The Papindo Trading Company is the first company the Independent Consumer Competition Commission (ICCC) is taking to court over its breach of price regulations under Order 8 on certain goods, during the COVID-19 State of Emergency (SoE) and lockdown periods this year. ICCC Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Paulus Ain, said the Company was found to have increased prices for rice and sugar in their Goroka retail outlets more than 5% without seeking approval from ICCC to do so. The Commission on the 18th of November, filed proceedings in the Waigani District Court against Papindo for failing to…
Author: Emmanuel MAIPE
When COVID-19 hit the country earlier this year, everything slowed down, and new measures were put in place to ensure safety for everyone. This later affected a lot of things including sporting activities, which saw cancellations or postponements of sporting events and competitions. The AFL code was one of the victims, having to wait for a long while before getting the approval from the National Pandemic Response Controller to go ahead like the other sporting codes. Eventually it did and AFL Port Moresby was one competition that wasted no time to kick things off with a short season, which started…
Who would have thought so much could ride on an All Blacks Test against Argentina? But this weekend’s game has taken on much more significance given the side’s first ever loss to the Pumas two weeks ago and the fact they’ve lost two tests on the trot – something they haven’t done since 2011. Some All Blacks fans and punters might be baying for Ian Foster’s blood but would getting rid of the All Blacks coach be a short-sighted knee jerk reaction or right move? We’re also talking cricket – the Black Caps international summer gets underway with a three…
THE oversupply of power into Port Moresby’s power grid has its benefits, one being a reduction of the cost of electricity passed on to customers but benefiting from this will now depend on an improved distribution of electricity provided by PNG Power Ltd (PPL), the state-owned power company. PNG Power Board Chairman Mr. Peter Nupiri, when speaking at the commissioning of the new Dirio Gas and Power plant in central province on Thursday 19th November, said with this oversupply, the company will now be looking at how it can be able to utilize it. “We now need to start looking…
The newest private power plant, Dirio Gas & Power project in Central province, should boost the electricity supply to the city of Port Moresby after it was launched just recently. It was officially opened on Thursday 19th of November by Prime Minister (PM) James Marape, to start generating electricity using gas supplied from the PNG LNG project. The plant will generate 45 megawatts (MW) of power that will be supplied to the city’s power grid at a rate of 37 toea per kilowatt, which will then be distributed by PNG Power Ltd as per the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between…
The 2021 National Budget was passed in parliament yesterday in a house consisting mostly of government members, but whether due process was followed or whether if it was legal the way it was passed, is now up to the lawyers of both sides of the house to debate on. The Executive Director of the Papua New Guinea Institute of National Affairs (PNG INA), Mr. Paul Barker, who commented on what unfolded yesterday, said it is true that the proper process was not followed and this was attributed to the situation surrounding the two sides at the moment, which are the…