In the following years, the Papua New Guinea Ports Corporation Ltd (PNG Ports) claimed its network of ports will be receiving multi billion kina worth of restoration. A substantial portion of infrastructural development funds will be distributed to ports, namely those operated under PNG Ports' community service obligation (CSO). The rehabilitation a...

Photo credit: PNG Buzz President Hon. Ishmael Toroama has congratulated all Members of the Fourth Bougainville House of Representatives for completing the first year in office since the inauguration in 2020. President Toroama made this statement during parliament this week, highlighting that September 29 this year marked the first year of the Toroam...

Photo credit: Department of PM&NEC The Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to the 26th Conference of the Parties, Hon. Wera Mori, says Papua New Guinea anticipates on firmly drawing tangible outcomes from the COP26 Leaders’ Summit, in Scotland.   He made these remarks during the first day of the COP26 Leaders’ Summit (Monday), where he intends to mak...

Photo credit: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet - Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison Australia and Papua New Guinea have agreed to join forces to create an efficient and accessible carbon market for the region under the Indo-Pacific Carbon Offsets Scheme. Following talks with PNG’s...

Photo credit: Papua New Guinea Today - Treasurer Ling-Stuckey received by World Bank VP Manuela Ferro at World Bank HQ in Washington DC.USA COVID-19 and Climate Change were the topics of discussion between Papua New Guinea and the World Bank. According to Ian Ling-Stuckey, the Treasury Minister of Papua New Guinea, “My recent meeting with World Bank Vi...

Photo credit: Papua New Guinea Today - Treasurer Ling-Stuckey receives briefing from USAID Officials at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington DC.USA. The United States Aid to Papua New Guinea and the Pacific is rising. The treasury minister of Papua New Guinea, Ian Ling-Stuckey, stated this. “In discussions in Washi...

Photo credit: PNG Department of Information & Communications Technology - Minister for Treasury, Hon. Ian Ling-Stuckey (left) accompanied by Principal Advisor, Dr Misty Baloiloi in front of the US Department of Treasury , adjacent to the White House, 19 October 2021. In order to modernize PNG's anti-money laundering legislation, the Minister of Tre...

PNG has received a K13 million donation from Japan for road construction equipment. Japanese Ambassador Kuniyuki Nakahara and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Soroi Eoe signed the agreement on paper. Eoe expressed gratitude on behalf of the people and government of PNG, particularly the recipient provinces, to the people and government of Japan...

Photo credit: Herald Sun Prime Minister Hon. James Marape, MP acknowledged the Telstra announcement through a Market Release on the 25th of October 2021 that Telstra will acquire Digicel Pacific. He acknowledged that this is a commercial transaction that has been concluded under the present regulatory environment which encourages investments in the sec...

Isikeli Taureka's position as managing-director (MD) of Kumul Consolidated Holdings (KCH) was terminated by the National Executive Council (NEC) recently. Professor David Kavanamur has been appointed as interim MD until a permanent appointment is made, and Moses Maladina, the current chairman of PNG Power Ltd, has been named as acting chairman. Taur...

Telstra has announced that it will buy Digicel Pacific for $US1.6 billion, plus up to an additional US$250 million based on business performance over the next three years, subject to government and regulatory approvals. In its six South Pacific markets – Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Nauru, Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu – Telstra, Australia's leading telecommuni...

Papua New Guinea Expo Commissioner General and Ambassador to Brussels and European Union Joshua Kalinoe with Click Media CEO and Founder Ms. Noha Jaheen taking a tour of the PNG Pavilion after the PNG investment forum. The Papua New Guinea Expo2020 team in Dubai successfully delivered the first investment forum to the global audience in collaboration w...

His Excellency Nooh Alhammadi, (Left), Director for East Asia and the Pacific (including Papua New Guinea) of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation receives a Sepik bilum from Papua New Guinea’s Ambassador to Belgium and the EU and Commissioner General for Expo2020, H E Ambassador Joshua Kalinoe. Ambassador Kalinoe is also the ...

Forest Minister Hon. Walter Schnaubelt (left) meeting with UAE Minister for State for International Cooperation and Director General of World Expo2020 Her Excellency Reem Ephraim Al Hashimy. Photo: Courtesy of PNG Expo2020 Media. Papua New Guinea and the United Arab Emirates reached an understanding to strengthening and deepening relations during the b...

Last Friday, October 15th, Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey met with the United Nations' second most senior official in New York. Ling-Stuckey expressed his satisfaction with the informative and productive conversations he had with Amina Mohammed, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, on incorporating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in...

Photo credit: Loop PNG - Paulus Ain According to the Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC), fuel costs may decline as a result of travel limitations imposed by the Coronavirus (Covid-19). The Covid-19 epidemic, according to Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer Paulus Ain, might affect travel and hence lower demand for gasoline. ...