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Thursday, June 08, 2023

Painting the town red

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Today I drive through a city literally drowning in buai (betelnut)   spit and skins, and litter.  The roads and infrastructure are spat red....
Friday, October 02, 2020

Government moves to promote citrus industry

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The Government will be moving to promote PNG's fledgling citrus industry in a big way, says Agriculture and Livestock Minister. An impre...
Wednesday, September 23, 2020

A visit to Nowek Coffee Factory in Goroka

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  Nowek Coffee Factory General-Manager, Joe Shelley, takes us through the factory process from factory door to green bean ready for export. ...

Young gun of PNG's coffee industey

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  Young Joe Shelley, 32, is one of the young guns of PNG's coffee industry.  He is now running  nationally-owned export company, Nowek, ...
Tuesday, September 22, 2020

54 years in Goroka... and counting...

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In the morning of Sunday, September 13, 2020, at Kama in Goroka, I was privileged to be introduced to one of the pioneers of Goroka, 78-year...
Monday, September 21, 2020

Livestock Development Corporation takes charge of beekeeping industry

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The Livestock Development Corporation (LDC) has taken charge of Papua New Guinea's lucrative beekeeping industry. LDC Managing-Director...

A look into PNG's beekeeping industry

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The beekeeping industry in PNG is a small but lucrative one. Farmers get K12 per kg of raw honey, which is more than coffee, or other agricu...

Zuguru Cattle Ranch beefed up with new vehicle

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The Zuguru Cattle Ranch in Bena, Eastern Highlands, has been given a brand-new Toyota Land Cruiser vehicle to do its work. The vehicle was h...

Zuguru Cattle Ranch, Bena, Eastern Highlands

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The Department of Agriculture and Livestock is often disparaged as "Department of Agriculture and Deadstock". Deadstock because th...

Independence Day 2020 Flag Raising

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  At this very spot exactly 45 years ago, on September 16, 1975, the Flag of Papua New Guinea was hoisted for the first time. In the morning...

PM Marape's Independence Day Address 2020

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  Prime Minister Hon. James Marape 's inspiring 45th Independence Day Address delivered at Independence Hill in Port Moresby in the morn...

Menifo Sheep Research Station

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Menifo Sheep Research Station in the beautiful countryside of Lufa, Eastern Highlands Province, is a far cry from what it used to be. In the...

Eastern Highlands beekeeping industry gets a boost

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  An agreement has been signed between Livestock Development Corporation LDC) and Eastern Highlands' Beekeepers Association (IHBA) to d...

China Juncao and Upland Rice Technology Project in PNG

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At a corner of North Goroka, in the capital of Eastern Highlands, a quiet agricultural revolution is taking place. This is the home of the ‘...

The soapmaker of Goroka

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Goroka soap maker Barclay Kaupa is a real maverick. I know Kaupa from my years in Goroka from 1998-2002, when my late wife and I were regul...
Friday, June 05, 2020

PM Marape thanks MPs for overwhelming support to ICAC

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Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has thanked all Members of Parliament for their overwhelming support towards the Organic Law on the Indepen...
Tuesday, April 07, 2020

PM Marape announces second COVID-19 case in PNG

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PRIME Minister Hon. James Marape yesterday announced that the country has recorded its second COVID-19 case. The Prime Minister said the ...