Billy Walters knows he has a fight on his hands to secure a starting spot at the Broncos but he’s hoping a full pre-season training in the hooking position will stand him in good stead to earn the No.9 jersey. Walters played 23 games last season in the halves, off the bench and at hooker, but now is locked in a four-way tussle with Cory Paix, young gun Blake Mozer and 2022 Hostplus Cup hooker of the year Tyson Smoothy all vying for the dummy half role. “We got Tyson Smoothy as well who’s come on board this year, he’s…
Author: PNG Haus Bung
Prime Minister Marape upon arrival in Sydney this morning met with major Mining and Petroleum investors at the Sofital Hotel, ahead of the PNG Mining, Petroleumand Investment Meeting that will be held at the Sydney Hilton Hotel from 05th-07th December 2022. In his discussions with the Chief Executive Officers of Santos, K92, Twinza, ExxonMobil, Newcrest and Harmony Gold, Prime Minister Marape advised investors to view their investment in its entirety in that it should not be entirely focused on royalty, benefit-sharing and equity issues but rather diversify their investment into exploration and tax credit schemes into social license including for…
Lionel Messi scored in what was the 1,000th game of his storied career as Argentina beat Australia 2-1 to advance to the World Cup quarterfinals. Captaining his national team for the 100th time, Messi ignited this last-16 match midway through the first half, curling home cutely after some neat build-up play – his 789th career goal. In the second half, Julián Álvarez capitalized on some slack goalkeeping by Australia stopper Mat Ryan to score his second goal of the tournament and extend Argentina’s lead. Just when it looked like Argentina might run away with proceedings, Craig Goodwin’s deflected strike from outside the box nestled in the bottom…
Brazilian soccer great Pelé says he’s “strong” and has “a lot of hope” as he continues his treatment for colon cancer. Pelé’s social media post on Saturday came after local media reports in Brazil said that the 82-year old former footballer’s health had worsened. “My friends, I want to keep everyone calm and positive,” said a statement on Pelé’s Instagram page. “I’m strong, with a lot of hope and I follow my treatment as usual. I want to thank the entire medical and nursing team for all the care I have received. “I have a lot of faith in God and every…
A ward recorder in Rabaul District of East New Britain is encouraging his fellow colleagues to diligently collect accurate data from their respective ward to help the Government provide service delivery. Andy Whaittie, a ward recorder in ward eight of Rabaul Urban LLG (RULLG) is among a group of ward recorders from RULLG, Watom LLG and Kombiu LLG engaged as ward recorders in the Rabaul District. The group have just concluded a one week training on how to collect and update data for the ward record book for every council ward in the electorate. While commending the ENB provincial government…
The Marape-Rosso Government’s emphazise on education is to ensure every child has a right to education and no child is left behind and fully support training institutions imparting skills and knowledge to our children. To achieve such out-comes the Government is putting both human and financial resources into the education sector in the 2023 national budget under its tuition fee funding policy. The Secretary for the Department of Prime Minister & National Executive Council, (PM&NEC), Ivan Pomaleu said this when addressing the first graduation ceremony for the Caritas Business College in Port Moresby on Friday, 02nd December, 2022. He represented…
Persons with disabilities are part of the community that we live in. Often times because of their special needs, they are shunned and marginalized. Whilst there has been increase in advocacy initiatives for inclusion of persons with disabilities in development initiatives, such is not the case in reality. WaterAid PNG has been working with communities where persons with disabilities are involved in transformative solutions for access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation. With this year’s International Day of Persons with Disability (IDPD) theme; “Transformative solutions for inclusive development: the role of innovation in fueling an accessible and equitable world,” one…
Police in Hela Province are investigating the recent killings and destruction of a landowner company’s base camp in Hides. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Joseph Tondop said it was a serious criminal matter with acts of arson and double murder. He also confirmed reports that two people were killed in the fighting and properties and assets belonging to landowner company TransWonderLand Limited got burnt down. PPC Tondop said the motive as to how and why the incident happened was unclear at this stage. He added that he cannot confirm or deny whether it was related to indifference in the benefit sharing…
Indonesia’s parliament is expected to pass a new criminal law this month that will punish sex outside marriage with imprisonment of up to a year. Bambang Wuryanto, a politician involved in the draft, said the code could be passed as early as next week. The law, if passed, would apply to Indonesian citizens and foreigners alike. Punishment for adultery can only take effect if there are parties who lodge complaints to the authorities. For those who are married, the party entitled to lodge a complaint is the perpetrator’s husband or wife. The law also allows the parents of unmarried people…
We are in the peak of the southern hemisphere spring and dry season has come to an end. Wet season or the northwest monsoon has commenced with north westerlies well established across the country. Seasonal change from spring to summer will occur on the 13th December and should see increase in the rainfall with heavier falls in the southern parts of the country. Most climate models show a weak La Niña forecasted to be short lived. A weak atmospheric wave (MJO) is passing our region and will enhance rainfall over the next two (2) weeks. Over the last 3-6 months…