Morobe Province is ready to train and dispatch its new Police Reservists Cadets this year with establishment of the Police Cadet Training Centre at Gusap. The announcement was made by Morobe Governor Hon Ginson Saonu, MP during the presentation of a new Police Vehicle that will be used to support the program. Governor Sonu said this year the first 120 cadets will undergo an extensive training at Gusap with same training methods used by the Police College at Bomana. “Without good Police presence in the communities of the province, Law & Order situations will hinder progress of development.” “Therefore this…
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The next break in the Intrust Super Cup season will be welcomed by the SP PNG Hunters after they called on every available player for today’s 48-14 loss to the Souths Logan Magpies at Davies Park. While the Magpies fielded the likes of NRL players Tom Dearden, Tesi Niu and Cory Paix alongside veteran Karmichael Hunt, the Hunters named their only available men to complete their squad. Injuries and suspensions impacted on the Hunters but they still looked a serious threat midway through the second half when centre Jokadi Bire surged through a gap to close the deficit to 10…
The Department of Personnel Management has issued a circular instruction for the release of Public Servants to cast their votes during polling for the Port Moresby North West By-elections. Department of Personnel Management Secretary Ms Taies Sansan in circular instruction 13 of 2021 has advised all heads of national departments and government agencies to allow public servants to be released to exercise their democratic right to cast their vote during the one day polling for the North West Electorate By-election. As per the schedule issued by the Acting Electoral Commissioner – the Port Moresby North West By-election will only have…
A British photojournalist, Sir Donald McCullin once said “Photography is not about just looking but feeling what you are seeing through the lens; if you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures”. This is exactly the aim of this duo amateur photographers under their label ‘Native Pixels which is owned and operated by Andrew Patrick and Patrick Turbarat . Andrew and Patrick started their photography business in October 2019 and want to showcase more of their talent in photography and videography. “We chose to use…
Two climbers have lost their lives on Mount Everest after their attempts to climb the world’s tallest mountain left them exhausted and snow-blind. Two climbers have lost their lives on Mount Everest, the first fatalities of the 2021 season. Swiss climber Abdul Waraich, 40, died near the summit after reaching the top and suffering exhaustion. “We sent two additional Sherpas with oxygen and foods, unfortunately Sherpas couldn’t save him,” Chhang Dawa Sherpa, from Seven Summit Treks, said on Instagram. American Puwei Liu, 55, reached the Hillary Step but was helped back down after he suffered snow blindness and exhaustion. He…
A pilot who survived a plane crash only to find himself lost for weeks in the Amazon has shared the first words he uttered after being found. A pilot who miraculously survived a plane crash and then spent 36 days lost in the harsh Amazon jungle has told how he refused to give up despite the odds against his survival. Antonio Sena, 36, went missing on January 28 after running into engine trouble on a short flight to a gold mine in the Brazilian state of Para. Mr Sena, the only person on the small propeller plane, was flying on…
A young man who allegedly scaled one of Sydney’s most prominent landmarks to wave a Palestinian flag during a mass anti-Israeli protest has been charged. A 20-year-old man has been charged after he allegedly climbed scaffolding to wave a Palestinian flag from Sydney Town Hall during mass protests against Israeli attacks in Gaza. NSW Police said the incident happened at 4.40pm on Saturday, prompting the man to be arrested and taken to Day Street Police Station, where he was charged with the trespassing offence of entering closed land without an excuse. Video posted online shows a man waving a Palestinian…
Superman star Henry Cavill has confronted the “speculation” around his private life in a cryptic Instagram post addressed to his “fans and followers”. The 38-year-old shared an Instagram post of he and girlfriend Natalie Viscuso, 31, who he has been publicly dating since April this year. “Dear fans and followers, I wanted to make a wee community announcement. I couldn’t help but notice that there has been some social animosity of late,” he wrote. “It’s becoming increasingly prevalent on my feed. There has been lots of, let’s call it speculation for now, about my private life and professional partnerships.” Cavill said the…
Controller of the National Pandemic Response, David Manning has called on all citizens not to be ignorant of the measures in the new normal. Controller Manning says measures in the new normal or “Niupla Pasin” if strictly observed and adhered to, will save lives. The measures in the new normal are as follows: 1. Clean your hands often. Wash with soap and water or use an alcohol-based sanitizer; 2. Keep a physical distance of at least 1.5 meters between yourself and others; 3. Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth; 4. Greet others with a smile, a nod or a…
In an industry-first, all 7,000 employees worldwide worked in pairs to serve customers directly In yet another industry first, Wednesday 12th May saw all of Digicel’s 7,000 employees across 32 countries worldwide partnering up to serve customers directly as they worked to put the ‘US’ in Customer. The first-ever global ‘Customer Day’ saw everyone in Digicel, everywhere across all markets, all functions and all teams dedicating an entire day to all things customer. Whether it was partnering with a Customer Care agent to take customer calls, responding to customers on web chat, going on a truck roll with the Digicel+…