Papua New Guinea reported one new case of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours increasing the country’s total cases to 835. The latest case was reported in Western Province. A 42 year old male mine worker who resides in Tabubil, North Fly district is the latest to be tested positive. He was not showing symptoms of COVID-19 at the time of testing but swab samples returned positive. The country’s COVID-19 cases as a result now stands at 835 with nine known deaths. A total of 40,697 people have tested for COVID-19. Seven hundred and ninety people have recovered…
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Supermodel, Joylene Tanfa has joined the PNG Fashion Week 2021 management team to add experience and value to the PNG Fashion Week 2021 Runway. Ms Tanfa joined PNG Fashion Week as a model coach, mentor and one of the stars of the PNG Fashion Weeks 2021 campaign. “I believe that it is our life purpose to help others. Being given the opportunity from PNGFW to help mentor these young models has been an absolute pleasure. I am excited to share my talent and experiences and would love to see where my mentorship takes them to in their modeling career.” said…
A suspect involved in the K1.2 million heist at the Jackson’s Airport in 2016 was recaptured on Saturday after escaping for the second time last year. Joel Taha Ruana alias Taberi aged 40 from Wasuma village, Rigo in the Central Province, is one of five suspects involved in robbing a logging company pay run at the Tropic Air hanger at the Jacksons Airport in 2016. Four of his accomplices were arrested, charged and are now serving jail time at the Bomana prison. Joel escaped from lawful custody in 2016, was recaptured in 2019 but escaped again in 2020. Commander of…
People in Porgera will continue to benefit from much needed Health Services which will continue at the Porgera District Hospital despite Porgera Gold Mine in Enga Province not making or selling gold in more than seven months, with the mining giants continued support to health services in Porgera District. This time, Mine operator Barrick (Niugini) Limited (“BNL”) is accommodating nursing students from the Enga College of Nursing in Sopas, Wabag, who are currently on a four-week clinical practice at the Porgera District Hospital. The Hospital’s General Surgeon and Acting Medical Superintendent Dr Jerry Hoga had requested for the accommodation. The…
It has been an extraordinary challenging year for the district, province and country as a whole because of the COVID-19 Pandemic hitting the global arena and affecting the country’s economy. Nevertheless, the Member for Kikori and the board of Kikori District Development Authority and administration have been busy working to bring services to the district. A lot has been achieved since the beginning of the 2020 and the Member for Kikori Hon. Soroi Eoe, has reflected on these achievements thus far and will be making major announcements when he visits the district. Despite the COVID-19 restrictions the Member for Kikori…
One of the Top 5 winners of the Jacks of PNG’s, Design PNG – PNG’s Most Influential Design Competition Junior Nalo says he could not believe that his design was chosen as one of the Top 5 designs out of over 330 design entries. “I was traveling to town from the village (Lou Island, Manus) to leave a family member who was traveling back to Port Moresby. When I reached Lorengau Town, I got a call from the Manager of Jacks of PNG that my design was one of those chosen as a winner”, said Junior Junior Nalo, from Mbuke…
Lae based Pharmaceutical company Chemcare have provided a donation of first aid supplies worth over K1,000 to Athletics PNG for its training programme in Kerowagi, Simbu Province. It is the second time Chemcare have come to the assistance of APNG in recent times, having also donated supplies for the training camp at NSI in Goroka leading up to the 2019 Pacific Games. President Tony Green was on hand to collect the supplies from Sales Representative Martha Nakaio which were later taken up to Kerowagi . On behalf of the athletes, Green thanked Chemcare’s Operations Manager Angus King for the generous…
The Office of Censorship held its first general staff meeting for the year 2021 this week at the Central Government Office, Waigani. The meeting began with a devotion that was led by the Chief Censor Mr Jim Abani, who shared on ‘Servants for Community’, encouraging his officers to put God first in our personal life as this will reflect on how we conduct ourselves in the workplace. Chief Censor Mr Abani reminded his staff that as Christians, we all have a duty to share the Love of God to our communities that we create within the Offices that we are…
In response to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Australian Government has announced further changes to the requirements for travel to Australia from overseas. These new restrictions include a greater than 60% reduction in the number of passengers allowed to be uplifted on Air Niugini flights to Australia, with effect from 15th January. Consequently, and as previously advised, based on the number of passengers already booked, Air Niugini has already had to close all Port Moresby to Brisbane and Cairns flights for any additional ticket sales from 15th January out to 28th February. Despite the above, and due to the scale…
Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has applauded Maprik MP and Agriculture and Livestock Minister, Hon. John Simon, for establishing an avenue for his people and neighbouring East Sepik districts to enhance their businesses. He said this yesterday (Thursday, January 14th, 2021) when opening the National Development Bank (NDB) and People’s Micro Bank Maprik branches. Prime Minister Marape said one of his Government’s main priorities since taking office in mid-2019 was to empower people to participate in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). “Last year, this Government ensured that the National Development Bank was allocated K80 million to assist our upcoming SMEs…