Photo: Children at Baruni Dump, Port Moresby Key priority areas to be overviewed by Education Department Papua New Guinea’s Education system has suffered from a number of policy shifts, drastic changes in curriculum and under resourcing over the years. The free education policy has succeeded in increasing the number of students attending schools, ho...

The Papua New Guinea Trade Union Congress (PNGTUC) and its affiliated women members have made a call to the Government to continue to remain intact to protect and promote the same solidarity and consistency shown during the unopposed election of Prime Minister James Marape and Speaker of Parliament Job Pomat when the 11th parliament rose to elect these tw...

Photo credit: K92 Mining K92 has announced a strong production result for the third quarter of 2022. John Lewins, K92 Chief Executive Officer and Director, stated, “In the third quarter, Kainantu delivered one of our most complete quarters to date and marked another important step forward in expanding operations with near-record production and multi...

Photo credit: China Daily According to an official, the governments of China and Papua New Guinea are collaborating on a feasibility assessment for a prospective bilateral free trade agreement (FTA). According to a representative for the Chinese embassy, the FTA may help to increase bilateral commerce, particularly in the food and agriculture sector...

Photo: (L-R) Deputy Controller National Pandemic Response Dr. Daoni Esorom, Minister for Tourism Arts & Culture Hon. Isi Henry Leonard, PNGTPA CEO Mr. Eric Mossman Uvovo. Credit: PNGTPA Tourism Promotion Authority has announced the re-opening of Cruise Tourism into the country. Chief executive officer Eric Mossman Uvovo said that the cruise tourism...

Photo credit: Paga Hill For the country to produce more cocoa, there has to be more cooperation between the provincial administrations and the local cocoa farmers. The partnership is the only way to forward the work, according to Albert Nukuitu, chairman of the Papua New Guinea Cocoa Board. He stated that the PNG Cocoa Board is committed to such ...

A potential large-scale rice farming company in the Philippines will be sending a delegation to Papua New Guinea in November this year to evaluate the country’s potential for large-scale rice farming in Central Province. Richard Maru, the minister for international trade and investment, emphasised this as one of his accomplishment goals during a recent...

Port Moresby based Security Services Company DEXSS Limited has recently launched a new rideshare service incorporating a smartphone application that is set to change the way people move around Papua New Guinea. The app called “DEXSS PNG” assimilates a fleet of vehicle owner drivers who can use their personal vehicles to taxi people around their local a...

Photo credit: Shane McLeod Former National Fraud Director for the National Fraud and Anti-Corruption Directorate, Mathew Damaru said the lack of cooperation between government agencies has led to a halt in prosecutions of over 500 money laundering cases resulting in suspects still hijacking millions of kina from stolen public assets. “There is outst...

Photo: James Marape The Prime Minister has vowed to bring out past Commission of Inquiry (COI) reports and prosecute suspects recommended by these reports. These COI reports include the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) Loan inquiry, Department of Finance Inquiry, The inquiry into the Moti Saga, The national Provident Fund inquiry (Nasfund) and The Parak...

Photo credit: Papua New Guinea Customs Facebook Page  A total of K7.4 million in duties (taxes) and penalties (fines) have been recouped from enforcement operations by the PNG Customs Services. With a new direction, reform and approach the efficient recovery process was a result of the tireless efforts shown by the Customs enforcement team. The enforce...

Photo: International Trade and Investment Minister Richard Maru (left), PM Marape and East Sepik Governor Allan Bird meeting with executives of leading Japanese company Sojitz Corporation in Tokyo Department of International Trade and Investment will be a “one-stop shop” for all large foreign investments in Papua New Guinea, according to Prime Minister...

Photo: Executive Managing Director Howard Lole and Larry Andagali of Lole Mining Limited presenting K20 Million payments Liquification to BSP  Local mining firm, Lole Mining Ltd has paid K20 Million to the Liquidator Pini Accountants and Advisors on Monday, 22nd of October as part of its process in the transfer of ownership of Tolukuma gold mine in the...

Photo credit: PNGEITI An undertaking by state owned Kumul Petroleum Holdings Limited (KPHL) to increase its PNGLNG equity through a conditional arrangement between PNGLNG partner Santos has raised concerns over the lack of transparency surrounding the whole arrangement and the partial financial transaction that already took place between the parties in...

Photo credit: European Union The Delegation of the European Union in Papua New Guinea, the PNG National Trade Office, PNG Investment Promotion Authority, Department of Commerce and Industry and the PNG-Europe Business Council hosted a joint Press Conference at Lamana Hotel on the 3rd of October 2022 regarding the Third EU - PNG Trade, Business and Inve...

Photo: PM Marape and the PNG team in discussion with Dr Kobayashi in Tokyo Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has given the green lights to Japanese think tank Japan Development Institute (JDI) 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 Co...

Photo: PM Marape in discussion with LNG Japan Corporation President and CEO, Kyo Onojima, in Tokyo. Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has told the LNG Japan Corporation that Papua New Guinea has about 20-trillion cubic feet (TCF) in stranded gas fields, apart from the major LNG projects, waiting to be developed. He said this in Tokyo on Tuesday (Sept...

Photo: The PNG and JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration delegations after their meeting in Tokyo. Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has encouraged major Japanese company JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration, which already has a 4.7 per cent stake in the PNG LNG Project, to also participate in upstream and downstream of Papua LNG (Gulf), P’nyang LNG (Weste...

Photo: PM Marape and the PNG delegation (left) meeting with Sojitz Corporation President and CEO Masayoshi Fujimoto and his team in Tokyo. Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has invited leading Japanese company Sojitz Corporation into the upstream and downstream processing of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Papua New Guinea. He made the invitation to S...

Photo: PM Marape meeting with Japanese PM Kishida in Tokyo Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says he is privileged to have met Japanese Prime Minister Hon. Fumio Kishida in Tokyo today (Tuesday, September 27, 2022) before the state funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. PM Marape, one of many world leaders attending Abe’s funeral, had a bilater...

Photo credit: Porgera Joint Venture Facebook Page Barrick Niugini Limited (BNL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Karo Maha-Lelai as Country Manager for Papua New Guinea Operations. Ms Maha-Lelai is a lawyer by profession and has over 23 years of experience in the petroleum and mining industry. She previously held executive positions with...

Coral Sea Hotels & Hospitality is in growth mode, part of this includes changes to the Coral Sea Hotels. Papua New Guineans are familiar with the Coral Sea Hotel offering of ENZO’s Pizza. ENZO’s has traditionally been a feature offering of Coral Sea Hotels, however as the business grows there are changes taking place to accommodate this growth. “Th...

Photo credit: ADB Masatsugu Asakawa, the president of the Asian Development Bank, and Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey recently met in Manila, Philippines. Following this meeting, Treasurer Ling-Stuckey stated that the ADB has been PNG's largest and most dependable multilateral aid donor, having contributed approximately $US4.26 billion (K15 billion) in a...

The long-awaited realization of quality services from the government has seen a real estate boom mainly from property owners in the Small to Medium Enterprise Sector (SME) in the Moresby South electorate of NCD. A rapid transformation from the shanty colonial suburbs to a modern looking electorate has created an abundance of opportunities for property own...