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…
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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…
Trukai Industries Limited has strengthened its commitment to developing sports in PNG by sponsoring this year’s Trukai National Weightlifting Championship at the Southside Fitness Centre, Port Moresby. Following a sponsorship of K50,000 donated to the PNG Weightlifting Federation (PNGWF) earlier this year, Trukai has cemented its support for the sport by donating an additional K8,000 to support athletes competing in this year’s championship. The Trukai National Weightlifting Championship is a qualifying event for the 2023 South Pacific Games, and it will include returning athletes such as Dika Toua and Morea Baru who will be attempting to qualify for the pacific…
There was no immediate word about casualties after the crash, which involved two World War II-era planes at an air show in Dallas on Saturday. Two World War II-era airplanes collided in midair at an air show in Dallas on Saturday, the authorities said, turning the commemorative Veterans Day weekend event into a scene of horror. It was not immediately clear how many people were aboard when the planes — a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra — crashed at about 1:20 p.m. local time, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The crash happened at the Wings Over…
Kevin Conroy, who is best known for voicing Batman, has died aged 66. He first played Bruce Wayne 30 years ago in Batman: The Animated Series and went on to appear in a number of TV shows, feature films and video games. He also voiced the superhero in the video games Arkham Knight and Arkham City and also appeared in a 2019 episode of Batwoman. His agent Steven Neibert told the BBC: “The voiceover community lost one of the greats. “I am completely devastated as I worked with him for over 25 years.” Conroy was described as a “dear friend”…
Australia have advanced to the World Cup Final with a 16-14 win over Trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand in an epic semi-final in Leeds on Saturday morning (AEDT). After trailing 14-10 at the break the Kangaroos took the lead through Cameron Murray in the 53rd minute and then kept the Kiwis at bay in a pulsating second half that featured brutal defence, flare-ups and close calls. An early mistake by Peta Hiku handed Australia field position but the Kiwis defence held firm before Ben Hunt kicked out on the full in the eighth minute and the Kangaroos were forced to defend…
A deadly outbreak of listeria in six states has been linked to contaminated deli meat and cheese, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced. But what can you do reduce your risk of becoming infected? What to know Listeria is a hardy germ, so determined to stick around that it can continue to grow while refrigerated, which even fellow bacterial villains salmonella and E. coli cannot do. In the United States, listeria is the third leading cause of death from foodborne illness, killing about 260 a year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Even with adequate antibiotic treatment, the…
Twitter appears to be battling a wave of celebrity and corporate impersonators on its platform who have quickly gamed the company’s new paid verification system, hours after its launch. CNN has confirmed multiple verified Twitter accounts have been suspended by the platform after other users posted screenshots showing misleading content from the accounts. The fake verified accounts had posed as former President Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Nintendo of America, the basketball player LeBron James, the software company Valve and others. Before being suspended, the impostor Nintendo account tweeted an image of the video game character Mario giving the viewer the…
Hurricane Nicole has made landfall on Florida’s Atlantic coast just south of Vero Beach as a Category 1 hurricane early Thursday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center, sending rising ocean water onshore and lashing the state with damaging winds and heavy rainfall. The hurricane — packing maximum sustained winds of up to 75 mph — has arrived in the Sunshine State as some cities are still recovering from Hurricane Ian, which hit Florida as a Category 4 storm just weeks ago. Nicole is the first hurricane to make landfall in the US in November in nearly 40 years. The last hurricane to do…