A rise in popularity of online dating apps could be contributing to a sudden surge of sexually transmitted infections across Melbourne, epidemiologists warn. It comes as Alfred Health experts reported an increase in syphilis across Melbourne’s outer suburbs, with a 45 per cent spike in notified cases. Ophthalmologists have also reported a twenty-fold increase in people presenting with syphilis-related eye infections as Melbourne grapples with the “epidemic”. Deakin University epidemiologist Catherine Bennett said an increase in online dating and casual sex, and people missing early signs of infection, had contributed to the explosion of cases. “People have become less reliant on…
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Prince William is reflecting on the death of his mother, the late Princess Diana. On Saturday, the Duke of Cambridge spoke at the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland as part of his royal tour of the country. During his remarks, the 38-year-old royal said he was at Balmoral Castle when he learned of the tragedy. Diana died in a Paris car crash in 1997 as she was being pursued by paparazzi. She was 36. “Along with listening this week, there is something I do want to tell you,” William began, according to People magazine. He continued: “Scotland is incredibly important to…
A mum sent a text saying “you’ve won” to her husband before tragically taking her own life, an inquest heard. Amanda Jayne Sedgwick, 49, was discovered dead in her bedroom after sending several messages to her husband following a fight. He was arrested on suspicion of murder but later released under investigation with no charges ever brought against him. An inquest heard how he and Amanda had been sending each other texts on May 19 last year “centred around the marriage not working”. DC Kate Norton told the hearing in Doncaster: “This had been a theme running for a long…
Bill Gates seemed like the ultimate computer geek – but a very different picture of the Microsoft founder has emerged since announcing his divorce. He seemed like the ultimate computer geek – a bespectacled genius who wrote his first software program aged just 13. Now a very different picture of Bill Gates has emerged after he admitted to having had an affair with an employee 20 years ago and is alleged to have pursued other female staff. The 65-year-old Microsoft founder has also been battered by yet more allegations about his links to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. There are questions about why he met…
A British teenage childcare worker accused of raping a three-year-old girl repeatedly abused a young boy five years earlier, a jury has heard on Friday 21-05 -2021. Jayden McCarthy was 16 when he raped and sexually assaulted young children he was employed to look after at a creche in Torquay, Devon, a court heard. The court heard that McCarthy, now 18, raped a young boy at a different location not associated with the nursery around five years earlier. The alleged victim of the rape said McCarthy raped him repeatedly over the course of eight months in 2014 and 2015. The…
In a year defined by closed borders and restricted travel, for most Soldiers and organizations the COVID-19 pandemic led to a significant world-wide scale-down of operations. Despite this, the U.S. Army continues to operate and find new and innovative ways to be successful in the face of new challenges. Task Force Oceania’s Pacific Augmentation Team (PAT), Papua New Guinea (PNG) represents the agility of U.S. Army organizations to achieve mission success regardless of the circumstances. In a year defined by closed borders and restricted travel, for most Soldiers and organizations the COVID-19 pandemic led to a significant world-wide scale-down of…
The Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission has clarified that the Biometric has three parts to it: 1. Data setting, enrolment of voter names. 2. Voting process and 3. The counting and result management process. Acting Electoral Commissioner, Simon Sinai admits that time is already against us but if the Government can source us the required funding, it can be possible to deliver according to the test did in recent samples and elections. We are currently looking into the first part, voters data and verify voters on the current existing roll and maintain it and enroll new voters and those who…
Australia is supporting its Pacific and Timor-Leste partners as we work together to recover as a region from the health, economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. In further steps towards recovery, Australia will provide an additional $52 million in targeted financing to assist our partners in the Government of Papua New Guinea’s response to COVID-19, supporting continued delivery of critical health and education services to Papua New Guineans. In the health sector, this will assist faith-based organisations to provide accessible primary health care. In the education sector, it will help finance the cost of Papua New Guinea government…
BSP PNG| For forty years since its establishment, Mongol Health Centre in Mendi, Southern Highlands Province, has not had any form of maintenance, until BSP Mendi Branch staff refurbished the facility and donated medical equipment to the tune of K25,000. The upgrade was part of the BSP Financial Group Limited’s (BSP) 2020 Community Project initiative, making referrals from Mongol Health Centre to other health facilities now is a thing of the past. BSP Mendi Branch staff refurbished the building resulting in clean and safe water flow into the facility, especially the labour ward’s delivery room. New Septic toilets were installed…
Port Moresby, 19th May 2021 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) collaborated with the National Agriculture Quarantine Inspection Authority and PHAMA Plus to facilitate a Stock Inspector Training in Mendi, Southern Highlands Province for Provincial and District Livestock Officers from Southern Highlands and Hela Provinces as part of capacity building in combating the fatal African Swine fever (ASF). It is exactly one year since the first confirmation of ASF in Mendi-Munihu in SHP. Infected Provinces has increased to five with the inclusion of WHP and Jiwaka. A point infection was identified in Chuave District of…