The annual National Souths Basketball League Tournament has been tentatively booked and is set to take place from the 1st – 4th July 2021 in Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province. This is a competition that has been running for over 13 years. The basketball competition is one of a few grassroots tournaments that engages majority of youths from all walks of life from rural communities in the Southern Highlands and Hela Province. “It has a very rich history in being the platform where many young talents have emerged, not only in basketball but other sports such as rugby league and soccer.”…
Author: PNG Haus Bung
Upcoming PNG male artist into the local Music Industry, Daniel Tuhiana, better known as ‘Tuhiana’ currently on the airwaves said that he has big plans on a new EP album and singles that he is hoping to release soon. Tuhiana, whose hit single ‘Tingim Yu’ which featured Tarvin Toune and has been one of the most voted and requested songs since February and to current is still in the Top 4, Top 8 and the Top 20 countdowns respectively on the YumiFM Radio Station. Turning 24 this year in June, Daniel who comes from a mix parentage of the Autonomous…
Newcrest Mining Lihir has sponsored five Lihirian students this year for high school studies at the Lihir International School (LIS) as part of its continued investment in Lihir, Namatanai district, New Ireland province. These students are in the second batch of sponsored Lihirian students attending LIS under Newcrest Lihir’s School to Mine High School Scholarship program. The sponsorship now brings the number of sponsored Lihirian students at LIS to 10, with mostly girls. Hellen Kiapron, Madlyne Ratoh, Evelyn Lamam, Mary Arau and Jonathan Kambek are proud recipients of the scholarship. They are former grade eight students of Samo, Urban, Palie,…
Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says Papua New Guinea continues to benefit from the reforms set in place by former Prime Minister, the late Sir Mekere Morauta. He said this in Parliament on Tuesday (April 20th 2021) when paying his respects to Sir Mekere, who passed away last December, and was buried at Independence Hill in January. PM Marape said monumental among Sir Mekere’s achievements were reforms in the country’s financial institutions and State-owned enterprises. “Sir Mekere served as our country’s sixth Prime Minister,” PM Marape said. “He was, before politics, a very-distinguished public servant. “He stands among giants of…
A new partnership between The University of the South Pacific (USP) and the Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) will enable the two institutions to work collaboratively for quality Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) delivery and better employment outcomes for Pacific people. Australia supports the work of USP as a key regional training centre for skills in the Pacific and the virtual signing yesterday reaffirms the longstanding partnership between USP and APTC, building on previous agreements signed in 2014 and 2018 respectively. Over the years, the USP-APTC partnership has resulted in several key outcomes, including the establishment of a…
The PNG LNG Project, operated by ExxonMobil PNG, announced the renewal of its sponsorship of the PNG Kumuls Rugby League team and its domestic programs through a virtual signing ceremony in Port Moresby today. EMPNG’s sponsorship is a three year initiative that enables the PNG LNG Project to retain the Naming Rights of our national team, the PNG LNG Kumuls. The PNG LNG Project and ExxonMobil PNG started sponsoring the Kumuls team in 201 3 to aid the development of rugby league in the country. The company is proud to see the team succeed in its various international competitions over…
SP PNG Hunters hooker Wartovo Puara Jnr will work as hard as he can to overcome an ankle injury and claim Hunters’ history in the Intrust Super Cup Anzac Day showdown with Burleigh Bears at Pizzey Park on Sunday. Puara has been named in the Hunters’ team to play for the Kokoda Cup – which is up for grabs each year when PNG and the Bears meet in late April. This match falls on Anzac Day and the Hunters hope that is enough time for Puara to recover from an ankle injury suffered in last Saturday’s impressive 32-12 win over…
In order to survive and make ends meet, you can turn your talents, your imagination and your creativity into good use. That is what 40 year old mother of two Ruth Kassam is doing. She sells crafted earrings just to help support her two children and most importantly to sustain life everyday with what she like being called a ‘Wokabaut Market’. Ruth Kassam who comes from the Foina Village in the Asaro District of Goroka, Eastern Highlands province said that the usual places that she go about to sell her earrings are at 4Mile, Islander and at Waigani as these…
Tokyo Olympic Hopeful Rellie Kaputin was in action last weekend at the Australian National Championships in Sydney. A season’s best jump of 6.25m in Friday’s qualifying round which ranked her third in the field of 16 athletes raised hopes of a bigger jump in Sundays final, especially since her foot was well behind the board on take-off for that particular jump. However despite jumping in excess of 6.00m on all six attempts for the second time in her career, Kaputin was not able to improve on her seasons best and again recorded a best effort of 6.25m. Whilst things didn’t…
Over the past few months, COVID-19 has spiked in Papua New Guinea. The number of cases likely will reach 10,000 this week and nearly 100 people here have died from the disease. Last week, Papua New Guinea received 132,000 doses of the Astra-Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine thanks to Gavi, the international vaccine alliance. This delivery is only the first of many and is a critical step to stopping COVID-19 in PNG. This pandemic will not end until it ends worldwide. We must all do our part to stop it. And that means getting vaccinated. Unfortunately, misinformation spread via social media and…