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New Zealand coach Michael Maguire is set to stick by Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, despite the prop facing a three-match ban that may sideline him until the knock-out stages of the World Cup. The Kiwis travel to England on September 30 and Maguire will be hoping a warm-up clash with Leeds on October 8 can be included in Waerea-Hargreaves' suspension so he is available for the final pool match against Ireland. If the Leeds clash does not count towards the ban, the Roosters veteran would be unavailable until New Zealand’s quarter-final, which is likely to be against Fiji in Hull on November 5. Captain Jesse Bromwich, his Storm team-mate Nelson Asofa-Solomona, Raiders prop Joseph Tapine and Penrith’s James Fisher-Harris and Moses Leota are expected to be among the other middle forwards chosen, so Maguire has depth at his disposal. [caption id="attachment_26527" align="alignnone" width="906"] JWH goes to the bin[/caption] The likes of Isaiah Papali;i, Marata Niukore (both Eels), Kenny Bromwich, Brandon Smith (both Storm), Erin Clarke (Titans), Braden Hamlin-Uele, Briton Nikora (both Sharks), Corey Harawira-Naera (Raiders), Griffin Neame (Cowboys) and Jordan Riki (Broncos) are also in contention for forward spots. However, Waerea-Hargreaves is a valuable member of the Kiwis squad and Maguire considers him to be a leader on and off the field, as does Sydney Roosters mentor Trent Robinson. He has played 32 Tests for New Zealand since 2009 and was a member of the 2013 and 2017 World Cup squads. Waerea-Hargreaves had played every Test since Maguire took charge of the Kiwis in 2018 until forced to missed June's mid-season Test against Mata Ma'a Tonga due to a hamstring injury. While Maguire would want all of his squad to feature in the pool matches against Jamaica, Lebanon and Ireland, he knows that Waerea-Hargreaves is passionate about the Kiwis jersey and will do everything to be ready to play when required. The 32-year-old demonstrated his ability to make an immediate impact after an extended time on the sidelines when he made his comeback in round 19 against Newcastle following seven weeks out due to the hamstring injury The Roosters won seven consecutive matches with their forward leader back in the team before being losing Sunday's elimination final against South Sydney, in which Waerea-Hargreaves was one of a record seven players sin-binned. He was charged with grade two dangerous contact for a head slam on Rabbitohs and England prop Tom Burgess and faces a three match suspension with an early guilty plea or a four match ban if he unsuccessfully challenges the charge. Burgess also faces a two-to-three match suspension for a high tackle on Roosters captain James Tedesco, who is expected to be named Australia's captain at the World Cup. The Souths prop needs his team-mates to make the grand final if he is to play another NRL match this season. Should the Rabbitohs lose to Cronulla on Saturday night England coach Shaun Wane is likely to seek to have the host nation's October 8 warm-up clash with Fiji included in Burgess's ban so he is free for the World Cup opener against Samoa. Source: NRL.com

A long-time member of NCSL , Aaron Miskaram is helping people around him, engaged in small business activities such as selling cooked food items, operating trade stores and small table markets, to open savings accounts with NCSL. Aaron, 39, from New Ireland Province, lives at Ensisi Valley in Port Moresby and operates the Miskaram family trade store. He went out of his way to assist people at Ensisi Valley, UPNG, Boroko, and 5 Mile areas to become members of NCSL . Aaron said he benefited a lot from being a member and wanted others to also save and enjoy the benefits of being a member. “I’ve been saving with NCSL  for a long time now and enjoy everything the Society offers, especially the 1% loan interest and monthly interest paid on our savings,” he said. “My mum is also a voluntary contributor with NCSL and enjoys all the financial benefits. “Having savings set aside assists in my time of need. The services are readily available through the e-channels which is very convenient and I want others around me to know about NCSL  so they too can make that important decision to save and benefit from its attractive range of products and services offered by NCSL,” he said. One woman who recently became a member through Aaron’s awareness now banks her sales profit from selling Aigir with NCSL every two weeks. Aaron is encouraging others engaged in micro and small to medium enterprise (SME) businesses who do not have any savings account to make that choice to financially secure their future with NCSL.

The major damage and dislocation of structural building infrastructures encountered by Wawin National School of Excellence in Morobe during the recent earthquake will not hinder the school from sitting the grade twelves(12) National examinations this year. This was a statement issued by the school's Deputy Principal Mr. Erick Kep. Kep made this statement on Sunday afternoon just after the 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit Morobe, Madang and other provinces. The school encountered cracks and dislocation to roof ceilings, walls and stairs mostly built of bricks. Mr. Kep said grade twelves' national examinations is about four more weeks away and they will still accommodate their students who will sit for this national tests with the rest of the grade 12's nationwide. He stated that they have been working tirelessly to prepare their students for the exams and hence, will still allow students to sit the important tests despite the earthquake destruction that defaced the school infrastructures. He said the school will prioritize on the grade twelve examinations by using available and good condition classrooms to run the examinations.

EU-STREIT PNG started work on two additional farm-to-market access roads in Sandaun and East Sepik provinces totalling 56 plus km, to serve over 16,000 villagers, including businesspersons, women and school children, with improved access to towns, health posts and schools.  The International Labour Organization (ILO) under the EU Funded UN Joint STREIT EU-STREIT PNG has started major improvement work on two key Farm-to-Market Access Roads in Vanimo-Green District, Sandaun Province and Wosera-Gawi District, East Sepik Province. Connecting two Pasi and Krisa rural communities in Bewani-Wutung Onei LLG of Sandaun Province, this 25 km road will serve more than 3,000 rural population. Thirteen thousand plus villagers living in South Wosera and North Wosera LLGs, East Sepik Province, will also benefit from a road rehabilitation project started by ILO to improve the 31.6 KM Farm-to-Market Access Road connecting Patiko and Nuangawai rural communities, it includes 13,000 plus farming-dependant population who lives along this road. The roads rehabilitation and maintenance projects implemented by the EU-STREIT PNG Programme will provide safe, reliable, and climate-resilient transport infrastructure to cocoa, vanilla and fishery-dependant farming communities in the Sepik region, facilitating agribusiness nourishment, people, goods and crops movements and better marketing for locally produced agri-food products. “These roads are important since they help the trade and open business opportunities, market access and also help who provide services such as trucking and Public Motor Vehicle (PMV) operators for movement of people and goods,” said Mr Wesley Weli, Director of National Authorising Officer Support Unit, Department of National Planning and Monitoring. Likewise, these farm-to-market access roads are also a relief to villagers, particularly women and mothers who carry heavy loads and walk with their children for hours to the main highway to catch a PMV to town to sell their produce and get medical treatment. “These roads are very important also in terms of enabling socioeconomic indicators, including health, education, and financial services. These roads also help local businesses and movement along the roads. These projects are a win for all fronts, for all people living around roads,” explained Mr Weli. “We mothers feel the pain of carrying heavy garden produce as well as our sick children and walk this road for hours to the junction. If we’re lucky, we catch a PMV to town. If not, we walk back to the village and do the same thing the next day,” said Maria Mali, a mother of 11 children and grandmother of 12 grandchildren, living along Pasi-Krisa road in Bewani-Wutung Onei LLG. Maria was part of about 500 villagers who celebrated the start of specific maintenance and Rehabilitation work on the Pasi Krisa road. She has been married for 45 years and shares the dilemma the women in the area face. She said there has been no proper maintenance on this road until the recent intervention by ILO under the European Union-funded STREIT Programme in Papua New Guinea. The two roads rehabilitation and improvement projects will be completed in 12 months which include scarifying and reshaping of existing surface, spot re-gravelling, construction of reinforced concrete cement (RCC) box and pipe culverts, and gabion retaining wall as well as installation of crash barrier at different locations. The works also include erecting traffic signs and signages to increase visibility and ensure safety of passengers. Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of Patiko-Nuangawai access road’s rehabilitation work, the EU-STREIT PNG Programme Coordinator, Dr Xuebing Sun said, “Road is the backbone of many rural infrastructure systems. Road provides assurance for the supply of the agricultural inputs, facilitates the delivery of the farm outputs to the markets, and assure your accesses to financing, health and education services. Road will also help you to strengthen competitiveness of your products in the market. Sincere thanks to the EU for its generous funding support, I am really happy that after one year, this road can reach you. I want to request for your active support, contribution, and participation to this road project as much as possible. Sustainability and long-term use of the road through effective maintenance rely on you; you are the ones who are going to use and own this road.” Calling on the community to support the road project, ILO’s Chief Infrastructure Specialist, Mr Shailendra Kumar Jha, said, “the contractor is willing to complete the whole roads with quality before the 12 months period, that will generate thousands of paid decent jobs for local community and youths, however community support and collaborations are must. The Road project will also transfer the skills to local youths for future use and employability.” This Pasi-Krisa (25 km) & Patiko-Nuangawai (30.6 km) are two out of 15 selected rural roads in the Sepik totalling 264 km in length for rehabilitation/specific maintenance by ILO to support the market access initiative implemented by the FAO-led EU-STREIT PNG to boost agribusiness activities and cocoa, vanilla and fisheries value chains for an improved income and cash flow for the rural sector. The roads will also support other agricultural, business, markets, services, inputs and social and community activities and facilities like schools, aid posts and health centres that are in dire need of better accessible roads. The EU-STREIT PNG, as a UN Joint Programme (FAO as the leading agency, and ILO, ITU, UNCDF and UNDP as partners), is the largest grant-funded Programme of the European Union in the country and the Pacific region. Being implemented in close cooperation with the National and provincial government institutions, research entities, civil society organisations, and private sector enterprises, the Programme aims to help improve the lives of the people from East Sepik and Sandaun provinces by focusing on increasing sustainable and inclusive economic development of rural areas through improved economic returns and opportunities from cocoa, vanilla and fishery value chains while strengthening and improving the efficiency of value chain enablers, including the business environment, and supporting sustainable, climate-resilient transport and energy infrastructure development.

Wawin National School of Excellence in Morobe is calling on relevant authorities to intervene and assess several damages caused by the recent massive earthquake and determine if the buildings are fit for use by students. The recent 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit Morobe, Madang and parts of the Highlands Region and was even felt in other provinces on Sunday morning. At Wawin National School of Excellence, 10 classrooms, four laboratories and dormitories received damages as a direct result of the earthquake on the aging infrastructure. The classrooms and laboratories were the worst affected encountering huge cracks and dislocation of building structures. Deputy Principal Mr. Erick Kep said the school needed immediate inspection and guarantee of the relevant authorities whether it was safe for use by students and teachers. The school building was funded by the Japanese government and constructed by COVEC building construction 22 years ago. Most of the rooms joint structures have been dislocated by the continuous force of the quake. Roof ceilings and walls mostly bricks have cracks and have fallen off causing a safety hazard to students and teachers. The school took Monday off to clear out the structural remains and visible debris to allow for inspection.

Families, relatives, and Paiam community in Porgera joined in a protest on Friday after a warring clan killed a father of five on Thursday, calling for the declaration of a State of Emergency (SOE) immediately. Local Porgera community called for immediate action from authorities as more innocent lives will be lost as a result of the ongoing tribal conflict between Nomali and Aiyala clans, where the spill-over of the conflict is continuing to impact lives and vandalism of properties in almost entire Porgera valley as security forces are exhausted. Families and relatives of late Martin Yandare from Paiam grieved while marching to Paiam police station to express their grief and resentment as an innocent life was taken while looking for food at his garden. They said they will not take revenge on losing one of their family and clansmen but called for government to address the continuous violence within a 7-day period of notice. In support of the protest, local leaders and activists banded together on behalf of Paiam and the entire Porgera community, calling for the immediate declaration of SOE as the first step toward resolving the ongoing violence in the host locality of the Porgera mine. Paiam Village Court Magistrate, Was Liko said the ten clans of Paiam do not engage in tribal conflict because they had signed a pact with God. However, a spill over of a fight that started at Kairik part of the valley has done more damaged in the Paiam community and called on government to declare SOE before the current situation escalates to further destruction around the valley affecting the restart of the mine. “The 10 clans of Paiam do not engage in tribal conflicts as this area was dedicated to God. My area is completely destroyed now. The state properties and the township are damaged. Community members are displaced. This conflict is affecting the entire Porgera valley and the neighbouring regions. Population decreased and the people who are here are scared to go into gardens because there are gunmen ravaging gardening areas in the bush. “I appeal to the Prime Minister and the Provincial Governor to declare a SOE immediately. This mine is on the verge of restart but how will the reopening of the mine proceed if this continue? Declare state of emergency first and law and order issues will follow”, Mr Liko said. Also sharing similar sentiment, one of the prominent local leaders of Porgera and Paiam town councillor, Kensary Lawaipa said innocent lives have been buried, and properties and government facilities within Paiam mining township have been destroyed and this will continue unless the security force on the ground is boosted. “The clans of Paiam are the custodians of Paiam mining township. There is a high school, an international school, hospital, village 1, 2 and 3, bank, police station; these are the facilities of Papua New Guinea being taken care of by the 10 clans of Paiam. But a severe destruction has occurred already within the surrounding community of the Paiam town. Homes and business properties have been destroyed. “Man, women, youth, and children, are killed everywhere. The number of people killed in a day is seven (7), and 13. These are not animals. These are human beings. “This is Papua New Guinea’s mine. This is the revenue generator of the country. Where is Marape Government? Where is Governor Sir Peter Ipatas?” Mr Lawaipa said. On behalf of the Porgera mine landowners, Lease for Mining Purposes (LMP) Chairman, Timothy Andambo said a joint effort by all stakeholders of the mine, including the landowners, is required to address this ongoing violence in the local communities. “The current situation has to be controlled, and we need collaborative and corporative efforts from everyone including landowners, government at the national and provincial levels. And we need serious actions done now and immediately. “From the landowners’ perspective, we are actually working with an emergency committee which has been established by some volunteers, that comprises of the police, the military, the church groups, some youth groups, and some village leaders, so we’re working with those groups to actually to come up with short term and long term action plans. Before anything happens, what we’re asking for is ‘cease fire’ and to get ‘cease fire’ done we need military and SOE declaration immediately”, Mr Andambo said. A joint security forum was held a few days earlier before the protest, security forces including Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) and the police said security effort is exhausted and want the local leaders including the people to take responsibility of the ongoing violence in the valley. The ongoing tribal war between Nomali and Aiyala clans began over payments of a Digicel tower at Kairik. This conflict emerged when the first wave of fight destroyed lives and properties around Kairik, Palipaka and some parts of Paiam in March, then re-emerged in May, causing terror and more destruction to the remaining properties within the vicinity of the Paiam township, killing more than 17 people, including the recent killing at Paiam, and others outside the based-conflict zone.

Prime Minister James Marape today (September 13, 2022) announced 12 Vice-Ministerial allocations, in line with his Government’s focus on ‘Growing the Economy’ and ‘Strengthening Internal Security’. He made the announcements before he left for London to attend the funeral service of Queen Elizabeth II. Of the 12 Vice-Ministers, four will be directly assisting PM Marape, in his role as Prime Minister and Minister for National Planning. The four Vice Ministers assisting PM Marape are: •  Jimmy Maladina (Office of State Negotiations); • Finoka Feo (Strategic Planning); •  Muguwa Dilu (Constitutional Matters); and •  James Nomane (Planning PIP Budgeting) The other eight Vice-Ministers and their allocations are: •  Solen Loifa (Treasury); • John Boito (Finance and Implementation); •  Kessy Sawang (International Trade and Investment); •  Miki Kaeok (Works and Highways); •  Thomas Opa (Petroleum and Energy); •  Raphael Tonpi (State Enterprises); •  Graham Piniau Rumet (Cocoa and Copra); and • James Donald (Mining and Border Issues). “The four Vice-Ministers have been given specific tasks to assist me, likewise, the other eight Vice-Ministers,” PM Marape said. “We are timebound and want to achieve results “It is not just a ceremonial office they are holding, unlike the past, and they have been given specific tasks just like Ministers. “We expect the Vice-Ministers to achieve in the tasks that they have been given.” PM Marape said Ministers’ jobs were so “wide and huge” with Papua New Guinea not being like it was back in 1975, especially population growth. He said when he returned from his international tour-of-duty, he would sit down with individual Ministers and Vice-Ministers, and tell them what was expected of them. “All Ministers have already been given Key Result Areas, and when I return, I will sit down with them and the Vice-Ministers,” PM Marape said. “Likewise, when I come back, I will meet all Governors at a Governors’ Forum and engage with them on what they must do. “We will focus especially on provinces being less dependent on Waigani for finances, with more focus on agriculture, downstream processing of forestry, fisheries, tourism and other businesses. “I want provinces to step up in these areas and take ownership of businesses instead of just being spectators and waiting for handouts from Waigani. “This will complement our focus on Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in all provinces and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. “This, I believe, will really jumpstart our economy.”

Trukai Industries Ltd was recently recertified for meeting a global standard for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems under the ISO 45001:2018 standard. Trukai Industries CEO, Alan Preston said that Trukai continues to demonstrate its commitment to maintaining the highest safety standards with an aim to achieve zero harm in its everyday operations. “At Trukai we pride ourselves in ensuring that safety is our number one priority, our aim every day is to ensure our employees, contractors and stakeholders do their job in a safe manner at any Trukai site and go home safely to their families at the end of the day.” Mr. Preston added that, “This strong safety culture also guarantees we continue to produce the highest quality products for the people of PNG.” The purpose of the ISO 45001:2018 audit was to determine the organisation’s safety management system, the capability and effectiveness of the management system and meeting the set criteria of this standard. The audit was also to ensure that there was continued compliance with customers, statutory and regulatory requirements. This year Trukai Industries after being certified in 2019 was due for recertification and was recently audited in August this year. The rice company had once again met the international safety standard and obtained an approved updated certification of the ISO 45001:2018. Trukai Industries General Manager for Operations and Risks, David Newton said that this recertification is a great achievement for the organisation and confirms that Trukai Industries’ Safety Management System complies with international standards. “The significance of the achievement of being certified to Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMS) demonstrates the commitment Trukai Industries has towards providing a safe workplace where the risk of illness or injury to workers or customers is minimised or eliminated,” said Newton. The audit is conducted annually to ensure continual compliance and adherence to the set criteria of ISO 45001:2018 and also to prepare for a recertification audit which is conducted every three years. Trukai Industries had undergone an audit of the ISO 45001:2018 standard in 2019 when transitioning from OHSA 18001 to ISO 45001:2018 certification. It was carried out by SAI Global, an external certified organization which issued approval of the ISO 45001:2018 certification in 2019. The company’s recertification to ISO 45001:2018 standards of implementation paves the way towards fewer workplace injuries and illnesses through proactive approach, hazard identification and risk assessment. As a result, this leads to improved health and safety for all employees, visitors and contractors who visit any Trukai Industries sites nationwide.

Kiriwina District Administrator John Ephraim has called on the people of Gameta on the Trobriand Islands, in Milne Bay Province to return home to their village after they had fled for their safety during a fight that erupted after a football grand final match on Saturday causing the death of a man from Bwetalu. The call comes after successful negotiations between the district administrator and village elders of the warring factions that calmed down tensions between locals from Gameta and Bwetalu. A meeting was held last night that lasted till early hours of this morning to negotiate peace and calm between the two factions at Bwetalu Village. DA John Ephraim said that there was a rumour that the people from Bwetalu were planning on raiding Gameta Village were the apparent death had happened. Mr Ephraim confirmed the death while adding that three (3) others were referred to the Alotau General Hospital due to the extent of their injuries and more receiving treatment at the Losuia Health Centre. “A quick response team from the Alotau are here on the island to assess the situation and have been visiting affected villages carrying out awareness on not to take the law into their own hands.” “After hours of negotiations, at 5:30am this morning, the people from Bwetalu agreed to lay down their arms and let the law deal with the matter,” Ephraim said. He said people from Gameta who had fled their homes in fear can go back home now. Milne Bay Provincial Police Commander, Superintendent Peter Barkie said that the quick response team will start investigations and people that were involved in causing the fight will be dealt with. PPC Barkie added that the team will be on the island monitoring and assessing the situation until tensions settle and the situation is arrested. PC: Getty Images   

Minister for Works and Highway Hon. Solan Mirisim was sworn- in as the Chairman of the Telefomin District Development Authority (TDDA) board. The swearing-in ceremony took place last week at the Cassowary Hotel in Kiunga, Western Province. Minister Mirisim together with Pastor Jeffery Moduwa (Church Rep), Quatroh Bisai (Women’s Rep) and Kepi Alungim (Business Rep) joins the TDDA board. Senior Provincial Magistrate David Susame witnessed the swearing-in ceremony in the presence of Telefomin District Administrator (DA) Mr. Nemsin Kibisep, Deputy DA Mr. Anslom Mani, Finance Manager Mr. Weka Fragim. Minister Mirisim thanked Mr. Susame for making his time available and for witnessing this important ceremony. “We will start work right away after this ceremony. We have three months before the close of 2022 and we will need to deliver to our people. Having said I’m thankfully to my people for re-electing me and also to everyone who were part of my re-election. We have a huge task ahead of us and having the board in place is very important for service delivery.” He also welcomed the new board members and congratulate them on their appointment. “You have been chosen among many to be part of this important board. We will continue to deliver to our people. You will carry the voice of the people to the board and I have every confidence that you will represent them well. This place is for us to make decision for the district, I want you all to contribute equally. Bring in ideas that can help the district. I welcoming debate, arguments, disagreements to some of the decisions so that we can have a vibrant board. Don’t come here, sit down and do nothing, you are appointed on purpose so you need to contribute to the development of the district. You have to be the voice of the people,” he said. Other board members of Telefomin DDA are President of Telefomin LLG Hon. Benny Remi, President of Oksapmin LLG Hon. Koniel Nereng and President of Yapsie LLG Hon. Pius Tony. Edwaki LLG President Hon Peter Iwei disqualify himself from the board after he resigned to contest the 2022 West Sepik Provincial seat

It is unfortunate the PNG National Men’s Youth U19 team could not travel out of Fiji on Sunday to Auckland, New Zealand enroute into Tahiti. PNGFA President John Kapi Natto, when informed of the situation was very disappointed and has been in contact with the team in Fiji and been communicating with OFC management to help resolve the issue. Mr. Natto after enquiring on the situation was informed that the main reason for not allowing the team to travel to New Zealand was because the PNG National Youth Team did not obtain an entry visa to enter Tahiti. However, the Assistant to the Head of Office in Papeete Mareva Beaugrard in a letter to all the teams dated June 30th, 2022, has exempted entry visa for all 10 participating countries, travelling into French Polynesia for a three months per six months period. This exemption allows the other countries to travel into Tahiti for the tournament. Unfortunately, there was a misunderstanding between the Air New Zealand staff in Nadi Fiji and hence, did not allow the PNG team to board the flight to New Zealand. Mr. Natto could not understand why the other countries were allowed to travel into Tahiti through New Zealand with the entry visa exemption notice, while PNG Team was denied by Air New Zealand. However, he has confirmed that the team is been looked after well in Fiji and PNGFA is working very closely with OFC, and Air New Zealand and the Travel Agents to sort the misunderstanding and accept the team to travel. Attempt to contact the Air New Zealand office in Nadi Fiji was unsuccessful and not helpful. OFC management has stepped in and have assisted the team and we are adamant that a positive outcome will be reached soon, and the team shall travel. PNGFA confirm the team have been accommodated in a hotel in Nadi Fiji. As soon as Air New Zealand have a response, the team will travel. OFC and PNGFA are now trying to establish the root-cause of the whole issue why the PNG Men’s Youth Team has gone through such a nightmare. Mr Natto said this is the second incident the team were denied entry into New Zealand as such situation. The last time similar incident has happened was several years ago when PNG national women’s team was denied entry into New Zealand and also non-participation by PNG men’s team in the 2007 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa when PNGFA failed to meet the Justification Requirements by PNG Olympic Committee where to send an Under 23 men’s team.

South Pacific Brewery under its South Pacific Export Brand has entered into a partnership with the PNG Fashion week and earned the naming rights for the PNG Fashion Week Fashion Awards. SP Export is the Silver sponsor with K50, 000 given to PNG Fashion Week. South Pacific Export Brand Manager, Shandi Bock said that the company is delighted to give their support during the launching of the NGCB Paradise Runway. “PNG Fashion Week is the country’s premier fashion platform that provides opportunities for local established and emerging designers and models to showcase their creativity.” “As PNG’s world class export, it is only fitting we support another internationally recognized brand, PNG Fashion Week.” Bock on behalf of South Pacific Brewery wished all the participating designers and models all the best. Meanwhile, Founder and Director of PNG Fashion Week, Philly Kelegai said that the theme for this year’s runway is the "Dreams of a nation" so the designers were to put out designs according to the theme. The funds raised from this event will go to the Fashion Foundation. There will be 3 established designers along with 8 emerging designers showcasing their designs at the fashion show. The NGCB Paradise Runway will take place on Saturday 17th September, 2022.