Spencer Prior, a former professional football player for Manchester United player in the English Premier League is now the appointed head coach for the PNG National Women’s team PNG Football Association in close consultation with the Oceania Football Confederation are pleased to confirm the official appointment of Spencer Prior as the new PNG Women’s National Football Team head coach. Spencer was preferred ahead of another 2 other shortlisted applicants out of a general field of 15 applications for the PNG Women’s National team head coach position. Spencer holds a AFF/AFC Pro coaching diploma, UEFA B coaching license and other football…
Author: PNG Haus Bung
Kairuku Hiri Netball Association (KHNA), an affiliate of Netball PNG officially kicked Start its 15th Tournament at the Rita Flynn Netball Courts, yesterday. This Association was established by Mrs Loi Vele in 2007. Mrs Vele is also the patron of this Association. Acting President Hoi Isaiah in her opening remarks acknowledged the Major Sponsor Hon. Keith Iduhu, Member for Hiri Koiari and support sponsors Niu Power and Exxon Mobil. President Hoi emphasised unity and true sportsmanship throughout the Tournament. Out of the 17 Associations, 9 Associations attended. MC Garry Tauna introduced the 9 Associations in attendance; Hisiu, Kido, Lealea, Papa,…
The National Department of Health with technical support of WHO Papua New Guinea is currently conducting consultation of its draft strategy and guidelines on addressing health impacts of climate change in Papua New Guinea. The workshop has brought Environmental Health Officers from the MOMASE Region to Madang this week, to discuss two important documents for the country: 1. The Draft National Climate Change and Health Strategy and Action Plan (SAP) and 2. Draft Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Care Facility (CRESHCF) Guidelines. This is the third consultation on SAP and second consultation on CRESHCF following provincial consultation in East…
The two bills introduced by Prime Minister James Marape to return to Government the position of ‘Chief Secretary’ received overwhelming support in Parliament today with all Members from both sides of the House speaking for and none against it. The Prime Minister and National Executive Council (Amendment) Bill 2022 and the accompanying Public Services (Management)(Amendment) Bill 2022 were successfully passed today (231122) restoring the position, which was previously in place but abolished in 2020. In introducing the bills, PM Marape said the need for the post was to ensure Public Service followed directions of Government and that performance was heightened,…
Day 2 of the Oceania Sevens Challenge kicked off with the remaining women’s pool games being played in order to sort out seeding for the finals. Vanuatu entered day two knowing they had nothing to lose and everything to gain following some heavy losses the day prior, and their first performance against Tonga reflected this mentality. After conceding some early points, the Vanuatuan’s struck back through Hannah Taiwia, resulting in some deafening cheers from the Vanuatuan bench. Unfortunately, despite their best-efforts Vanuatu would go onto to be defeated by Tonga, as well as Papua New Guinea in their final match…
A total of 49 wards in the Rabaul District will witness the swearing-in of its ward development committees (WDC) this week. The swearing-in occasion of members of the WDCs kicked off today (Mon) for Rabaul Urban LLG (RULLG) for its 11 wards, Watom LLG will be on Wed for its 6 wards, Balanataman LLG on Thursday for its 19 wards and Kombiu LLG will be on Friday for its 13 wards. This culminates from the rollout of a 21 days ward governance mentoring and WDC setup program initiated by the Districts and LLG Services Division under the ENB Provincial Administration…
PNG Air is pleased to advise our customers, corporate travellers, and the general public that our sales office in Tabubil, Western Province has now reopened. With this reopening, customers in Tabubil can now purchase tickets at our new Sales Office. We are located next to Starmart in the heart of the township. Flight bookings can also be made at any PNG Air, Post PNG Sales Office or online via www.pngair.com.pg We look forward to welcoming you onboard soon, as we continue to connect our domestic network across Papua New Guinea.
The Governments of Australia, Papua New Guinea and the People’s Republic of China met on October 18, to endorse the Trilateral Collaboration on Malaria and Health Security Phase 2 – an innovative partnership supporting malaria and elimination efforts of the PNG’s National Malaria Control Program. Senior government officials from the three partner governments met for the first time since the beginning of Phase 2 which started in 2020 as COVID disrupted previous attempts at a joint meeting. Representing the PNG Government, Deputy Secretary for the Department of National Planning and Monitoring’s (DNPM) Policy and Planning Wing, Michael Kumung thanked the…
Air Niugini wishes to inform students who are sponsored by the Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (DHERST) that your tickets will be sent to you via email. To minimize queues at the sales office, we encourage students to communicate through email only. Students are advised to email: students.dherst@airniugini.com.pg with : 1. Your full name, 2. A copy of your valid student Identification Card(ID) 3. Your mobile phone number with country code +675 4. And preferred date of travel (Up to 31 DEC 2022). Your tickets will be processed, and sent back to your email, within 48 hours.…
A total of 49 wards in the Rabaul District will witness the swearing-in of its ward development committees (WDC) this week. The swearing-in occasion of members of the WDCs kicked off on Monday 23/11/22 for Rabaul Urban LLG (RULLG) for its 11 wards, Watom LLG will be on Wed for its 6 wards, Balanataman LLG on Thursday for its 19 wards and Kombiu LLG will be on Friday for its 13 wards. This culminates from the rollout of a 21 days ward governance mentoring and WDC setup program initiated by the Districts and LLG Services Division under the ENB Provincial…