The National Gaming Control Board (NGCB) has come onboard to support the St John Ambulance in purchasing a fully kitted ambulance worth more than three hundred and ninety thousand kina (K390, 000.00) that will increase optimal healthcare and ambulance services in the country. The donation is in line with NGCB’s Agreement to purchase three ambulance vehicles per year starting this year to 2024 in the effort to maximize essential medical and ambulance services to the people of PNG through NGCB’s ‘Give Back Program’. NGCB Director for Community Benefit Fund Naomi Eringe speaking on behalf of NGCB CEO Imelda Agon, said…
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The Australian Government is committed to ensuring all infrastructure investments across Papua New Guinea serve people of all backgrounds and abilities, ensuring communities everywhere benefit from secure, reliable and sustainable infrastructure. Infrastructure – that reflects and responds to people’s diverse needs – plays a pivotal role in empowering communities, especially women, girls and marginalized people. At its best, infrastructure can change the behavior and habits of the people it serves, driving a wide social impact. It can reduce inequality, widen access to jobs and education, make communities more resilient to climate change and promote public health and wellbeing. Australia’s Economic…
Thirty-eight (38) participants comprising of BSP SME customers and BSP staff recently completed a two week training on understanding the different aspects of businesses and how to grow them. BSP Financial Group Limited’s SME Retail in partnership with Australian Business Volunteers (ABV) facilitated the two-week pilot training for “Your Enterprise Scheme” through its network of Skilled Business Professionals. The training comprised of three (3) working models designed for the PNG SME market covering 17 different topics, primarily fundamental building blocks for SMEs in any market segment. These areas included business structure, compliance and the importance of keeping SME receipts records…
The OSHKOSH Global Striker is the name of the specialized rescue and firefighting vehicle which is used by the National Airports Corporation’s Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Team at Tokua Airport in East New Britain Province. The OSHKOSH is fitted with all essential elements that will enable quick response, rescue and firefighting capabilities during any emergencies at the airport. At Tokua Airport, 26-year old Ruth Tenanga, who is the only female in a Team of 10 Aviation Rescue Fire Fighters, is tasked to operate this specialized vehicle. That would make Miss Tenanga the first Papua New Guinean female to…
This is an appeal to the general public to refrain from pointing laser beams at aircraft during landing as this can interfere with the pilots’ ability to operate the aircraft and may cause an accident. Air Niugini pilots have recently noted an increase in instances of high intensity laser lights being pointed at aircraft while on approach to a number of airports around PNG, but especially in Port Moresby during night landing at both ends of the Jackson’s airport. Laser lights pose a threat to the safety of the flight as the glare makes it difficult to concentrate on flight…
Prime Minister James Marape said today he was pleased to receive the audited financial accounts for Mineral Resources Development Company Limited (MRDC) for the years 2018 and 2019. “The audited financial accounts for both years that were presented to me were impressive,” he said. “The reports for both 2018 and 2019 were unqualified, or clean, reflecting that the accounts were properly kept in accordance with compliance requirement under international accounting standard. “The only exception was an emphasis of the impact of COVID-19 on investment in the 2018 accounts, which is understandable, given the adverse impact the pandemic had on businesses…
Prime Minister James Marape has encouraged Chinese enterprises operating in the country to diversify their investment and partner local businesses to support the government’s downstream processing ambition and export finished products. Prime Minister Marape said this at a Christmas dinner hosted by the Chinese Enterprises Association of PNG (CEA PNG), at the Hilton Hotel, in Port Moresby, last night (13/12/22). He said major Chinese enterprises operating in PNG have contributed enormously to the development of the country in terms of infrastructure, employment, tax revenue both in construction and the retail sectors. Prime Minister Marape said PNG and China have a…
Defending champion France ended Morocco’s 2022 World Cup dream on Wednesday thanks to a 2-0 victory at the Al Bayt Stadium. Theo Hernández scored on five minutes with an acrobatic finish, with substitute Randal Kolo Muani tapping home late on as France reached its fourth World Cup final just four years after winning in Russia. But Morocco, the first African team to reach the semifinal stage of the World Cup, can go home with its head held high after running France close before Kolo Muani’s decisive strike. France is the first defending World Cup champion to reach the final in two decades.…
Papua New Guinea University of Technology OH7 team who represented the university and the nation in this year’s 48-hour Ocean hackathon prototype development competition in Noumea, New Caledonia, bagged the regional title. For this 7th edition of Ocean Hackathon, 85 challenges were selected with the objectives of better understanding the ocean and contribute to its sustainable development; and to rethink the use of marine data. Unitech OH7 competed under the theme “Ocean Hackathon – The actors of the sea, digital and innovation”. In their event category, the team developed a prototype for their challenge title within 48 hours before given…
More than 80 aspiring lawyers took part in the annual advocacy workshop hosted by the Legal Training Institute where they learned advocacy skills from expert practitioners from Victoria Bar Association and PNG Law Society, an initiative supported by the PNG Aus Partnership. The course was officially opened by Supreme and National Court Justice Ellenas Batari and focused on civil and criminal advocacy. Just as many women participated as men, an important step to ensuring PNGs future lawyers represent all Papua New Guineans. Representing the Australian High Commission was Minister Counsellor Paul Lehmann who was pleased that the long-running event had…