The St. Joseph Training Centre at Iawakaka ward, Rabaul District has produced more than 300 students since the rollout of trainings in June last year. The training center which is a Catholic run organization offers one month basic cooking, basic sewing and organic gardening courses. It recently hosted its graduation which saw Batch 5 for Basic Cooking and Batch 4 for Basic sewing graduated with flying colors; wearing shirts they themselves sewed and celebrating afterwards with food they prepared. A total of 34 participants graduated which includes both male and female; 26 for basic cooking and eight for basic sewing.…
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Argentina has revived its World Cup hopes with a 2-0 victory over Mexico in front of a raucous crowd at Lusail Stadium in Qatar. The match was scoreless entering the second half, but it was 35-year-old superstar Lionel Messi who made a superb goal in the 64th minute to break the tie. Enzo Fernández punctuated the victory with a second goal for Argentina just before the end of regulation. La Albiceleste was humiliated earlier this week when it threw away the lead to lose 2-1 to Saudi Arabia in its opening Group C match, immediately throwing the team’s contention into doubt. With the…
Minister for Foreign Affairs Justin Tkatchenko, in an official address to the media on Friday (25/11/220, said the Department had already initiated preliminary arrangements to update Papua New Guinea’s Foreign Policy White Paper since its creation 41 years ago. Minister Tkatchenko revealed seven career diplomats, who previously served Papua New Guinea’s Foreign Service, would become the core team of experts to primarily undertake a Foreign Policy Review then subsequently establish the country’s new Foreign Policy White Paper. The team of experts will be led by Sir Charles Lepani and include Dame Jean Kekedo, Dame Meg Taylor, Gabriel Dusava, Winnie Kiap,…
Boisen Secondary School in Rabaul District, East New Britain Province recently witnessed the graduation of 54 pioneer Grade 8 students under the 1-6-6 reform structure. Apart from the pioneer Grade 8’s, the school also celebrated the third graduation for Grade 10’s and the second graduation for Grade 12’s after the school’s re-establishment in 2017. Speaking during the graduation was school Principal Mr Wesly Kankan who stressed on the graduation theme; “Empowering Responsible Citizens”. He encouraged students to set goals and have a positive mindset; contributing meaningfully to the development in their communities. Mr Kankan added though the school infrastructure development…
The future looks bright for those wishing to pursue a career in Medicine after the announcement by the Minister for Health, Dr. Lino Tom, of his ministry and the National Executive Council (NEC) plans to introduce a standalone Medical University that must be established from 2023 onwards. Dr. Lino, when giving his ministerial statement on the floor of parliament in last week Thursday’s parliament session, said that he will be commencing collaboration with the Minister for Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, Mr. Don Polye and other stakeholder to progress these possible options. “This will definitely take some time, but…
With law and order issues escalating at uncontrollable levels at village and ward levels in Rabaul District of East New Britain Province, the establishment of ward development committees (WDC) is timely says Rabaul District Administrator, Benedict Mode. He was speaking at the swearing in ceremony for WDC officials for the Kombiu LLG at Waterhouse Junior High School at Gelagela on Friday (Nov 25). Rabaul District now has successfully established 47 WDCs for its total of 49 wards situated in the four LLGs of Rabaul Urban, Watom, Balanataman and Kombiu. Two wards namely Pilapila in Balanataman and Korere ward two in…
Writer E Jean Carroll has sued Donald Trump in the US state of New York for allegedly raping her in the 1990s. Ms. Carroll, 78, is among the first to sue under the Adult Survivors Act, which came into effect on Thursday. The state law allows a one-year period for victims to file sexual assault lawsuits in New York over claims that would have otherwise exceeded statute limitations. The former president has denied the allegations against him. Ms. Carroll alleges the attack took place in a New York luxury department store dressing room 27 years ago. The Adult Survivors Act…
Watching Cristiano Ronaldo in the first half of Portugal’s World Cup opener against Ghana on Thursday, you could feel the frustration from the stands. The striker still looked the part, waving to the crowds and receiving the biggest cheer of anyone when the starting lineups were announced before kickoff. He was applauded by fans around the stadium and shirts with his name emblazoned on the back could be seen all over Doha, Qatar, in the buildup to the match. His iconic “SIUU” broke the language barrier with people from all over the world communicating to each other by mimicking the iconic celebration.…
The mass rollout of ward governance mentoring in East New Britain in the past two weeks is an eye-opener for most members of Ward Development Committees (WDC) especially on the demarcation of roles and responsibilities. The 21 days ward governance mentoring and WDC setup program initiated by the Division of Districts and LLGs Affairs under the ENB Provincial Administration is to address the weak system of governance displayed at the ward level. On Thursday (Nov 24), the Balanataman LLG in Rabaul District successfully hosted a swearing-in occasion for 126 officials from its 18 wards. The officials included 18 ward members,…
Prime Minister James Marape is keen to see the immediate start of work by the bi-partisan parliamentary committee established to delve into and improve the country’s electoral process, with a submission to Cabinet next year 2023. With Papua New Guinea set to mark its 50th Independence anniversary in 2025 and the next National General Elections in 2027, Prime Minister Marape told Parliament Thursday (24/11/22) that he and his government wanted to secure the voting system in time for these two major events and beyond. The Prime Minister was responding to Opposition Leader Joseph Lelang who, during Questions Without Notice, asked…