PM spells out IPBC's job
By MALUM NALUPrime Minister Peter O’Neill says Independent Public Business Corporation (IPBC) has not delivered its core mandate since its inception in 2002.“IPBC was created for a specific purpose and...
View ArticleGovernment to take ownership of Ok Tedi mine in 2014
Source: The National, Monday, April 8, 2013By MALUM NALUPrime Minister Peter O’Neill says the government will take ownership of the Ok Tedi mine as of January 1, 1014, but management will remain.He...
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Coffee growers make history in Milne Bay
Source: The National, Monday, April 15, 2013By MALUM NALUHistory was made in Alotau, Milne Bay, last Friday when 55 coffee growers from remote areas of the province completed a weeklong course in basic...
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CIC: Coffee a tool for unity in PNG
Source: The National, Monday, April 15, 2013 By MALUM NALUCOFFEE can be a powerful uniting force for Papua New Guinea, leading coffee scientist Dr Mark Kenny says.He said this at the graduation of 55...
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Coffee pioneers of Milne Bay
Source: The National, Monday, April 15, 2013 By MALUM NALU BEATRICE and David Alwyn may be rightfully called the ‘first couple’ of coffee in Milne Bay province.The couple, from remote Daga, north of...
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Australian businessman killed in Mt Hagen
By Robyn Wuth of Gold Coast NewsCOLOURFUL Gold Coast businessman Bob Purdy -- a towie known as "Cobra Bob" -- was shot dead in Papua New Guinea at the weekend.The former Ashmore businessman, who...
View ArticleAustralian man shot dead in PNG
By Eoin Blackwell of AAPAAPAn Australian man has been killed and a woman gang raped by a mob in Papua New Guinea's Western Highlands.Robert "Bob" Purdy, 62, from Melbourne, died instantly after being...
View ArticlePrime Minister condemns killing of Australian in Mt Hagen
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill was today angered at reports of the murder of an Australian tourist in Mt Hagen on Monday morning.Media reports said the Australian, who was identified, was shot dead at a...
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PNG and Fiji seal Vodafone deal
By Eoin Blackwell, AAP Port Moresby CorrespondentVodafone Fiji will take over management of PNG mobile phone carrier bemobile, as the nations' leaders announced closer economic ties.PNG Prime Minister...
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Beautiful Milne Bay gears up for tourists
Source: The National, Wednesday, April 17, 2013 By MALUM NALUCULTURALLY-rich Trobriand Islands, also known as the Islands of Love, along the northern straits of Milne Bay, is gearing up for its...
View ArticleUS academic gang-raped on Karkar Island, Madang
AFPA US academic has been gang-raped by an armed mob in Papua New Guinea, barely a week after an Australian was killed and his friend sexually assaulted by a group of men.The incidents come after a...
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American recounts horrific gang rape at the hands of 9 armed men in rural...
The woman, her husband and a guide were ambushed and left alone on Karkar Island, hours away from the nearest village. By Sasha Goldstein / NEW YORK DAILY NEWSThe victim of the brutal attack, who was...
View ArticleAustralian Governor-General arrives in PNG on 5-day visit
ABCAustralian Governor-General Quentin Bryce arrived in Papua New Guinea today on a five-day visit.She flew into Port Moresby and was welcomed by the unique sounds of a bamboo band from Bougainville...
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Clough Curtain JV wins PNG LNG contract
Engineering and project services company Clough Limited (ASX:CLO) yesterday announced that the Clough Curtain Joint Venture (CCJV) has received work orders worth approximately A$76 million associated...
View ArticlePNG needs some of our Anzac spirit
By Tim CostelloAs we approach Anzac Day, Australians are prompted to reflect on our national character. Drawing on events far from our shores close to a century ago, we lay claim to a particular...
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Four arrested over PNG gang rape
AFP PORT MORESBY: Police in Papua New Guinea have detained four men over the gang-rape of a US academic after a massive manhunt, with officials urging locals to help find five suspects still on the...
View ArticleAustralian Governor-General pays tribute to diggers in PNG
ByEoin Blackwell, AAP Papua New Guinea Correspondent GOVERNOR-GENERAL Quentin Bryce has laid a flower at the grave of the first Australian fighter killed in World War I during her state visit to Papua...
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Man killed aunt over accusations she was a witch in Papua New Guinea
AFPA PAPUA New Guinean who accused his aunt of sorcery and killed her with an axe has been jailed for 30 years. Saku Uki Aiya, 21, was found guilty of the "senseless, barbaric and brutal" killing after...
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Through a veteran's eyes
By Gaye Pattison and Allison Jess (ABC Local) Bob Iskov has an important role. The 92-year-old was a member of the 2nd/14th Battalion who fought along the Kokoda Track during World War II. While many...
View ArticleG-G attends Anzac dawn service in PNG
AAP GOVERNOR-GENERAL Quentin Bryce has paid her respects to current and former Australian soldiers at an Anzac Day service at Papua New Guinea's Bomana war cemetery. At today'smorning's ceremony, Ms...
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