Dede Sophie

At RLWC2017, schoolgirl Gloria Kaupa was the youngest player in the Papua New Guinea Orchids squad and played just a handful of minutes against New Zealand in the team’s final match of the tournament. But she channeled her disappointment into motivation – and rose to become vice-captain of the team by the time of the 2019 test series against England. It has been a long journey for Goroka-based Gloria, who stars in the internationally released PNG Orchids documentary Power Meri, to persuade her community to support her playing rugby league as a woman (for religious reasons). She says the turning point was the Orchids’ match against England in 2019 in her hometown. “When we played in Goroka, it was the first time half of my church members, as well as my community came to watch…more than 50 people who knew me. After that, they were more supportive and started to take women in rugby league more seriously,” she says. Gloria has taken it upon herself to develop women’s rugby league in Goroka

 The Papua New Guinea Orchids take on the Australian Jillaroos in the Women’s Rugby League World Cup semi final. PNG Orchids vs Australian Jillaroos  The livestream on the PNG Orchids and Australian Jillaroos is available below. Full – Time :  Australia 82   PNG Orchids 00  Half-Time : Australia  40  PNG Orchids 00 Livesteam starts at  5 pm (UK Time ) (Monday 14th , November) 3: 00 am (PNG Time, Eastern Australian time ) Tuesday 15th November, 2022 LIVESTREAM ENDED! Next :  England vs New Zealand Livestream : Womens’ Rugby League World Cup Semi Final

The government of Papua New Guinea, Barrick Niugini Limited and New Porgera Limited have  signed an agreement to progress with the resumption of operations at the Porgera gold mine, which have been suspended since 2020. Porgera hosts an orebody with measured and indicated resources of 10 million ounces and inferred resources of 3.4 million ounces. After initial ramp up and optimisation of the Wangima pit, the mine is forecast to produce an average of 700,000 ounces per year, achieving a milestone towards its potential Tier One status. The New Porgera Progress Agreement (NPPA), signed today, confirms that all parties are committed to reopening the mine at the earliest opportunity, in line with the terms of the Porgera Project Commencement Agreement and the New Porgera Limited Shareholders Agreement both concluded in 2022.  The New Porgera project team will now move ahead with the filings for a special mining lease and progressing the other conditions set out in the Commencement Agreemen

With 155 deaths in road traffic incidents during 2022, fatalities were up by 13pc on the previous year, writes Brian Byrne. Figures compiled by the Road Safety Authority also revealed that the 41 pedestrians killed in 2022 was double the figure for 2021. Four in 10 of all deaths were drivers of cars. Serious injuries suffered by 1,292 people in road traffic incidents represented a slight decrease on the 2021 figures.