My Fellow Papua New Guineans, It is with warm and joyous greetings, I bring optimism for a better, happy and prosperous New Year – 2023. As I look back on this year that we are about to transit from, I notice the many challenges we have encountered; but challenges we have managed to overcome. As we moved beyond the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, we were hit by inflation triggered by the Russian-Ukraine Crisis, which took a toll on our goods and services, particularly our fuel and food prices. If that wasn’t enough to bear, we encountered more challenging times…
Author: PNG Haus Bung
Dignitaries and religious leaders have been paying tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died Saturday in a monastery in the Vatican at the age of 95. Benedict, who was the first pontiff in almost 600 years to resign his position, rather than hold office for life, passed away on Saturday, according to a statement from the Vatican. “With sorrow I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican,” the Director of the Press Office of the Holy See, Matteo Bruni said. The funeral of Pope Emeritus…
Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr on a deal that runs until 2025. The Portugal captain is a free agent after leaving Manchester United following a controversial interview in which he criticized the club. Ronaldo will reportedly receive the biggest football salary in history at more than £177m per year. The 37-year-old says he is “eager to experience a new football league in a different country”. Ronaldo added: “I am fortunate that I have won everything I set out to win in European football and feel now that this is the right moment to share my experience in Asia.”…
A man who “jumped at the chance” to join a drug trial after being diagnosed with cancer and given 12 months to live has said “getting the all-clear was overwhelming”. Robert Glynn was diagnosed with a form of bile duct cancer in 2020 after going to the GP with severe shoulder pain. He went on to join an immunotherapy trial at Manchester’s The Christie. The 51-year-old from Worsley, Salford, said he was “very lucky as I had the cancer for two years and had no idea”. Mr Glynn, who works as a welder, was diagnosed after suffering severe pain in…
A 90-year-old woman will finally walk across the stage and receive her diploma, 71 years after she first enrolled in college. Joyce DeFauw, then Joyce Viola Kane, started her freshman year at Northern Illinois University in 1951 with a plan to graduate with a degree in home economics. But those plans changed when DeFauw met a special man at church who stole her heart, she told CNN Thursday. “I went to school for three and a half years, but decided to leave after I met him.” DeFauw said. The special man was Don Freeman Sr. The two got married in 1955,…
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is “lucid and vigilant” but his condition remains serious, the Vatican said Thursday in an update on the former pontiff’s health. “He is absolutely lucid and vigilant and today while his condition remains serious, the situation at the moment is stable,” Vatican press office director Matteo Bruni said in a statement. “Pope Francis renews his invitation to pray for him and accompany him in these difficult hours.” Pope Francis announced Wednesday that his 95-year-old predecessor was “very sick” after a deterioration in his health. “I want to ask you all for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict…
Joseph, “Jo Mersa” Marley, a Reggae artist who followed in the footsteps of father, musician Stephen Marley, and grandfather, the late Reggae star Bob Marley, has died, Miami police told CNN. He was 31. Marley was found deceased inside his parked vehicle in Miami on Monday night. Police are investigating his death but said they do not suspect foul play. The Miami-Dade coroner is conducting an examination to determine his cause of death. Marley, a native of Jamaica who grew up in Miami, was mourned by Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Tuesday. “This is truly sad news; sending strength…
A Kabul professor tore up his diplomas live on television in Afghanistan in protest over the Taliban’s barring of women from higher education. The man, named Ismail Mashal, is founder of the private Mashal University in Kabul and also a lecturer at Kabul University. With tears in his eyes and his voice quivering, he ripped up the diplomas during an on-set appearance for the country’s Tolo News on Monday. “From today, I don’t need these diplomas anymore because this country is no place for an education. If my sister and my mother can’t study, then I don’t accept this education,” he said.…
Reaching the milestone of providing support to over 15,000 cocoa, vanilla and fisheries-dependant households in the Sepik region in the first nine months of 2022, was the highlight of the Programme Steering Committee’s (PSC) meeting held in Wewak, East Sepik Province. The PSC meeting, attended by high officials from the PNG Department of National Planning and Monitoring (DNPM), Department of Agriculture, Department of ICT, Provincial Administrations of East and West Sepiks, the European Union, and representatives from five involved UN agencies, also highlights the need to further strengthen the partnership between implementing partners, counterparts, and stakeholders at national, provincial, and…
Trukai Industries recently donated K5,000 to help purchase a CT Scanner for the Buka General Hospital. This assistance demonstrates Trukai Industries’ support for community activities under its health initiatives which is a part of its corporate social responsibility program. This donation was presented to the Bougainville Charity Foundation’s (BCF) fundraising drive to purchase a cancer detection equipment. BCF has helped many remote communities throughout Bougainville in various aspects, which include education and health with its recent fundraising appeal to purchase the cancer equipment for Bougainville’s main hospital. BCF’s Chairman Romulus Masiu described Trukai’s timely donation as a blessing to the…