How did Bolumunski Highway get its name?
By MALUM NALU Beautiful New Ireland has many attractions for visitors. I especially love the scenic and unspoiled beachfront, market and the long and winding Boluminski Highway. It is one of the best roads in all of Papua New Guinea. But how did the Boluminski Highway get its name? The highway is named after German
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1705 Sepik cocoa farmers supported to revive blocks
EU-STREIT Programme in Papua New Guinea, in collaboration with its local partners, capacitates 1705 cocoa farmers in the Sepik Region, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to rehabilitate and revive old, infested cocoa blocks, and restore their cocoa production. Wewak, East Sepik, March 15 2022 – Moving forward with its mission to support and empower
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Ampo, Lae, in pictures
Evangelical Lutheran Church of PNG (ELCPNG) headquarters at Ampo, Lae, on Saturday, September 4, 2021. We had so much fun with missionary kids from USA, Germany, Australia, Canada and elsewhere here, Balob Teachers’ College and Martin Luther Seminary back in the 1970s and 1980s. Guys like former Australian MP Trev Ruthenberg and scientist Bruce Rohrlach,
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Papua New Guinea in the kiap days (Part 4)
By MALUM NALU How kiaps got things done in the colonial days Back in 2010, I used to frequent the Weigh Inn Hotel at Konedobu, Port Moresby, to have a pint and a quiet yarn with former kiap (patrol officer) and Member of the First House of Assembly Graham Pople. At that time, the much
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Papua New Guinea in the Kiap Days (Part 3)
By MALUM NALU Remembering Daru the way it used to be In the pre-independence days, Daru was an exotic melting pot of expatriate traders, planters, crocodile hunters and even missionaries. Former kiap (patrol officer) and Member of the first House of Assembly Graham Pople, whose first posting was Daru in 1956 as a 21-year-old, once
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Papua New Guinea in the Kiap Days (Part 2)
by MALUM NALU Kainantu, once upon a time in the colonial days, was known as the “Mile High Gateway to the Highlands” and was one of the prettiest towns in Papua New Guinea. It was in the same league as Minj, Banz, Daru, Wau, Bulolo, Bogia, Samarai Island and others which were once so pretty
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Papua New Guinea in the Kiap Days (Part 1)
By MALUM NALU Over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend in 2010, I had the privilege of browsing through the never-before-published autobiography and patrol diaries of Graham Pople, a former kiap (patrol officer) and Member of the first Papua and New Guinea House of Assembly in 1964. Simply titled The Popleography, it gives a fascinating insight
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Malaysian Govt prepared to work with PNG on allegation of wrongdoing by Malaysian palm oil company
Bernama March 10, 2022 KUALA LUMPUR (March 10): Malaysia is ready to work with Papua New Guinea to investigate allegations of wrongdoing by a Malaysian palm oil company operating there, said Deputy Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Willie Mongin. Up until now, he said the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) had not