Retail internet rates would be decreased by around 50% by the end of next year, according to Dataco PNG Ltd chief executive officer Paul Komboi. Wholesale prices had already been slashed by nearly 40%, he said at an investment conference. However, due to market competition, it was not cut at the retail level. “I hope in 2022, we will see at least...

According to PNG Ports Corporation chairman Kepas Wali, the Motukea international port facility west of Port Moresby will undergo a multi-million kina makeover next month. It is estimated that the repair and reconstruction work will take ten months and cost K56 million. “The pavement covering the Motukea international terminal surface has deteriorat...

Market capitalisation will drop by 30 per cent if Oil Search leaves the PNG Stock Exchange (PNGX) due to a possible Santos merger, says PNGX chairman David Lawrence. The PNG stock market is currently valued at K120 billion, according to the PNG Securities Commission, with 13 businesses listed. According to Lawrence, Oil Search is an important compon...

Head of the PNGEITI Mr Lucas Alkan last week in Wabag at the opening of the consultation. The Head of the PNG Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Mr. Lucas Alkan has issued a strong challenge to stakeholders in the extractive industries to embrace and promote the work of EITI in Papua New Guinea to derive best value from the industry. ...

According to Nambawan Super Ltd, the 6% of wages that people must put to superannuation after income tax is too excessive. Chief Executive Officer Paul Sayer said the majority of members will pay at least 22% income tax on their employee contributions. He claimed it was unjust since some members would pay up to 42 per cent of their gross revenue in ...

Photo Credit: The Australian -  Telstra CEO Andy Penn According to a source, Australia's Telstra CEO Andy Penn visited the nation last month to negotiate the possible acquisition of Digicel Pacific. According to the Australian Financial Review, Penn visited PNG to discuss the prospective purchase of Digicel Pacific with the country's political autho...

The government has improved its economic management to ensure that billions in concessional discoveries are brought into the country to help alleviate the country's currency problems. In a recent speech to Parliament, Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey stated. that the government is now attempting to assist businesses in creating a favourable climate. “Busi...

An economist claimed that earning more foreign cash through exports than imports is a simple strategy to ensure adequate foreign exchange. This was said by Corinna Economic Advisory economist Saul Eslake recently. Agriculture, he noted, was PNG's export strength. “PNG authorities need to manage the economy carefully that is through a monitoring p...

The Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Zed Saselja, stated that Australia wishes to assist the PNG government in addressing its budgetary and economic issues. During a press conference, Saselja stated that Australia has provided US$400 million (K1.3 billion) in loans to PNG's budget priorities over the previous two years. “This ...

The Papua New Guinea Chamber of Mines and Petroleum is encouraged by Prime Minister James Marape’s recent announcement of a clear policy on the payment of dividends from resource projects through to a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF). Prime Minister Marape made the announcement upon receiving a K100 million dividend payment from Kumul Petroleum Holdings Ltd...

Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has outlined the six major resource projects his Government is focused on. They are the Papua LNG Project, New Porgera Mine, Wafi-Golpu Mine, P’nyang LNG, Pasca LNG and Pandora LNG. PM Marape announced this today when responding to the Ministerial Statement by Treasurer Hon. Ian Ling-Stuckey on the ‘2020 Final Budget...

Governor for Eastern Highlands Province Hon Peter Numu has given his full support for the establishment of the Extractive Industries Transparency Commission.  Governor Numu opened the lower Highlands Consultation workshop on the PNG Extractive Industries Transparency Commission Bill in Goroka on Monday, September 6th, 2021. He welcomed the State leg...

According to Steamships Trading Company Ltd, the national economy would rebound later this year and beyond 2022. In its half-year report for the fiscal year 2021, the corporation indicated that recent government announcements on key resource development projects were encouraging. The group's Coral Sea Hotels had a strong start to the year, aided by ...

According to a poll conducted by the Business Council of PNG, businesses have spent close to a million kina on COVID-19 protective equipment and facilities to protect their employees and operations. According to the findings of their COVID-19 vaccination for a business survey, 70 per cent of the cost was spent on face masks and sanitisers, 21 per cent ...

When PNG becomes 50 years old in 2025, the Marape/Basil government hopes to complete its Connect PNG Road Program, which will connect the country's missing links. David Wereh, the Works Secretary, and his staff are currently working to connect all of the highways in the Northern and Highlands areas. He said the Department of Works and Implementation...

The National Airports Corporation has granted the go-ahead for flights into Madang Airport to resume on Monday. Flights have resumed following NAC's extensive runway rehabilitation work, the airport's anticipated closure from July 23 to August 8, and a further delay of flights on August 13 due to weather. Regular passenger transport (RPT) flights in...