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…
Author: Emmanuel MAIPE
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,…
The world is currently in the phase of transitioning from the use of fossil fuel to renewable energy sources to drive economic growth as countries opt to green energy usage. For countries like Papua New Guinea (PNG), this transition phase is making its way in slowly because the country is very much dependent on the production of hydrocarbons like Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and oil to support its economy, and supply to markets that are still in demand of it, but who are making efforts to transition as well. However, the transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy has its…
Things are moving quickly in terms of preparations for the 13th World Indigenous Business Forum (WIBF) to be hosted it in the city of Port Moresby for the first time, with the aim to create opportunities for more Papua New Guinean businesses to tap into the international market. The Acting Secretary for the Department of International Trade and Investments (DITI), Mrs. Jacinta Warakai- Manua said the WIBF is an important event for Papua New Guinea (PNG) because it will provide a great platform to connect and discuss international business opportunities with indigenous businesses from Africa, North and South America, Asia…
The first maritime patrol between the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and Papua New Guinea (PNG) security personnel to strengthen regional security and resource management in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), was deemed a success after concluding. Building on the recently ratified bilateral agreement to counter illicit transnational maritime activities, the U.S. Coast Guard joined hands with PNG agencies – the Defence Force, Customs Services, National Fisheries Authority (NFA), and the Department of Transport’s Maritime Security Division – to make this historic operation a reality. Ship-riders from PNG agencies spent a cumulative 10 days countering illegal maritime activities, including…