Israel has recorded no new daily Covid-19 deaths for the first time in 10 months, as the country pushes ahead with its speedy vaccination drive. The country’s coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 6,346 on Thursday, health ministry data showed. The last time Israel reported zero Covid-19 deaths was at the end of June last year, after lockdown measures curbed a first wave of infections. Israel’s outbreak has eased after hitting its peak in January this year. The Israeli government started to relax lockdown restrictions a month later as vaccinations against Covid-19 were rolled out more widely. Israel has the…
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A submarine missing since Wednesday off the coast of Bali with 53 people on board has been lost, the Indonesian navy said on Saturday. Parts of the submarine, along with debris including prayer mats, were found near to where it went missing, the navy chief of staff said. A scan detected the sub at a depth of 850m (2,800ft), well beyond its survivable limit. It was only carrying enough oxygen for three days. The KRI Nanggala disappeared after requesting permission to dive during a torpedo drill. The German-built vessel was more than 40 years old but underwent a refit in…
Ninety-six i-Kiribati nationals were awarded Australian qualifications from the Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) in a graduation ceremony in Betio on 17 March 2021.As Australia’s flagship technical and vocational education and training (TVET) program, APTC has trained over 16,000 Pacific women and men, including more than 600 i-Kiribati nationals, since its commencement in 2007.Convened at the Kiribati Institute of Technology Maneaba, the graduation was attended by government representatives, national training providers, graduates and their families. Graduates received certificates in 13 different qualifications at the socially-distanced face-to-face ceremony.The ceremony celebrated the fulfilment of the students’ goals and marked the beginning of…
BSP PNG | Magnum Consultancy is the first employment agency service provider in PNG to accept online payments under BSP’s e-Commerce in April, 2021, giving the agency a competitive edge to serve its customers virtually via their website. In welcoming Magnum Consultancy to the BSP e-Commerce platform, BSP Financial Group Limited (BSP) General Manager – Digital, Nuni Kulu said BSP continues to promote digital transformation to all business sectors. “Businesses of all types have to continue to operate in this current environment because their customers are demanding services and where real time payments become viable, its simply business as usual.”…
The SP PNG Hunters will discuss the importance of the Kokoda Cup and their desire to regain the trophy when they take on Intrust Super Cup heavyweights Burleigh Bears at Pizzey Park on Sunday.The Hunters haven’t held the Kokoda Cup since 2017 when they thrashed the Bears in the annual Anzac Day showdown between the teams.But the last two clashes for the Cup have been disappointing for the Hunters – Burleigh won 34-18 in 2018 before a forgettable 56-4 result at Pizzey Park on Anzac Day two years ago.Gold Coast Titans half Jamal Fogarty scored 24 points that day against…
A team from the National Control Center has begun taking swabs of all employees of the National Parliament to test for COVID-19 after 42 staff members were tested positive. The 47 were part of 167 swabs collected and tested earlier. The testing began on Tuesday and continues until all employees of the National Parliament including the political staff are tested. Commissioner of Police and Controller of the PNG COVID-19 National Pandemic Response Mr David Manning said whilst the parliament session is important to the running of the country, measures must be taken to ensure that the leaders are protected and…
Ela Motors PNG continues its support to the Port Moresby Nature Park with a donation of a 26-seater bus presented to the Park last week. The donated bus would especially assist Nature Park’s Education team in ensuring students in and around NCD and Central province are transported safely to and from the Park to attend its School Excursion programs. Port Moresby Nature Park’s General Manager, Mr. David Thompson on behalf of CEO Michelle McGeorge, expressed great thanks to the Management of Ela Motors PNG for continuing its support to Port Moresby Nature Park. “We appreciate the timely donation as students…
The Prestigious PNG Fashion Week Runway Show that was set for this month has been rescheduled. That’s the word from Managing Director, Ms Philma Kelegai. Ms Kelegai said the POM Fashion Week has been rescheduled from the 17th to the 26th June 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic issues. This is done as they want to be COVID compliant and want to move the event well away from the period when the isolation ends to be safe on those for all involved. “We have 13 runway shows and we have not yet finalized the number of designers yet and we…
Minister for Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology Hon. Wesley Raminai is considering suspending Secretary for Department of Higher Education Fr Jan Czuba due to a pending criminal case against him. Czuba is facing a total of eight criminal charges against him in the District Court, relating to abuse of office and alleged misuse of public funds within the Department. Attempts by his lawyers to dismiss the charges, on the claim Czuba was entitled to diplomatic immunity, were rejected by the court in December last year. Last week, Police prosecutors applied to court to have Czuba’s bail revoked so he…
Justin Wellington aka JW, the 43 year old who was born and raised in Lae, Morobe Province who rose to fame in the PNG music industry with his hit single ‘Much Love’ in 2002 has several singles completed and lined up for release later this year. Some of JW’s hit singles that were released here in country included, ‘Much Love’, ‘I Wanna Give You Some Loving’, ‘Better Off’, ‘Fire’, ‘In Love With U’, ‘Runaway’, ‘Tell Me’, ‘Reminiscing’, ‘Rain of Morobe’, and ‘Iko Iko’. While here, JW collaborated with some of the top Papua New Guinean artists like Jokema, Robbie T,…