Opposition Leader Belden Namah is not going to stand- by and watch while workers face imminent cuts to their retirement savings or the population facing high costs in communication after the government decision to introduce additional tax and therefore, has filed a Supreme Court Reference this week to challenge that decision. Speaking at a press conference in Port Moresby, Namah said apart from the recent request by the government for Digicel PNG to pay K100 million in tax, the additional tax of K190 million on the BSP Financial Group Limited announced last year, which is expected to come into effect…
Author: Emmanuel MAIPE
Set for this week will be the double launching of two events in the Port Moresby Australian Football League (AFL) Association 2022 calendar, and one of the events will be the start of a new tournament to mark an annual Easter sporting event for the code. According to the Association President Mr. Douglas Lai, the 2022 Port Moresby AFL season and the inaugural AFL Easter Cup tournament will be simultaneously launched this Thursday 14th of April. The president said the double launching is part of the idea to get things flowing after the last season had to be cancelled due…
The people of Lealea village in Central province continue to put to good use the funds allocated to them from the PNG LNG Project, to establishing community projects to benefit them like a new modern multi purpose community hall. The village officially opened this new community hall yesterday much to the delight of the villagers who will be using this new facility for many years to come. Lealea village is one of four PNG LNG project impacted villages that continue to benefit from the project and as long as the massive LNG Plant sits on their land, the funds allocated…
“Cheers to the 70 years,” that is the slogan to mark seventy years of the SP Lager brand, the first brand to be manufactured and rolled out by SP brewery back in 1952 and starting seven decades of the iconic PNG name both locally and internationally. SP Brewery General Manager Mr. Edd Weggemans at the official launching of the celebrations this week in Port Moresby, said SP Brewery has a new logo as well to go with the commemorations this year, which encompasses the value behind the brand in bringing people together. “Since 1952, SP Lager is a brand name…
The Open Budget Survey report that is expected to be released in May, should reveal whether Papua New Guinea (PNG) has improved in information transparency on budgets, their audits and other information relevant to it, to ensure accountability on the part of the government. According to the PNG Institute of National Affairs (PNG INA) Director Mr. Paul Barker, the Open Budget Survey is part of a global survey conducted every two years and looks at the openness of the budget process in terms of how much information governments release on the budget and how budget expenditures have occurred in the…
The recent launching and introduction of the new Nissan Navara PRO 4X vehicle to Papua New Guinea (PNG) by Boroko Motors and the parent company – WR Carpenters also saw a new deal for vehicle loans announced by BSP Finance to cater for customers wanting to purchase the vehicle. BSP Finance Head of Lending Mr. David Managa announced the new deal saying that this should make things a bit easier for customers interested in owning one for themselves. BSP Financial Group and WR Carpenters have a very long relationship history on PNG and also in the pacific and for BSP…
The people of Papua New Guinea (PNG) can expect more electricity projects to power homes and business through donor partners like the New Zealand (NZ) government continuing its support for electricity projects in the country. NZ’s High Commissioner to PNG, His Excellency Philip Taula, said with this great partnership NZ will continue to closely work with PNG to promote better electricity service and try connecting 70% of the country by 2030, under the PNG Electricity Partnership (PEP) with countries like Japan, Australia and the United States as announced during the 2018 APEC Summit held in the country. High Commissioner Taula,…
In preparation for the inaugural Australian Football League (AFL) Easter Cup challenge, the Port Moresby AFL Association will be holding trial matches starting this Saturday 2nd April. According to the association President Mr. Douglas Lai, the trials will get the players and clubs fine- tune themselves for the challenge up ahead next month. “The trials will be for both women’s and men’s teams and eight regional teams will also be confirmed at the trials for the Easter Cup Challenge,” said the president. This inaugural Easter Cup Challenge is sponsored by MoniPlus and will be named the MoniPlus Easter Cup Challenge.…
The effort to reach 70% connectivity of homes to electricity in Papua New Guinea (PNG) will need the support of national, provincial and district government authorities to ensure that electricity projects sponsored by donors, are being delivered to the people. That was the message put forth by the PNG Power Limited (PPL) Acting General Manager Sustainable Business Development and Government Relations Mr. Mairawesi Pulayasi, when speaking to the people at the Commissioning of the Hula electrification project today in Rigo in the Central Province. Mr. Pulayasi said PNG Power continues to work with donor partners like the New Zealand Government…
Although the intention of the government to ease the impacts of inflation on the people through these tough times may be reasonable through the temporary suspension of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), it could result in prices going further up for consumers going forward. This was the warning from the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Institute of National Affairs (INA) Director Mr. Paul Barker when commenting on the recent move by state to suspend for six months the 10% GST on goods and services as a means of combat the current inflationary impacts brought about by the pandemic and partly…