Douglas Tomuriesa, Pope Francis and James Marape

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  Opposition Leader Douglas Tomuriesa said he is disappointed and embarrassed over the way His Holiness Pope Francis was treated by Prime Minister James Marape over the last three-days during the Papal visit, and the lack of courtesy and respect shown by the Prime Minister. He said the Prime Minister continuously declares PNG as a ‘Christian country’ and prides himself on being a religious individual but he was surprised when the Pope was continuously snubbed by the PM over the weekend since the Pope’s arrival on Friday. “The Pope is the head of the Catholic church, the largest Christian church in the world and he is also a head of state. “PNG not only being a Christian country, but a country that prides itself as a ‘friend to all, enemy to none’, the PM should be according the Pope with the highest level of respect,” Tomuriesa said. The Opposition Leader pointed out that on Friday, the Prime Minister did not welcome the Pope at the airport, a tradition he had accorded to many other wo
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PRIME Minister James Marape wants the Usino-Bundi rural folk to also use their new sports complex to promote agriculture, Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and second-chance education.
“This stadium must not only be a place to play rugby, soccer or basketball,” he said.
“I want our young sportsmen and women to link themselves to second-chance education, cocoa and vanilla.”
Marape said the World Bank’s latest economic update highlighted the importance of agriculture to grow Papua New Guinea (PNG)’s economy.
“More importantly, land is in the hands of people,” he said.
“If this land is used, and the Government focuses on agriculture, all citizens will enjoy a higher standard of living.
“People will pay tax, people will pay for goods and services and the country will grow and grow.
“Our future looks bright but it all depends on today’s generation going back to (toil their) land,” he added.
Marape said the Government was not only talking but putting money into agriculture, as exemplified by its price support programme.
Marape spoke at the opening of the Usino-Bundi Sports Stadium in Walium Station on Thursday.
The stadium is funded by the district development authority.
Marape asked Minister Jimmy Uguro and Agriculture and Livestock Minister John Simon to use the new stadium as a distribution point for cocoa, vanilla, coffee, coconut and other crops and as a SME incubation centre and a place for continuing education.

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