International travel website PlanetWare recently ranked Madang as the sixth-best snorkeling destination in the world. Madang has risen from seventh to sixth best destination in the world for snorkeling and diving. PlanetWare says: “The tropical nation of Papua New Guinea is located north of Australia in the Coral Triangle, also known as the Amazon of […]

PORT MORESBY, March 4, 2022 – A new World Bank report says Papua New Guinea’s economy is projected to grow by four percent in 2022, driven largely by growth in the extractives sector. Papua New Guinea Economic Update: Navigating a Fragile Recovery looks at key recent developments in PNG’s economy and places these in a

AIR NIUGINI Passengers travelling to Australia are required to complete a new “document” being the Australian Digital Passenger Declaration (or DPD). This replaces the earlier Passenger Travel Declaration (or ATD) that was required. The DPD is a mobile phone app and available for download at the Apple iPhone Store for iPhone, and Google Store for

Eighty-nine (89) years ago yesterday, on March 4, 1933, they started building the St Andrew’s Lutheran Church at Ampo in Lae, with dedication being on Oct 8, 1933. The church, built in its present form in 1933 (until renovated in 2005), is the only pre-war building in Lae and the timberwork used to bear many

Pictures of Markham Road, Lae, which leads from Voco Point to the Milford Haven Road roundabout at the Lae Botanical Gardens.DJI Mini 2 pictures taken on February 14 2022 by MALUM NALU.

By MALUM NALU NB: This story was first published in 2010. Back in 2010, I was pleasantly surprised to receive some amazing old photographs of Lae from Denis Murrell, a former teacher at the iconic Bugandi High School. He taught at Bugandi from 1968-1971 and had fond memories of Bugandi and Lae the way they used to