This story was first published in 2008 In James Seeto’s Lae office is a larged framed photograph of his father Seeto Kui, his mother, as well as places precious to him such as Salamaua, Wau and Lae. Theirs is a story of Salamaua, Wau, Lae, the horrors of war, and starting a company with only […]

Those of us who grew up in Lae, before Independence in 1975, know what a beautiful place it was.Lae was just like any town in Australia.I often tell my kids that Lae, and the rest of PNG, before Independence, was so much more better than now.The challenge on us now is to try give back

This article was first published in 2009 One of the best-known landmarks in Port Moresby is the wreck of the Macdhui in the waters just off the Port Moresby Technical College at Kanudi. Many people just drive or walk past without knowing the significant role that the maritime legend Macdhui played in the development of

NB: This article was first published in 2012. By MALUM NALU FRIEDA River copper and gold project, a tributary of the mighty Sepik River, is mooted as one of the great prospects in Papua New Guinea. It was discovered by the legendary former kiap (patrol officer), Sepik River crocodile hunter and Member for Angoram in

The John Pasquarelli story was first published in 2010 Since the end of 2009, I had been quietly corresponding with legendary Sepik river crocodile hunter and Member of the First Papua and New Guinea House of Assembly in 1964, John Pasquarelli. That has been since he sent me an email asking for regular PNG political

Longtime Lae resident, the late Horace Niall, once predicted that Nadazab would one day become the main international airport for Papua New Guinea (picture below shows Nadzab, just before it was opened in late 1977). It hasn’t, as yet, however, is capable of receiving international flights and remains one of the busiest airports in the

The old Lae airport has played a significant role in the history of the town, Papua New Guinea, and the whole world for that matter. Mordern day Lae and PNG grew because of the airport. The greatest airlift the world had ever known started from Lae to the Bulolo goldfields in the 1930s. World attention

FEBRUARY 14 2022 The smallholder oil palm industry is set to take off in the Markham Valley of Morobe following discussions between Oil Palm Industry Corporation (OPIC), Morobe Provincial Government and landowner leaders. This follows a meeting at Mampin Village in Umi-Atzera LLG on Sunday (February 13 2022) between OPIC General-Secretary Kepson Pupita, Morobe Provincial

FEBRUARY 7 2022  Agriculture and Livestock Minister Hon. John Simon has expressed fears that Papua New Guinea is raising a generation of young people who are not interested in agriculture. He expressed his fears when addressing a coffee meeting in Banz, Jiwaka, last Friday (February 4 2022). Agriculture and Livestock Minister Hon. John Simon has

FEBRUARY 6 2022  Agriculture and Livestock Minister Hon. John Simon says it is in the best interests of Jiwaka and Papua New Guinea that the rundown Wahgi Mek Plantations in the Wahgi Valley are revived. Minister Simon said the Marape Government was willing to help revive the plantations with financial support, however, a proper work