Kerebi DAVID

The much anticipated NCD Governors Cup semi final that was scheduled to be played today is now being deferred to Tuesday. Final wash out game between QPR Colts and Boarder Storms on Sunday at Kaugere Sir William Skate Oval was a show that went down to the wire when the QPR Colts beat Boarder Storm 8-6 points. QPR Colts have secured a semi final berth and advances to take on the Garden Hills Mapex Eagles. However all semi- final games scheduled to go down today had to be deferred to Tuesday (tomorrow) by tournament officials in respect of the late Moresby North-West MP and former Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta with public viewing of the casket at the National Parliament today. NCD Governors Cup Tournament Director, Mr Simon Nuabo said the finals are moved forward in respect of late Sir Mekere Morauta. "Teams who are now advancing into the semi finals on Tuesday are GH Mapex Eagles, SS Brothers Toks Mafukas and QPR Colts," Picture sourced: NCD Governors Cup FB page

Six (6) mothers at Port Moresby Maternity Ward were all smiles today when they each received double gifts in the form of their New Year's babies born today and Huggies gift hampers from Huggies PNG this morning. These 6 mothers were the ones who gave birth to 6 New Year babies, two (2) girls and four (4) boys. Huggies PNG Marketing Executive Ms Meta –Lynne Murphy said the gift hampers consists of a Huggies baby wipes, huggies new born diaper, Kotex maternity pads, a baby suit and a dish. Ms Murphy added that the first 6 hampers were given to the New Year babies and the remaining hampers are to be distributed to the other mothers in the maternity wing. A total of 40 hampers were given to 40 lucky babies and mothers this morning. “We have given 40 hampers of the same kind on Christmas this year and this New Year day we are giving another 40 so a total of 80 hampers were given out.” “We normally do this every year, not here at Port Moresby General Hospital only but also in Angau Memorial Hospital.” She further said, this is done as part of their promotion on their merchandise so that every mother can get a chance to try out their Huggies and kotex products, and there is no better time to do this than on Christmas and New Year's Day.

A two- week refresher training is currently on in Milne Bay Province to prepare police personnel for the festive operations.   Milne Bay Provincial Police Commander (PPC), Superintendent Peter Barkie, said this training will prepare officers to better carry out the Christmas and New Year Operations.   “This training is to refresh themselves on basic policing, like weapon handling, patrolling tactics and all other basic trainings to get the police ready for the operations,” said the PPC.   Straight after the training ends the Festive Season Operations will commence with police personals to be divided into two teams.   One of police team will be deployed to Esala District and will patrol from there all through to Kiriwina Good enough. The other team will patrol Alotau, all the way to Samarai- Murua.  “Milne Bay being one of the largest Maritime Provinces in the country with 2052 square kilometre of waters will definitely need policing on the waters too.”   Also, due to recent reports of sea piracy, police will be deployed on to the waters of Milne Bay.   Superintendent Barkie further stated that all operations will start on the 18th of December 2020 and will end on the 02nd of January 2021.  

The Kickboxing Championship that is due to go down this month in Kimbe, West New Britain Province is now being deferred to February 2021. President for the PNG Kickboxing Federation Mr Stanley Nandex said on behalf of the PNG Kickboxing Federation and the WKF Oceania, the host Committee for the Kick Boxing Championships has decided that the Kickboxing Championships that was supposed to be held on the 28th -29th of November this year is now being deferred to next year February 27th -28th. Mr Nandex said the Kickboxing event was organised by the West New Britain Provincial Administration, the West New Britain Governor Hon. Francis Manake and the former SOE Minister Sasindra Muthuvel. “They were actually supposed to take the lead; however with the current unstable government event this does very much affect the preparations and the delivery of the Kickboxing showdown”. He sincerely apologises to the sponsors and partners, especially SP Brewery the Major Sponsor and also the participants and the organisations that have been preparing for this event. Furthermore, Mr Nandex stated that the Kimbe event is the lead-up event to two (2) major Kickboxing events that will take place in 2021, the PNG Games 2021 in Southern Highlands Province and the World Kickboxing Championships that will be happening in Cairo, Egypt in October 2021. “Despite the deferral, I urge all athletes and participants to continue to train”, said Mr Nandex. “All fighters must still train to stay fit and focus”, he said. “Participants must use this deferral time to sharpen your skills and get ready not only for the Kimbe event but also for the 2 major events coming up in 2021 as well”.