The Kuriva community in the Central province will now benefit from a mini solar power grid to an ambulance service all thanks to Papua LNG and its partners to ensure basic services reach the communities they operate in. Firstly, in partnership with the USAID Papua New Guinea Electrification Partnership Activity, Papua LNG embarked on a solar electrification project to provide a 42-kilowatt renewable energy mini-grid for the St John Bosco – Kuriva Primary School and the Kuriva Sub-Health Centre, which was commissioned on Tuesday 26th September. The Managing Director of TotalEnergies EP PNG Limited, Mr. Jean-Marc Noiray said the reason…
Author: Emmanuel MAIPE
Pacific Island Tax Administrators have been urged to incorporate innovative approaches and work together with partners from the regional and international, in order to better reform and enhance their own tax systems. The outgoing Chair of the Pacific Island Tax Administrators Association (PITAA) Executive Committee and proxy to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Fiji Revenue and Customs Services, Ms. Kelerayani Dawai, gave this urging to the Tax Administrators at the opening of the 20th PITAA Annual Heads Meeting in the city of Mount Hagen on Monday 25th September. “The Pacific region, with its unique characteristics, will play an increasingly…
The inaugural Momase Regional Youths Games (RYG) is well into its third day of events today with youths from the various districts of the four provinces of Morobe, Madang, East Sepik and West Sepik participating in Madang town. Themed “Go Rural, Go Global,” the Youth Games ensures that young people right at the ward level participate in such programs to display their raw talents, engaging in sporting activities and also in traditional dances and dramas. Meanwhile, the opening ceremony on Monday 25th September saw a beautiful display of cultural attires and dances from the region, with performers from Bulolo in…
The National Parliament has confirmed the passing of the sitting Member for Dei Open, the late Steven Pim, who passed away at the Pacific International Hospital in Port Moresby yesterday. The late Member’s passing also marks the second People’s National Congress (PNC) Party member to have died this year. The first was the Member for Maprik, the late Gabriel Kapris who passed away just last month also in Port Moresby. The late Member was first elected to the 11th National Parliament in the 2022 National General Election for the Dei Open as a PNC party candidate. He was the shadow…
The development of the country’s human resource through improvements to education and support provided in this area, should be the priority of the State going forward. That was the message from Mr. Collin Pake the Director of Life PNG Care, a charity organization that takes care of unfortunate children and supporting them through formal education. Mr. Pake said the number of young children out on the streets of Port Moresby and other main centers in the country, is concerning because the number is growing and what must be done now is to have better mechanisms in place to get these…
Life PNG Care is a charity organization that is looking after and attending to the basic needs of the unfortunate children supporting them through education, but one of its education projects has not been running for some time due to a lack of financial support. The Director of Life PNG Care, Mr. Collin Pake, said their Mobile School project that they ran in the settlement areas in the city of Port Moresby, has not been operating since the COVID- 19 pandemic hit. Mr. Pake said Kumul Petroleum Holding Limited (KPHL) was supporting their Mobile School project but when the COVID…
The public in Port Moresby were left stranded after Public Motor Vehicle (PMV) operators serving the number 9 and number 7 routes opted to go on a strike and stop work this afternoon after two PMV buses were allegedly damaged by police officers. The incident took place at the Waigani bus stop area where eyewitnesses at the scene claimed that the buses had their windscreens broken by police. According to one of the PMV operators, the drivers have come together to show their frustration and support for their colleagues by stopping the bus service this afternoon. He said they will…
The BSP Financial Group Limited (BSP) has once again come on board to support the staging of the annual Certified Practicing Accountants (CPA) PNG Conference for another year. “BSP Financial Group has a long-standing relationship with the Certified Practicing Accounts (CPA) of PNG and is pleased to continue that by supporting the annual CPA PNG Conference for another year,” says BSP Head of Financial Reporting, Douna Vaname. As the biggest financial institution in Papua New Guinea (PNG), the Accounting Profession is just one of many that BSP supports. Human Resources through the PNGHRI and Internal Institute of Auditors are among…
There is still more life left in one of the oldest mines in the country, the Ok Tedi Mine in the Star Mountains of the Western province, with the Board of Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) recently approving in principle a further mine life extension from 2033 to 2050. This marks a significant milestone for OTML, its shareholders and for Papua New Guinea (PNG) in general and is a sign of the confidence the Board has in the company’s ability to deliver over the next two decades. The approval was based on the latest Strategic Business Plan submitted by the…
The Mining Minister, Sir Ano Pala has come out to brush aside a recent media report stating that the most talked about opening of the New Porgera Mine in the Enga province, was an empty promise made by the government. Sir Pala in a statement said that the National Government is committed to ensuring that the Porgera Mining Project commences operations before the end of this year and the slight delay was due to technical issues. He explained that the government was ready to grant the Special Mining Lease (SML) on 16th September, signaling the re-start of the mine. However,…