Photo credit: PM James Marape News Page Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says the Government has no “sinister motives” in holding back K66 million allocated by the Australian Government for maintenance of the rundown Bulolo Highway in Morobe. He said this in Parliament recently when asked by Morobe Governor and Deputy Pangu Pati leader, Hon. Ginson ...

Photo credit: PM Marape News Page - Warangoi project Prime Minister Hon. James Marape recently opened the K83 million 10 Megawatt Warangoi PNG Power Ltd (PPL) Hydro Power Project Major Rehabilitation Project in rural Pomio, East New Britain, with an assurance to landowners that they would be paid the K5 million they wanted for use of their land and wat...

Photo credit: The Centre for Excellence in Financial Inclusion - (left to right) Jack Walom (Chairman,Kada Poroman Micro Finance), Esther Mongea (Senior Operations Manager, People's Micro Bank), Saliya Ranasignhe (Executive Director CEFI), Daniel Faunt (General Manager-Retail, BSP), George Awap (Department-Financial Systems Development Department, Bank of...

Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says his Pangu Pati-led Government’s vision to build a gold refinery and mint factory in the country is a bold move in the right direction to take back more from our gold resources and reserves. It also includes having a gold bullion bank into the future. PM Marape was responding to questions from Opposition Leader, ...

Twinza Oil Limited’s Pasca A Gas Agreement is yet to be finalized as per their media release last August. Honorable Keregna Kua, Minister for Petroleum, announced in Parliament a seven-day period for the State Negotiating Team (SNT) and Twinza Oil Limited to meet to finalise drafting of the Pasca A Gas Agreement. Unfortunately, the deadline expired on the...

Mangrove seedlings [Photo credit: Sarangib, from Pixabay] In celebration of World Environment Day last June, there were 600 school children who took part in planting 700 mangrove seeds along the coastline of Riwo, Madang Province. The celebration's theme for this year is "Ecosystem Restoration". The mangrove planting activity was made possible throu...

Papua New Guinea is known for its beautiful surroundings, rich wildlife, and cultures and communities as diverse as the more than 800 native languages spoken in the country. But despite abundant natural resources and recent economic development, nearly 40 percent of the country’s 8.5 million people still have no access to human beings’ most fundamental ne...

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Think of two words, sewage and nutrients. Now create a mental picture that puts them together in a context that makes sense for you. For most people, the picture they create is some form of liquid that is beneficial to the growth of plants. Yes, effluent reuse on landscapes is one of the biological nutrients that can spin out of sewage treatment, but t...

On the surface, the Terrain Tamer story is simply one of a spare parts business that has grown to see international success But at its heart, it is one of a company that has not only survived but thrived thanks to a consistent, ongoing culture of listening, problem solving and customer obsession. Coupled with an innate understanding of what is neede...

Photo credit: Geopacific Resources The developer stated that work on the Woodlark Gold Project is now delayed and behind schedule. In an update, Geopacific Resources Limited reported that the company has decided to postpone the project until Q1/Q2 2022. The impact of unseasonal inclement weather, according to the firm, has resulted in a short-ter...

Prime Minister Hon. James Marape stated in Parliament recently that vaccination is “not mandatory” for the people of Papua New Guinea. He said this in response to a petition to Government recently calling for no vaccination, no mandatory vaccination and for the Pandemic Act to be done away with. A debate then ensued with most MPs, including those in...

Photo credit: PM James Marape News Page - The Markham Bridge outside Lae Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says he is not deliberately delaying work on the Bulolo Highway, as claimed by former Bulolo MP Samson Napo and other critics. He said this after Napo, in a very-misleading and defamatory statement circulated on mainstream and social media, accu...

Photo credit: Loop PNG PNG Power is riddled with so much accumulative problems that have made it a “sick organisation”, but reforms are currently underway, Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says. These include the installation of its full board, and a restructure of the company to separate power generation, transmission, and retail business. In ad...

According to estimates provided by the Chinese Embassy, last year's trade volume between PNG and China totalled US$3.21 billion (about K11 billion). PNG's exports to China totalled US$2.29 billion (K7.85 billion), while imports from China totalled US$920 million (K3.1 billion), indicating a trade surplus. In order to boost bilateral commerce, the tw...

Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) is prepared to assist the government and the people of Bougainville. Sir Mel Togolo, Chairman of the BCL Board of Directors, shared this sentiment, saying that the business stands ready to assist ABG in generating the type of money it needs to grow its economy. Sir Mel claimed that the ABG Government and the people ...

Photo credit: PM James Marape News Page - PNG Tourism Promotion Authority CEO Eric Mossman Uvovo, Tourism Minister Hon. Isi Henry Leonard, TPA Chairman Hon. Kennedy Wenge and PM Marape with children representing the four regions of the country at launching of the PNG Tourism Sector Development Plan 2022-2026 in Port Moresby. Prime Minister James Marape...

The Independent Advisory Group's examination of the 2000 Central Banking Act was recently welcomed by Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey. On October 25, the first phase report was finished and posted on the Bank of PNG's website. Learning from experience, increasing Bank independence, delivering accountability, limiting discretion, and connecting objectives...

PNG may be the smallest economy in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec), but it is rich in natural resources, according to Prime Minister James Marape. He virtually addressed the Apec economic leaders' summit, which was hosted by New Zealand. “Papua New Guinea, in our small way, commit ourselves to preserve 13 per cent of the world’s rainforest...

Photo credit: InDaily Santos Ltd has submitted an authorization application to the Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) seeking clearance for its proposed merger with Oil Search Ltd. Santos and Oil Search have agreed to a binding merger implementation deal, according to ICCC Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer Paulus Ain, unde...

Recently in Port Moresby, the Department of Information and Communication Technology wrapped up a three-day National ICT Summit on a high note. The summit, according to DICT Secretary Steven Matainaho, was successful in gathering much-needed data that would educate and confirm existing government thinking and drive the formulation of suitable policies ...

Photo credit: RNZ - Mining Minister, Johnson Tuke  As a growing economy, the government of Papua New Guinea is open to international investment, with no limits on who may do business with them, but they must adhere to the country's rules. This is according to Johnson Tuke, the Mining Minister, who just signed a blanket Memorandum of Understanding (M...

Photo credit: National Fisheries Authority The National Fisheries Authority (NFA) has provided K5 million as a final transaction for the acquisition of property for a fisheries centre that was in the process of being liquidated. The site at Rabaul, East New Britain Province, has been obtained for a fisheries centre, on which the NFA has begun constr...

According to Julie Shuttleworth, chief executive officer of Fortescue Future Industries (FFI), the company is working with the government to accelerate the energy transition before 2050. “The FFI is partnering with PNG, one of the most renewable energy-rich countries in the world, to develop multiple large-scale green energy and green hydrogen projects...