Cousin Brothers, Donald Joshua Rozaire Jerram (20) and Ronald John Jerram (19) from a mixed parentage of Kairuku in the Central Province and Belfast in the Northern Ireland are both in the running to win the title of the Mr Cosmopolitan 2021 Competition. When asked why they joined the Mr Cosmopolitan Competition, Donald said that he saw the competition was a good stepping stone into the modeling industry whilst Ronald said that it was something he never saw himself engaging in but wanted to inspire himself by taking part and to try give his best. “If I am to win…
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Bank of South Pacific has certain branches open today nationwide. The Bank is accepting School & Tertiary related Fee Deposits today, Saturday 20th February, 2021, between 9am and 1pm at the following Branches: • Alotau • Goroka • Kiunga • Kokopo • Lae Top Town • Madang • Mt Hagen • Popondetta • Tari • Waigani Banking Centre • Kimbe • Wewak
Papua New Guinea reported nine new cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Thursday 18 February increasing the country’s total cases to 970. The latest cases were reported in East New Britain, Madang and in the National Capital District. In East New Britain, a 26 year old and a 40 year old female both residing at Vunabuk area have confirmed positive. They both did not show symptoms of the COVID-19 virus at the time of testing but swab samples returned positive. In Madang, a total of five cases were reported. Five female and a male, ages ranging between 31 and 59…
News just in: Nine new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the last 24 hours in East New Britain, Madang and NCD increasing the country’s total to 970. Of the nine new cases, five (5) of them are from Madang, two (2) in ENB and two (2) in NCD. Total cases are at 970 with 10 known deaths. Keep your C-19 safety practises, listen to the news on this stations and follow our website pnghausbung.com for more.
The National Executive Council recently endorsed the first government policy on Volunteers, titled National Policy on Professional Volunteerism, which falls under the National Volunteers Service of Papua New Guinea. The NVS was established by an Act of Parliament in 1990 for the purpose of delivering government services to villages and communities in rural and remote areas of PNG. The Prime Minister James Marape, MP said it is now 30 years into operations and still performing its original mandate of ensuring that the government’s commitment to delivering services is maintained by NVS. He said this when announcing the NEC decision to…
Air Niugini is upgrading selected flights to Gurney Airport, Alotau MBP to larger Boeing 737 aircraft. The first ever Boeing 737 service will touch down in Gurney at 1120am on Friday 26th February. Thereafter the B737 aircraft will become a regular sight at Gurney Airport, with three weekly services from 28th March, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. Fokker jet aircraft will continue to service Alotau on all other days of the week. Chief Executive Officer, Mr Bruce Alabaster said that by using the B737 to Alotau this will allow the Fokker jet aircraft that currently service the route to be…
The Bureau of Meteorology, state health departments, the Western Australian opposition leader, charities and Facebook itself are among those to have been hit by Facebook’s ban on news in Australia. On Thursday morning Facebook began preventing Australian news sites from posting, while also stopping Australian users from sharing or viewing content from any news outlets, both Australian and international. The social media giant said it made the decision in response to the news media bargaining code currently before the Senate, which would force Facebook and Google to negotiate with news companies for payment for content. While the ban was only meant to target Australian…
The Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (PNGOC) in conjunction with Trukai Industries have reaffirmed efforts to continue to raise funds for Team PNG through the sale of Trukai Fun Run shirts. As a result of Covid-19, the Trukai Fun Run was cancelled in 2020 primarily for the safety of participants. In 2021, both organisations will be taking a new approach by downscaling the mass event to smaller activities to comply with the varying Covid measures. Since its inception in 1983, the Fun Run has been the major fundraising event for the PNGOC. The event consistently raises funds for Team PNG…
Living in the big city of Port Moresby can be very challenging especially in trying to earn an honest income just to put enough food on the table to feed a household. With the hassle and commotions going on, rise in crime, and with all the civil incidents occurring daily in a typically fast-paced city life; and especially with the COVID19 pandemic cases increasing in the country, life is waiting to fall apart if we allow it to. However, this has not been seen as an obstacle for two persevering women, Heni Arua and Manoka Gorogo. Heni, (51) and Manoka…
Link PNG, a subsidiary of Air Niugini, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hides Gas Development Company (HGDC), a major landowning company engaged with ExxonMobil, the operator of the PNGLNG Project- to provide chartered services for its personnel engaged within the LNG gas project in the Komo Magarima District, Hela Province. The MOU sets the platform for a partnership arrangement between LinkPNG and Hides Gas Development Company (HGDC) to operate regular Charter flights into Komo Airfield. The signing paves the way forward for the two parties to engage in firming the charter service schedule. Link PNG Acting General…