Yumi Piksa to Air on CNN

By KATE GUNN of University of Goroka

 

In a positive development for the University of Goroka (UOG), the Yumi Piksa pilot workshop conducted earlier this year at UOG, in collaboration with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), will be aired this weekend on CNN International on Saturday 17^th October and Sunday 18^th October 2009.

As part of the its third episode,  the programme entitled: Scene by Scene – Films of Asia Pacific, Yumi Piksa will be shown on CNN International as a prelude to the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Scene by Scene takes us into the classroom as Australian filmmaker Verena Thomas teaches filmmaking to students of the University of Goroka in PNG’s Highlands.

We see some of the fruits of their labour including a film that archives the important work of a man making clay flutes used by the women to call their men.

In July/August of this year, to help students learn the skills of filmmaking and production whilst working amongst their local communities, three short films were compiled and produced by students of UOG with facilitator Ms Verena Thomas, a PhD candidate from University of Ttechnology Sydney, for the Yumi Piksa pilot workshop. 

The result of the workshop was the Yumi Piksa documentaries, which focus on telling stories from local communities and are currently gaining a lot of international interest from the media.

Vice Chancellor of the University of Goroka Dr Gairo Onagi stated that is was “great for the University to gain such international exposure for a technological and useful workshop that was helpful to both the students and community. Yumi Piksa provides a new and challenging method of telling ‘our’ stories to the world.  It also provides a new method of data collection”.

Be sure to watch Yumi Piksa on CNN on Saturday 17^th October at 11.30pm and Sunday 18^th October at 5.30am and 6.30pm (Sydney time).

 

For further information please contact:

Ms Kate Gunn

Public Relations & Marketing Officer

 University of Goroka

Ph: (675) 7311 877

Fax: (675) 732 1914

Email: gunnk@uog.ac.pg

 

Or

 

Ms Verena Thomas

Centre for Health Communication

University of Technology Sydney

Ph: +61 2 9514 3847

Email: Verena.Thomas@uts.edu.au

 

 

bemobile Cup Grand Final Day Programme

Sunday, October 18, 2009
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby

11am Band commences interlude of entertainment between games
11.20am Curtain-raiser women’s match (1)
12.30pm Band commences interludes of entertainment between games
12.50pm Curtain-raise women’s match (2)
2pm Pre-match entertainment
2.20pm Arrival of Governor General Sir Paulias Matane
2.30pm Team arrivals
2.40pm Teams warm up on field
2.45pm Toss with Referee
2.47pm Teams run out and line up
- Dignitaries walk out
- National Anthem
- Balloon release
2.55pm Kick off by the Governor General
3.00pm Official kick off
3.40pm Watete Theatre Company
3.50pm Second half kick off
4.40pm Presentation by Governor General, PNG National Rugby League Chairman Don Fox and bemobile Chairman Anthony Smare

Joe Tokam quietly keeps bemobile Cup wheels turning

By KEITH PUARIA of The National, Papua New Guinea's No. 1 daily newspaper

The beMobile Cup grand final on Sunday between the Toyota Enga Mioks and the NGIP Agmark Gurias will bring the curtain down on Season 2009, however, work does not stop behind the scenes.
 Long-serving rugby league man, Joe Kuman Tokam (pictured), has been very much a part of the game since hanging up his boots in 1983.
Mr Tokam is operations manager of Papua New Guinea’s premier rugby league competition, the bemobile Cup.
With the Enga Mioks remaining in Port Moresby after their preliminary win against the Goroka Lahanis last Sunday, and the Gurias set to arrive before the end of the week, technical preparations outside of the playing field have been at full throttle for the competition management team and Tokam in particular.
“Apart from the tussle expected between the two sides on centre stage, we are going flat out before the day, making sure everything is in place, everything technical accounted for, and every little area in sight”, he said.
The competition, since its commencement on June 21 has gone according to schedule, according to Tokam, with no real major concern for organisers, and this weekend will be no different.
“The game has come a long way from the previous years,” he said.
“Apart from the incidents that have been much publicised during the season, and steered away from the main show, it has been a much better year than the past.”
Gates at the Lloyd Robson Oval are set to open at 8am with a bumper programme featuring junior games, women’s games and a whole lot more.

St Francis student wins bemobile Cup design competition

Caption: bemobile Cup designer Florence Metta receives her K10, 000 from bemobile chairman Anthony Smare

By STELLA BITA of bemobile
Thirteen-year-old Florence Metta, a Grade Six student at  St Francis Primary School in Koki in the nation’s Capital was declared the winner of the ‘bemobile design the cup competition’ by a panel of judges at the bemobile headquarters on Sept 28.
The nine-week competition that ended on Aug 31 attracted hundreds of entries from students from primary, secondary and tertiary institutions.
bemobile, through chairman Anthony Smare, was on the lookout for a design that was more on a local front and would appeal to the public and promote the image of the semi-professional competition.
On Wednesday Oct 7, a bemobile team headed by Mr Smare and chief commercial officer Chris Raps went to the school and surprised students and staff on the school’s greatest achievement.
A jubilant principal was lost for words upon hearing that one of his pupils had just won K35, 000 by entering the ‘design the bemobile Cup competition:  K25, 000  for the school to provide and maintain educational resources and facilities and K10, 000 as a trust fund account to go towards Ms Metta’s school fees in the coming years.
Her design is currently with a local manufacturing firm which is in the construction phase of the new bemobile Cup.
Ms Metta’s design will be unveiled at the presentation of the grand final awards on Sunday.
Ms Metta, accompanied by her aunt Solange, will be there to unveil the 2009 bemobile Cup at the Lloyd Robson Oval.
She will be among a number of very senior dignitaries in the bemobile corporate box on Sunday.

Gurias' proud track record

Caption: The Gurias arriving at Kokopo with the then SP Cup in 2005

 

The NGIP Agmark Gurias (previously under different names) have been participating in the PNG intercity rugby league competion since its inception in 1990.

 Recruitments over the years have included the likes of John Waka, Kom Rumints, Peter Dun, Stanley Sukot, Menzie Yere, Opisa Pomba, Michael Angra, Ricky Sibiya, Michael Marum, Tuksy Karu, Chris Lome, Baltasa Lome, Raynold Balele, Dusty Mockley, Jessie Alunga, Andrew Buka, Rolly Matalau, Daniel Kulmat, Velarin Akeria, James Soatsin, Stanis Kale, Kelly Nopi and Giamuki Tau. 

Many of these players have either represented the Kumuls in the past or advanced on to represent the Kumuls.    

Gurias have had a good record over the history of the PNG Intercity Rugby League Competition, formerly known as the SP Cup, now known as the bemobile Cup.

 The Gurias’ proud history includes the following;

 

·        1999    -    Runners up                         Coached by Jeff Wade

·        2000    -    Runners up                         Coached by Jeff Wade

·        2001    -    Premiers                             Coached by Jeff Wade

·        2003    -    Premiers SP Shield  Coached by Michael  Marum with Wesley Wynm co-coach

·        2004    -    Runners Up SP Shield       Coached by Michael Marum with Wesley Wynm co-coach

·        2005    -    Premiers                             Coached by Norm Norris (NGIP Agmark took over)

·        2006    -    Finished 3rd                        Coached by Norm Norris

·        2007    -    Runners up                          Coached By Michael Marum

·        2008    -    Finished 4th                        Coached by Michael Marum

 

My first US$100 with Adsense

I'm feeling good today because I've just made my first US$100 with AdSense.
It took me about a year to get this far, and although I started off very slowly, I've picked up quite dramatically over the last couple of months.
This is yet to be confirmed, however, I may be the first Papua New Guinean who has made this much money with Adsense.                                                                                                                  I have chosen not to pick up the money immediately but let it all accumulate for a rainy day.
Thanks to Google and Blogspot for making all this possible.

Malum

Muscleman David Mugarenang

Muscleman David Mugarenang, from Finschhafe, Morobe province, flexing his muscles at a bemobile Cup grand final dinner at the Crowne Plaza in Port Moresby last night.
Australian rugby league refereeing legend, Bill Harrigan, who will control Sunday's grand final between Enga Mioks and Rabaul Gurias, was the guest at the dinner and reminisced on his long and colouful career as a whistle-blower.