The La Sallian movement will celebrate its 75 years of existence in PNG this year. Preparations are already underway to meet the costs of hosting the event which will be celebrated in August at De La Salle secondary school, Port Moresby. A fundraising drive started yesterday at Saint John the Apostle Parish, Tokarara and will move to other parishes within NCD in the coming Sundays. The fundraisings will be parish based. National Coordinator Grace Wrakia said the first Australian brothers arrived in PNG in 1946 and this year will be their diamond jubilee. “The Lassalian movement comprises of teachers/educators at…
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Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and a country from the West Indies join England in qualifying for Birmingham 2022; Qualifier to determine final participant Cricket is the first discipline to announce qualifying teams for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games as the sport makes a landmark re-entry to the prestigious multi-sport event scheduled from 28 July to 8 August next year. The International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) made the announcement on Monday as women’s cricket features in the Games for the first time in 22 editions and cricket for only the second time ever,…
26 year old Jordan Morris from the Western Highlands province had a passion for drawing, ever since he first held a pencil in his hand. That passion stayed with him to this very day and saw him produce some fascinating art pieces so far. His first ever artwork was a portrait of a Western Highlands woman dressed up in her traditional attire, which was called Mountain Meri. The piece actually went viral on Facebook and received a lot of positive comments, views and shares. “The recent art that went viral was an imagination I had of what a powerful woman…
Managing Director of SP Brewery Limited (SPB), Ed Weggemans, officially launched the company’s new corporate website this week (Monday 26th April, 2021). The Company’s new website unveils a new image that hopes to widen its market horizon, while retaining its authentic Papua New Guinean heritage. The website – www.sp.com.pg – provides a fresh new look and feel, which will provide customers, consumers and business partners with timely and accurate information about the company, its brands and engagement in the community. “The new website is more engaging, highly interactive and features up to date information. SP Brewery is more than just…
The Ok Tedi Development Foundation (OTDF) launched its five year Strategic Business Plan 2021 – 2025 last week, aimed at realigning its strategies and programs to deliver on realistic targets. This is in line with OTDF’s vision to empower the Community Mine Continuation Agreement (CMCA) communities and associated entities in the Western Province to be self-sustaining beyond 2025. Extensive study and planning over the last 12 months involving key stakeholders has provided OTDF with a better understanding of current development needs highlighting the importance of effective stakeholder collaboration; increasing importance of women and children and the rise in community law…
The PNG Olympic Committee (PNGOC) has, on behalf of the National Sporting Federations (NF’s) that it represents, raised its serious concern over the recently announced takeover of the Taurama Aquatic Indoor Centre (TAIC) by the National Control Centre. This decision, announced on April 22 will drastically affect NF operations, their membership bases and athlete training for International events. The TAIC is one of the key legacies from the 2015 Pacific Games, having been upgraded to a World Class Multi Purpose Sporting Facility for those Games, in which PNG topped the medal table. During the past six years it has become…
Papua New Guinea has recorded three new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours ending 12 midday on Sunday April 25, increasing the total number of deaths to 105. The deaths were reported in two provinces, Morobe and West Sepik. Morobe reported two deaths both of whom are males, ages 60 and 78. West Sepik reported the death of a 58-year-old male. Also in the last 24 hours, 166 cases were reported from 23 districts in 14 provinces, increasing the national confirmed COVID-19 cases to 10,835, including the 105 deaths. To date the National Control Centre has completed 86,619 tests…
The change in students behavior since the inception of the school health and hygiene club’s under the EU-UNICEF-PNG Government Water and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) Project has seen positive changes for schools. One such school is Sipatako Primary School in Panguna, Central Bougainville that has a population of just under 800 students and is a Catholic Mission-run institution established in the 1950s and closed during the Bougainville crisis and later re-opening in 1997. Sitapatako Primary School Head teacher Mrs. Jacinta James who has been teaching at Sipatako for the last 4 years recollects how things were before the EU-UNICEF WASH project’s…
Police Commissioner and Controller of the PNG COVID-19 National Pandemic Response has called upon citizens who have recovered from COVID-19 to use their experiences to advocate about the dangers of the pandemic and need for people to adhere to the “Niupela Pasin” or New Normal. Mr Manning made this call following the recording of 166 new cases on Sunday April 25 which increased the country’s total COVID-19 cases to 10,835. To date a total of 8,561 people have recovered from COVID-19 whilst a total of 2,169 cases remain active within the last 14 days. Mr Manning has called on citizens…
The European Union-UNICEF PNG Government Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project continues to improve, health and hygiene for students in schools through it’s school hygiene clubs. Thank you to the EU-UNICEF WASH project in building proper toilet facilities for over 200 schools in the country, female students can now stay in class when going through their menstruation because they now have changing rooms and hygiene teachers they can speak to about their mood change. Celestine Epna (Pictured) is a female grade 8 student and a member of the school hygiene club at Situm Primary School, in Nawaeb district, Morobe Province.…