Let us do a bit of time travelling back across the seas and continents and across some 2000 years to that first Christmas in a small town in Judea called Bethlehem. There on a bed of straws staring back at the stares of farm animals silenced by wonder, we find the baby whose birth has divided the human calendar into two – that before and that after his birth. The simplicity of the message implicit in the humble setting of his birth combines with the powerful impact of his later spoken messages of peace, love and salvation and the humility…
Author: PNG Haus Bung
Three divisions under the United Church (UC) congregation in the Gazelle districts held a combine fellowship on Sunday at the Navunaram UC to meet with the Free Trade Zone (FTZ) consultant Tony Restall. Mr. Restall who is also known as Mr. Free World was accompanied by the FTZ chairman Smael Sam Manikot and the technical working team. According to Mr. Manikot this is part of the consultant visit plan visiting the people, churches and doing awareness and observing doing research as part of the projects initial planning stage. He said following the decision for the Rabaul tuna exporting processing project…
A car driver escaped a crime attack last night and alerted police, who arrested three men and recovered a home made gun, loaded with high powered rifle bullets, and a bush knife. The motorist was driving out of Dorido street at Port Moresby’s June Valley surburb when he was approached by several suspects armed with guns and knives at around 2am last night. Two gunshots were reportedly fired, but no injuries or damages were sustained in this crime attack. The complainant sped to the Waigani Traffic lights and and saw Sector Patrol Fox 204 coming from Morata way. He flagged…
The National Capital District Provincial Health Authority (NCDPHA) and PNG St John Ambulance (PNGSJA) renewed the Agreement for SJA to provide emergency ambulance services for the PHA in NCD. NCDPHA CEO, Dr Steven Yennie acknowledged the continuous support and the tremendous work carried out by the St John Ambulance in serving the people of National Capital District, and throughout the country. In 1983 St John Ambulance was handed over the responsibility for providing the National Capital District Ambulance Service. This Agreement extends over 40 years of service that St John has provided to the community in partnership with the National…
In 2022, the ambulance service responded to over 22,000 calls for help from people across Papua New Guinea. It was a mammoth achievement made possible because of some 130 ambulance staff stepping forward when help is needed across four regions, using 40+ ambulances and emergency vehicles, travelling thousands of kilometers each day. We thank all community members who have who have supported the life-saving work of the Green Angels across communities in NC, Central Gulf, Morobe, East New Britain and Simbu. The St John Ambulance Council members are volunteers and they have worked tirelessly this year to help the organization…
The Taliban government has suspended university education for all female students in Afghanistan, the latest step in its brutal clampdown on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women. A spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Higher Education confirmed the suspension to CNN on Tuesday. A letter published by the education ministry said the decision was made in a cabinet meeting and the order will go into effect immediately. Girls were barred from returning to secondary schools in March, after the Taliban ordered schools for girls to shut just hours after they were due to reopen following months long closures imposed after the Taliban takeover…
Actor Amber Heard said in an Instagram post on Monday that she would settle her defamation claims against ex-husband Johnny Depp. The ‘Aquaman’ star called the decision to settle with Depp “very difficult” adding that it followed “a great deal of deliberation.” In June, a US jury found that actress Amber Heard had made defamatory claims of abuse against her ex-husband Johnny Depp, and awarded him $15 million in damages. The seven-member jury in Virginia found that a 2018 article penned by Heard on the “sexual violence” she had suffered was defamatory to Depp, and was written with malicious intent…
Police in Paraguay are searching for six members of a criminal gang who broke out of prison through a hole in the ground. The escapees belong to Brazil’s largest criminal gang, First Command of the Capital (PCC), which has been expanding to neighboring Paraguay. It is not clear if the hole was dug by construction workers or the inmates themselves. Three fugitives have so far been captured. The jail break happened in the early hours of Tuesday morning in the city of Coronel Oviedo, Paraguayan newspaper ABC reported. ABC said that the hole in the ground had been left after…
Argentina’s World Cup-winning squad arrived home to a jubilant Buenos Aires on Tuesday as millions of people lined the streets and celebrated their champions’ return. On arriving in the country on Tuesday morning, team Captain Lionel Messi stepped off the plane first, holding the gold trophy aloft, followed by his triumphant team onto a red carpet at the airport. As the team bus departed the airport, it was immediately swarmed by cheering supporters dressed in the national colors of blue and white. Videos show the bus inching forward slowly behind a police escort, surrounded by tens of thousands of people waving the Argentine…
Hundreds of offshore workers could spend Christmas in the North Sea after weather conditions cancelled more than 50 helicopter flights. About 300 staff, many of whom are Scottish, have been unable to leave platforms off Denmark as scheduled. French firm TotalEnergies said a phenomenon called “triggered lightning” was responsible for the disruption. The company said it would never compromise with the safety of employees. It also denied reports it was refusing to reschedule cancelled flights and put extra transport on to get workers home for Christmas. A spokeswoman said: “Helicopter transports during wintertime around the North Sea are always challenging…