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…
Author: PNG Haus Bung
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…
All 11 beds at the Emergency Room at the Port Moresby General Hospital are fully occupied with patients, including the Hospital’s Isolation ward. The Isolation Ward has a capacity of 18 beds and right now are fully occupied with Covid19 patients. That is according to the PMGH CEO Dr. Paki Molumi. Dr Molumi said they have increased the capacity of the Hospital’s Ward 1B with an additional 15 beds to cater for the emergency cases. “Ward 1B can cater for 16 patients only but we have decided to extend with 15 more beds to make room for the cases that…
There are additional changes to the requirements for international travel, effective today, Tuesday 20 April, 2021. These changes will affect all passengers departing to Australia , as well as to Singapore , Hong Kong , Manila and any other Air Niugini international destinations. All passengers departing internationally will be required to be tested for Covid-19 at time of check-in. This is in addition to the requirement for the negative PCR test conducted within three days of travel. International SOS have been contracted to conduct this test (at no cost to the passenger), and will be conducting this testing at the…
STAFF of the Orthopaedics Ward (Ward 28) at Port Moresby General Hospital is calling for the family or relatives of an elderly patient to visit the ward immediately to assist doctors with patient care. The elderly man who identified himself as Tau Morea, 59, from Rigo in Central Province was in a hit-and-run accident on Monday, 5th April, 2021 and was assisted by bystanders to the hospital after he couldn’t move his right lower limb. Assistant Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) Sr. Tininwau Tamrau said social workers at the hospital were consulted to track down family members but so far no…
Papua New Guinea has recorded one new COVID-19 death in the last 24 hours ending 12 midday on Monday April 19, increasing the total number of deaths to 91. A 48-year-old male from Western Highlands Province died from COVID-19, increasing the number of deaths in Western Highlands to three and the national death toll to 91. Ten other provinces reported COVID-19 deaths and they are: Morobe and West Sepik – three each; Eastern Highlands – six; Jiwaka – five; National Capital District – 60; West New Britain – four; East Sepik, New Ireland and Western – two each; and Enga…
ACTING DEPUTY Police Commissioner Operations Mr Donald Yamasombi handed over 12 brand new police vehicles to Oro Provincial Police today at the Boroko Motors Showroom in Port Moresby. The vehicles were purchased under the Kind-for-Kina scheme initiated by Police Commissioner David Manning. This is a scheme whereby the provincial governments allocates a certain amount of money and the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) pays the other component to restore the fleet of the aging police fleet of vehicles nationwide. This is the second project under the Kina-for-Kina scheme. The first was for the Madang Open electorate. Mr Yamasombi said…
Police Commissioner David Manning this week directed the release of Mr Laken Lepatu Agilo from police custody following a meeting with Commander NCD/Central Assistant Commissioner Anthony Wagambie Junior. Mr Aigilo was allegedly arrested yesterday by a police unit and locked up at the Boroko Police Station. Mr Aigilo in a post on social media alleged that his arrest by police was politically motivated. He was allegedly assaulted by policemen and locked up at the cells. Mr Manning said, “There was no official complaint laid at any of the police stations against Mr Aigilo. No arrest was done during the night…
BSP PNG | In recognising the rapid adoption and increasing trend of digital commerce in the region, BSP Financial Group Limited (BSP) is introducing the new digital payment service, BSP Pay, which allows any BSP account holder in PNG to make payments online securely and instantly, without the use of card details. BSP Digital General Manager Nuni Kulu when launching the new payment service said: “In a continuous drive to provide our customers value through enhanced digital banking experiences, the BSP Pay solution provides an avenue for both our Business and Personal customers to adopt an alternative digital payment solution.…