Port Moresby

PNG Preparing For ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

By Tereni Kens in Port Moresby Monday: November 17, 2008 Preparations for the 16th African Caribbean Pacific-European Union (ACP-EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly meeting is well underway in Some 500 participants from the ACP-EU...

PNG Cassava Project Exports First Crop To South Korea

By Tereni Kens in Port Moresby Monday: November 17, 2008 The multi-million dollar cassava bio-diesel project in is expected to export its first harvest of cassava to overseas countries from its project site at Launakalana....

PNG media night awards descends into all-in brawl

PORT MORESBY - Simmering tensions mixed with alcohol have been blamed for Papua New Guinea's media night of nights turning into an all-in brawl. The 2008 PNG Media Council awards ceremony on Saturday night erupted in a fight...

PNG Expanding Rice Production To Meet Demand

By Tereni Kens in Port Moresby Wednesday: November 12, 2008 As demand for rice consumption in rises, new approaches toward cultivating it locally will play an important part in promoting the local rice industry. “We are ready...

Veteran's day, Part VI: Stories of the Vets...

Today, was again a special day. We trained on how to maintain our equipment and how to load it in C-47s and in gliders. Port Moresby, New Guinea"At Port Moresby, we uncrated our equipment at the 27th Air Depot and camped at the...

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Health services fail to cope with cancer increase

PORT MORESBY, 11 November 2008 (IRIN) - More and more families are pooling funds to seek treatment overseas as the country witnesses a steep rise in cancer cases, which cannot be treated locally as facilities are insufficient.

Sir Julius Threatens To Lead Closure Of P.N.G. Gold Mine

By Tereni Kens in Port Moresby Sunday: November 09, 2008 The disgruntled New Ireland Provincial Government is threatening to shut down the multi-billion dollar Lihir Gold Project and further suspend all explorations in the...

P.N.G Leader Lures Australian Investors

By Tereni Kens in Port Moresby Sunday: November 09, 2008 Papua New Guinea Prime Minister, Sir Michael Somare, urged business communities in Australia with invitations to invest in his country during a PNG/Australia Business...

PNG faces daunting task in tackling child mortality rate

For the past three years our ABC correspondent Steve Marshall has been reporting news and current affairs from Papua New Guinea. Steve says he never imagined that he would spend three birthdays in his mid-30s in Port Moresby,...

Somare Offers Obama Congratulations On Victory

By Tereni Kens in Port Moresby Thursday: November 06, 2008 amongst many other black nations around the world has joined in to extend its congratulatory message to United States President-elect Barrack Obama on his...

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