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Papua New Guinea PRIME Minister James Marape has given details of his weekend trip to Singapore. In his first official trip following his re-election as PM, he took the trip to pursue the frontier breaking clean green energy deals he has been championing over the last two years. Papua New Guinea PRIME Minister James Marape  Prime Minister Marape met with leaders of Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) in Singapore on Sunday to progress the talks further. PM Marape continued these important trade and investment conversations, including those on Papua LNG, Pasca LNG, P’nyang LNG and also to get Porgera and Wafi-Golpu sanctioned. PM Marape said from Singapore that FFI had voiced its intention to partner PNG in a big way to harvest clean green energy from both hydro and geothermal sources as well as move later down the line into solar and wind energy production. Currently, FFI has identified and set up project sites in Gulf Province for hydro and West New Britain Province for geothermal work

Readers, please join me welcoming Misa Ramirez, author of  Hasta la Vista, Lola!: A Lola Cruz Mystery who’s guest blogging here today! All in the Name of Research Writers are willing to do a lot in the name of research. I’m no exception. My name is Misa, and I’m a mystery writer. Mysteries with a touch of romance, that is. I wrote Living the Vida Lola, the first book in my mystery series, without having to do anything outrageous. I visited the marina, took notes and pictures of the boats docked there, the rickety steps leading to the water, the color of the metal rooftop. Tattoos figure prominently in the book, but I didn’t actually go out and get a tattoo. A belly button piercing has a starring role, but no, I didn’t go out and get my belly pierced, either. In book two, Hasta la Vista, Lola!, there’s identity theft. I didn’t go out and steal anyone’s identity (though I did become WAY more cautious about my own papers and private information as a result of my research) and no one st