The Minister for International Trade and Investment wants to see pacific island states and the rest of the world come together and do more to protect the fish stocks in pacific waters from overfishing by foreign fishing vessels. Minister Richard Maru, following the recent World Trade Organization (WTO) 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, stated that the demands of the big influential foreign fishing nations, who are not prepared to remove harmful fisheries subsidies, will lead to overfishing which will eventually lead to the destruction of tuna and fisheries stocks right throughout the Pacific…
Author: Emmanuel MAIPE
Prime Minister (PM) James Marape has called on the Opposition to stop misleading the public and inciting anxiety among the people after accusing them of creating dissent regarding the vote-of-no confidence motion. “It is very irresponsible of the Opposition MPs or the so-called Alternate Government to be contesting issues concerning their vote-of-no-confidence motion in the public space, which the Parliament Private Business Committee has deemed to be flawed and does not qualify to be listed on Parliament notice,” Marape stated. He made this statement in response to the Opposition’s announcement, revealing their decision to forego challenging the actions of the…
The country’s consumer watchdog, the Independent Consumer and Competitions Commission (ICCC) has been on the prowl inspecting shops to see if they have been complying with the price measures imposed on certain goods under the Commission’s radar. In Port Moresby city, the price inspection exercise this week discovered about twenty- five shops in various suburbs in breach of Price Measure No. 4 and were issued with Infringement Notices (IN) on Tuesday, 27th February 2024. The ICCC staff were deployed throughout the city and parts of Central province as well to inspect shops and verify whether they have been complying with…
Footy fans in the city of Port Moresby are expected to see some changes to the lineup of teams that will be participating in this year’s AFL competition, as they prepare to welcome the 2024 season. According to the President of the Port Moresby AFL Association, Mr. Douglas Lai, this is because two clubs could face exclusion from the competition this year; one for its involvement in the on-field violence witnessed during the 2023 finals, while the other for not meeting certain requirements to continue in this year’s competition. The Port Moresby AFL Association members, following their meeting this week,…
A small delegation from Papua New Guinea (PNG) will be visiting New Zealand (NZ) in April to hold high-level talks on trade and investment between the two nations. The Minister for International Trade and Investment, Richard Maru said the visit to NZ will be to learn from the experience of New Zealand’s capital market industry and seek New Zealand Government’s support to transform the Securities Commission of PNG and the capital market industry of PNG. Whilst there, the PNG delegation will also visit the chicken and dairy farms and invite the New Zealand investors in these industries to invest in…
The National Executive Council (NEC) has issued emergency orders under the Essential Services Act of Papua New Guinea (PNG) to drastically address the fuel crisis currently faced in the country. Prime Minister (PM) James Marape today announced these orders, stating that the aim is to ensure the consistent supply of fuel by Puma Energy at this point in time. Marape said these emergency orders are just short term solution to the fuel crisis in order to give time for the government to work towards are long term solution going forward. The initial order is to have the Minister for Petroleum…
Air Niugini is expected to have sufficient aviation fuel to keep its services ongoing after the airline company signed a recent contract to purchase a cargo of jet fuel directly from Puma Energy’s international supplier; however, the wait for the jet fuel to arrive might be a bit too long. In a statement released today, the fuel company revealed that subject to Air Niugini fulfilling the new contract, replacement jet fuel is expected to be available in Port Moresby by late this week, but unfortunately, due to the court order forcing Puma Energy to maintain maximum supply of jet fuel…
The New Porgera Limited (NPL) saw its first gold production yesterday, marking the start of productions under the new Special Mining Lease (SML) 13 agreement that should see better benefits received especially for the local beneficiaries, in the next 20 years of mine- life. Prime Minister (PM) James Marape was there to witness the first doré bar come out of the production room with the name New Porgera Limited sealed on it and numbered NPL 0001. Marape, in a press conference after his visit to the mine in Porgera, said it was a long road to finally get to this…
A number of proposals and recommendations were put forth by Members of Parliament this afternoon in the debate to find better ways to addressing the deteriorating law and order situation in the country. The Provincial Member for East Sepik, Allen Bird said a quick response by the government to send security forces to attend to tribal conflicts and surges in crime should be considered by the government going forward. He said the response to the recent killings in Wapenamanda in Enga should have been done sooner to capture the killers and prevent further clashes and also give humanitarian assistance to…
Voting through formal identification of voters through biometric system before 2027, is the government’s target to achieve before the next National General Election. That’s from Prime Minister (PM) James Marape when responding to questions from the Member for Talasea on the improvements to the election process going forward. Marape said the first step is to complete the National Census this year, where from it an updated common roll can be established and from there, a proper identification for the people through the National Identification (NID) program, can take place. He said only then a biometric voting system can be established…