Month: May 2018
Women take 8km walk to market to sell cocoa beans
More than 5000 people at Transgogol, in Madang, who depend on cocoa for income, need roads to make going to the market easier, says a producer . The lack of […]
Local farmers growing maize to feed Ilimo dairy cows
Ilimo Dairy, operated by Innovative Agro Industry (IAI) PNG Ltd, has received another delivery of maize from growers in Central. The latest delivery was from local farmers in Aroa and […]
Apec like a family: You also have uncles, aunties, cousins
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade RIMBINK PATO sees a need to ensure robust and inclusive Asia-Pacific trade. Speaking to APEC BULLETIN, Pato discusses his expectations for engagement between the […]
Wickets galore
By MARTHA DERUAGE Cricket PNG has received AU$400,000 (K981,761) funding to start a facility enhancement project to build fields that would benefit 48 communities in 11 provinces in the country. […]
Foundation conducts clinics to develop sports teachers
By LARRY ANDREW The Papua New Guinea Sports Foundation’s (PNGSF) Northern region office conducted clinics for four days in the Wampar local-level government, Huon Gulf, last week. The physical education […]
Underdogs face Ela Motors
By LARRY ANDREW THE Lae Biscuit Bowls team head into the grand final as underdogs against Ela Motors in the Lae Golf Club corporate lawn bowls competition next Monday night. […]
Tobacco and heart disease
IT is frightening to hear that the use of tobacco products, particular cigarette smoking, has increased many times in PNG over the past 20 years and we are now ranked […]
Gas landowners known, says Pok
By LEMACH LAVARI The Government has announced that the landowners who will benefit from the PNG LNG Project pipeline have been identified. Petroleum Minister Dr Fabian Pok said yesterday in […]
ExxonMobil spent K2.3bil on production work locally
EXXONMOBIL spent K2.3 billion on Papua New Guinean services and landowner companies for production-related activities last year and more than K44 million on community investment programmes. This was revealed in […]
Alpha Insurance stands by its Oil Search earthquake cover
Alpha Insurance Ltd (Alpha) recently announced it was one of the insurers for Oil Search Ltd following losses in the Highlands region. Managing-director and chief executive Bruce Avenell said the […]