From across Papua New Guinea
PMV Bus services ceased operations for more than six hours in the National Capital District yesterday in a show of protest over a route 17 bus driver that was allegedly shot by Police on Saturday [February 17]. Bus owners, drivers and crews convened at Unagi Oval at Gordon’s in hopes to air their grievances to […]
Papua New Guinean’s largest retail bank will get half of K190 million repaid into its account, from additional company tax it paid to the State, in 2022. In a joint media statement today, Internal Revenue Commission [IRC] Commissioner Sam Koim and Bank South Pacific Financial Group [BSP] Chief Executive Officer Mark Robinson announced that a settlement […]
The Papua New Guinea Trade Union Congress (PNG TUC) in partnership with Goroka Agribusiness Training Institute have signed a Service Provider Agreement that aims to encourage economic activities in the informal sector. The pilot project will be tested in the nation’s capital over a period of four months with the institute set to provide necessary […]
A 211 million kina has been allocated and released to PNG Power Limited to replace its aging infrastructure. State Owned Enterprises Minister William Duma told Parliament on Friday, 115 million kina has been spent ordering parts overseas and once foreign exchange issues are sorted – these parts will be sourced, and work started on repairing […]
Fly River Provincial Government is the first in the Southern Region to furnish all its reports on public funds used in the last term of Parliament, after four years of delay. With the Ombudsman Commission, now on the back of all members of Parliament to acquit and comply with the Public Finance Management Act, the […]
APART from many other significant contributions Sir Yano Belo made to this country during his time in politics as Papua New Guinea’s First Works Minister, PNG’s Legal Tender ‘Kina’ will remain as one of his profound legacy throughout generations. Sir Yano first entered into politics in the Second House of Assembly at Downtown, Port Moresby […]
The National Statistical Office is pressing on the government to immediately release upfront payment of the K10 million allocated for the 2024 National Census, for training of enumerators across the country, as they are running out of time. National Statistician John Igitoi says while the K10 million is not sufficient to cater for the whole […]
MInister for International Trade and Investment Richard Maru will be leading a trade delegation to Indonesia at the end of March this year and is anticipated to work on developing a very strong, deep, and robust relationship with Indonesia. Maru has pointed out that Indonesia is the country PNG should have focused on building a trade […]
Minister for works and Highways Solan Mirisim has denied payments of over 3 billion kina to four contractors under Connect PNG This comes after Ialibu Pangia MP revealed documents alleging the Minister and Prime Minister ‘s involvement and associate to four local contractors. He said these allegations are false. In setting the record straight, the […]
Workaholic forward Whallan Tau-Loi has set a determined goal with intent to help the SP PNG Hunters break the finals drought this season. Apart from his short-team goal of making the final Hunters 30-man squad for the 2024 Hostplus Cup competition, Tau-Loi is already setting sights on the PNG Kumuls jumper. The 26-year-old elevated his […]