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 The new Minister for Coffee and Anglimp South Waghi MP Joe Kuli has commended the Marape-Rosso Government for its extraordinary decision to create two new portfolios, Coffee and Palm Oil, to be represented in Parliament. Minister Kuli says it depicts great thought and consideration of building PNG’s National Economy, by focusing on PNG’s renewable resources at a time when PNG is facing great economic challenges as a nation. “Our coffee export history speaks volumes of its importance. Coffee was one of our country’s top three income earners from the 1960s to the 1990s, with export volumes of 1.2 million bags per year.” “In recent years it has drastically dropped to 500, 000 bags – 700, 000 bags per annum.” “It has been my passion to increase coffee production, hence, I have raised this issue on the floor of parliament in the past.” “I am humbled, and honored to be given this responsibility, as I am a coffee grower and coffee owner myself; I have vast knowledge and experience in growing...

The Papua New Guinea Government recognizes the importance of Ok Tedi as a State asset, and as a major contributor to the country’s economy. These were the remarks made by the country’s State Owned Enterprises Minister William Duma during his recent visit to Ok Tedi Mine adding that the government will continue to support the Company to operate for as long as possible with the requisite social and environmental license. Minister Duma said Ok Tedi is an important project for the country and that the Government will continue to support it to deliver maximum returns for its PNG shareholders. Grateful for his visit OTML Managing Director and CEO, Mr Musje Werror and his team gave Mr Duma a tour of the mine and the processing facilities, informed him of the challenges the company is facing post-COVID-19 as well as met the senior management team who presented the company’s Three-year Plan and the year-to-date performance and outlook for 2022. The Minister was accompanied by Kumul Mineral...

With 155 deaths in road traffic incidents during 2022, fatalities were up by 13pc on the previous year, writes Brian Byrne. Figures compiled by the Road Safety Authority also revealed that the 41 pedestrians killed in 2022 was double the figure for 2021. Four in 10 of all deaths were drivers of cars. Serious injuries suffered by 1,292 people in road traffic incidents represented a slight decrease on the 2021 figures. 

About the Book – Jack Carstares, an Earl turned highwayman, and his enemy, the enigmatic Duke of Andover, engage in an intense rivalry over the beautiful Diana Beauleigh. Seven years before the story opens, Carstares protected his brother by allowing himself to be disgraced for cheating at cards. His brother, suffering intense guilt, isn’t aware that they played right into the hands of the Duke of Andover. The disgraced Earl now roams the countryside until a confrontation with his rival thwarts the attempt to kidnap the lovely Diana. But now the Duke is more determined than ever to have Diana for his own, and the two men will meet at sword point before the Earl’s name can be cleared and he can claim his fair lady. My Thoughts – As regulars of this blog know, I love Heyer’s books. She has a style of writing that just flows. The energy never dulls. The stories might not be perfect, but I can never quite fault Heyer’s execution of them. The Bla...

Winter is here and a certain amount of cold management will need to be put in place for those plants which are not fully hardy in the UK. One such plant species are the magnificent Gunneras – in particular Gunnera manicata. In this video English horticulturist Simon explains a very simple method of how to protect the delicate crown which can easily be damaged by a hard frost. Now you may be able to get away without frost protection on large, established specimens in the milder regions of the UK, but be aware that young plants, or specimens planted in the north of the country can be killed off by sustained hard frosts! If you would like to see more content like this then why not consider subscribing to out YouTube channel ‘Walking Talking Gardeners’. It is absolutely free and by clicking onto the notification bell icon you will be notified when we publish a new video.