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Morobe Police receive K3 million from Morobe Government for 2022 Election

2022 General Election, Morobe, Police / Admin

POLICE MEDIA Morobe Provincial Police Commander Superintendent Jacob Singura has welcomed the K3 million assistance from Morobe Provincial Government for the 2022 National General Election. Mr Singura said of the K3 million assistance, K1 million would be allocated for security operations for elections in the province. He said a big portion of this money would […]

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Lae cyclists pedal into Maramuni

Enga, Morobe, Road Transport, Tourism PNG, Youth / Admin

April 3 2022 A group of 12 young cyclists from Lae have shown the people of remote Maramuni, Enga – situated between Enga and East Sepik – the meaning of “wan kantri (one country)”. The group, know as ‘Lae Pedal Power’, which has already cycled several parts of the country, reached Maramuni last Friday (April

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A Bulolo love affair

4 Comments / Features, Morobe, PNG History, Tourism PNG / Admin

This article first appeared in The National Weekender on Friday, March 8, 2013 By MALUM NALU On Saturday, March 2, 2013, while in the mountains of Baiune in Bulolo, Morobe province, for the opening of PNG Forest Products’ K100 million Upper Baiune hydro power project, I met two living legends of Bulolo. I was walking

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Pictures of Lae Showground

Lae, Morobe, Tourism PNG / Admin

An event synonymous with Lae since the late 1950s is the Morobe Agriculture Show held at the Lae Showground. It brings together people from Lae, Morobe, Madang, the Highlands and other parts of Papua New Guinea in a celebration of the agriculture and business potential of the Province of Morobe. However, since COVID-19 came along

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Pictures of Raun Wara, Lae

Lae, Morobe, Photographs, Tourism PNG / Admin

So we head into another election and Raun Wara, that iconic pool of water in our City of Lae, remains long overdue for clean-up and transformation into a recreational area for our residents. With imagination and creativity, like Justin Tkatchenko has done in Port Moresby, Raun Wara can become a good spot for families, couples

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Pictures of Lae Golf Course

Lae, Morobe, Photographs, Tourism PNG / Admin

I’ve had several requests from former Lae residents asking for pictures of one of their favorite haunts: the beautiful and evergreen Lae Golf Course. I had a look through my hard drives and, presto, I found some pictures of the Lae Golf Course and Lae Golf Club, which I took last August. Here they are:

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Pictures of Markham Valley, Morobe

Morobe, Photographs, Tourism PNG / Admin

The Markham Valley of Morobe is one of the great landmarks of our beautiful country of Papua New Guinea. It starts from outside the City of Lae and stretches all the way to Yung Creek at the bottom of Kassam Pass in Eastern Highlands. The drive through the valley is most-enjoyable with the wind in

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Cocoa nursery transforms a rural village in Bulolo, Morobe

Agriculture, Morobe / Admin

Saturday May 1st 2021 by MALUM NALU At Gurakor Village, in the Mumeng LLG of Bulolo, Morobe, villagers are taking to growing cocoa like never before.Their interest has been ignited by a 20,000-seedling cocoa nursery set up in the village by the PNG Cocoa Board. Seedlings are now being distributed to villagers in Gurakor and

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PNG Cocoa Board predicts ‘bumper crop’ in Morobe in 2021

Agriculture, Morobe / Admin

Friday April 30th 2021 PNG Cocoa Board CEO Boto Gaupu predicts a “bumper crop” in Morobe this year on the back of the Marape Government’s Price Support Programme. He made the bold prediction at Munum Village in the Markham Valley on Monday (April 26th 2021) after launching the price support programme for Morobe. Morobe’s current

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The women of Esso Mountain

Agriculture, Morobe / Admin

Thursday April 28th 2021 At “Esso Mountain”, a community living in the high hills of 9-Mile outside Lae, a cocoa revolution spearheaded by women is taking place. The 100-plus women, who are all members of the Awilunga Mama Agric Project, have taken to growing cocoa like ducks to water. It’s an amazing story about how

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