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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...

You’d be forgiven for not noticing that the car above is a Toyota Prius, writes Brian Byrne. But to motor racing fans in Japan it is the last of a what has been a hero series of Priuses for a decade. Its predecessor car made a debut win at the 2013 Fuji 500 in Japan’s Super GT Series, the top level of auto racing in that country. It was the first ever win for a hybrid-engined car in the series. While the hybrid part of the car’s powertrain was close to factory standard for the Prius of the time, the internal combustion part was not — it was a howling 3.4 V8. There were to be three generations of the Prius GT, the last with a 5.4 V8 and hybrid electrification. With many podium wins and places down the decade, Toyota pulled the plug on the car after the 2021 season. From now on, apr Racing who operated the Prius GT for the carmaker, will be running a new car based the Lexus LC 500h. But a decade of Prius GTs turned road Prius owners in Japan into very proud people, ready...