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…
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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…
As the Australian town of Shepparton picks up the pieces after weeks of heavy rain and floods, Pacific Islands seasonal workers have also been caught in the disaster. Simon Mack, a Papua New Guinea labour contractor in Shepparton said many seasonal workers are still living in evacuation centres. With farms flooded and no work, Mr Mack said many will not be able to pay rent when they leave emergency housing. Source: ABC Pacific
Democrat Maxwell Frost will be the first member of Generation Z elected to Congress, CNN projects, winning the open seat for Florida’s 10th Congressional District. Generation Z refers to those born after 1996. Frost will succeed Democrat Val Demings, who vacated the seat to run for Senate. The 25-year-old representative-elect told CNN’s Poppy Harlow on Wednesday that when President Joe Biden called to congratulate him, the President recalled being too young to be sworn in as a senator when he was first elected at age 29. “He asked me if it was the same situation. I said, ‘No, Mr. President, you had me…
With support from UNICEF, the National Department of Health (NDOH) is holding a training on the Integration of Social and Behaviour Change in Health Promotion Strategies in Port Moresby between 1-11 November. The four-day training programme aims to equip health promotion and communication professionals with the requisite knowledge to design, implement, monitor, and measure the outcomes of effective and creative interventions and materials based on evidence and analysis. During this week’s inauguration ceremony, Acting Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services, Mr. Ken Wai calls for commitment and support of the health workforce, to appreciate the National Government’s new paradigm shift,…