Day: February 10, 2017
Farmers reaping their harvest
By DOROTHY MARK THE catch phrase, ‘look after cocoa and cocoa will look after you’ became a reality for 1900 cocoa farmers in the Transgogol area of Madang at the […]
Bob Marley tapes in basement
WITH dozens of greatest hits albums released since his death, it was thought that Bob Marley’s back catalogue had been exhausted. But a rundown former hotel in an unfashionable corner […]
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INTERESTINGLY a joint assessment conducted by the International Organisation for Migration and the PNG Government found out that 75,499 people classified as internally displaced persons (IDPs) as a result of […]
PM right about education
PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill doesn’t mince his words when it comes to matters of education. As the champion of free education in Papua New Guinea, O’Neill has walked the talk […]
Morobe schools feeling pinch of free education, we must act now
THE idea of free education in its period of conception was a golden idea and we all supported it simply because the majority of our children are in rural areas […]
People need to know how to do business, says saleswoman
JACKLYN SIRIAS THE country has all the resources available and people need to know how to venture in business, says a saleswoman. Lydia Wau, a PNG Superior Coffee saleswoman at […]
Forum to formulate proposals for fund
THE United Nations Forum on Forests is conducting a workshop to get public servants to formulate project proposal for donors to fund. The workshop is in collaboration with the PNG […]
Coffee seedlings ready
ABOUT 40,000 coffee seedlings are ready for distribution to gardens in the mountains of Simbai and Kovon in Middle Ramu, Madang. Productive Partnerships in Agriculture Project is the coffee component […]
Fiji allows imports from PNG
THE Biosecurity Authority of Fiji (BAF) has now allowed imports of certain PNG products into Fiji but under certain conditions. When contacted yesterday BAF issued a statement to The National […]
Firm expands portfolio
HORIZON Oil Ltd has expanded its portfolio interests in PNG with the A$28 million acquisition of Eaglewood Energy BVI. The deal gives Horizon an interest in the Ubuntu gas-condensate discovery […]