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By MALUM NALU This article first appeared in The National Weekender on Friday, September 9, 2022 The livestock industry in Papua New Guinea has collapsed to such a low that people sarcastically refer to it as the “deadstock industry”. Back in the colonial days, under the guidance of experienced Australian cattlemen and didiman (agriculture officers), there was a thriving livestock […]

OFC MEDIAJULY 30 2022 Papua New Guinea have won the OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2022 for the first time after beating host nation Fiji 2-1 in the final in front of a boisterous crowd at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva. After previously finishing as runners-up on three occasions PNG can finally call themselves champions

JULY 27 2022 Papua New Guinea are into the final of the OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2022 after beating Samoa 3-0 at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva, Fiji. Meagen Gunemba’s two second-half goals, either side of Samoa having a penalty saved, secured the win after Charlie Yanding had given PNG a first-half lead. While

AIR NIUGINI JULY 8 2022 Air Niugini wishes to advise the travelling public that effective from August 6, 2022, the airline will resume direct services to Honiara, Solomon Islands, and Nadi, Fiji. The resumption of services has been made possible by the relaxing of border restrictions in the two countries, and flights will initially operate

JULY 5 2022 The Kavieng District Development Authority (KDDA) will assess thoroughly, the viability of establishing a new business arm after the 2022 General Election. The announcement was made after casting his vote at Utukul Island, Ward 1-Tikana LLG, today by the KDDA Chairman and Pangu Pati’s Kavieng MP and Treasurer Hon. Ian Ling-Stuckey. He

By MALUM NALU In March 2016, I was privileged to have been invited by the late Deputy Prime Minister and Bulolo MP, Hon. Sam Basil, to visit his beautiful home in Buang, Bulolo, Morobe. He was in Opposition at that time. Buang is an amazing and spiritual land of mountains, rivers and waterfalls. You can

May 14, 2022 ZEELAND, Mich. (AP) — A soldier who died when a B-25 bomber went down in Papua New Guinea during World War II has been laid to rest in his western Michigan hometown nearly eight decades after his death. A memorial for Cpl. LaVerne Van Dyke. Dozens of relatives and local residents who

By MALUM NALU This story was first published on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 There is a breathtaking view of the Markham Valley, Nadzab Airport and Lake Wanam stretching all the way to Lae along the Gabensis-Muniau Road in Morobe province. I took the drive along this road, which has been neglected for the last seven

APRIL 26 2022 Livestock Development Corporation (LDC) now has an established cattle-buying point at remote Sialum in Tewai-Siassi, Morobe, to supply cattle to the whole country, according to LDC Managing-Director Terry Koim. The LDC has already built a stock yard, rehabilitated the jetty and will next be looking at building an abattoir in Sialum. The