From across Papua New Guinea
Cricket PNG’s selection process to finalise the Garamuts men’s under-19 team has entered its next phase with focus shifted to a 28-player train-on squad. The wider squad will compete in 50-Over matches this weekend as part of its selection process to further trim the team. The selection committee comprised of head of selectors David Bishop, […]
The Minister for International Trade and Investment, Richard Maru and New Zealand Minister for Trade, Todd McClay have agreed for a small Papua New Guinea (PNG) delegation to visit New Zealand in the last week of April to hold high-level trade talks. Minister Maru said the visit to New Zealand in April will be to […]
Papua New Guinea, Madagascar and Comoros have agreed to establish a world association for vanilla-this culminated out of the Trade Ministers meet at the 13th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation in the United Arab Emirates. This association was proposed by Madagascar which is currently the world’s leading vanilla producing country with 1 million […]
THE Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) has started the second phase of the nationwide inspection on prices of goods sold at the wholesale and retail shops nationwide starting in the nation’s capital. The Price and Productivity Division of ICCC will spearhead this exercise but it will be specifically on certain goods declared by the […]
The National Parliament has ratified a Defense Cooperation Agreement [DCA] with the Republic of Indonesia, after the last agreement ended a decade ago. In Port Moresby today, Foreign Affairs Minister Justin Tkatchenko presented the DCA ratification documents to Indonesia’s Ambassador to PNG, Andriana Supandy, for the Indonesian Parliament to ratify the agreement, and Prime […]
The SP PNG Hunters home games in Port Moresby will proceed as scheduled for this season according to Queensland Rugby League. Reports by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) last week speculated that QRL board were sought to reach a decision to remove Hunters privileges of hosting homes games at the National Football Stadium, citing security […]
Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea have been invited to play in the new FIFA Series pilot project next month. This initiative provides for a series of inter-confederation friendlies, to be played in a single host nation during international windows. This will provide nations with more regular opportunities to play international matches against sides outside of […]
The Independent Consumer and Competition Commission [ICCC] today announced they have source a short-term fuel supplier to meet the current shortfall the country is currently faced with. ICCC Commissioner Paulus Ain in a media conference today while not naming the fuel supplier said the discussions with them was difficult as big shipments of fuel meant […]
Eastern Highlands Provincial Government is the first province to be given powers to manage its district and provincial roads. Last Friday an agreement to pave way for this was signed in Port Moresby between the Department of Works and Highways and the EHPG. The agreement demonstrates the national government’s commitment to decentralise powers to the […]
Prime Minister James Marape was in the Porgera Valley to witness the processing of gold bar, last Friday, signifying the actual production of gold at New Porgera Limited gold processing and production facility at Porgera in Porgera-Laigap district of Enga Province. “Today marks a significant moment where we are witnessing New Porgera Limited’s first gold […]