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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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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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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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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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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Tuesday April 27th 2021 The Marape Government’s Cocoa Price Support Programme will increase cocoa production in Morobe, says PNG Cocoa Board CEO Boto Gaupu. He said this on Monday (April 26th2021) when launching the programme in Morobe at Munum Village, Markham Valley, on behalf of Agriculture and Livestock Minister Hon. John Simon. As of Monday,
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“… Once they had arrived in Lae, they soon discovered how beautiful the location was and decided to make this their new home.” By MALUM NALU based on INFORMATION AND PICTURES SUPPLIED BY THE HUNTER FAMILY Noel Edward (Ned) Hunter, who passed away on July 31, 2020, aged 94, was one of the pioneers of
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