World Bank’s Economic Update finds strengthening the agriculture sector will spur opportunity and diversify growth PORT MORESBY, June 30, 2025 – Papua New Guinea’s economy is set to grow by 4.7 percent in 2025, well above its historical average, driven by rising gold and copper production and a strong recovery in agriculture. But amid global commodity […]
Port Moresby | Monday, 30 June 2025 – Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has issued an impassioned appeal to the international community to act urgently and decisively in preserving the world’s forests and oceans – describing them as the “lungs and lifeline of our planet” – during his keynote address at the 42nd Meeting
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Port Moresby | Saturday, 28 June 2025 — A leading Australian Kokoda advocate has issued a stark warning that Papua New Guinea’s most iconic wartime trail is heading for disaster unless urgent action is taken to restore confidence and reform its management. Major Charlie Lynn, a decorated former Australian Army officer and long-time Kokoda tour
Port Moresby | Friday, 27 June 2025 — A passionate call has been made for urgent reform of Papua New Guinea’s Kokoda tourism industry, with former New South Wales MP and Kokoda advocate Charlie Lynn declaring that over 65,000 Australians have been “cheated” over the past 20 years due to persistent mismanagement and neglect of
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Tiobuin-Sipotavai, Tinputz, Bougainville, 17 June 2025 – Deep in the cocoa-rich heartland of North Bougainville, work is well underway on a long-awaited transformation: the 5.8-kilometre rehabilitation of the Tiobuin-Sipotavai Feeder Road. Spearheaded by the Papua New Guinea Agriculture Commercialization and Diversification (PACD) Project, funded by the PNG Government with support of the World Bank, this
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Mt Hagen, 12 May 2025 – In the cool highlands of Papua New Guinea, where fertile valleys stretch across Tambul and Tomba, a quiet agricultural revolution is taking place. At the centre of it all is Tininga Hilans Fres—the country’s leading private sector player in the fresh produce industry. During a recent tour of the
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Mt Hagen, Western Highlands Province, 12 May 2025 – As Papua New Guinea celebrates 50 years of independence, a new generation of agricultural leaders is rising—led by four dynamic young women at Hilans Fres, the fresh produce division of Mt Hagen-based company Tininga Ltd. Barbara Mondo (24, Chimbu), Sylvee Attmankia (25, East Sepik/East New Britain),
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Inland Baining, Gazelle, East New Britain, 7 June 2025 – For decades, the people of Sandaun Block — a remote agricultural community in Inland Baining where settlers from all over Papua New Guinea have bought land and built new lives — have lived with isolation, hardship, and determination. But now, under the Papua New Guinea
KULUNGURE, SINIVIT LLG, POMIO DISTRICT – Saturday, 7 June 2025: The rehabilitation of the Kulungure Feeder Road in Sinivit LLG, Pomio District, East New Britain Province, is making steady progress under the Papua New Guinea Agriculture Commercialisation and Diversification (PACD) Project, a national initiative funded by the Government of Papua New Guinea with support from
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Port Moresby, Thursday, 5 June 2025 – Minister for Oil Palm Hon. Francis Galia Maneke, MP, has reaffirmed the Government’s strong commitment to its long-standing partnership with New Britain Palm Oil Ltd (NBPOL), now under the leadership of Sime Darby (PNG) Ltd, to boost smallholder support and sustainably expand Papua New Guinea’s oil palm industry.