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PNG RECORDS 181 NEW COVID-19 CASES AS OF WEDNESDAY MAY 12 – TOTAL CASES AT 13,423

Papua New Guinea has recorded 181 new COVID-19 cases last week, increasing the total number of cases to 13,423. The cases were reported in 10 provinces with the National Capital District reporting the highest of 56 cases. New Ireland reported 28 cases, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville 26, Morobe 23, East New Britain 14, Western Highlands 13, Eastern Highlands eight, Central seven, West New Britain five and Gulf a single case. Of the 181 cases recorded, 105 were males and 76 females. Their ages range between one to 98 years. At the time of testing, 99 cases were showing symptoms of COVID-19. The country’s COVID-19 cases now stands at 13,423 with 133 known deaths. So far, a total of 11,034 recoveries have been recorded. All 22 provinces including the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB) have reported cases. Globally, the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 has reached 160,319,983 including 710,122 new cases reported in last weeks. The death toll is at 3,330,879 including 13,444 new deaths last week. [pdf-embedder url="https://pnghausbung.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/PNG-COVID-19-Statistics-Wednesday-12May2021.pdf" title="PNG COVID-19 Statistics-Wednesday-12May2021"]

Published on May 17, 2021

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Published on May 17, 2021

PRESENTATION OF NEW POLICE VEHICLE TO ENHANCE POLICING DUTIES

Morobe Province is ready to train and dispatch its new Police Reservists Cadets this year with establishment of the Police Cadet Training Centre at Gusap. The announcement was made by Morobe Governor Hon Ginson Saonu, MP during the presentation of a new Police Vehicle that will be used to support the program. Governor Sonu said this year the first 120 cadets will undergo an extensive training at Gusap with same training methods used by the Police College at Bomana. “Without good Police presence in the communities of the province, Law & Order situations will hinder progress of development.” “Therefore this new Intervention Program is designed to fill the gap to maintain Law & Order in the 33 Local Level Governments of Morobe Province.” The presentation was done in the presence of Assistant Commissioner for Police Northern Command Peter Guinness, Former Police Commissioner & Police Reserve Program Coordinator Sam Inguba in the presence of Acting Provincial Administrator Miring Sigoling and Provincial Administration Staff and the general public. ACP Guinness whilst thanking Governor Saonu for the vehicle support, said that the Police Reserve Program at Gusap will have trainers brought in from Bomana Police College to execute training for the cadets. He said that the training up at Gusap Barracks will run for three months and therefore will be very extensive given the short space of time before the recruits pass out. ACP Guinness said that the program is intended to deliver over the next five years, five hundred Police Reserves to support policing work directly at LLG level in Morobe Province and praised Governor Saonu for the timely intervention to support Police work in the province.

Published on May 17, 2021

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Published on May 17, 2021

BREAK TO RECHARGE HUNTERS

The next break in the Intrust Super Cup season will be welcomed by the SP PNG Hunters after they called on every available player for today’s 48-14 loss to the Souths Logan Magpies at Davies Park. While the Magpies fielded the likes of NRL players Tom Dearden, Tesi Niu and Cory Paix alongside veteran Karmichael Hunt, the Hunters named their only available men to complete their squad. Injuries and suspensions impacted on the Hunters but they still looked a serious threat midway through the second half when centre Jokadi Bire surged through a gap to close the deficit to 10 points. But the last 18 minutes belonged to the Magpies, who raced in four tries including three to their Broncos-contracted players to stretch the margin. It was the Hunters’ first loss at Davies Park after seven consecutive wins at the ground. Hunters coach Matt Church said several players would be ready to return for the Hunters for their next clash with Redcliffe Dolphins on May 29 in a split-round that gives PNG a rest next weekend. “We’ve got some experienced players who will return from injury and suspension in two weeks so that will take some of the pressure off us,” Church said. “We really weren’t able to confirm our team until after our final training session because we had to give our injured players as much time as we could. But we knew that this would be a tough season and we’re up for the challenge. “Full credit to Souths Logan today. They made the most of their opportunities and they played a strong 80 minutes and deserved the win.” Veteran hooker Wartovo Puara Jnr was among the Hunters who carried injuries into the game. He left the field in the 45th minute with a minor ankle issue and did not return. Puara figured in the Hunters’ second try – an attacking raid that spread the Magpies and finished with Puara’s cut-out pass to flying winger Solo Wane, who did well to plant the ball on the line amid several Magpies tacklers. The Hunters opened their scoring in the 22nd minute when forward Emmanuel Waine finished a slick movement built on the quick hands and feet of Bire and winger Junior Rau near the left-hand touchline. Halfback Solomon Pokare converted that try as he became the latest Hunters debutant, partnering teenager Judah Rimbu in the halves. The Hunters had patches of brilliance in attack but they were left to lament lapses that enabled the Magpies to skip to a 12-0 lead through to tries to Broncos Paix and Kobe Hetherington. The Magpies struck quickly again in the second half, improving their 12-10 halftime lead with tries to Dearden (44th minute) and Ethan Quai-Ward (49th minute) from kicks. The Magpies’ attacking kicks hurt the Hunters including Quai-Ward’s grab from a pinpoint crossfield kick from halfback Albert Kelly. Centre Isaiah Tass finished with 20 points including a try and a perfect record of eight conversions. Hunt left the field in the 54th minute with a leg injury after fielding a bomb in his in-goal and he didn’t return although the former rugby league and rugby union international walked off without assistance. The Hunters and Magpies have 3-4 win-loss records although the Magpies sit in eighth place and the Hunters 11th because of points differential. The Magpies travel to Rockhampton next Sunday to meet the Capras in the first weekend of the split-round. SOUTHS-LOGAN MAGPIES 48 (Kobe Hetherington 2, Cory Paix, Tom Deardan, Ethan Quai-Ward, Isaiah Tass, Tesi Nui, Albert Kelly tries, Tass 8 goals) bt SP PNG HUNTERS 14 (Emmanuel Waine, Solo Wane, Jokade Bire tries, Solomon Pokare goal) at Davies Park.

Published on May 17, 2021

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Published on May 16, 2021

RELEASE OF PUBLIC SERVANTS TO VOTE

The Department of Personnel Management has issued a circular instruction for the release of Public Servants to cast their votes during polling for the Port Moresby North West By-elections. Department of Personnel Management Secretary Ms Taies Sansan in circular instruction 13 of 2021 has advised all heads of national departments and government agencies to allow public servants to be released to exercise their democratic right to cast their vote during the one day polling for the North West Electorate By-election. As per the schedule issued by the Acting Electoral Commissioner - the Port Moresby North West By-election will only have one day polling which will be on Wednesday the 2nd of June. Ms Sansan said, polling will be for one day only and public servants who reside in the Northwest electorate who are eligible to vote must be released on the 2 nd of June to cast their votes at their respective polling stations. Ms Sansan reminded all public servants who will be taking time out to cast their votes to adhere to and maintain all covid-19 protocols when at the polling stations. “I anticipate your kind cooperation in providing sufficient encouragement to our public servants to participate in this important democratic process”.

Published on May 16, 2021

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Published on May 16, 2021

YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHERS OUT TO SHOWCASE TALENTS

A British photojournalist, Sir Donald McCullin once said “Photography is not about just looking but feeling what you are seeing through the lens; if you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures”. This is exactly the aim of this duo amateur photographers under their label ‘Native Pixels which is owned and operated by Andrew Patrick and Patrick Turbarat . Andrew and Patrick started their photography business in October 2019 and want to showcase more of their talent in photography and videography. “We chose to use Native Pixels because the name signifies us as local teenagers of PNG in the photography and videography industry and we aim at helping people capture great memories that will last for a lifetime”, said Patrick. Andrew 21, comes from a mixed parentage of Gulf, East Sepik and Manus Province and Patrick 20 comes from the Autonomous Region of Bougainville and East New Britain and are both studying here in Port Moresby. Patrick is an Aviation student whilst Andrew is in his final studies in Business Management and the duo aim at inspiring other teenagers like themselves to showcase whatever talents they have. “We are also sending a message out to young people that there are a lot of other ways in earning an income rather than involving yourselves in crime activities that can get you into trouble”, said Andrew. Native Pixel was inspired by many of their fellow top PNG photographers who helped them improve their photography and videography skills and techniques. “The people that greatly influenced us in this particular field are Dean Arek, Russell Wai, and Trevor Mallen and these are the very people that taught us how to take great picture shots and the outcome that you see nowadays from our photos are because of them”, said Patrick. “One challenge we faced during one of our jobs was trying to meet the standard of a particular client which was very stressful and annoying but at the end of the day we were able to deliver what the client wanted”, said Andrew proudly. Some of the big events that the duo have captured was the friendly match between the Central Dabaris and the Gulf Isou during one of the 2021 Digicel Cup matches, The Higher Vision Concert at the Taurama Aquatic Center and a lot more. With the current COVID-19 situation in the country, the duo could not book any gigs over the past couple of months and are hoping that the lockdown is over so that they could get back to more photography and videography gigs again. The boys plan to take Native Pixels to greater heights and their future plan is to expand and become one of the most successful photography and videography business owned and operated by teenagers. For bookings and charges, rates all depends on the type of occasion they are requested to cover. For big events like birthday parties, weddings, conferences, baby showers etc, they charge a fee of K500.00 and for product or company photo shoots, the team charges K800.00.

Published on May 16, 2021

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Published on May 16, 2021

MOUNT EVEREST DEATHS: TWO CLIMBERS DIE TRYING TO REACH SUMMIT

Two climbers have lost their lives on Mount Everest after their attempts to climb the world’s tallest mountain left them exhausted and snow-blind. Two climbers have lost their lives on Mount Everest, the first fatalities of the 2021 season. Swiss climber Abdul Waraich, 40, died near the summit after reaching the top and suffering exhaustion. “We sent two additional Sherpas with oxygen and foods, unfortunately Sherpas couldn’t save him,” Chhang Dawa Sherpa, from Seven Summit Treks, said on Instagram. American Puwei Liu, 55, reached the Hillary Step but was helped back down after he suffered snow blindness and exhaustion. He was able to reach Camp 4, “before he suddenly passed away” late Wednesday, Chhang Dawa Sherpa said. [caption id="attachment_8780" align="aligncenter" width="831"] Everest has become incredibly overcrowded in recent years. Picture: Prakash Mathema/AFPSource:AFP[/caption] On average around five climbers die every year on the world’s highest peak. But in recent seasons, Everest has seen a surge in the number of climbers, leading to overcrowding that has been blamed for multiple deaths. Eleven people died climbing the world’s highest peak in 2019, with four deaths blamed on overcrowding. On one day, 354 people were lined up to reach the top from Nepal’s southern side and Tibet’s northern approach. To ease the crowding Nepal’s tourism ministry announced rules capping the number of people who can summit the mountain per window of suitable weather. Expedition organisers have been told to send teams up the peak strictly in accordance with permit numbers or limit the number of climbers going up at one time. [caption id="attachment_8779" align="aligncenter" width="819"] Mountaineers trek along the Khumbu glacier near Everest base camp. Picture: Prakash Mathema/AFPSource:AFP[/caption] The coronavirus pandemic wiped out last year’s season, but Nepal has eased quarantine rules to attract more climbers despite the difficulties of treating them if they contract the virus. Nepal has issued 408 climbing permits this season, topping the previous record of 381 in 2019. A city of tents hosting more than 1000 people - foreign climbers and support staff - has built up at the foot of Everest and the hotels along the trek are back in business. The warmer weather that ushers in safer conditions for scaling Nepal’s dangerous, snow-capped peaks has coincided with a deadly second wave of Covid-19 infections. In recent weeks more than 30 sick climbers have been evacuated from base camp although only three have been confirmed as having had coronavirus. The usual communal parties are absent this year at base camps after expedition groups were asked to keep to themselves and avoid socialising with others. Breathing is already difficult at high altitudes so any coronavirus outbreak among climbing groups could pose severe health risks. [caption id="attachment_8781" align="aligncenter" width="743"] A helicopter above Khumbu glacier in the Mount Everest region. Picture: Prakash Mathema/AFPSource:AFP[/caption] SOURCE: News.com.au

Published on May 16, 2021

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Published on May 16, 2021