Intending candidates wishing to run under a political banner in the upcoming 2022 National General Elections, have been urged to only run under registered political parties and avoid the ones that are not recognised as legitimate ones. The Registrar of Political Parties and Candidates Dr. Alphonse Gelu said this will ensure the intending candidates are not fooled into signing up under unregistered political parties that could cost them during the elections. He said there have been cases of individuals and groups going around the country getting money from intending candidates. Under the Organic Law on the Integrity of Political Parties,…
Author: Emmanuel MAIPE
It’s all a go for the Australian Football League (AFL) Junior Program in the city of Port Moresby with the Junior Development program already given the go ahead to hosts its activities for 2022, which includes the schools’ competitions. According to the Manager of the AFL Junior Development Program Mr. David Topeni, the Education Department along with the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Sports Foundation has given the go ahead with strict COVID-19 measures in place to be followed during the running of these programs. Mr. Topeni said that they will commence with the Smart Start Niukick awareness program at the…
Consumers should expect the price of goods and services to increase in the country in the months ahead, something which the Independent Consumer and Competitions Commission (ICCC) says it does not have a direct control over and that the people should brace for it. ICCC Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr. Paulus Ain, said the increases are due to factors like the weak exchange rate of the Kina, the increase of global food prices due to the covid-19 pandemic, and the increase of international and domestic fuel prices. In terms of the value of the Kina, Mr. Ain said…
The announcement by the Minister for Public Enterprise William Duma in parliament this week on the government making funding available to pay outstanding payments owed to service providers, should be welcoming news for many that are still waiting, including the Independent Power Producers (IPP). NiuPower Limited is one of that IPPs and its External Affairs Manager Mr. Wellington Bellawa, has welcomed the announcement and said this should ease things a bit with payments owed for the company’s service to the people, which it provides through its partner PNG Power Limited (PPL). “The minister has made that commitment to ease some…
Independent Power Producer (IPP) NiuPower Limited, continues its Community Investment Program with the delivery of the 9, 000 liters water tanks for the PNG LNG impacted villages in Central province. This time, it’s the Papa village’s turn to get another lot of six new water tanks for the community which will be place in locations in areas that are considered suitable by the villagers themselves. Papa village Councilor Mr. Alphonse Nao thanked NiuPower for its continuous support with the water tanks and other projects, which it supports the villages with under its community investment. “The tanks you have provided have…
Air Niugini has confirmed one of its Q400 aircrafts encountered technical problems while on a flight to its destination yesterday. It is understood the aircraft was on its way to Goroka in the Eastern Highlands from Port Moresby when the technical fault forced the aircraft, its crew, and passengers to return to Port Moresby city. Airport police also confirmed that all emergency units were at the Jackson International Airport to prepare to attend to the emergency if things turned out badly. Air Niugini said the Q400 aircraft made a safe landing at Port Moresby that afternoon, following a false light…
Independent Power Producers (IPPs) owed funds by the state owned PNG Power Limited (PPL) from the purchase of electricity under their respective power purchase agreements should see this matter resolved now that the government has approved funds to pay outstanding debts owed to service providers. This was revealed by the Minister for Public Enterprise William Duma in parliament when he said that Cabinet recently approved a big amount of funding to pay some of the service providers, including the IPPs. “Today we will be paying out nearly K100 million starting with K50 million for one Independent Power Producer which has…
Perhaps the one group of people that will ensure a project or development get off the ground are the landowners and as such deserve the appreciation and support from the state and developers of a certain project taking place on their land. That was the case for landowners of the proposed P’nyang gas project in Western province when the Petroleum Minister Mr. Kerenga Kua, thanked them for their support in having the agreement finally signed to pave way for the development of the next LNG project. “The landowners and the leadership from the province, they are the most important people…
The construction phase of any major project, including resource projects, is a time where jobs are created, training provided and even huge lump- sum of cash flow, something that will boosts the economy of the country. That is why the government and its State Negotiating Team (SNT) pushed to have the P’nyang gas project to run in line with the construction phase of the Papua LNG project, before the agreement was eventually signed this week with ExxonMobil, Santos and JX Nippon, the developers of the project. Prime Minister (PM) James Marape said the past construction phase of the PNG LNG…
The government has gone ahead to sign the agreement to lay the foundation for the development of the P’nyang Gas project in the Western Province with developer ExxonMobil, despite a restraining order taken out by the Member for North Fly James Donald, to stop the signing. Prime Minister (PM) James Marape said he and his team are not aware of a restraining order as there was none served to him or the team to stop the signing of the project agreement. “The process was set, everybody knew we’re signing it this Tuesday, so they had every moment up till this…