WHILE the US imports about 22 million coffee bags a
year, Papua New Guinea could only account for at the
least a million bags mainly due to problems
transporting the produce from the farms to buying
centres.
NUKU’ALOFA: The future of Fiji’s ailing sugar
industry is in limbo after the decision by the
European Union (EU) last month to unilaterally scrap
the 32-year-old Sugar Protocol.
STINGERZ silenced Airways Bears at the weekend in
the Digicel Port Moresby women’s softball with a
nail biting 2-1 scoreline at Bisini softball
diamonds.
PNG Power pitcher Daniel Tovia continued his good
form yesterday when he led his team to a 4-0 victory
over Airways Bears in the Digicel Port Moresby men’s
competition.
BSP goalkeeper Josephine Eviasa (right)
tries to distract Moore Printing Kila Joe in the
final trial match of the Private Companies
Netball competition yesterday at Rita Flynn’s
court in Port Moresby. BSP won 20-16.
Nationalpic by WILLIAM WILLIANDO
HAILSTONES, some the size of coconuts, pounded
some villages in Minj District in Western
Highlands for almost four hours on Friday,
damaging houses and crops.
A CHINESE national from Shanghai has claimed
that he paid money to some Foreign Affairs and
Immigration Division officers in Port Moresby to
get his visa renewed.
RESETTLERS of the volcanic eruptions in East New
Britain have urged the provincial government to
shed some light on project allocations of a K20
million disaster fund from the National
Government.
