Rugby League World Cup Tours PNG Kumuls and British Lions

THE Papua New Guinea Kumuls will compete in two major Rugby League International Federation-sanctioned challenges this year.

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Southern hemisphere general manager Jeremy Edwards was in the country yesterday to present the RLIF calendar highlighting the inaugural Oceania Cup and the British Lions tour, of which the Kumuls will be part.

Competing in the Oceania Cup are Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, PNG, and co-hosts Australia and New Zealand.

Australia, New Zealand and Tonga make up pool A while Samoa, Fiji and PNG occupy Pool B.

Pool A and Pool B will compete for a trophy and shield respectively.

The last-placed nation in pool A will be demoted to pool B and the first-placed side in pool B will be promoted to pool A.

“The exciting thing about this is to see the nations play for something that is meaningful and will start every mid-year,” Edwards said.

The Kumuls' first Oceania Cup fixture is against Samoa in Sydney on June 22 and the second against Fiji in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Nov 9.

The Kumuls as with similar mid-year Tests is set to feature mostly Australian based talent with players from the Hunters and Q-Cup as well as the NRL to be considered.

Head coach Michael Marum, pictured, as well as the PNGRFL, are yet to confirm whether players from the UK will be considered for the June international.

Meanwhile, the Lions tour will be held in New Zealand and PNG, with the Brits playing Tonga on Oct 26, New Zealand on Nov 2 and Nov 9, and the Kumuls in Port Moresby on Nov 16.

The PNG Orchids (women) will also get an opportunity to play an international test against a Pacific All-Stars side on Nov 16.

In attendance to witness the launch were New Zealand Rugby League chief executive Greg Peters, PNG Rugby Football League chairman Sandis Tsaka, Immigration and Border Security Minister Petrus Thomas and PNG Sports Foundation chief executive Peter Tsiamalili Jr.

Tsaka said more international fixtures would improve PNG’s ranking.

Fixtures – Oceania Cup:

Pool A – New Zealand v Tonga (at Mt Smart on June 22), Australia v New Zealand (in Wollongong on Oct 25), Australia v Tonga (at Eden Park on Nov 2);

Pool B – Samoa v PNG (in Sydney on June 22), Fiji v Samoa (at Eden Park on Nov 2), PNG v Fiji (in Christchurch on Nov 9)

Lions Tour:

Lions v Tonga (in Hamilton on Oct 26), Lions v New Zealand (at Eden Park on Nov 2), Lions v New Zealand (in Christchurch on Nov 9), Lions v PNG (in Port Moresby on Nov 16).

2020 Easter Inspirational Quotes and Messages

Easter falls on Sunday the 21st. Here is a collection of 20 Easter quotes and messages you'll love. 

The 2020 Easter quotes are in the following order:

• Powerful Family Easter Quotes
• Inspirational Easter Messages
• Easter Quotes from PNG
• Funny Easter Messages

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Family Easter Quotes

Wishing you a Happy Easter

Enjoy your Easter holidays. Share peace and joy with your family.

I wish you get eggs of gold, flowers of happiness and bunnies of chocolate this Easter. Wish you a happy one!

Wishing you and your family the happiest Easter of all.

May Easter bring its nicest things to you and those you love! Happy Easter.

 Inspirational Easter Messages

"May you feel Christ's love this Easter as you celebrate new beginnings."

He died for our sins and rose from the tomb to deliver us from sin and darkeness. Be thankful for this great news today!"

"May your Easter be filled with peace & joy as you celebrate His resurrection."

"Christ has risen! Hallelujah!

"May Lord Jesus' blessings always be upon you and may you achieve greatness in whatever you do"

Easter Quotes from PNG

"Some indivuduals in life have done really well, in some families the parents have held on together in challenging moments and kept their families together" Archbishop John Ribat

"The greatest gift of all was giving freely to those who asked in faith" Archbishop Douglas Young

"Easter is a time of forgiveness and unity" Reverend Bernard Siai

"Easter is therefore a time to reflect the central message of the gospel – selfless love" Unknown

"May the true message of Good over evil remain with us this Easter, and throughout the year ahead" PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill

Funny Easter Messages

"Have an eggstra special Easter season!"

"Hope you have a hoppy Easter!"

"Somebunny loves you!"

"I hope you get eggzactly what your are looking for this Easter season!"

"Easter eggs think you are hilarious. That is because you can easily crack them up.

Tip: Use the 2019 Easter quotes to create your own. 

Tweet me your funny favourite Easter quotes @png_insight or comment below. 

PNG Hunters News Update - Former Players in the UK and Australia

Update: Further to a post on PNG Hunters former players, this post provides an update on where the 2014 Grand Final winning players' club in the UK and Australia. 

Pic: @rmt_1982.Rob Terrace

Many players who had the opportunity to move to play overseas have either stayed with the teams they were contracted with or moved around. So, this is the latest on where the original PNG Hunters are mid-2019.

• Barrow Raiders

Wartovo Puara

Stargroth Amean

Willie Minoga

The club released Willie to travel back to PNG on family reasons. Here is what the Barrow Raiders said on Twitter

'Willie Minoga is about to board a flight for PNG. His pregnant wife has been involved in a serious road accident and the club has given Willie's two weeks compassionate leave so he can be with his family. 

Our thoughts are with you Willie from all at Barrow Raiders' 

• Doncaster RLFC 

Watson Boas (loan)

*Menzie Yere (loan)

Jason Tali

Featherstone Rovers released Watson Boas on loan to Doncaster RLFC. Watson played 11 games and scored 4 tries. He did not feature in the plays in late April 2019 due to availability of other Rovers halves. 

Featherstone CEO Davide Longo said 

'The coaching team at Featherstone Rovers will monitor Watson closely and be very much in regular contact with the Doncaster coaching staff and the player'

The Boas brothers, Watson and Ase, and Thompson Tete joined the second tier club early in 2019. They play several games for the Rovers. 

Thompson Teteh nursed a suspected shoulder injury.

Ase returned home due to family reasons. He is now back with the PNG Hunters 2019.

Watson is now playing for the Doncaster RLFC with two other Papua New Guinean internationals Menzie Yere (on loan from Sheffield Eagles) and Jason Tali.

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SUPREME COURT DECLARES UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND INVALID REMOVAL OF PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION POWERS AND FUNCTIONS 2014

The Supreme Court on 28 March 2019 declared unconstitutional and invalid forthwith Constitutional Amendment Laws passed by the National Parliament in 2014 removing the independent powers and functions of the Public Service Commission (PSC) relating to the appointment, suspension and revocation of appointment of Departmental Heads, Provincial Administrators and heads of Statutory Regulatory Authorities (RSA). The Court further declared invalid with immediate effect all the subsequent or consequential Acts of Parliament and Regulations (see below) passed by Parliament under these Constitutional Amendment Laws.

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The basis of the declaration was that the National Parliament failed to comply with the mandatory procedures prescribed by Section 14 of the Constitution relating to enacting Constitutional Amendment Laws.

In 2014 Dr Philip Kereme PhD., the Chairman of the PSC filed an application as a private citizen challenging the Constitutional validity of the Constitutional Amendment Laws passed by the Parliament in 2014. The opposing parties were: Peter O’Neill (Prime Minister), Ano Pala (Minister for Justice and Attorney General), Theo Zurenuoc (Speaker). These laws are:

1. Constitutional Amendment (No. 38) (Appointment of Certain Offices) Law 2014; and 2. Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments (Amendment) (No 13) Law 2014.

These Constitutional Amendment Laws removed the PSC’s respective powers and functions relating to the appointment, suspension and revocation of appointment of Departmental Heads, Provincial Administrators and the heads of Regulatory Statutory Authorities by repealing Sections 193 and 208B of the Constitution. To give effect to these laws the Parliament repealed the Public Services Management Act 1995 and enacted the Public Service Management Act 2014 (PSMA) (relating to dept. heads & Prov. Administrators), the Regulatory Statutory (Appointment to Certain Offices) (Amendment) Act 2013 (relating to heads of Regulatory Statutory Authority). The 2014 PSMA established the Ministerial Executive Appointment Committee (MEAC) which had powers to deal with the appointment, suspension and revocation of appointments of Departmental Heads and Provincial Administrators. The PSC’s independent involvement in these processes were removed and its powers and functions conferred on the MEAC. MEAC comprises five Ministers in which the Minister responsible for Public Service is the Chairman.

The process in summary was that MEAC would determine all matters relating to the appointment, suspension and revocation of Departmental Heads and Provincial Administrators and recommend to the National Executive Council, of which they are members. In the absence of the PSC it is a political body prone to make decisions based on political interests and not necessarily on merit.

As a result of the Court’s determination of the Constitutional Amendment Laws it declared that the related statutes which the Parliament had enacted to further implement these Constitutional Amendments are now declared unconstitutional and invalid forthwith. These Statutes are:

1. Public Service Management Act 2014.

2. Regulatory Statutory (Appointment to Certain Offices) (Amendment) Act 2013.

3. Public Service (Management) (Employment of Departmental Heads) Regulations 2014.

4. Public Service (Management) (Employment of Provincial Administrators) Regulations 2014.

5. Regulatory Statutory (Appointment to Certain Offices) Regulations 2013.

The legal effect of the Court’s decision is that the terms of Section 193 and 208B of the Constitution pre-2014 remains in force. The PSMA 1995 and the RSA 2004 remain in force. There is no vacuum and no gap in the law and therefore there should be no confusion.

For the avoidance of doubt and perhaps even confusion, the Supreme Court declared that all or any actions taken under these laws now declared unconstitutional and invalid shall remain valid. In other words, any appointments, suspensions and revocations of appointments made remain valid. The Interveners were ordered to pay the Applicant’s costs of the proceeding.

Dr Kereme did challenge the Constitutional validity of the Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments (District Development Authority) (Amendment) Law 2014 and the District Development Authority Act 2014 in his proceeding but the Court excluded these at the preliminary stage on 10 August 2017 on the basis that these did not relate to the PSC's powers and functions.

Finally, this is a victory for good governance and the well-established systems and the laws and for the People of Papua New Guinea, in particular, the Public Service.

I commend Dr Philip Kereme for taking the action in his capacity as a private citizen.