Athletics PNG’s Kerowagi based distance training squad for the World Cross Country Championshipsand Pacific Mini Games next year had their first competition last weekend at the National SportsInstitute in Goroka. The athletes were really looking forward to their first trip out of town after three months of solid training. George Yamak was in very good form and with Siune Kagl and Israel Takap having returned to school in East New Britain , Yamak had too much pace in the 1500m for the rest of the field and was a runaway winner in 4min 15.3 secs. There was however a great…
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The State Funeral of Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare is currently underway at the Sir Hubert Murray Stadium in Port Moresby. Main celebrant at the of the Holy Mass and State Funeral is PNG Cardinal and Archbishop of Port Moresby His Eminence Sir John Ribat. The theme of the State Funeral is “One nation, One people of God.” Today also has been set aside as a public holiday endorsed by the Government of Papua New Guinea in honour of the Late Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare. Below are pictures from the State Funeral. More updates and pictures to follow.
The State Funeral Program of late Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare is now underway at the Sir Hubert Murray Stadium in Port Moresby. A record crowd is seated within the arena including delegates while a huge crowd in the hundreds waiting outside the stadium have been refused entry as the stadium reached its full capacity. The casket came in a motorcade from the Funeral Home at Erima and escorted into the venue by the joint forces from the Royal Papua New Guinea constabulary, PNG Correction Services and PNG Defense Force. The casket of Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare now lies…
A TRIBUTE AND CONDOLENCE MESSAGE During Parliamentary Funeral Service of the late founding father Grand Chief Right Honourable Sir Michael Thomas Somare GCL GCMG CH CF SSI KSG PC ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ by Hon Samuel H Basil, MP Member for Bulolo Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Commerce and Industry Mr Speaker Kindly through you, let me acknowledge the presence of Our Honourable Prime MinisterFellow MinistersColleague Members of Parliament Let me also warmly acknowledge the presence of His Excellency Sir Bob Dade, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Second’s Representative as our Head of State; and Chief Justice, Sir Gibbs Salika and our Justices of…
Eighty-four new cases of COVID-19 were reported on Wednesday, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in PNG to 1,819. Seventy-two of those new cases were reported in the National Capital District. The isolation ward for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at the Port Moresby General Hospital is full and many hospital staff are among the many already sick with COVID-19. Long-time staff and senior gynecologist at the hospital Professor Glen Mola has posted on social media appealing to the people to listen and take heed of the health measures in the Niupela Pasin, saying the hospital COVID-19 ward…
This news just in! 84 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in PNG to 1,819. 72 of those new cases were reported in NCD. The isolation ward for patients with COVID-19 at the Port Moresby General Hospital is full and many hospital staff are among the many already sick with COVID-19. The other 12 cases reported from: Morobe – 2; East New Britain – 1; EHP – 3; and Enga which reported 6 cases. Keep practicing your safe hygiene measures, listen to the news on this station and…
The Office of the Public Solicitor (OPS) has reformed its operations to improve citizens’ access to justice. Despite disruptions caused by COVID-19, the office took on more than 3300 active cases in 2020 – more than double the number it handled four years ago. Figures compiled by the OPS show its lawyers opened 1274 new civil cases, 948 new criminal cases and 99 new land files last year alone. Additionally, OPS has enhanced its legal aid service to increase citizens’ access to justice regardless of their financial position. These changes were made possible following an extensive restructure undertaken over four…
The government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) this week signed off on the regulatory approval needed for the COVAX Facility to bring in the COVID-19 vaccines to PNG. The National Department of Health with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF is now preparing to receive the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine and is making detailed plans for its deployment and use across the country. The AstraZeneca vaccine is one of two vaccines granted Emergency Use Listing (EUL) by WHO. It has beengranted approval for emergency use by stringent regulatory authorities of United Kingdom, EuropeanUnion and Australia. It is currently being…
Papua New Guinea reported 49 new cases of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Tuesday 9th of March, increasing the country’s total number to 1,741. The cases were reported in five provinces including Jiwaka which reported eight new cases of which three are males and five females between the ages of 20 to 60 years. Five cases were showing symptoms of COVID-19 at the time of testing. Morobe reported two new cases of which one is a male and the other is a female, ages 52 years to 58. All two cases were showing symptoms of COVID-19 at the time of…
9 year old Oliver Alexis Kassman, may have had little to no memories of the Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, but he knew at heart that the man the whole country was mourning, had to be someone highly respectable and above reproach. Little Oliver heard of the idea of lighting and raising lanterns on the night of the state burial to honour the Late Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, but had a totally different approach; and thought, what a better way to farewell the founding father, whom he has never met in person, by planting trees during the national haus…