Day: November 17, 2017
Meninga calls for fast footy
SYDNEY: Australian coach Mal Meninga has implored the referees to allow the Kangaroos to play an entertaining style of football in Friday’s quarterfinal against Samoa despite opposition teams purposely trying […]
Star reflects criminal past, inspires youths
WELLINGTON: Players from the Tongan World Cup rugby league team met youth offenders in Christchurch Men’s Prison. Manu Ma’u knows what it is like to carry a prison sentence with […]
Hayne embraces idea of Pacific Barbarians league team
AUCKLAND: Jarryd Hayne has endorsed the concept of a Pacific Barbarians-style rugby league team. The Fiji five-eighth backed the call of Tonga prop Andrew Fifita to have a combined Pacific […]
Dominant display against Cooks in opener
SYDNEY: The Australian Jillaroos have kicked off their women’s World Cup campaign in thrilling fashion, defeating Cook Islands 58-4 at Southern Cross Group Stadium. The Jillaroos shared the scoring around […]
Samoa draw inspiration from Tonga win
SYDNEY: Samoa believe they can shock Australia in rugby league World Cup after Tonga boilover Prop Sam Tagataese says Tonga’s landmark victory over New Zealand last Saturday has given Samoa […]
Levi set for long stay at hooker
WELLINGTON: Not every young New Zealand rugby league player gets to be Nelson Asofa-Solomona. Like Asofa-Solomona, Danny Levi is 21 and a former Wellington junior who made his NRL debut […]
Missing British explorer ‘spotted’
A BRITISH explorer missing in Papua New Guinea for about a month has been spotted near an airstrip, an unconfirmed said yesterday. His wife, Lenka Allen, said according to a […]
Alerts in place: Firms
By HELEN TARAWA TELIKOM PNG says it alerts its mobile phone customers when their credits are being depleted in regards to their data bundles “but there is still room for […]
Official warns against high govt debt
By Lemach Lavari AN economist has warned that high government debt and expenditure will impede the growth of local firms and the potential of the agriculture industry. At an event […]
Parliament to table new budget
THE 2018 national budget is expected to be tabled in Parliament on Nov 28, according to Treasurer and Deputy Prime Minister Charles Abel. Parliament will convene from next Tuesday, Nov […]