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21/05/2022

LINO YOU ARE THE MAN🙌💪💛
FULL SUPPORT 💯💛

12/05/2022

Oh God this is too much to bear 💔💔💔😭😭😭😭

LOYAL TO THE END!

A man's value is counted on his loyalty towards people who they serve. Am truly devastated of the untimely passing of our deputy Prime Minister. A hero has fallen from a tragic car accident. Along the fallen hero is his loyal close protection office( CPO) pictured below who also passed on instantly. I want to salute and pay homage and respect to this Young Loyal CPO who sacrifice his life to serve our leader. Gutpla time na time nogut, yu stap wantim boss blo yu na now yutla pinis wantim.

04/05/2022

CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE TWO SUPER WOMEN.
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FIRST EVER NATIONALLY OWNED RETAIL PHARMACY

In a historic milestone for the country, a Papua New Guinean has opened a first-ever nationally owned retail pharmacy - Tali's Pharmacy located at the Unity Mall, in Port Moresby.

Pharmacist Myrtle Piokole, who has been in private practice for over thirteen years saw the need and tapped into the space with her business partner - Dr. Sarah Kiniafa.

Mrs. Piokole says, venturing into this space has not been easy but with great support from her husband, family and partner - they've made it through:

The retail pharmacy which will be competing with other big-name pharmacies is offering usual pharmaceutical services as well as retail.

Mrs. Piokole says the requirements for venturing into a pharmacy set-up are very stringent such as the need for a pharmacist license and approval from the Pharmacy board among others.

Business partner, Dr. Sarah Kiniafa explains that their services similar to the others will include an in-station with a nurse for free general checks and referrals.

Tali's pharmacy which presently gets its products from City Pharmacy to resell is working on its procurement arm for larger medical procurements.

It has sister companies Blue Sky medical and dental services.

NBC News - Lyanne Togiba/ Berthsiba Sanau

04/05/2022

Trump Communication👍💛
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29/04/2022

Yes, Powerful!! 💐❤️🙏

The country’s first woman neurosurgeon has graduated from the University of Papua New Guinea yesterday.

25/11/2021

Training conducted by an SME
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25/11/2021

23/11/2021

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19/11/2021

Visionary Man🙏💯

From left to right,

Chief Jacob Luke GCL
Founder and CEO of Jacob Luke Foundation.

Mr Ezekiel Peter
Project Manager of Jacob Luke Foundation.

Picture Courtesy of Jacob Luke Foundation Media.

Spirit-to-Serve Humanity

14/10/2021

“GO TO SCHOOLS AND CHURCHS TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS” DUEA ARINTE
It is good to take the advice of the wise and elderly people in our communities and country if we want to be a successful people or nation.
One senior statesmen and leader from the Eastern Highlands believes many of the social ills faced in our communities today can be solved if we send our youths to school and church.
He is a man born three decades before PNG even got its Independence, he witnessed the arrival of the first Whiteman in his area, worked with them and he also had a part in setting up the foundations of politics in Papa New Guinea.
Despite only reaching elementary level of education, he is a dynamic character of leadership and wisdom to his people.
He was awarded a British Empire medal in the nineteen eighties, March 13,1982 to be exact, by her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the second.
He is Duea Arinte from Onanika village of Gadsup Ward in Obura Wanenara District of the Eastern Highlands Province.
Mr Arinte started serving in leadership roles in 1969 as a councillor and later a village court magistrate. His other more significant roles included being part of founding Pangu Party, PNG’s first Political Party, with Grand Chief Sir Michael T. Somare, and Peoples Party with Sir Julias Chan. His vigorous leadership roles began under the leadership of Sir Barry Holloway who was the member for Kainantu at that time.
He served as a board member for the Eastern Highlands Provincial Lands Board and also as a Director of Tairora Gadsup Development¬¬¬¬ (TAIGA.
Along the way in his different leadership roles, he also managed to work closely with the ‘ didiman ‘ , or agriculture officers and learned some skills which he continues to use today in managing his 73 hectare piece of land.
Mr Arinte who is now 80 years old is a hard worker despite his level of education. “I was 23 years old and I was in Grade 2. I left school after my school teacher announced that I failed my social study subject. I was ashamed as I was a young man attending school”.
He also recalls during his childhood days when some boys had stolen peanuts from a Whiteman farmer’s garden and they had later been belted by the farmer
“We were uncivilised until the colonisers came and they completely changed our lives and standard of living. We became a respectful and law abiding generation. We feared the police and the white man who were missionaries, and teachers”.
A sturdy Arinte said by now most village in PNGA sturdy Arin

11/10/2021

Thank you National Newspaper for running the story🗞️🙏😍

11/10/2021

TOUGH SEASON FOR LOCAL HONEY PRODUCER
This year has been a tough year for a local honey producer given the prolonged dry spell occurring in Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province.
Local honey producer, Helping Hand Honey Producers located west of Goroka Town is experiencing a delay in harvesting season due to the longer dry season.
HHHP Managing Director, Kelly Inae said in the previous years, honey season starts from August through to December but it is not the case this year.
“There has been a great change in the weather pattern this year, making it a real tough season for us to harvest honey during the usual honey season which is around this time”.
He added that because bees feed on nectar source from plants to make honey, the dry season is not helping this normal cycle.
However, an enthusiastic Kelly said despite the tough season and the delay in harvesting for him, he is managing to barely stay afloat from supply from local honey farmers from the other districts.
“Some of my honey farmers from other districts in the province, like Okapa, they are supporting me to continue business”.
Mr Inae conducts training for Honey Bee Keeping for interested locals annually. And this is one reason he is still going during this tough season.
His honey brand, Mountain Honey, is sold in supermarkets in the Western Highlands, Eastern Highlands and he also supplies it to wholesale local markets throughout the country.
ENDS /// Alice Thomas (Freelance Journalist based in Goroka)

Picture: Mr Kelly (in Orange shirt) with TPA officials who recently visited his area.

09/09/2021

BEGINNER HONEY BEE KEEPERS HAPPY WITH KNOWEDGE AQUIRED

More than twenty participants who completed a week long Beginners Honey Bee Keeping Training in Goroka are delighted with the knowledge they have acquired.

The twenty four participants are from different parts of the country, coming from Enga, Western Highlands, Jiwaka, Chimbu, Morobe and various districts from within the Eastern Highlands.

The training was facilitated by Helping Hand Honey Producers. Trainer and Managing Director of HHHP, Kelly Inae said it was a pleasure for him to train more people to grow the honey industry in the country.

“We need more people in the Honey Industry, to make it grow. Honey Industry is still at its infant state in PNG but it is a demanding product in the local market and in the world market”.

He said what he has taught in the five days is to familiarise the participants to get the basic knowledge to master themselves to look after bees.

A participant and spokesperson for the group, Bepi Waninga, expressed gratitude to Mr Inae for sharing his knowledge in the industry with them.

“We have learnt so many new things in the Honey Industry from you in just few days, and now our mind and eyes are open to this wonderful opportunity to be self-sustaining and industrious”.

Guest at the Graduation programme, the Eastern Highlands Province Department of Agriculture and Livestock Director, Bubia Muhuzu, said Honey Bee Industry is still a struggling industry in the country.

“PNG Honey is top in the World Market, but there is no promotion and awareness on it. For it to be exported, about 200 000 tones has to be produced annually”.

Mr Muhuzu applauded Mr Inae for promoting the industry by doing his own production, Mountain Honey and at the same time training honey bee farmers and supporting them with incentives.

Mr Inae conducts two beginner honey Bee training every year and it announced on his personal page.



Ends///Alice Thomas (Freelancer)

09/09/2021

Thank you National Newspaper for the wonderful coverage📰🗞️🙏
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24/08/2021

Amazing Girl👍👏🙌🙏❤️

​Yalinu is our 2nd Science Slam 2020 presenter. She has very recently completed her PhD (during lockdown!) in the School of Chemistry. She first competed in Science Slam back in 2018: "Halo olgeta...

18/08/2021

Thank you National Newspaper for the coverage🗞️📰🙏

18/08/2021

APO FLORICULTURE MARKET
Women in the Eastern Highlands Province who grow flowers for a living can now have a proper market to sell their flowers.
This is made possible by a few women who have seen the need for it and are taking the lead.
The event committee Secretary Alice Koito, a flower enthusiast herself said the market is big in the province but it has been sleeping for some time.
“There has been no market for some time, flowers have been growing and dying. So now we need to find avenues to create market”
The Goroka Urban Local Level Government (GULLG) in its budget has allocated K5000 to the Women Representative, of which Mrs Koito is and she has committed it to creating this market for the women.
“The K5000, I fired it up on gazebos (tent), flowers and plants seedlings and fertilizers for mothers to use”.
Another K5000 commitment was made by the GULLG during its market opening earlier in the month (9 July).
“We decided to come up with this two day market in Goroka Town because many of our mothers are passionate about caring for flowers and selling them and making it a livelihood”.
Mrs Koita says for now it’s a trial and error thing, and yet to set proper dates for the next market.
“We cannot set up fortnightly as some members have suggested but we will sell once a month or as a pop up market on public holidays or to coincide with major events taking place in town”.
During every market event, the organisers provide a gazebo( tent) and collect a K10 fee per day for individual women and groups that set up .For the start about twenty flower mothers showed up to sell.
The flower ladies who turned up expressed gratitude to the organisers for the initiative.
Aiyaph Awesa, from Kefamo who is a house wife said she has been selling her collection of leaf plants, anthuriums and succulents’ flowers since 2018.
“I usually do my marketing in Town every day to assist my husband to meet the daily needs in the house”.
Another house wife, Theresa Alex who does her usual sales at the Mambu Market since 2016, says the biggest money she make from her sales at one time is when she sells at the annual Goroka Show and she even travels to Lae during the year to sell her flowers there.
“I am happy about this monthly or fortnightly market arrangement by the organisers for simple mothers like me to sell my flowers and plants”.
All the flowers on sale and display are considered to be the latest trending on the flower market both in

18/07/2021

THANKSGIVING COLLETIONS COMMITTED TOWARDS HOSTING OF CAF NATIONAL YOUTH CONVENTION

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A special four day Thanksgiving program held by the Fimito Christian Apostolic Fellowship in Goroka is committing its takings towards its National Youth Convention to be held in December.

Senior Pastor, Pastor Wilson Omapi said this year’s Thanksgiving program is a bit different to previous years.

“We are committing the collection of this year’s Thanksgiving to the upcoming annual CAF National Youth Convention in December. This year the Apostolic Church Papua New Guinea Council has given Eastern Highlands CAF the honours to host it.”

The Thanksgiving ending on Saturday (17 June), saw more than K7, 000 being raised.

Ps Wilson added it is a mammoth task to host this event which will see up to more than 3000 youths from the Apostolic Church PNG coming to attend but they are prepared for it.

A positive Ps Wilson said the monies will be going towards carrying out fundraising drives.

“We hope to raise about K100 000 to host this national church event in the remaining few months. We have full trust and faith in God to make it happen”.

Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship (TSCF) CAF Students from the University of Goroka were also part of the Thanksgiving Program.

Rex Talu representing UOG CAF students said they are behind and supporting the church as it carries out its fundraisings, outreach and awareness programs.

“We have study commitments but we will do anything for the Gospel to be extended and to be agents of change for our youths”.

An Advisor to the Church and an elder, Martin Moses articulated that the National Youth Camp will bring the Church together.

“This is a new chapter in the church history. Goroka will be a model to see transformation for a new dawn”.

The last time CAF Eastern Highlands hosted the National Youth Convention was in 2001.

ENDS

16/07/2021

Feature Article from the viewpoint of a small boy in a rural Henganofi village 💟

NEGI is a young Kafe boy who lives with his family in a small hamlet in Kesavaka. This place is situated along the Dunantina stream flowing nearby the newly constructed Henganofi-Ramu road, connecting Eastern Highlands and Madang.

14/07/2021

On the Post Courier today🙏♥️

It all started when he developed a keen interest to do hair trimming and styles from just watching a barber at a barbershop when he got a haircut and from there, he decided to learn the skills and sail along with the opportunities that came with it.

12/07/2021

Doing What He Loves
It’s not the best job or a top paying job but it is a job and an opportunity to do what he loves.
It all started when he just developed a keen interest to do hair trimming and styles from just watching a barber at a barbershop cut his hair and from there he decided to learn the skills and sail along with the opportunities that came with it.
He is Joey Francis, a 22 year old young bloke from a mixed parentage of Southern Highlands and Western Highlands Provinces. He is now a senior hairdresser at NK’s Saloon in Goroka.
Joey learnt to cut hair in 2017 when he was in 9th Grade. “I went to a saloon for the first time to get a haircut and just seeing the way the barber cut my hair , I was so amazed, I wish I could do the same”.
Soon after his hair cut, Joey bought a trimmer from his saved lunch monies and experimented his new found hobby on one of his cousin’s hair.
“I also watched a lot of You Tube videos from my phone to perfect my skills”.
Eventually, boys from his street and in town started noticing his cousin’s fine haircut styles and paid him to do their hair.
“Word got around town and I got more customers to get their hair done and soon a saloon owner called me to come work in his shop”.
A surprised Joey took this opportunity. He started work with a local SME, Styles and Smiles Saloon in Mt Hagen. While he was here, he was lucky to be trained by a visiting professional hair dresser from Australia. “Now I counted myself lucky to be trained by a professional and have a paper to open doors to further my passion and career in the fashion industry”.
At his workplace Joey is always flexible and reliable. “I dress and style both men and women’s hair, children and expatriates hair”.
A proud and artistic Joey is not only limited to hair dressing but to other body beautification art of tattooing.
“I also modify and come up with my own styles to give greater customer satisfaction and make my bosses happy”.
In just a short span of time Joey became a popular hair dresser in Hagen Town and many other saloons their wanted him to work for them but he stayed on with Styles and Smiles.
In January 2021, a better opportunity came and he grabbed it. It was an offer by another SME, NK Saloon in Goroka for a senior hair dresser position. And this is where he is currently based now.
Joey believes life is not only about reaching a high level of education to be happy and prosperous in life.
‘My encouragement to especially youths when any opportunity comes

04/10/2020

“Take Ownership to Develop Enga” Ipatas

The Governor of Enga Province, Grand Chief Sir Peter Ipatas appealed to Engans to develop Enga.
Being the Governor of the province for 24 years now, his investment in education has seen great progress for the province and and now the people must do their part to develop their province.
“Each one of us must work to develop Enga whether big or small. A mother in a village who is looking after pigs must continue to do what she is doing”.
He said Enga before was known for all the negative things such as tribal fightings and violence.
“I have turned this province around. My investment in Education now has many educated Engan ellites everywhere in the country”.
Ipatas also appealed to the people to think big.
“We have development partners like the Australian Government and European Union. Enga will be great. I promise you”.

Sir Peter was speaking at the Enga Cultural Show at Aipus in Wabag on Friday.

04/10/2020

Double Celebrations on Enga Provincial Day
Despite this year’s annual Cultural Show coming two months late due to the corona virus epidemic setback, it was commemorated with ample gist for two days.
It was a double celebration of Enga being a progressing province for 47 years and of achievements of dynamic educational reforms in the province.
The two day celebration, starting on Friday at the Aipas Rugby Field was a showcase of pure and united Enga cultures and traditions.
The provincial government invited Australian High Commissioner, His Excellency Jonathan Philips officially opened the Show, also coinciding with the opening of a four level lecture complex at the Enga Teachers College (ETC).
High Commissioner Philips highly acknowledged the efforts of the organizing committee of the Enga Show, led by its chairman, Margret Potane.
“I am fascinated with the culture, history and language for over thosuands of years , this is valuable and makes a country great”.
Philips also announced it’s continuous support for the provinces progress into the future. “ I promise I will come back to Enga and I will continue to stay with you”.
The K 10 million kina state of the art complex was funded by the Australian Government last year with counter funding of K2 million kina from EPG.
The complex will cater for the recently introduced University of Goroka programs offered at the ETC. It was built under the Australian Government Partnership Program.
Enga’s visionary Governor, Grand Chief Sir Peter Ipatas said the day was worth celebrating. “Enga has reason to celebrate. The Australian Government has supported the provincial government’s dream to transform Enga through the building of education infrastructure.”
“Of the 47 years,I am Governor for 24 years now. I have turned the province around to make it a role model province”.
Ipatas said the name tag of “way back” referred to Engans in the past is now no more as more Engan elites are spread throughout the country in positions of trust and leadership.

02/10/2020

Tsak Community Gives Up Suspects to Wapenamanda Police
The Yambaran community in the Tsak Valley of Wapenamanda District gave up two suspects who ran over a young mother in a ten seater while she was working in her garden yesterday (Tuesday morning).
The family members of the women and village leaders captured the two suspects who attempted to run away and kept them in their care without harming them until they were handed over to the police in the afternoon.
The Yambaran Warenge Councillor, Nathan Iso when giving up the suspects to the police said their community being the biggest in the Tsak Valley wants to set an example to let the rule of law to reign
“We have educated our youths and people to go to church, be responsible citizens and let the law only to deal with criminal cases. The immediate family of the victim and the community did not put a finger on the two man, we locked them in a house and gave them food and water while waiting for the police to come and get them”.
The Wapenamanda Police when apprehending the suspects thanked the community for not taking the law into their hands but for leaving the law to deal with it.
Police said the new president set by the community and their leaders was much appreciated and made their jobs easier.
According to Police the two suspects also from the province are employers of Telikom were very drunk from drinking till day break and were trying to drive home when they killed the victim who was working in her garden.
At the site of the incident police established the ten seater vehicle went three meters off the road killing the innocent victim who was working in her garden in the early hours of the morning.
The deceased, a young mother of three children leaves behind a three year old, a one year old and a two month old baby.
Police say the victim was rushed to the Mambisanda hospital but pronounced dead on arrival.
The two suspects are charged with dangerous driving causing death and are in police custody awaiting court appearance.
Ends.

30/09/2020

JBS Entertains TSAK Valley with K25 000
A local businessman has boosted the Independence Celebrations for the people of Tsak Valley, Wapenamanda, with K25 000 towards hosting of ball games for three days.

The owner of JBS Consulting Engineers, Justin Bero Saribu made the huge commitment with the aim of engaging community unity and celebration.
Of the K25 000, K12 000 is to be used for the independence Celebrations events and K13 000 will remain for hosting of the JBS Cup in October.
Patron of the Tsak Unity Rugby League, Epeo Minok was overwhelmed at the huge commitment from a local businessman. “I requested on the Face Book Forum, Wapenamanda Pii Anda for help from interested elites to host Independence Games at the new Yangas Oval and JBS Engineering was the first to respond “.
Mr Minok said the funding was a blessing for the people of Tsak and Enga and it would bring together all people of Tsak and Enga through Spirit of Games
Mr Saribu said while he is based in Australia, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Port Moresby, he is still a son of Tsak Valley. “The Government at this time does not have money but I am funding with my private money for all youths to play and live healthy lives”