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Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has on Friday (09.12.22) launched his government’s policy on coffee which includes a target of 2,500 trees per family that aims to return interest to Papua New Guinea’s hallmark commodity that once was the highest agriculture revenue earner in the country.  He also announced that the Marape-Rosso Government would make sure that the price of coffee remains constant between K7 and K13 per kilogram for growers throughout the year beginning next year 2023.  PNG PM Marape launches Coffee Policy in Jiwaka  [Photo by PM’s Media Unit] The Prime Minister was speaking in Banz, Jiwaka Province on Friday where he travelled to officiate at the launch of the Coffee policy and opening of the coffee festival where thousands of people gathered to witness and participate in the event.  “Do not listen to critics on Facebook and in newspapers. There are political and corporate critics who are against what we are doing and saying because there is now a tect...

Jessica James is the award-winning author of the historical fiction novel Shades of Gray , an epic Civil War love story that has twice overtaken Gone with the Wind on the Amazon Best-Seller list in the romance/historical/U.S. category. This multi-award winning novel has been widely praised by historians for its balanced portrayal of the War Between the States, and by romance readers for its emotional description of the love that develops between the two main characters. The novel chronicles the clash of a Confederate cavalry officer with a Union spy as they defend their beliefs, their country and their honor. The rolling hills of northern Virginia provide the backdrop for this page-turning tale of courage and devotion. And here is the author herself, to tell us all about… A long and winding road – straight to publication I may be showing my age, but does anyone else remember the Survivor song Ever Since the World Began? (From the Eye of the Tiger album) The first verse is: I’ll n...