BSP PNG | “We are grateful to BSP for being part of the local talent development, not only as a sponsor, but being part of the team’s progress through financial literacy trainings, new account opening and guiding the players in making wise financial decisions,” said Kimbe Cutters Vice President Sydney Nuli upon receiving the K100,000 cheque sponsorship from BSP Financial Group Limited (BSP) on Friday 7th May, 2021. Mr Nuli thanked BSP for the three-year commitment in backing the team, which enabled the Kimbe Cutters to successfully participate in the PNG NRL Digicel Cup competition since 2019. “Thank you BSP…
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According to BSP Quarter 1 Pacific Economic & Market Insight report, growth in these economies is expected to remain around 9% below their pre-pandemic projected levels. The cumulative output loss over 2020- 2022 is estimated to be around 10% of the 2019 level, due to the collapse in global tourism and travel. The recovery for Pacific Island nations depends on both the effectiveness of both vaccine rollouts and policy support. While small island nations like Samoa, Tonga and Cook Islands economic growth will enter into recession in 2021, Fiji and Solomon Islands economy is projected to be gradual but contingently…
The Brisbane Broncos have announced Rabbitohs star Adam Reynolds has signed with the club in a deal that includes two major gambles. The Broncos have announced Adam Reynolds has officially signed with the club on a three-year contract. The NRL’s biggest club was in desperate need of some welcome recruitment news after a nightmare 12 months where the club has lost David Fifita, Reece Walsh and Tom Dearden — and they finally got it on Thursday morning. The club has announced Reynolds is locked in with the club until the end of the 2024 season — a deal reported to…
Papua New Guinea’s leading paint manufacturer and supplier has partnered with the country’s leading superannuation provider to make superannuation more accessible to its staff. DuluxGroup and National Superannuation Fund (Nasfund) today launched the Nasfund Internet Booths – a facility that now enables its staff access to the Nasfund Member Online Portal. Through this facility, DuluxGroup staff at its Lae and Port Moresby sites will now be able to access the Fund’s Member Online Portal within the comfort of their office. According to DuluxGroup Human Resources Manager Andrew Topo, this development is in line with efforts to promoting a savings culture…
Tony Giowen , the Ward 25 councilor of Wampar LLG in Huon Gulf District has thanked Morobe Governor Hon Ginson Saonu for his efforts to work with leaders of the three tiers of Government and the people to bring development and change to their community. Councilor Giowen also acknowledged his support to the council wards through the development grants of K5,000 last year. Giowen said the funding they received had been used to upgrade their local aid post. “This is where my K5000 Ward Development Funding will go to work” -Ward 25 Councilor for Tsili-Tsili Tony Giowen pointing to the…
This was after the Selection Panel met last week to deliberate on nominations that were received from around Papua New Guinea and reached an agreement for the top three finalists for each of the 12 categories on offer in this year’s awards. This year’s nominations were slow but eventually picked up during the last two weeks before the closing date for entries, much to the delight of the SP Sports Awards (SPSA) Committee. Apart from the National Capital District, a good number of the entries received were from the other provinces. Chairperson for the SPSA Selection Panel, Warwick Vele, said:…
SP PNG Hunters will wait until after Saturday’s final training session before finalising the team to meet the Souths Logan Magpies at Davies Park on Sunday. Hunters coach Matt Church said last Sunday’s loss to Brisbane Tigers in the sixth round of the Intrust Super Cup had left his team with minor injuries and two suspensions which were impacting his ability to finalise the squad for Sunday. Forwards Samuel Yegip and Benji Kot accepted one-match suspensions from a Tigers clash that evened the Hunters’ win-loss record at 3-3 and left them seventh on the ladder, one place above defending champions…
If anyone is going to refuse wearing Crocs, it’s Victoria Beckham. But it seems Justin Bieber never got that memo – instead, he thought it would be a fantastic idea to send the fashion icon a sample from his new line of Crocs. The Spice Girls star took to her Instagram Stories to show off the interesting shoes she received from the singer. “A lot of people have been asking me what I’m planning on wearing after lockdown,” she wrote to her 28.9 million followers. “What do we think about this suggestion from @justinbieber?” Beckham then gave her viewers an…
Afghan families have been burying their children who were killed in explosions outside a secondary school in the capital, Kabul, on Saturday. More than 60 people, mostly girls, are now known to have died in the attack that hit students as they left class. No-one has admitted carrying out the attack in Dasht-e-Barchi, an area often hit by Sunni Islamist militants. The Afghan government blamed Taliban militants for the attack, but the group denied involvement. The exact target for Saturday’s bloodshed is unclear. The blasts come against a backdrop of rising violence as the US looks to withdraw all its…
A British mother has been killed by burglars in Greece who held a gun to her baby’s head after they tied up her husband. Three men strangled Caroline Crouch, 20, after forcing her to reveal where $54,000-worth of cash and jewellery was kept at her home in Athens. Her husband Charalambos ‘Babis’ Anagnostopoulos, 32, a helicopter pilot, survived after he was tied to a chair and blindfolded with duct tape at the home in the Glyka Nera suburb of the city. The robbers forced their way into the two-storey house at 4.30am this morning after breaking a CCTV camera and…