Day: October 16, 2018
Kaupa eager for more tries
By JACK AMI Papua New Guinea Orchids leading tryscorer Naomi Kaupa, pictured, is eager to keep adding to her tally on the international stage. Kaupa told The National that she […]
Paga, Souths record wins to stay in hunt for PRL title
By MELTON PAIS PAGA Panthers and Souths kept their Port Moresby Rugby League (PRL) seasons alive after defeating their opponents in the second week of the finals on Saturday. Souths […]
9s comp targets city talent
By MELTON PAIS A NINES rugby league competition involving the best teams from the National Capital District and Central kicks off in Port Moresby on Thursday. The Lae Biscuit-sponsored Snax […]
World Food Day a timely reminder
TODAY, over 815 million people are suffering chronic undernourishment, according to the latest Food and Agriculture Organisation report. Conflict, extreme weather events linked to climate change, economic slowdown and rapidly […]
Billion kina projects put Morobe in driver’s seat
Morobe Governor Ginson Saonu says the province will be hosting several billion kina projects in the near future. He said that was why he has invited foreign investors to invest […]
Digicel Foundation: A decade of assistance
Digicel PNG Foundation celebrated its 10th anniversary yesterday at the Digicel headquarters in Port Moresby. The foundation started in Sept 2008, a year after Digicel started its operation in Papua […]
WNB signs deal to boost farming
Small and Medium Enterprises Corporation (Smec) has signed an agreement with the West New Britain provincial administration to allow the administration to establish an SME business incubation facility in the […]
Muthuvel sees more business opportunities in WNB
WEST New Britain Governor Sasindran Muthuvel says that although the province has a strong oil palm industry, it can also diversify into other cash crops. Those crops include cocoa, copra, […]
Star Mountain praised for using mining money to expand
MINING and petroleum landowner companies should start investing in sustainable projects like tourism, says Tourism promotion Authority chief executive Jerry Agus. He said this when commending Ok Tedi landowner company […]
Agriculture seen as driver for future economic growth
AGRICULTURE is a driver of future economic growth in Papua New Guinea, says Australian consul-general in Lae Paul Murphy. He was speaking at the handover of the solar-powered rice-milling equipment […]