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EMTV is a commercial television station in Papua New Guinea. For most of its life until the launch of the National Television Service in September 2008, it was the country's only free-to-air television service. [1] It is owned by Telikom PNG through a subsidiary Media Niugini. It was previously owned by Fiji Television Limited and Nine Network ...
Nationality. Australian citizenship, Papua New Guinean citizenship - dual citizenship. Political party. Pangu Pati. Spouse. Catherine Jane. Justin Wayne Tkatchenko, CBE, BEM (born 2 June 1972) [2] is an Australian-born Papua New Guinean politician. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Papua New Guinea from 23 June 2022 to 12 May 2023.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Papua New Guinea is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ). The virus was confirmed to have reached Papua New Guinea on 20 March 2020. [2] On 4 May 2020, Papua New Guinea was declared COVID-19 free.
The National Broadcasting Corporation of Papua New Guinea (NBC PNG) is Papua New Guinea 's state owned broadcaster. Its head office is in Boroko, Port Moresby, and has approximately 20 locations around the country. It operates two national radio stations – NBC Radio (90.7 FM) which also broadcasts on the AM Frequency 585 MHz with Tribe 92FM ...
PNG defended their gold medal at the 1997 Arafura Games, defeating New Zealand 14.9 (93) to 9.6 (60) in the final. PNG also played against the NTFL, Australian Defence Force and Central Desert Eagles as well as their international counterparts. PNG players named in the 1997 World Team were Gibson Isaiah, George Kaore, David Lucas and Willie Lipou.
Alwin Komolong (born 2 November 1994) is a Papua New Guinean footballer who plays for Lae City of the Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, and for the Papua New Guinea national football team. [4] Alwin and his brother Felix have been called one of the strongest central defensive pairings in their region.
Michael Somare. Sir Michael Thomas Somare GCL GCMG CH CF SSI KStJ KSG PC (9 April 1936 – 25 February 2021) was a Papua New Guinean politician. Widely called the "father of the nation" ( Tok Pisin: papa blo kantri ), he was the first Prime Minister after independence. At the time of his death, Somare was also the longest-serving prime minister ...
Ranks. The Papua New Guinea Defence Force ( PNGDF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of Papua New Guinea. It originated from the Australian Army land forces of the territory of Papua New Guinea before independence, coming into being in January 1973 and having its antecedents in the Pacific Islands Regiment. The PNGDF is a ...