PNG has recorded the 10th death from Covid-19. A 54-year-old man from East Sepik Province, had died as a result of COVID-19 at the Angau General Hospital in Lae. The latest death has been reported from the Angau General Hospital in Lae. The man died on 08 February, a week after he was admitted to the hospital with symptoms of COVID-19 which were fever, cough, chest pain and shortness of breath. Keep to your COVID-19 safety practices, listen in to the news on this stations and follow our website pnghausbung.com for more on this story.
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Bank South Pacific continues to lead the market in digital banking solutions, rolling out school fee payment via its BSP *131# Mobile Banking USSD platform. BSP Group General Manager – Retail, Daniel Faunt, said that as a more convenient alternative to attending to BSP’s branches to pay children’s school fees, BSP continues to focus on providing digital payment solutions for its customers, which includes the provision of EFTPoS terminals to schools as well as through its Mobile Phone USSD service. Mr Faunt said this in response to an article in the media dated Friday 5th February, 2021, quoting a parent, calling on…
Buk bilong Pikinini (BbP) has this week launched a website built specifically to support PNG’s school teachers. The website content was first tested on BbP’s 42 Teacher-librarians from the organisations’ Library Learning Centres across the country during a Digital Teacher Training, which took place in December 2020. The digital training program and associated website has been developed in partnership with Deloitte and Deloitte Digital and is valued at more than AUD $100,000. The website is free to use for all and provides access to topics such as basic computer functions, creating and printing documents, introduction to tablets, online safety and…
Imagine having to care for over 400 plus children all the while juggling a full-time job and carrying out three mobile school programs. While over-whelming, this is the life of Collin Pake, the founder of Life Care PNG a charity organization which has for the past 15 years helped looked after and cared for disadvantaged street children. Collin was sharing his struggles amid triumphs with Trukai Industries representatives who were on hand to deliver 300 kilograms of rice over at his Gerehu stage 1 residence on Tuesday. While thanking the company, Collin says that the rice will help him and…
The Papua New Guinea National Research Institute (PNG NRI) was honored to have the new Minster for Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology and Sports, visit the campus on Friday last week. Wesley Raminai joined the PNG NRI Council Acting Chairman, Mr. Wilson Thompson and members of the PNG NRI Council during its first meeting of the year, where he was briefed on the Institute’s roles, responsibilities, functions and key activities. While congratulating Mr Raminai on his recent appointment, Mr. Thompson briefed him on the PNG Knowledge Hub Precinct development and on how the PNG NRI is positioning itself in…
After a season disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, this year looks promising for our Barramundis, Lewas and Garamuts. As players, administrators and fans settle back into their respective programs, Cricket PNG cannot help but consider the possibilities that will come in 2021. This year promises to provide plenty of opportunities for the growth and development of cricket in the nation, bookended by their first appearance at an ICC World Cup, the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in India.Even though the previous year had its hurdles, notably the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 provided a solid platform to launch PNG cricket into…
“BSP is expecting a much improved 2021 backed by significant key projects expected to proceed in the near future, despite 2020 being a difficult year for individuals and businesses,” said BSP Group Chief Executive Officer, Robin Fleming, when releasing the BSP Economic & Market Insight December 2020 quarter publication this week. Mr Fleming highlighted that dealing with the implications of the Covid-19 global pandemic was both a major challenge and significant achievement for the bank in responding positively to a difficult year. “Global economic output is expected to expand by 4% in 2021 but remain more than 5% below pre-pandemic…
Goilala MP William Samb said ethnic clashes in the nations capital, Port Moresby is nonsense and unnecessary and condemned in the strongest possible terms the recent ethnic clash between people of Tari and Goilala which led to the tragic death two men. “This nonsense of Goilala and Tari people fighting has to stop. We have to put a stop to it”, said Mr Samb. Mr Samb apologized on behalf of the people of Goilala District to the family of the deceased and said that the perpetrators involved in the killing will be apprehended and dealt with accordingly. A meeting was…
Lawlessness within Hanuabada and other Motu-Koita villages will be in the spotlight when a workable Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is signed between the Motu-Koita Assembly (MKA) and the Royal PNG Police Constabulary with achievable outcomes and best practices in addressing Law and Order. NCD/Central Divisional Commander ACP Anthony Wagambie Jnr said police and MKA have embarked on an MoU to have a community approach to policing Hanuabada and its neighboring villages since late 2019 after taking office. While it was work in progress, Covid-19 put all plans on halt, taking up most of 2020 as well. “After taking office as…
Papua New Guinea’s total Covid-19 cases reported have reached 900 cases following five new case of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reported in the last 24 hours. The latest cases were reported in the Western province. Three male and two female ages ranging from 28 to 34 years are the latest to be confirmed positive. The five from the North Fly area did not show symptoms of COVID-19 virus during the time of testing but swab samples returned otherwise. Two of the five cases came into contact with a previous case whilst three were detected through mass testing. The country’s COVID-19…