New Ireland Governor Sir Julius Chan visited the Tanir Group of Islands also the place of his birth to update himself on the situation on the ground in terms of service delivery and infrastructure development. The three day trip began on Monday 3rd May to the 5th. His first stop was at Nisnis on Anir Island. He overnighted there and checked on the status of the Babase health centre and work on the mobilization for the Anir ring road. He also visited the gravesite of Ray Lacey who was an influential development figure during the pre-Independence era and met with…
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PNG’s economic growth in 2021 is projected to recover at 3.5% while the global economy is projected to grow at double the rate at 6% – a big turnaround from the predicted -3.3% in 2020 when the world was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. This was highlighted by BSP Financial Group Limited (BSP), in its first quarterly Pacific Economic and Market (PEM) Insights for 2021. The PEM Insight attributes the rebound of the PNG Economy to the resumption of Barrick Niugini Limited’s operations at the Pogera Gold Mine and the PNG LNG’s forecast to expand PNG’s liquefied natural gas (LNG)…
The trial of the two American teens accused of killing an Italian police officer began in Rome Wednesday, with the pair facing charges of aggravated murder and attempted extortion. Gabriel Christian Natale-Hjorth, 19, and Finnegan Elder, 20, have been jailed in the Italian capital since July 2019 on suspicion of aggravated murder and attempted extortion. The pair is accused of fatally stabbing Mario Cerciello Rega, a 35-year-old Italian paramilitary policeman, in the early hours of July 26 after a drug deal gone wrong. MORE: Italian officer allegedly stabbed to death by American teens had ‘forgotten his gun’ Presiding over the trial will…
Former NRL player Jarryd Hayne has been sentenced to at least three years and eight months in jail on Thursday, after being found guilty of raping a woman in her Newcastle home back in September 2018. The 33-year-old faced the prospect of up to 14 years in jail after was found guilty on two counts of sexual intercourse without consent back in March. He will serve a maximum of five years and three months locked up. …more to come. SOURCE: ESPN News
Blues coach Brad Fittler has a fairly settled playmaking line-up heading into the Ampol State of Origin series but one possible debutant is staking a huge claim for a key role in the spine. With game one teams to be picked in just over a month, NRL.com Stats has run the rule over the candidates to see who should be in the NSW team for the June 9 series opener. Fullback Candidates: James Tedesco, Tom Trbojevic, Ryan Papenhuyzen There is no position for either state currently blessed with so much depth as NSW’s fullback options. James Tedesco is the world’s best…
The entire Roosters squad will undergo COVID testing prior to Friday night’s match against Parramatta after a positive case was recorded in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. NSW Health officials announced on Wednesday that the member of the public who tested positive had visited a number of venues in recent days, including a Moore Park cafe frequented by Roosters’ players. Any further action will be dependent on the results of the testing.
SP PNG Hunters will promote another new face in its wave of youth on Sunday when teenage playmaker Judah Rimbu moves into the starting line-up for the Intrust Super Cup clash with Brisbane Tigers at Bycroft Oval. The 19-year-old Rimbu slots into a backline featuring 2021 new faces Jokadi Bire and Norman Brown while the likes of Samuel Yegip and Benji Kot are among the next generation in the forwards. Most of the bench named for Sunday’s clash are also early in their Hunters’ careers. They will face a Tigers team with a spine that could be Gerard Beale, Ryley…
The deployment of the first batch of 132,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines provided through the COVAX Facility is underway in Papua New Guinea (PNG). One of the world’s largest gold mining companies, Newcrest, has donated approximately AUD 2.5million to UNICEF to support the roll-out in the country’s New Ireland Province. Together with an additional estimated AUD 290,000 in in-kind logistics support, this is the largest contribution from a company for the vaccine deployment in PNG and will enable: • Planning and coordination in country • Vaccine delivery to reach the target population with immunisation • Training of health workers •…
International Immunisation Week was celebrated last week by nations around the globe. Immunisations save hundreds of millions of lives every year across the world and are widely recognised as one of the world’s most successful public health interventions. Many once deadly diseases have been eliminated or are now well managed as a result of immunisation programs which commenced with the invention of a vaccine for smallpox in 1798. Two hundred years later, many others such as cholera, mumps, measles, polio, TB, and tetanus, to name just a few, are all preventable with safe vaccines. In Papua New Guinea (PNG), health…
South Pacific Brewery Limited is delighted to announce that it was granted a Gold Quality Award for South Pacific Export Lager by the prestigious Quality Institute Monde Selection. This award guarantees that the quality of the product has been tested and approved by a professional jury under rigorous evaluation procedures and strict criteria. South Pacific Export Lager was granted a 2021 Gold Quality Award from Monde Selection, one of the leading International Quality Institutes led by a panel of 80 independent experts. “SP Brewery stands by its values: ‘passion for quality’,” said Brand Manager, Miriam Lama. “As the leading brewer…