According to Justin Ilakini, acting managing director of the National Fisheries Authority (NFA), the government needs favorable rules in place to entice vessels to fish in the country's fishing zones under the Papua New Guinea flag. According to Ilakini, this will boost the country's development of a viable fisheries industry. In recent years, he ad...

Photo: Napa Napa Oil Refinery in Port Moresby Puma Energy PNG, the country's largest fuel and energy provider, claims that changes in crude prices have a direct influence on energy market import parity pricing. Import parity pricing is a pricing mechanism used by goods providers to establish prices for their domestic sales to domestic consumers base...

Improved availability of disease- and pest-resistant crops, as well as nutritious crop types, is helping the ABG Department of Primary Industries boost its food systems. Through the Pacific Regional Integrated Food and Nutrition Security Program to COVID-19 project, this initiative is being carried out in collaboration with the Pacific Community Land R...

The Simbu Provincial Government has signed a K850,000 project agreement with the National Fisheries Authority to build a new training and office facility in Kundiawa. More than 23,000 inland fish farmers in the province will benefit from the facility's basic instruction on how to manage and expand their fish farms. The agreement will see NFA pay for...

Walter Schnaubelt, the country's new Civil Aviation Minister, is committed to improving the country's aviation industry. It is reported that the new minister is interested in knowing what hurdles and difficulties are being faced by the aviation sector participants so that they can adjust and improve within a short period of time, according to him. B...

Landowners from the Panguna Mine area and the Autonomous Bougainville Government have reached a joint resolution to re-open the Panguna Mine. The joint resolution was signed by clan chiefs and representatives from the five major clans of the Panguna area – Basikang, Kurabang, Bakoringu, Barapang and Mantaa. The signing took place at the end of a thr...

Photo: CIC Acting Chief Executive Officer Charles Dambui (seated left) and CEFI Executive Director Saliya Ranasinghe sign the MoU Documents. Witnessing the signing are CIC Company Secretary Wilma Banake (left standing) and CEFI Head Trainer Jill Pijui. The Coffee Industry Corporation (CIC) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Centre o...

Photo credit: Adyton Resources. Figure 1 - Feni Island – showing Kabang drilling area – other prospects also shown Adyton Resources Corporation is pleased to report the Exploration License at its 100% owned Feni Island Project (Feni) in Papua New Guinea has been renewed for a two year period from August 2020.  Adyton Resources CEO, Mr Tim Crossley, ...

Hon. ABG President Ishmael Toroama has urged the Panguna Landowners to collaborate with the government to ensure Bougainville's political and economic independence. President Toroama delivered this declaration today at the Panguna Chief Summit in Central Bougainville at Tunuru Catholic Parish. President Toroama stated that the moment has come for Bo...

Photo credit: Department of PM&NEC Marape was pleased with the overall conclusion of the visit, which re-establishes, confirms, and enhances PNG's strong ties with China. He said this following a historic Saturday evening virtual meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. The two Leaders reiterated and announced a considerable set of deliverables ...

Petroleum Minister Kerenga Kua attended a virtual meeting in Beijing with Snr Vice President of Chinese Petroleum Giant SINOPEC. Minister Kua accompanied Prime Minister James Marape to Beijing and held a separate meeting to discuss various aspects of PNG's petroleum business, including how SINOPEC can best partner in upstream and downstream processing ...

According to Fisheries Minister Dr Lino Tom, the signing of the Trade Protocol Agreement for the export of Live Marine Products to the Chinese market was a success. Minister Tom expressed his delight, adding that the Fisheries Sector's trip to China with Prime Minister James Marape was a success. ''We successfully signed the Trade Protocol Agreement...

Hon James Marape has praised and congratulated China's leadership for allowing for a very beneficial interaction to extend their country's continuous interest in Papua New Guinea's oil and gas industry, notably in two of the country's most important gas projects, Papua LNG and P'nyang. This was expressed by the Prime Minister in reference to discussion...

Photo: Commissioner-General Sam Koim According to Commissioner-General Sam Koim, the Internal Income Commission (IRC) expects to earn roughly K9.3 billion in tax revenue this year. In response to an inquiry, Koim stated that the IRC's income objective had been boosted by around K1.4 billion by the government. “Last year, we collected, in terms of ne...

Geopacific Resources, an Australian mining company, has halted operations on its Woodlark gold and silver project in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, as it reviews cost projections and timetables. Geopacific predicted in December that Woodlark's capital costs would almost certainly rise. "Having recently been chosen as chairperson, I am focused on ensur...

“Announcements by investors in Papua New Guinea and the South Pacific has demonstrated a strong international investment intention that will lift economic activities for PNG and the South Pacific in 2022,” says BSP Group General Manager Corporate Bank, Peter Beswick. The rise in business confidence for the year 2022 is attributed to company investments...

The resource sector’s preferred prefabricated modular building supplier, Ark Pacific, commenced 2022 with numerous buildings for multiple clients in its design, engineer, supply and construction pipeline.  The New Year also saw Ark’s production capacity increase by 100 percent, with its main factory now capable of producing 1,000 building modules per mont...

Photo: Built in Singapore, Pacific Towing’s newest ASD tug ‘Koranga’ (60 tonne bollard pull; 4,436 braking horsepower) will be dedicated to harbour towage in Lae.  The company also provides numerous services to PNG’s oil and gas sector. Pacific Towing (PacTow) has expanded its fleet with the purchase of a dedicated harbour tug ‘Koranga’ from Singapore....

Photo: Top left - Ani Topurua, top right - Carolyne Manahave, bottom left - Chantel Christensen and bottom right - Lyndah Brown Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) has announced the appointment of four females to various management roles within the Company as part of its Vision 2025 to increase the number of females in leadership roles. These includes Ani...

The Porgera Project Commencement Agreement (PPCA) formally took effect recently with the execution of the document by its final signatory, Mineral Resources Enga (MRE), marking a significant milestone in the process of reopening the mine. The next critical steps are to sign the Shareholders Agreement, the substance of which along with that of the Compa...

According to James Marape, Papua New Guinea's "strategic position" in relation to Asia's main economies must be used by the country's business community and transformed into commercial possibilities, particularly in the field of food production and supply. The Prime Minister noted that the populations of the Philippines, China, and Indonesia are likely...

From the 3rd to the 8th of February 2022, James Marape, MP will make official trips to the People's Republic of China (PRC) and then to France from the 9th to the 13th of February 2022. The Prime Minister is visiting the PRC at President Xi Jinping's invitation to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony on February 4th. Apart from this sign...

Photo: Paga Hill Development Hon. Prime Minister James Marape has told the Papua New Guinean business community and international investors that the country's economy would continue to develop in the coming years, with even more growth expected in the next five years as significant national investment projects come online. The Prime Minister spoke r...

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister, James Marape, claims his government is devoted to rural development. He remarked this while presiding at the opening of Siwi Utame Agro Technical High School and Siwi Utame Loop Road in Ponowi Village, Ialibu, Southern Highlands. Both are initiatives of the Governor of the Southern Highlands Province, Hon. With the...