2025 marks a major phase of development, with Paga Hill Estate to take major steps in becoming PNG’s first true world-class tourism and business hub. The project continues to make progressive transformation backed by the Marape-Rosso Government, the multi-billion-kina project has positioned itself as Papua New Guinea’s flagship SEZ, driving investment,...

Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has underlined his government’s commitment to Infrastructure Development Grants (IDG), ensuring that mining and resource-hosting communities receive essential funding for infrastructure development in preparation for major resource projects. Addressing Parliament today in response to Vice-Minister for Mining and Bulolo ...

Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has reaffirmed his government’s unwavering commitment to the Bougainville peace process, emphasising the significance of the 2001 Bougainville Peace Agreement (BPA) and the necessity for continued dialogue between Papua New Guinea and Bougainville. Speaking at the opening of the First Joint Consultation Meeting with Bou...

Following the recent announcement of its Energy Transition Policy, the Papua New Guinea Chamber of Resources and Energy (PNG CORE) provides further details on this initiative, which focuses on promoting sustainable energy practices and addressing climate change. This policy underscores PNG CORE's commitment to facilitating a just and equitable transiti...

The Department of Works and Highways (DoWH) marks a half-century of dedicated service to the development of Papua New Guinea's infrastructure and its ongoing commitment to national progress with the launch of its 50th Golden Jubilee logo on March 4. The new Golden Jubilee logo reflects the department’s rich history in line with PNG’s 50th Jubilee Indep...

Papua New Guinea started its countdown for its participation in the Osaka World Expo, which is expected to attract up to 28 million visitors with more than 160 countries already confirming their participation. Prime Minister James Marape commissioned the launch event for PNG and hosted it along with the Minister for International Trade and Investment, ...

In celebration of International Women’s Day 2025, the European Union (EU) has signed two new Human Rights thematic grant contracts to support women’s economic empowerment in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The initiative aligns with the United Nations’ global theme, “For ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment,” which aims to accelerate action towar...

The Papua New Guinea Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (PNGEITI) convened a Beneficial Ownership (BO) Technical Working Group meeting, bringing together key stakeholders to discuss strategies for enhancing BO transparency within the extractive sector. Representatives from the Bank of Papua New Guinea’s Financial Analysis and Supervision Unit (...

The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) has imposed a moratorium on new foreign investments in business sectors reserved exclusively for indigenous Bougainvilleans. This directive, issued under the authority of the Minister for Commerce, Trade, Industry and Economic Development, Hon. Patrick Nisira, is in line with Bougainville Executive Council (...

The Papua New Guinea Chamber of Resources & Energy (PNG CORE) successfully hosted a media briefing on Benefit Sharing Agreements in collaboration with ABC International Development - Media Development Initiative, PNG (ABC-MDI) on Friday, March 7, 2025, in Port Moresby. This media briefing provided valuable insights on Benefit Sharing Agreements (BS...

The Mineral Resources Development Company (MRDC), through its subsidiary Gas Resources PNG LNG Plant Limited, has successfully delivered a K2-million infrastructure project to the Rearea Junior High School, benefiting communities affected by PNG LNG Plant. The project, which took five months to complete, was funded through MRDC’s Community Infrastructu...

Minister for Higher Education, Research, Science, and Technology, Hon. Kinoka Feo, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to research-driven national development with the launch of the National Research Institute’s (NRI) Corporate Plan 2024-2028 and Revised Strategic Plan 2021-2030 last March 6.   The Corporate Plan is linked to the PNGNRI Strategi...

PNG's education sector now offers more opportunities for students to pursue affordable, high-quality tertiary education in their own country with the official opening of the Philippines Christian University (PCU) Papua New Guinea Campus. This University is part of a broader vision of the founder and Director of Waigani Christian College and member for ...

The PNG Chamber of Resources & Energy (PNG CORE), in collaboration with the Mineral Resources Authority (MRA), participated in the 2025 Prospectors & Developers’ Association of Canada (PDAC) convention, held in Toronto, Canada, from March 2-5. PDAC is the world's largest mining conference, attracting over 27,000 delegates and featuring more tha...

The Special Economic Zone (SEZ) of the Konebada Industrial Park project is underway with the establishment of a fabrication and training facility known as the Central Industrial Center, Portion 152. This project is spearheaded by Kumul Petroleum Limited (KPL) and is expected to create thousands of jobs and significantly boost the country’s manufacturin...

The Port Moresby Chamber of Commerce and Industry (POMCCI) and Business Advantage International recently hosted the “Women in Tech Business Breakfast,” part of the lead-up to Innovation PNG 2025. The event showcased a distinguished panel of women excelling in the fields of finance, software development, aviation, and digital transformation.  The eve...