Day: June 21, 2018
Kumuls underdogs
SYDNEY: Papua New Guinea will be quietly confident of springing an upset over the more fancied Fiji in the first game of Saturday’s Pacific Test Invitational double-header at Campbelltown. The […]
Capital to host Besta leg
PREPARATION for the biggest soccer tournament in Port Moresby is underway. The Port Moresby Soccer Association will be staging the Southern-leg of the Besta FA Cup from July 20-23 at […]
PNG corned beef brand backs rugby league tests
POPULAR Papua New Guinea-based corned beef company Ox & Palm has been announced as the official naming rights partner for the Pacific Test Invitational for the next two years. Ox […]
Fiji halves set to trade places for Pacific test
SYDNEY: There is no tactical sub-plot to Fiji coach Matt Adamson switching playmaker positions by putting Jarryd Hayne to halfback and moving Henry Raiwalui to five-eighth for Saturday’s Pacific test […]
Law review needed to tackle drug problem
ALMOST every day police in the country are arresting people either for growing, harvesting or being in procession of marijuana. Marijuana, or cannabis, is the most commonly used illicit drug […]
James Cook group carries out talent ID
By ISAAC LIRI A DELEGATION from the James Cook University, Queensland, are in Port Moresby assisting the High Performance Sport PNG with its Talent Identification Programme. The JCU team include […]
NGO to help review national sports policy
By ISAAC LIRI THE reviewing of the National Sports Policy this year will involve a stakeholder for the first time, a non-government organisations, WaterAid PNG. The PNG government through the […]
Mendi mayhem sparks fear in health officials, public servants
THE chaos in Mendi town is creating fear among public servants and their families and is restricting their freedom of movement to access social services such as shopping, the provincial […]
Police silence over ‘bad’ officers concerns judge
A NATIONAL Court judge has raised concerns that the police hierarchy was not doing anything about the criminal behaviour of certain serving members of the force. Justice Panuel Mogish, who […]
Court orders arrest of 22 released on rights grounds
BY Max Aumora Jr The Supreme Court has ordered police and Correctional Services in Kimbe to rearrest 22 prisoners released by the National Court on human rights grounds last month. […]