To ensure the stability of his coalition, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has reshuffled his cabinet.His line up includes Sam Basil, the leader of the United Labour Party and MP, who is now the new deputy prime minister and Minister for Planning and Implementation and Walter Schnaubelt who replaces Emil Tamur as Minister for Tourism, Arts and...

The Head of Papua New Guinea Extractive Industries Transparency (PNGEITI), Mr. Lucas Alkan announced today that the country will be validated for the second time since PNG signed up to implement the EITI global best practice Standard in 2013.The validation exercise is set to commence on the 30th of October 2020. Mr. Alkan stated that the validation is an ...

VIRTUAL ENGAGEMENT: The Chamber Webinar set up in Port Moresby at the Hilton HotelThe Papua New Guinea Chamber of Mines and Petroleum held its first ever virtual seminar last Thursday 13 August to give an update on the resources sector, and its plans moving into the new normal.With recent amendments having been made to both the Mining and Oil and Gas Acts...

Transparency mechanisms must be considered and built into project agreements and memorandum of agreement reviews.Head of the PNG Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (PNGEITI) National Secretariat, Lucas Alkan, said it would be interesting to see how negotiations take place as the government proceeds with preparation for negotiating the Wafi Golp...

Committed to ensuring women do not lose employment as a result of FSV, BSP’s Head of Support Services, Alicia Sahib (Far Left) engaged the BCFW to review BSP’s workplace policy, ensuring it was in accord with best practice.Did you know that Papua New Guinea’s private sector has a suite of best practice and culturally appropriate resources to help it comba...

Following is an introduction by Pacific Trade Invest’s (PTI’s) ‘Pacific Business Monitor’ survey to understand the ongoing effects of Covid-19 on the Pacific’s private sector. It is followed by a summary of the findings by PNG Business News correspondent Jason Kaut. Read to find out more, further below. INTRODUCTION (PTI) The COVID-19 outbreak has caused ...

The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has a proud history of engagement with Papua New Guinea and earlier this year extended a warm welcome to 26 teachers for a three-month intensive STEM education course funded through Australia Awards PNG by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The experienced teachers – half of whom are women – all have...