Prime Minister James Marape has urged Papua New Guineans to venture into small agriculture businesses. He made the call today in Maprik, East Sepik, when launching price support for agriculture produce in front of over 5000 local cocoa, vanilla and coffee growers. Also present were East Sepik Governor Allan Bird, Agriculture and Livestock Minister John Simon, State Enterprises Minister William Duma, Education Minister Jimmy Uguro and Defence Minister Solan Mirism. Prime Minister Marape said price support meant that growers would get better prices for their produce. “We will partner districts and provinces who want to help National Government empower our…
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The Port Moresby General Hospital Blood Bank team carried out the Blood Donation drive this morning at the Waigani Central Stop & Shop which was open to the general public. The event was hosted by the City Pharmacy Group Limited and the Management of Stop & Shop. City Pharmacy Nursing Services Manager, Ms Sandra Cunningham said lives are saved and donors get to know their blood types in the case of their own health emergencies when giving this gift of life. Port Moresby General Hospital Blood Bank Nurse Unit Manager, Sr Damaris Penias said the reason for the blood donation…
Oceania Australia Foundation Sponsored track and field athletes Benjamin Aliel and Roland Hure left for the United States this morning after a ten month interruption to their programme brought on by the Covid19 outbreak. Aliel was midway through his final semester last year when the sponsors, in close consultation with South Western Community College and the relevant national bodies made the decision to bring their Pacific Island students home. Hure was in the first year of his two year programme. Aliel said he was very much looking forward to completing his studies at South Western, a sentiment expressed by Hure…
Air Niugini would like to inform the travelling public that the runway lengths at Madang and Wewak airports will be temporarily shortened by the National Airports Corporation (NAC). This is to allow for runway maintenance and upgrading works at both airports. The reduced runway length at Madang commences this month, and at Wewak from March. These runway works at both airports are expected to last until November, depending on weather conditions. As a result of the above, Air Niugini flights to and from Madang and Wewak will progressively be rescheduled onto Q400 and Dash-8 turboprop aircraft, operated by our subsidiary…
The latest technology for testing for Tuberculosis (TB) at Magarima District Hospital can deliver results in less than 2-hours, eliminating the need for test samples to be sent to Hela Provincial Hospital, a two-hour drive through some volatile parts of the province. According to the Hela Provincial Health Authority (Hela PHA) CEO, Dr James Kintwa this means faster turnaround times and testing closer to home for most rural communities in the Komo-Magarima District. “Previously, all TB test samples would have had to be collected and sent to Hela Hospital for analysis with a potential wait of three or more days for…
Jacks of PNG through the Management of City Pharmacy Limited announced the Top 5 winners of the Design PNG – PNG’s Most Influential Design Competition at the Jacks of PNG Retail shop at Waigani Central last night. The Top 5 winners were Max Talian (POM), Arison Kul (POM), LaForce Mand (LAE), Dian Neah (LAE) and Junior Nalo (MANUS), who all walked away with K2000 each. CEO for CPL GROUP, Mr Navin Raju said in Papua New Guinea, as you travel around the province, there is an abundance of talent, there’s so many different cultures, there are so many different colors…
The Capital Rugby Union (CRU) President announced this week that the CRU Club Presidents met on Thursday 7 January 2021 at Rugby Haus and resolved to accept the Expression of Interest from MBB Marlins Rugby Club to join CRU from the 2021 Season. CRU is pleased to announce that MBB Marlins will be the ninth Club to join the CRU Family after meeting the required criteria as a Club. MBB Marlins Patron Mr Rawali Bokuik said the Club was looking to offer their players the maximum benefit by joining CRU who have a wealth of experience in the development of…
Papua New Guinea reported ten new cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours increasing the country’s total cases to 833. A total of nine cases were reported in West New Britain whilst New Ireland province reported one positive case. In Talasea district in West New Britain, five female and four male, ages ranging between 19 to 53 have been tested positive. All nine cases did not show symptoms of COVID-19 but swab samples returned positive. In New Ireland province, a 51 year old male who lives in Lihir, Namatanai district is the latest to be confirmed positive.…
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Emmanuel Tipi and Salam Lavaki are the faces behind the social media famous ‘KabbageGang Entertainment’ which have taken Papua New Guinea comedy to a whole new level. Everywhere on Social Media, especially Facebook and YouTube, you will not miss scrolling across any one of their videos shared by fans. Emmanuel hails from Enga and Salam from Gulf, and the duo came up with the name ‘KabbageGang’ because they thought the name was humorous and that no one would react to what they did seriously. But without it being intentional, KabbageGang Entertainment has grown to be one of the funniest entertainment…