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Agriculture weathers COVID-19 with PNG set to become world’s No. 2 vanilla producer

Agriculture /

The agriculture sector shows signs of weathering the pandemic better than other sectors largely due to additional Government support to SMEs, according to the World Bank’s Papua New Guinea Economic Update for February 2022. The report highlights vanilla as the star achiever for PNG which it says is poised to become the world’s second largest […]

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Changes to COVID-19 testing requirements before travel

Air Niugini, Aviation, COVID-19 /

MARCH 17 2022 AIR NIUGINI Air Niugini would like to advise customers of the amended COVID-19 test requirements prior to travel to the Philippines and also to United Kingdom(UK) via Singapore. All passengers flying to Manila: Philippines is now open for travel to non-citizens. Effective from 1st April, for passengers flying into the Philippines as

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KCH provides K20 million to PNG Power Ltd to settle debts

Kumul Consolidated Holdings, PNG Power Ltd /

MARCH 17 2022 Kumul Consolidated Holdings (KCH) today (March 17 2022) announced that it has released K20 million to the State-owned power company PNG Power Ltd (PPL) for independent power provider (IPP) creditor repayments. KCH Acting Managing-Director David Kavanamur said this was in line with statements made earlier this month regarding the Government’s support of

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Minister Simon says PNG can learn a lot about agriculture from Bangladesh

Agriculture /

MARCH 17 2022 Agriculture and Livestock Minister Hon. John Simon says there is a lot in terms of agriculture that Papua New Guinea can learn from Bangladesh. He said this after returning from the 36th Asia Pacific Regional Conference  (APRC) of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Dhaka, Bangladesh.Minister Simon, who visited rice fields in

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Oil palm boss says laws governing industry are outdated

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March 16 2022 Oil Palm Industry Corporation (OPIC) Acting General-Secretary Kepson Pupita says the “long-overdue” review of the OPIC Act to bring about changes in the billion-kina industry is now is place. He said this in Kimbe today (Wednesday March 16) after a consultation meeting with stakeholders to discuss the revised OPIC Act before it

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1705 Sepik cocoa farmers supported to revive blocks

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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

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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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