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Water PNG Limited is hosting an intervarsity debate on Water and Sanitation to commemorate its 30th Anniversary in Papua New Guinea. The event will be held at the University of Technology from October 9-13, 2017. It will be televised live. In a letter to UNRE Vice Chancellor Professor John Warren, Water PNG Limited Managing Director Raka Taviri (Jnr) said the objective of the debate is to get tertiary students involved in gathering information on water and sanitation; and to advocate on their importance. “It will provide an opportunity for individual students to practice their research and public speaking skills… to create awareness and knowledge on the importance of Water and Sanitation and its important role in our society and development,” Mr Taviri said. Each of the country’s six universities is required to stage a series of pre-debates in order to select the final four (4) debaters who will represent their institution at the national event in Lae. Mr Taviri sai

Kenneth Yang (centre) with Headteacher of  St  Joseph Primary School (right) and  a fellow student. Staff and students of PNG UNRE must be good ambassadors and examples when they portray the University they represent. Agriculture Representative to the 2017 Student Representative Council, Kenneth Yang, raised this when speaking on the occasion of this year’s World Environment Day. Observed annually on June 5, World Environment Day (WED) is the United Nation's principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment. It was first held in 1973, and since then has been a leading campaign for raising awareness on emerging environmental issues from marine pollution, human overpopulation, and global warming, to sustainable consumption and wildlife crime. WED has grown to become a global platform for public outreach, with participation from over 143 countries annually. Each year, WED has a new theme that major corporations,

Simbu Province is the first province in the Highlands region to grow cocoa and a UNRE graduate is one of the key people assisting farmers to grow and produce cocoa at an altitude of more than 1,500metres above sea level. UNRE graduate John Komba. John Komba, who graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Tropical Agriculture is a Rural Development Officer at the Division of Primary Industry in Simbu province.  He is using the knowledge he gained at the University to break new grounds in cocoa farming in Simbu. Mr Komba led a group of cocoa farmers from Karamui district in Simbu to display their cocoa at the 2017 Inaugural Air Niugini Cocoa Warwagira that was held last week. Cocoa pods from Karamui district in Simbu Province. The cocoa pods displayed at the Simbu booth attracted many farmers and visitors because the pods were much bigger than what other provinces are producing. Mr Komba said he believed that due to the large sizes, the pods are free of