The Pan Pacific Masters Games will be trialed as an annual event on the Gold Coast after being a biennial event since 1998, the city’s mayor has announced. The 10-day event got underway on Friday for the first time since 2018 due to COVID-19, with 13,000 competitors registered across 42 sports. The trial is in place until 2024. Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate made the announcement to the athletes at the opening night celebrations at the Games Village alongside the beach at Kurrawa. “Pan Pacific will be here every year,” he said. “Sport really excites and unites. On the Gold Coast, we are exciting…
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In accordance with recent updated covid-19 travel measures in Papua New Guinea, PNG Air wishes to advise our customers and the travelling public of updates to travel in our operations. The wearing of face masks are no longer mandatory at all domestic airports, and are optional on PNG Air flights. Passengers are also not required to fill out Health Declaration Forms on arrival at your destination. There are also no restrictions on International Travel into PNG. The amendments to the covid-19 travel measures are placed by the Office of The Controller under the National Pandemic Act 2020. PNG Air asks…
The Port Moresby based West Eagles Australian Football League (AFL) club has secured grand final spots in both the Reserve and A Grade division after a tough 2022 season. President of the Port Moresby AFL Association Mr. Douglas Lai confirmed that in the Reserve the Eagles will meet the Gordons Kokofas, while in the A Grade the Eagles will meet Concept Koboni. “ The club has performed very well this season through some good management of the teams,” said the president. Meanwhile, this grand final showdown will be the first time after two years since the last proper grand final…
The Nadzab Airport in Lae Morobe Province has received a new Rosenbauer Panther Fire Truck to strengthen the Airport’s Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) capabilities. The new fire truck was procured as part of the Nadzab Airport Redevelopment Project (NARP) which is funded by the PNG Government through the JICA ODA Loan. ARFF is an important service provided by the National Airports Corporation at major airports including Nadzab. The addition of the new fire truck, now increases the number of fire trucks at Nadzab to three. With a modern design and optimized features, including an enhanced extinguishing power, the new…
England overcame a tough start to the first half to overcome a committed PNG Orchids side and confirm their spot at the top of Pool A. The home side ran in eight tries overall to claim a 42-4 victory- which means they will next face the second placed team from Pool B in the semi finals, which at this stage based on current standings is New Zealand. The Orchids however started the game the stronger with the forwards, in particular skipper Elsie Albert, laying a platform to see fullback Martha Molowia open the scoring. From there however, England settled into…
French authorities have opened an investigation into one of highest-ranking members of France’s Catholic church, who admitted to sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl when he was a parish priest, more than three decades ago. French Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, 78, made the stunning admission in a written statement which was read by the President of Conference of Bishops of France, Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, during a press conference in Lourdes on Monday. The cardinal wrote in the statement that his behavior had been “reprehensible” and had “led to serious and lasting consequences for this person.” Ricard said that he had asked for…
Eminem has joined the ranks of some of the world’s greatest entertainers as an inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The bestselling rapper was inducted into the hall of fame by his longtime collaborator Dr. Dre on Saturday (Nov. 5). The West Coast rap icon signed Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers III, in March 1998. Since then, the Detroit native has sold more than 200 million albums. During his induction speech, Dre recalled being shocked to learn that music executive Jimmy Iovine wanted him to work with a white rapper. “That f**ked me up,” the former N.W.A member…
Prime Minister and Pangu Pati Leader James Marape says the Registrar of Political Parties has extended the deadline for MPs to declare their election financial returns by a month. He said this today (November 9, 2022) in response to a front-page report in the Post-Courier that 91 MPs were yesterday (November 8, 2022) declared to have trespassed the Leadership Code by failing to declare their election financial returns. The report claims that the MPs are “guilty of misconduct in office”. “The headline gives the impression that leaders deliberately didn’t file their returns,” PM Marape said. “Contrary to this, we have…
Michael Maguire has been telling his players for five years that they could be the best in the world and the Kiwis aren’t shying away from their No.1 ranking ahead of this weekend’s World Cup semi-final against Australia. While some in the Kangaroos camp have spoken out about the IRL World Rankings, in which Australia were fourth heading into the World Cup, New Zealand captain Jesse Bromwich said his side was comfortable about being labelled favourites. After losing to Tonga and then being eliminated by Fiji in the quarter-final of the 2017 World Cup, the Kiwis have been working for…
PNG now has additional molecular testing capabilities with another one successfully established at the Goroka General Hospital last week. This is a significant achievement for the Papua New Guinea National Department of Health (NDoH) and PNG and is part of the National COVID-19 Emergency Response Plan, to ramp up resources to strengthen the public health laboratory system. With support from Central Public Health Laboratory (CPHL), PNG Institute of Medical Research (IMR). The Health Facility Standard Branch from NDoH, WHO and other partners, the laboratories now able to perform molecular testing this year include, the Angau Hospital, the Mt Hagen Hospital,…