The first level by-election training for the Returning officers (ROs), Assistant Returning officers (AROs) and Co-coordinators commenced yesterday afternoon at the PNG Electoral Commission head office, Hohola. There are a total of fifteen (15) officials who are undergoing training. This training is basically to know about their roles and responsibilities as contracted election officials, understanding the polling and counting process and procedures of this by-election, and managing the administrative roles and responsibilities. An officer from the NCD Provincial Health Authority will also facilitate in the first level training to impart knowledge on the COVID-19 safety measures. The first level Poll…
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The price of bitcoin, Ethereum and a range of other cryptocurrencies crashed badly overnight. So what has the market spooked? Bitcoin plummeted over 30 per cent overnight Wednesday, sending the price of the biggest cryptocurrency below the $50,000 (AUD) mark per coin for the first time in over three months. Bitcoin’s plunge came amid a broader sell-off of cryptocurrencies that saw the overall market lose about 20 per cent of its value, or over $425 billion, in 24 hours, according to data from coinmarketcap.com. As of noon, bitcoin was trading at about $51,000 per coin, according to coinmarketcap.com. That means…
Papua New Guinea recorded three new COVID-19 deaths this week, increasing the total number of deaths in the country to 139. The three deaths were reported in three provinces – National Capital District, Western and Southern Highlands. Of the deaths, two were symptomatic and had existing medical conditions and were hospitalized, one of whom required a ventilator. They were aged 59, 70 and 74 years old. Also for the same period a total of 136 new COVID-29 cases were reported including the three deaths. The new cases were reported in 15 provinces, with New Ireland province recording the highest number…
MTM Beauty & Style, is a clothing business brand that started from scratch back in 2019 by a determined couple Manu and her now late partner Timothy, who decided then to monetize their combined creative talent and venture into their own small business. MTM is owned by 20 year old Manu Rai, a self-taught seamstress and her late partner and co-owner Timothy Regione, a talented sketch artist who both combined their skills which began the start of what was to be a hopeful dream for their little family, until the untimely and sudden passing of her partner Timothy last year,…
Thousands of people in the hinterlands of Zunzaing and Masa bordering Finschafen and Sialum in Tewai-Siassi District will now be connected by road. The 4-kilometere road has connected Zunzaing to Masa and will connect across the Masaweng River into Finschafen and then to Lae. Tewai-Siassi MP Kobby Bomareo inspected the roadworks over the weekend and met with locals in the impacted communities. “This road will continue as long as I am pushing for funding from the National Government to the Department of Works,” says Dr. Kobby when speaking to locals at Rua village. The local MP drove all the way…
On Tuesday 18 May, French Ambassador Guillaume Lemoine handed over to Mr Eric Kipongi his Master’s Degree diploma in IT Strategic Management, from the University of Aix-Marseille (South of France). The Ambassador and Mr Kipongi discussed the future of the alumnus. Together, they call every former PNG Student who studied in France to contact the embassy to create an Alumni group./.
The contents of a sinister note found on John Edwards’ desk after he killed his children can be revealed for the first time and exposes a wider issue. Metres from where John Edwards killed himself after murdering his two children, police found a post-it note on the desk in his study. Written on it was “Justice delayed is justice denied.” Also on the desk were family law documents, with more discovered in folders in the same room. Court orders were stuffed in the driver’s door pocket of the retired financial planner’s golden Nissan Patrol 4WD. Details about the chilling note…
Pop star Ariana Grande has wed her boyfriend – whom she began dating last year – in a “tiny and intimate” ceremony at her California mansion. Ariana Grande is officially a married woman. The US singer, 27, secretly wed her real estate agent boyfriend Dalton Gomez over the weekend in an intimate ceremony at her Montecito, California home. They were engaged in December after meeting in early 2020. “They got married,” Grande’s representative confirmed to People. “It was tiny and intimate — less than 20 people. “The room was so happy and full of love. The couple and both families couldn’t…
The PNG Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (PNGEITI) has congratulated Richard Kassman on his appointment recently as President of the Papua New Guinea Chamber of Mines and Petroleum. He recently replaced Gerea Aopi who has been at the helm of the position with distinction. Richard Kassman is the Director Corporate Affairs, Total E&P PNG Limited- an active member of the PNGEITI Multi Stakeholder Group (MSG) and he was vice president of the Chamber during the time of his appointment. Mr. Kassman represents Total PNG Ltd in the PNGEITI MSG which oversees the implementation of the Global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)…
The Papua New Guinea National Rugby League Competition (PNGNRLC) Board has appointed Ora Gairo as its new manager. Gairo takes over from former PNGNRLC Manager Stanley Hondina who was elevated to the PNGRFL CEO position last November, 2020. PNGNRLC Chairman Adrian Chow said Gairo from Abau District in the Central Province has a Bachelor’s degree in Communication for Development from the PNG University of Technology and a Post Graduate Diploma in Education from the University of Goroka. He said Gairo’s work experience over the past 18 years included education, training, social performance assignments and capacity building at community-based organisations and…