Mushrooms galore…
THIS cluster of mushrooms with a common stem was
harvested in the upper Bena area of Eastern Highlands
province last Thursday. Two superstitious local farmers
who harvested the mushroom brought it to Ungai-Bena
district office in Goroka early Friday morning and left
it there. Pictured is and Mrs
Becker (left) and colleague displaying the mushrooms
outside the Ungai-Bena district administration building.
Words and Nationalpic by ZACHERY PER
TWO of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) most promising young
cricketers have been awarded a six-month
scholarship....
Two captains toss up the Cup...
French Rooster captain Eric Anselme (left) with
Telikom PNG Kumuls captain Keith Peters before
their Second Test in Begles Stade Musard in
southern France early this morning. The PNG
Kumuls recorded a 20-6 victory over the France
President XIII on Thursday morning (PNG time),
their first win from four outings, including the
50-10 thrashing by Wales at the start of the
tour two weeks ago.
NATIONAL Capital District Governor Powes Parkop
has terminated two senior NCD Commission
officers over alleged misappropriation of funds
and referred them to the fraud squad for
possible prosecution.
THE phase three civil works of the
rehabilitation of maritime navigation aids
system project was handed over to the National
Maritime Safety Authority (NMSA) by the
Department of Transport, at the PNG Ports
Corporation Limited premises last Friday.
THE National Development Bank (NDB) and the PNG
Tourism Promotion Authority (PNGTPA) last
Thursday signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA)
at the Holiday Inn for a tourism credit facility
for tourism projects for ordinary Papua New
Guineans.
