The Investment Promotion Authority (IPA) delivered a stakeholder awareness and training workshop for the New Guinea Islands Region in Kokopo from 27th – 28th October 2022. The awareness was geared towards training and building the capacity of New Guinea Islands Provincial Commerce Officers and Business Development Officers from the districts by providing awareness on the IPA functions and the key legislative and systems changes and processes. The awareness focused on different Acts administered by the IPA, functional duties of the key Divisions and Units within the Investment Promotion Authority, and current regulatory and legislative reforms that IPA is undertaking. Furthermore,…
Author: PNG Haus Bung
Santos PNG Orchids centre Belinda Gwasamun has set the Rugby League World Cup alight, particularly with her scintillating four-try performance against Brazil. But, in the lead-up to the tournament, Belinda took part in a global #RLWC2021 photography project with Goal Click, taking analogue photos on disposable cameras in her hometown of Mount Hagen (in the PNG highlands) to showcase rugby league there. Belinda says: “My favourite photo is the one of people in Mount Hagen watching rugby league on a rustic field (below). It shows that even though we do not have a proper stadium, kit or boots, people have…
New Zealand has beaten England in an extraordinary Rugby World Cup final in front of a record 42,579 at Auckland’s Eden Park. Winger Ayesha Leti-l’iga scored a try nine minutes from time to edge the Black Ferns ahead for just the second time in a pulsating match, 34-31. England, who played for more than two-thirds of the match with 14 women after Lydia Thompson was sent off for a reckless tackle after just 18 minutes, had a chance to drive the ball over the line from a five-metre lineout — a tactic that had already bought four tries in the game. However,…
Papua New Guinea (PNG) met with Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) on a bilateral discussion on Friday at the annual United Nations Climate Negotiations (COP 27), Egypt. The bilateral was to discuss priority areas under the country’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) of which GGGI can support as a delivery partner. The priority areas include infrastructure, health, agriculture and transport; the type of support needed to implement projects on the ground in response to climate change. PNG was represented by Minister for Environment, Conservation and Climate Change, honorable Simo Kilepa and GGGI was represented by Director General, Frank Rijsberman. During the…
Carol Humeu is the most capped Orchid and will make her tenth test appearance for PNG against Australia in next week’s Rugby League World Cup semi-final. As one of the pioneer players in the re-established Port Moresby women’s rugby league competition, Carol began playing in 2011 and was selected for the Orchids’ debut RLWC appearance in 2017. She was player of the tournament in that event and captained her country in 2018. Over more than a decade playing rugby league in PNG’s capital, Carol has experienced changing public sentiment towards the women’s game. “When I started playing men would throw…
Samoa captain Junior Paulo has been cleared to play in next weekend’s World Cup final against Australia after receiving a caution for a lifting tackle on England prop Tom Burgess. Paulo, who successfully challenged a striking charge after last weekend’s historic defeat of Tonga, was sin-binned for the 13th minute incident but returned to lead Samoa to the biggest win by any Pacific nation after downing England 27-26 in golden point. Fellow Samoa prop Royce Hunt also received a caution for his involvement in the tackle, while England forward Morgan Knowles received a one-match ban for dangerous contact and John…
NAC CEO Rex Kiponge has slammed statements released by Minister for Civil Aviation & Transport Walter Schnaulbelt and CASA Director Benedict Oroko saying they ” are identical, bias and self serving”. “Both have gone to public claiming that NOTAM issued by National Airports Corporation Limited (NAC) for half day Saturday 12/11/2022 from 3am-12pm was a direct result of my arrest on Friday 11th November 2022 which is from the truth”. In their statements, they both claimed that 17 Policemen who stormed into sterilized and highly restricted areas of the airside through the Arrivals Gate at the Domestic Terminal without going…
Last time the Orchids played in a Rugby League World Cup in 2017, Shellie Long was lining up against them (for the Far North Queensland All Stars in a pre-tournament warm-up match). Despite being born in Port Moresby, the 22-year-old moved to Australia as a young child and did not grow up with PNG influences, so it had not crossed her mind that by the time of the next RLWC she could be playing for the Orchids. But it was a conversation with NRLW St George Illawarra Dragons teammate Elsie Albert (Shellie was in the Dragons NRLW squad for the…
Prime Minister James Marape, MP has strongly condemned the National Airport Corporation (NAC) saga and has directed a full investigation into the sabotaging of Jacksons International Airport operations. The airport came to a complete stop in the morning of Saturday, November 12, 2022, when the airport security blocked off the airport – affecting daily operations of international and domestic flights. PM Marape directed the National Security Advisory Committee, in a National Security Council meeting the same day, to: • Take full carriage of the incident; • institute an independent investigation to ascertain exactly what had happened; and • Charge those…
Trip Valigorsky’s beachfront home in a tight-knit community in Volusia County, Florida had been in his family for nearly 15 years before it was washed away this week, as the dangerous storm surge and powerful winds caused by Hurricane Nicole swept across Florida. “This home was my grandma’s favorite place,” Valigorsky told CNN. “Some of the best memories with her were here.” Valigorksy is just one of many residents in the beachfront neighborhood of Wilbur-By-The-Sea whose homes were damaged or destroyed by the storm. In Volusia County, at least 49 beachfront properties, including hotels and condos, have been deemed “unsafe” in…