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The National is the top-selling newspaper in Papua New Guinea. Headquartered in Port Moresby, it has offices in Five (5) centres: Lae, Mount Hagen, Kokopo, Madang and Goroka. We have two printing plants and the paper is simultaneously printed in the capital city of Port Moresby and the industrial city of Lae. The Natio
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Independence celebrations bring business boom for seamstress
13+ hour, 31+ min ago (346+ words) AS Papua New Guinea prepares to celebrate its 51st Independence anniversary this week, seamstresses and tailoring businesses have been swamped with orders. Customers rush to order custom-made outfits featuring the national flag colours of red, black and gold, and the popular…...
ENB piggery hopes to supply bigger events
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (488+ words) AN East New Britain entrepreneur is growing his small family business into a diversified livestock business, supplying pigs and chicken for customary events in the province despite rising input costs and water shortages linked to the dry season. Joel Bethel,…...
Self-taught seamstress banks on creativity to make money
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (288+ words) CREATIVITY matters for self-taught seamstress Carol Moses who sews and sells clothes at her Butibam village in Lae. Moses said tailoring businesses took advantage of major national events such as Independence Day to increase sale. But this year, the Lae…...
Morobe signs agreements on power grid expansion
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (327+ words) PNG Power Limited has signed three power purchase agreements with the Morobe government that will contribute 108 megawatts into the main grid. PNG Power officer-in-charge Tony Koiri said the Wawin solar farm would produce 25 megawatts, Burum Two hydro-power project, 20 megawatts, and…...
Recruitment firm opens office in Port Moresby | The National
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (199+ words) A RECRUITMENT company based in Lihir, New Ireland, has opened its head office in Port Moresby to tap into the growing demand in the resource sector. Managing director Herman Bais said the Bahma Group was a national service provider specialising…...
Food prices increase as crop yields decline
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (348+ words) THE Kerevat Market management in East New Britain’s Gazelle says there is a noticeable increase in the prices of food crops and a decline in the quantity of produce available since the onset of El Niño in June. Market and…...
Lole appointed to landowner trust company as director
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (341+ words) HOWARD Lole has been appointed a director of Gas Resources Gigira Limited (GRGL) – representing the Tuguba region of the Petroleum Development License 1 (PDL 1), according to the Mineral Resources Development Company (MRDC). MRDC managing director Augustine Mano said the appointment followed…...
PM: Special moment to deliver on a promise made
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (187+ words) PRIME Minister James Marape has honoured a commitment he made six years ago to build a road to remote Bema Station in Kaintiba in Kerema, Gulf. Yesterday, he was received by jubilant mothers, children and men dressed in their grass…...
Southern Highlands forms kickboxing association
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (275+ words) SOUTHERN Highlands has taken a major step in developing kickboxing with the official establishment of the Southern Highlands Kickboxing Association. The association was formed during a special annual general meeting at the Taurama Aquatic Centre in Port Moresby last Thursday....
Stop compromising PNG LNG development, government told
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (321+ words) OPPOSITION Leader James Nomane has urged the Government to stop compromising the Papua LNG development forum, comply with the law, and take the consultations back to the people. Nomane said the Opposition would not accept success built on shortcuts, and…...