The Erima Magpies Rugby Team took the initiative to host a Cleanathon around the Erima community to help raise funds for the team as contenders in any off-season rugby league competition in Port Moresby this year. Erima Magpies recently secured a spot in the Top 24 teams of the Gerehu Rugby League tournament to qualify in the Quarter finals playoffs. The players from both the A and B Grade Divisions started the Cleanathon at around 6am on Saturday cleaning up the streets around the suburb. From sweeping the roads, cutting grasses, cutting flower hedges, raking and even patching the potholes…
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Prime Minister Hon.James Marape launched the construction of the K200 million Jiwaka provincial headquarters building at Kurumul in Jiwaka on Friday January 29th 2021. Kurumul will now be Jiwaka’s provincial capital. PM Marape also announced the National Government’s commitment of K20 million as initial funding to contractor, Essar Projects of India, which will do preparatory earthworks and lay the foundations of the project. Thousands of people, some adorned in traditional attire, from Jiwaka, Western Highlands, Chimbu, Enga and Southern Highlands witnessed the momentous occasion. PM Marape told Jiwaka leaders – Governor Hon. Dr William Tongamp, North Wahgi MP Hon. Dr…
YWAM Medical Ships Australia & Papua New Guinea (YWAM MS) have donated much-needed personal protective equipment (PPE) to assist Papua New Guinea’s response to COVID-19. The PPE, including 20,000 gloves and 3,620 masks, were donated after the National Department of Health and the World Health Organization requested support for frontline health workers in the COVID-19 response. “We thank YWAM for the PPE and we encourage other organizations to do likewise,” said Incident Manager of the National Control Centre for the National Pandemic, Dr Daoni Esorom. The donation will be followed by YWAM MS’ training and medical ship’s, MV YWAM PNG, redeployment…
Logan Steve, the humorous Facebook famous comedian is behind the renowned household name ‘BLINNG.’ In an interview with PNG Hausbung , he tells us how he started what he is doing, his intentions and where he got his inspiration from. 26 year old Logan, from the Trobriand Islands in Milne Bay Province has over 25, 000 Likes, 42K Followers on his Facebook page, 16K followers on Instagram and a massive 1.55K subscribers on YouTube. His love for jewelry was where he got the name ‘Blinng’ from. Logan is the only child in his family and said that humor came from…
The National Statistical Office today officially announced the Census 2021 Structural Listing Exercise that will be carried out throughout Papua New Guinea. The Structural Listing is a prerequisite preparatory undertaken to ensure smooth conduct of the 2021 National Census. Acting National Statistician, Mr John Igitoi said this is to ensure all the structures in the country are numbered and counted because all human beings live under structures. “So basically, the Structural Listing Exercise is one of the important aspect of preparatory activities and this is one of the quality control measures”, said Mr Igitoi. He added that this exercise will…
Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says Australia and Papua New Guinea have always been “so close”. He said this during an Australia Day reception at the Australian High Commission on Tuesday (Jan 26, 2021). PM Marape cited, as an example of this closeness, the fact that he had known Australian Prime Minister, Hon. Scott Morrison, since 2008 when he was in the Opposition benches in the Australian Parliament. He said PM Morrison had at that time taken a group across the Kokoda Trail. “That is symbolic,” PM Marape said. “Many Australians, in their own time, always had an occasion for…
Nine (9) teachers out of the twelve (12) who were investigated have been terminated by the Western Highlands Provincial Education Board for their involvement in helping students cheat in the 2019 National Examinations. Secretary for Education, Dr. Uke Kombra commended the Western Highlands Provincial Education Board for investigating and terminating the teachers who assisted students to cheat. “The action taken by the PEB is very encouraging and should act as a deterrent to other teachers and students in future.” The Department of Education advises that it has in place strategies to contain cheating in the national examinations. These strategies include:…
Controller of the PNG COVID-19 National Pandemic Response David Manning has clarified that all incoming passengers will be required to do a 14-day quarantine regardless of the country from which they originally travelled from. This is for all passengers who were approved to enter PNG from the 15th of January onwards. Mr Manning made this clarification following misunderstandings which seem to have given rise to different requirements being sent out by airline operators. However, the Controller can grant exemptions to this requirement, both for persons approved to enter PNG before and after 15 January. Mr Manning said he expects the…
Controller of the PNG COVID-19 National Pandemic Response David Manning has called for proper handling of swab samples to get the desired outcome. Mr Manning says proper handling of samples ensures they are of quality when they reach the laboratories for further testing. Mr Manning said there must be a proactive approach in testing and screening of citizens for COVID-19. He expressed concern that the testing rates for COVID-19 in the country has been critically low lately. “We can only find out the extent of the outbreak in the country if we proactively test people,” he said. Meanwhile, the country’s…
Out of 128 teams that have registered and participated in the Gerehu Rugby League off season Competition, the Top 24 teams in both the A and B Grade Divisions will advance into the preliminary playoffs starting this week Thursday. The Top 24 teams in the A Grade Division are; 1. 45 Sharks 2. JV Tigers 3. 24 Raiders 4. LBS 4 City 5. Route 66 Nightmares 6. MT Warriors 7. Keasu Spiders 8. Rainbow Rangers 9. Hohola Pirates 10. CT6 Crusaders 11. 3B Bulls 12. Boroko Bulldogs 13. 4Mile Cats 14. Kopkop Bears 15. Debona Hornets 16. Tete Brothers 17.…