Day: January 11, 2018
Govt offices should be in one location
TOWARDS the end of last year, a number of government agencies were locked out of their offices because of outstanding rental bills. Within a couple of weeks, a number of […]
Honey man in for a sweet deal
LOCAL honey is being used in organic health products made by a small business in Port Moresby. Divine Management Services (DMS) uses the honey to make facial and body scrubs, […]
Rubber crisis making cocoa more attractive to farmers
About 400 rubber farmers in Abau, Central, plan to switch to cocoa because their old rubber trees are not producing enough. The Asian Development Bank started the rubber project in […]
Super-fast internet service connects Pangia to the world
PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill thanked Telikom PNG yesterday for launching a 4G LTE network at Pangia Station. “I would like to thank the board, management and staff of Telikom for […]
World Heritage move not war history, says track fan
THE Kokoda Track should be removed from the development of the Owen Stanley Ranges into a World Heritage listing because military heritage is not a consideration for a World Heritage […]
What’s the deal with registration?
The deadline for the registration of SIM cards has been extended to January 28. MERESEINI TUIVUNIWAI, of the Centre for Excellence in Financial Inclusion, explains why it is necessary and […]
Kokoda business worries as trekker numbers drop
THE number of people walking the Kokoda Track has dropped by more than 50 per cent since the Australian government took control of the management of the track in 2009, […]
Abaijah spins the big wheel home
By Lemach Lavari PORT Moresby office manager Helen Abaijah has won a brand new vehicle in Digicel’s Spin to Win Christmas promotion. The vehicle, a Ford single cabin ute, was […]
Hunters get boost
THE newly-established marketing division within PNG Rugby Football League has a mammoth task to help overhaul and re-brand rugby league in the country. Chairman Sandis Tsaka announced this while accepting […]
Lam lauds Cronk
FOR Adrian Lam, Cooper Cronk’s arrival at the Sydney Roosters is a double win. As a former Roosters halfback with 146 games to his name, Lam is rapt to see […]