The twenty-six members of the Tongan Legislative Assembly will choose the country’s new Prime Minister, through secret ballot, in a special sitting in Nuku’alofa on Christmas Eve. The Speaker Lord Fakafanua confirmed that the names of two contenders were received by the Clerk’s office when the nomination deadline closed at 4.30pm on Monday, December 23. He said parliament will sit at 10am on Christmas Eve, when the sealed nomination envelopes will be opened and the nomination procedures takes place, before the actual vote is taken. The 17 Peoples’ Representatives and nine Nobles Representatives will then vote in a new Prime…
Author: Emmanuel MAIPE
Police in Port Moresby continue to receive support from business houses this festive season as they continue the good work in keeping the city safe, this time receiving support from the National Gaming Control Board (NGCB). The NGCB in partnership with its stakeholders, the gaming site owners, generously donated food items to all police stations in the city to support police officers celebrate Christmas. This Christmas initiative is designed to support the hardworking and dedicated police officers as they prepare for their Christmas celebrations and to express the Board and its stakeholders’ heartfelt appreciation for their commitment throughout the year,…
The people of Gulf province stand to benefit more from the recent signing of contract for the Pasca A Project between the National Government, the Mineral Resources Development Company (MRDC) and developer Twinza Oil (PNG) Limited. Speaking at the signing ceremony which took place at the Government House in Port Moresby city on Thursday 19th December, Prime Minister James Marape announced that once Twinza decides on its Financial Investment Decision (FID), which is a critical stage in energy projects where funding is approved, and execution begins, the operator will set up base and operating out of Kerema town, meaning spin…
Another massive oils and gas project is ready to get off the ground following a historic signing of contracts today at the Government House at Konedobu in Port Moresby city this morning. That project is the Pasca A Project, which will be the county’s first offshore gas project just off the coast of the Gulf province. The gas project was agreed to recently in a signing between PNG Government and developer Twinza Oil (PNG) Limited with the signing of the agreements. Today’s signing seals the contract with work to progress towards its development stage. According to Prime Minister James Marape,…
Prime Minister (PM) James Marape has extended condolences to the people of Vanuatu following the massive earthquake that struck the fellow Melanesian country on Tuesday 17th December. The magnitude 7.3 earthquake, which occurred approximately 30 kilometers west of the capital Port Vila at a depth of 57 kilometers, caused significant damage to infrastructure, disrupted essential services, and left many communities in distress. “On behalf of the government and people of Papua New Guinea (PNG), I offer my deepest sympathies to our Melanesian brothers and sisters in Vanuatu. This is a deeply challenging time, and our prayers are with the victims,…
Prime Minister (PM) James Marape has hailed the recent 2024 Investment Week in Australia a success, culminating in Papua New Guinea (PNG) officially entering the NRL, and the significant signing of a major gas project agreement. The Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG), under the leadership of Prime Minister Marape, initialled a landmark Gas Agreement with Twinza Oil Ltd, the operator of the Pasca offshore gas project, paving the way for the development of PNG’s first offshore petroleum project, located off the coast of Gulf Province This agreement will be submitted to the National Executive Council (NEC) for approval before…
The Department of Foreign Affairs ended yet another successful year with a Christmas Luncheon held on Monday 16th December, where two milestone achievements were also announced and launched. These two milestone achievements were the department’s new Housing Policy and the new website. Officiating at the event was the Foreign Affairs Minister Justin Tkatchenko, who hailed the new housing policy and website as a significant achievement for the department that would greatly benefit its staff and with it, improve the operations of the Foreign Affairs Department. The Minister said the department has already funded residential blocks with subdivisions, and fencing for…
The man in the center of a video that went viral on social media of him chewing betelnut and allegedly spitting in public at Sydney, Australia during the 2024 PNGCORE Investment Week, has come out to deny his involvement in the disgusting act that made PNG look bad in the eyes of the world. In a short-written statement that was later posted in social media, Mr. Chris Payabe claimed that he did nothing wrong and that the video made was used with ill- intent to deliberately attack his reputation. Mr. Payabe is a leader of the Gas Resources Hides 4…
The Prime Ministers of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Australia this morning in a press conference, officially announced the acceptance and entry of a PNG Rugby League team as the 18th team in the NRL competition by 2028. PM James Marape thanked the Australian National Rugby League (NRL) body for the acceptance and the support of the Australian Government, saying this marks a significant event in the history of PNG and Australia relations. Australia PM Anthony Albanese said this entry of a PNG team into the NRL further strengthens the relationship between PNG and Australia, in addition to strong relations…
The women of the Wafi Golpu mine project area in the Morobe province now have access to funding for their small businesses all thanks to establishment of credit (loan) support facility. This was made possible recently on Friday November 29th when the Mineral Resources Authority (MRA) on behalf of the National Government announced a K500, 000 credit support facility for the women landowner associations of the Wafi Golpu Mining Project. A dummy cheque for this seed capital funding was presented to Mibank, by the Managing Director of the MRA Jerry Garry in Lae city. MiBank will facilitate, manage and process…