From across Papua New Guinea
Significant runway repairs in the next four to five months will limit Air Niugini aircraft operations at Tokua Airport. While this will inevitably lead to major unavoidable disruption in passenger and cargo services, Air Niugini in a media statement said it was an essential decision for infrastructure improvements. The reduction of the runway to just […]
10 students from the Hiri West in Central province were provided necessary tuition fee support from NiuPower under its inaugural scholarship program. At the inauguration of the scholarship program last week, NiuPower paid K180,000 in tuition and boarding fees to the Port Moresby Technical College and other suppliers for the ten scholarship recipients. Additional support […]
The issue of writ for the by-elections scheduled for last Thursday [February 29] has been deferred to this month due to lack of funding, Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai says. He said the cash-flow situation in the country has made it difficult to secure necessary funds to conduct the by-elections as initially scheduled. “We have rescheduled […]
Media Leaders from the Pacific and Australia have agreed to meet regularly for the next five years, on agreed areas of regional media cooperation. The summit was co-hosted by the Managing Directors of the ABC, David Anderson, and PNG National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) and Pacific Island News Agency (PINA) President, Kora Nou, at the ABC’s […]
Bank South Pacific is calling on citizens nationwide to protect banking facilities and allow the bank to perform its normal banking duties to allow effective operation of businesses and other public services. Banking services in the rural areas play a pivotal role in promoting inclusive development especially in the rural settings by providing credit […]
Outgoing Commanding Officer [CO] First Battalion Royal Pacific Islands Regiment [1RPIR], Lieutenant-Colonel [Lt Col] Heta Nombe says apart from the 2019 global pandemic and other issues that posed challenges during his 3-year tenure [2021-2023], the bilateral exchanges with foreign military institutes have been success stories. “Along the way in 2023, the PNGDF was rocked with […]
A Law student at the University of Papua New Guinea is representing PNG at the World Youth Festival in Russia this week. Samson Hone who is doing his third year will participate in the largest youth event in the world that will be held by the Decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The festival will […]
PNG Air is struggling to “sustain full operations” as the aviation fuel supplier has pulled the hose to refill its planes. In a media statement, the airline which is majority PNG owned, advised customers, “while Puma [Energy] continues to withhold supply, [petroleum company] Pacific Energy is providing a daily rationing allocation which regrettably is not […]
The Opposition has announced it will not file a Supreme Court review, seeking its opinion on the Private Business Committee decision not to entertain the motion of no confidence notice filed in February’s Parliament sitting. In a media statement released on Thursday, the alternative government made known its decision to wait till Parliament meets […]
The world’s second largest Agribusiness, Wilmar International Limited is set to immediately start a detailed feasibility study on two Joint Ventures (JV) with the Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) on commercial large-scale rice farming and chicken production. Wilmar CEO & Chairman, Mr. Khoon Hong Kuok said this in a meeting this week with the […]