Blue Water Shipping is proud to announce the Kumul Service - a new regular liner service between North Asia and Papua New Guinea (PNG). The service will be an extension to the current Blue Water Shipping liner service through to Lihir, PNG, and will now offer customers a further solution into Lae. Steven Lofaro, Regional Director, Energy, Ports and Pro...

Photo: US Congressman of Hawaii, Ed Case The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Coral Sea hosted a roundtable discussion with US Congressman Ed Case of Hawaii on Wednesday 19th of October 2022 at its Port Moresby based Office. The AmCham was launched earlier this year to promote sustainable economic growth, foreign investment and greater opportuniti...

One hundred percent locally owned Sky Health and Medical Service (SHMS) Clinic is expanding its services to international standards. It is working with Papua New Guineans business houses and the government health sector to deliver maximum services as it will officially open its 8Mile headquarter Clinic in a few weeks in Port Moresby. An official tou...

Photo: (From left) Dawn Robinson, Project Wok Coordinator of Project Yumi Inc.; Project Yumi PNG Regional Coordinator Jessica Bablis; and General Manager of FX Business Centre Jeremy Nicdao presenting the Cheque FX Business Centre is assisting in the setup of the Pari Early Childhood Centre in the Central Province by donating K5,500 to Project Yumi Inc...

Photo: Alan Preston - Trukai Industries Limited CEO Trukai Industries Limited has recently been recertified for meeting a global standard for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems under the ISO 54001:2018 standard. Trukai Industries CEO Alan Preston says Trukai is committed to maintaining the highest safety standards with an aim of achie...

Photo credit: Department of Prime Minister & National Executive Council Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has given the green lights to Japanese think tank Japan Development Institute (JDI) to start work on developing a new Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Master Plan for Papua New Guinea. He gave the blessing following a meeting with JDI CEO and Chai...

Photo credit: State Enterprises Minister William Duma (Centre in white pants) and his delegation pose for a photo with members of the OTML senior management team at the Ok Tedi mine. Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) recently hosted the Minister for State Enterprises Honourable William Duma during a site visit to the mine on October 20. Minister Duma wa...

“The Prime Minister and Hon. James Marape’s opening address at the 11th Parliament session on “Restructuring Governance and Real Development Outcomes” was well received by the market,” said BSP Group General Manager for Corporate Banking, Peter Beswick. According to Beswick, “The message of the Prime Minister was well received. With its key focus on su...

Photo credit: Newcrest Prime Minister Hon. James Marape wants maximum benefits to be paid to landowners and their provincial governments from the resource projects around the country. The Prime Minister said this today during a meeting with Morobe Governor Hon. Luther Wenge MP, the Mineral Resources Authority, representatives from Morobe Provincial ...

Photo: Tokyo meeting last month Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has welcomed Japanese think tank Japan Development Institute (JDI) into Papua New Guinea to help develop a new Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Master Plan for the country and work with partners like the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the World ...

The Grand Papua Hotel in Port Moresby is a proud winner of The Luxury Hotel Awards 2022. The Luxury Hotel Awards recognizes and celebrates the hotel industry worldwide, with votes cast by travellers, guests, and industry players. It is the third year the Grand Papua Hotel has entered the Luxury Hotel Awards and we are proud to have been awarded the fol...

Photo credit: Department of Prime Minister & National Executive Council The country’s treasurer, Ian Ling-Stuckey addressed the parliament when it resumed recently that Papua New Guinea’s domestic outlook on the state of the economy looks to be improving but the current global trend on the international economic situation is looking uncertain and s...

Prime Minister, Hon.  James Marape has urged the country and its people to aspire to be more productive. In his diligence in aiming for the country to achieve economic independence, Prime Minister Marape has forged new ties for trade and investment during his trip and also helped in consolidating relations between PNG and the countries he visited. The...

Photo credit: Goilala District News Managing and conducting business activities in the Central Province particularly in the Goilala District is quite demanding and challenging, according to a business entrepreneur who operates in the remote mountainous region of Central province. Billy Mang from the Auga Dilava valley that surrounds the entire Tolok...

The Opposition Leader of Papua New Guinea, Hon Joseph Lelang, has questioned the Marape-Rosso Government on its immediate and long-term solutions to resolve the public sector rental crisis being experienced by numerous key government departments in Port Moresby. He said millions of kina has been allocated to address arrears and outstanding claims each ...

Institute of National Affairs Executive Director Paul Barker stated that corruption is a certainty of life, but it has a massive cost in business, the economy and wider society, He said this during the closing of the third EU-PNG Business, Trade and Investment conference in Port Moresby. Mr. Barker said the perception of corruption in PNG is not a good...

Photo credit: PNG Bulletin Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister, Hon Jelta Wong, MP, has stated that THE Prime Minister Hon James Marape has opened doors to create new market opportunities for PNG seafood exports to Japan. He said this when welcoming the Prime Minister upon his return from international duties. “The Prime Minister is the first Mi...

With over twenty years at News Corp and the ABC (including as Business Editor), Presenter at Sky News and as an investigative reporter with Four Corners, there is no denying the illustrious Ticky Fullerton is a household name in Australian business circles. She is the author of Watershshed, the first comprehensive book on the future challenges facing Aust...

Photo credit: Department of Prime Minister & National Executive Council Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has congratulated ExxonMobil on its 100 years in Papua New Guinea and says the company is welcome to stay on for another 100 years. He said this when addressing ExxonMobil’s 100th Anniversary Dinner in Port Moresby on Saturday night, which wa...

Investment Promotion Authority celebrates its 30 years of being in operation in the country. Commerce and Industry Minister Henry Amuli said celebrating 30 years of operation is a momentous occasion because the Investment Promotion Authority (IPA) is the top performing agency in the Commerce and Trade ministry. He said that previous prime ministers ...

In 2022, the PNG GDP is anticipated to reach K110 billion. Speaking at the 2022 PNG Update, which was organised by the University of PNG in partnership with the Australia National University, Prime Minister James Marape stated that the GDP of PNG was K79.4 billion in December 2018 and K83.8 billion in 2019. According to him, the government has been ...

Photo credit: Verdict According to Prime Minister James Marape, Papua New Guinea can learn a lot from Israel, particularly in the field of agricultural technology. Marape made the comment in Parliament in response to a query from Morobe Governor Luther Wenge on the potential for PNG to open an embassy in Israel and vice versa as a Christian nation. ...

According to acting chief executive Rodney Begley, PNG Ports Corporation Ltd. is spending K1.5 billion on port infrastructure around the nation. Lae's major dock and tidal basin will get K470 million in investments to become an international freight centre. Begley said that Lae was of interest to the port authorities because 9.9 million tonnes of fr...

The Petroleum Sector National Content Policy is anticipated to be finished by the end of this month and presented to the National Executive Council the following month, according to Department of Petroleum and Energy Secretary David Manau. Manau stated that this strategy will also establish an office to look at the practical elements of assisting the s...