OPIC Welcomes NEC Approval of National Palm Oil Policy 2025-2030

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Port Moresby, 12th March 2025 – The Oil Palm Industry Corporation (OPIC) has welcomed the National Executive Council’s (NEC) approval of the National Palm Oil Policy 2025-2030, calling it a historic milestone for Papua New Guinea’s largest agricultural export industry. Speaking after the NEC’s decision on Monday, March 10, 2025, OPIC General Secretary Kepson Pupita […]

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PNG’s Cocoa Windfall: A Sweet Victory for Farmers and the Economy

Agriculture /

PORT MORESBY, March 12, 2025– Papua New Guinea’s cocoa industry has made history, recording an astonishing K1.2 billion in export revenue for 2024—nearly four times higher than previous years. This unprecedented boom is transforming the lives of cocoa farmers across the country, as global prices soar to record highs. According to Jesse Anjen, CEO of

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CICL Unveils Major Reforms to Boost PNG’s Coffee Industry

Agriculture /

Port Moresby, 10 March 2025 – The Coffee Industry Corporation Ltd (CICL) has outlined an ambitious plan to revitalise Papua New Guinea’s coffee industry, focusing on increased production, price stability, farmer support, and infrastructure investment. Speaking at a high-level agriculture meeting on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, officiated by Prime Minister Hon. James Marape, CICL Chief

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LDC Unveils Ambitious Plan to Revitalise PNG’s Livestock Industry

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Port Moresby, 10 March 2025 – The Livestock Development Corporation (LDC) has outlined a comprehensive plan to revive Papua New Guinea’s livestock industry, aiming to reduce the country’s dependence on imported meat and position PNG as a self-sufficient producer of livestock products. Speaking at a high-level agriculture meeting in Port Moresby on Tuesday, March 4,

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Oil Palm Minister commits to growth of industry in Oro Province and Papua New Guinea

Agriculture, Economy, Employment, News, Oro /

Popondetta, March 6, 2024 – Oil Palm Minister Hon. Francis Maneke reaffirmed the commitment of the Marape Pangu Pati Government to bolster the oil palm industry’s growth in Oro Province and Papua New Guinea. Minister Maneke made this statement on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in Popondetta while launching the Government Intervention Replant Programme. The event

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Papua New Guinea marks a new era in agriculture: High-quality taro export initiative launched

Agriculture, Economy, Employment, Lae, Morobe, News /

LAE, March 3, 2024 – Agriculture Minister Hon. John Boito says Papua New Guinea (PNG) has reached a significant milestone in its agricultural sector. The country is now poised to export high-quality taro to international markets, a move set to enhance the national economy and open new opportunities for local farmers. The announcement came during

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Minister Tkatchenko says Australia and Papua New Guinea are traditional security partners

Australia, China, International relations /

Port Moresby, January 30, 2024 – PNG is proud of its long-term agreement with traditional partners like Australia and will continue to maintain that bilateral relationship, Foreign Affairs Minister Hon. Justin Tkatchenko MP says. Minister Tkatchenko made these remarks to put on record PNG’s ongoing partnership with Australia in the area of security following reports

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Papua New Guinea will not jeopardise or compromise relations with traditional security partners

China, International relations, Uncategorized /

Port Moresby, January 30, 2024 –  Foreign Affairs Minister Hon. Justin Tkatchenko MP has clarified that Papua New Guinea will not jeopardise or compromise relations with its traditional security partners. Minister Tkatchenko’s statement follows recent concerns of a ‘Security Deal’ supposedly struck between China and Papua New Guinea. Minister Tkatchenko stressed that China remains one

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Petroleum Minister Jimmy Maladina wants Papua LNG Project to start in 2024

Gulf, Jimmy Maladina, Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) /

Port Moresby, January 30, 2024 – Petroleum Minister Hon. Jimmy Maladina today expressed his strong desire to see the Papua LNG Project in Gulf start this year, following the Final Investment Decision (FID) by developer Total Energies Minister Maladina conveyed this determination after embarking on his inaugural visit to the project’s footprint areas in Gulf

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Papua New Guinea’s tennis prodigy Colita ‘Coco’ Hakena, shines in Margaret Court Cup in Australia

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Port Moresby, January 9, 2023 – Papua New Guinea’s promising tennis talent, Colita ‘Coco’ Hakena, who embarked on a year-long tennis scholarship in New Zealand last week, is already making waves. Coco has earned a spot in tomorrow’s finals of the Margaret Court Cup in Albury, Australia, excelling in both the women’s Under-14 singles and

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