Source: Post Courier

By KOLOPU WAIMA 

THE MANAGALAS people in the Afore district of Ijivitari electorate in Northern Province have donated their 360,000 hectares of land to the Government of Papua New Guinea to serve the people of the world as a conservation area for biodiversity.

SOURCE: Radio Australia News

Source: Post Courier

By TODAGIA KELOLA

PORT Moresby police have busted what they believe to be one of Papua New Guinea’s biggest drug busts involving 50 kilograms of methyl amphetamine, commonly known as “Ice” or “Speed” with a street value of $US8 million, which is equivalent to K15 million.

Source: Post Courier

Source: Greenleft

By Kristian Lasslett

Source: The National

PRICES of petrol, diesel and kerosene will decrease today, according to the Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC).
Port Moresby retail prices will decrease from K3.43 to K3.41 per/litre, diesel K2.98 to K2.86 and kerosene K2.89 to K2.86 per/litre.

Source: Reuters

By Alister Doyle

(Reuters) - "Ocean grabbing" or aggressive industrial fishing by foreign fleets is a threat to food security in developing nations where governments should do more to promote local, small-scale fisheries, a study by a U.N. expert said on Tuesday.

Source: The National Business Review

by Nathan Smith

Source: Radio Australia

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill, says leading Australian economist Ross Garnaut is not welcome in PNG.

By TODAGIA KELOLA

DEPUTY Registrar of Lands title Benjamin Samson has been arrested and charged by police for official corruption.

He was arrested and charged on Friday following a complaint by landowners from Hanuabada in relation to a land on Burns Peak beside the Poreporena Freeway.