The Port Moresby General Hospital Labour Ward delivered forty (40) babies during New Year’s Day, Sunday, the 1st of January, 2023. Of the 40 babies, 25 were male and 15 were female; three deliveries were via Cesarean section and the rest were normal births. A set of twins was also delivered where one baby was delivered through normal childbirth but the mother was assisted via vacuum to deliver the second baby. Mother from Simbu, Susan Michael, delivered the heaviest baby for New Year’s Day, a bouncing baby boy weighing a whopping 4.3 kg who was born at 1:10 pm. Dilala…
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New York has become the latest US state to allow so-called human composting. A person can now have their body turned into soil after their death – which is seen as an environmentally friendly alternative to a burial or cremation. Also known as “natural organic reduction”, the practice sees a body decompose over several weeks after being shut in a container. In 2019, Washington was the first US state to legalise it. Colorado, Oregon, Vermont and California followed suit. New York is therefore the sixth American jurisdiction to allow human composting, following Saturday’s stamp of approval from Kathy Hochul, the…
An earthquake struck Northern California Sunday morning for the second time in less than a two-week span, according to the US Geological Survey. The 5.4 magnitude earthquake occurred about 30 miles south of Eureka and was centered about 9 miles southeast of Rio Dell, the USGS said. The earthquake was a shallow one, occurring at a depth of about 17.3 miles, according to preliminary information from the agency. Rio Dell Mayor Debra Garnes said the quake shook her house. “It was crazy. The earthquake felt more violent this time,” Garnes told CNN. “It was shorter, but more violent. My refrigerator…
At least nine people have died in a crowd crush during New Year festivities in the Ugandan capital Kampala. A number of children were killed in the incident that unfolded in a shopping center that hosted a fireworks display. One eyewitness explained that people – including his friend – suffocated after getting caught between crowds that were moving in opposing directions. Big gatherings for New Year’s Eve were allowed for the first time since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Kampala police said people had attended a concert at Freedom City Mall in large numbers. A crowd surge was said to…
The arrest of three men in Rabaul for possession of drugs during the festive period has exposed a well-organized drug syndicate in East New Britain. Cleopas Warpit, ward member for Vunadidir ward in Toma Vunadidir LLG in Gazelle District said this when commending and appreciating the efforts of police officers involved in the Rabaul District festive operations. The trio- Tazo Tinoa from Eastern Highlands Province, Raymond Peter from Aperera village, Kainantu, EHP and Tony Walange from Suhumu village, East Sepik Province were charged on Tuesday Dec 27, 2022 after police confiscated 16 kilograms of marijuana drugs from them that was…
The Port Moresby General Hospital Adult Emergency Department (ED) has had to endure another year of festive season increase in Trauma Cases. Official records from the Christmas period record nearly fifty (50) cases with 70 per cent being male. The most common injury was assault and blunt force trauma with penetrating injuries being the next most common. The New Year period, however, saw a quiet night progressing into the New Year with most casualties arriving after 8am to the department. As of 3:00pm yesterday afternoon , over 40 patients were seen, and 80 per cent were male. Unfortunately 98 per…
One-year-old Brenda’s tiny feet are bare on the cold asphalt of an El Paso parking lot as the harsh reality starts to sink in for her parents. They are undocumented. They are homeless. And their daughter barely escaped death when they crossed the Rio Grande. “My daughter would have died because she was super frozen,” said Glenda Matos. Matos’ pain is clear in her eyes as she recalls her daughter being drenched, in the freezing cold, all while crying hysterically. Matos and her husband, Anthony Blanco, say they had nothing to keep their daughter warm, not even body heat, because…
The PNG emergency ambulance service attended to 50 incidents in the 12 hours from 6pm and 6am on New Year’s Day. 39 of these were in NCD and 11 in regional stations. The ambulance service had 14 ambulances and response vehicles on duty during the NYE celebrations included six ambulances and four rapid response vehicles in NCD; two ambulances and a rapid response vehicle in Lae; one ambulance and one rapid response vehicle in Kokopo. 38 ambulance team members were involved in the operation including 30 ambulance staff in NCD, five in Lae and three in Kokopo, with additional on…
The Dragons are pleased to welcome Tongan international Ben Murdoch-Masila to the club for the 2023 and 2024 seasons. The 14-Test veteran joins the Red V from the Warriors, where he played 27 games in two seasons after returning from a five-year stint in the Super League at Salford and Warrington. “Ben is a quality player with great experience and he certainly provides what we have been looking to build within our forward pack,” said Dragons General Manager of Football Ben Haran. “We are excited to see him join the playing group next week and look forward to the impact…
While some major cities around the world marked the New Year with a bang and festivities, celebrations were more muted in places experiencing surges of Covid-19, or enmeshed in war and conflict. Sydney, one of the world’s first major cities to welcome in the New Year, did so with a typically dazzling fireworks display, which for the first time featured a rainbow waterfall off the famous Harbour Bridge. Australia celebrated its first restriction-free New Year’s Eve after two years of Covid-19 disruptions. “This New Year’s Eve we are saying Sydney is back as we kick off festivities around the world…