First day of Term 2 kicked off today with students from Lae Secondary school having an assembly so the school admin can outline what is expected this term. Lae Secondary School Principal, Mr Christopher Raymond said that the turn out for the first day was excellent with only a few students missing the first day. “This term is important for the grades 10 and 12 as this is the last term of assessments for them.” “ Its the last term for them to collect as many marks as they can to go towards their internal marks.” “For the grades 9…
Author: Tasminnie ISIMELI
Santos will continue to support the 7th season of the Men of Honour Awards worth K25, 000 as the Highlands regional sponsor. The Men of Honour Campaign is a peace building initiative by Digicel PNG Foundation that focuses on positive behavior with the aim to break the cycle of violence in PNG. So far 95 men across the country have been awarded by Men of Honour Campaign for their outstanding work in their communities to build peace and address drivers of violence in their community. Three ambassadors will be selected from each of the regions with on ‘Unsung Hero’ award…
Following Anslom’s Love Me Again and I will love you, hitting the airwaves in Europe and the USA a popular Music promoter in Europe has described PNG’s international Artist as the most underated reggae artist. Over the last couple of months, Anslom was named the Artist of the Year on Galaxy 107 FM radio in New Zealand, he did interviews with radio stations in Europe and the USA and performed at the International Indie Music Festival in Kerala, India. Recently, Anslom was nominated for seven International Singer Songwriters Association (ISSA) awards. The ISSA is a platform that honours excellence in…
An Australia-funded Leadership Foundation workshop which was held recently in Port Moresby brought together 20 emerging leaders from various law and justice agencies and focused on the role of leadership in addressing anti-corruption. It highlighted the importance of anti-corruption practices, critically analysing real-world scenarios, and providing information and strategies for identifying corruption and how to overcome it. There was a panel discussion that followed which focused on anti-corruption, transparency, good governance, traditional laws and culture and the challenges faced by the country in upholding its Constitution. In attendance to this leadership workshop were Mr Richard Kassman OBE, Board Director of…
The Operation Open Heart Fundraising Dinner has been the major fundraising event for the Operation Open Heart Foundation since 2018. After a 3 year hiatus, a small team of Specialist Doctors from Australia flew in on March 23rd and returned on March 27th, 2023. During this short visit, they conducted open heart surgery on 3 adults and two children. This year’s fundraising dinner will be on 15th of April, 2023 at the APEC House where Australian Singing Sensation Daryl Braithwaite will be performing. Operation Open Heart Foundation Director Corporate Affairs Isabelle Corcoran said that they had set K1M as the…
Over 300 employees from National Airports Corporations operations and support services completed Safety Management System (SMS) training. The objective of an SMS is to facilitate the creation of safety culture so that compliance to regulatory requirements happens as a matter of cause. NAC Corporate SMS Manuals has safety and regulatory requirements to ensure quality assurance through embedding organizational safety culture within the NAC as a document holder in the PNG Civil Aviation System. This training is among many initiatives that are undertaken by NAC to reinforce safety as the top priority in our operations. Acting Managing Director and CEO, Mr…
A staff of Ramu Agri Industries is the Lucky winner of Air Niugini’s return trip tickets picked during the major draw raffle at the end of the 46th National Games Fishing Titles in Lae. The promotion for the raffle ran for a week at the Lae Yacht, giving both the participants of the National Game Fishing titles and the public the chance to participate before the winner was announced. Harry Kaisa won himself two Lae/POM/Singapore return trip tickets after he purchased five raffle tickets for K50 each during the week leading up to the commencement of the National Games Fishing…
Alotau Soccer Associating kicked off their preseason over the long Easter Weekend with over 20 clubs taking part. Week 1 games started on Saturday 08th April and ended on Monday 10th April with Joma leading in Pool A, Gelagela leading the Pool B, KB Wanderers leading Pool C and Yele Footy in the top spot in Pool D. Alotau Soccer Association Vice President, Mr. Jeffery Feeger said they had some wash out games and some teams had to forfeit, but they had a good weekend of soccer. “The draws for week 2 of the preseason is already out for the…
Five (5) year old Yaom Sani from Hote Village in Salamaua, Morobe Province has been living with an enlarged growth on her shoulder for three years now. She lost her mother in 2020 and soon after started having the growth on her shoulder. In 2022, the growth grew very large that her father, Sani Matayam took her to the local aid post but it was unfortunate that there wasn’t anyone to help her medically or give her a diagnosis of her medical condition. In search of proper medical care and assistance, Yaom and her father travelled to Lae city, to…
The University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) West New Britain Students Association (WNBSA) held their first fundraiser for the year over the weekend at the National Football Stadium to start raising funds for their end of the year programs. The UPNG WNBSA President, Mr. Michael Jr Reu said that they need to raise over K30, 000 to support their end of year programs in West New Britain. “We plan on conducting an open forum at the end of the year at Bialla and Kimbe towns where we will talk about the law and order issues in the province.” “We will…