG) and the Asian Development Bank. The objective of CADIP is to achieve the GoPNG’s priorities to revitalise…
Three new off-grid electrification projects supported by the Papua New Guinea-Australia Partnership will be rolled out in Morobe, Northern, Western and West Sepik provinces to provide access to reliable, affordable and clean energy. Australian High Commissioner Jon Philp announced the commencement of the projects, which will be funded by grants from the Pawarim Komuniti Offgrid Electrification Program – an initiative of the PNG–Australia Partnership. “We are delighted to announce the first three Pawarim Komuniti projects. Combined, these projects will provide access to solar lighting, cooking and charging facilities to thousands of people in rural and remote communities that are not…
Snapchat is releasing augmented-reality (AR) glasses to let some content creators put digital creations into the world around them. AR in this case is a mix of computer graphics, such as 3D models, overlaid on the real world. But the new version of the “Spectacles” product will not be available to just anyone. Instead, the company is offering them to a “select group of global creators” in the AR field. Snapchat is known for its AR “lenses” on phones, which overlay art on a user taking a selfie, or distort the live image in many different ways. The new spectacles…
India has reported more than 8,800 cases of deadly “black fungus” in a growing epidemic of the disease. The normally rare infection, called mucormycosis, has a mortality rate of 50%, with some only saved by removing an eye. But in recent months, India saw thousands of cases affecting recovered and recovering Covid-19 patients. Doctors say there is a link with the steroids used to treat Covid. Diabetics are at particular risk. Doctors have told the BBC it seems to strike 12 to 18 days after recovery from Covid. The deadly ‘black fungus’ maiming Covid patients India’s holiest river is swollen…