PNG Trade and Directories Limited (PNGDL) customers can now pay for services instantly online without using their VISA Debit cards to make advertisement payments for both Print and Online Directories. PNGDL is a subsidiary of Telikom Holdings and an official publisher of directory books for PNG and Solomon Islands. PNGDL commonly trading as yellow pages has been in operation since the inception of Telikom PNG and is an authorised publisher of directory books in the country. As part of the business modernisation and transformation strategy, management has invested in mobile and internet technologies to improve their customer experience and further…
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The Papua New Guinea expo team is privileged to have a Papua New Guinea Defence Force officer as a team member. Major Richard Elizah Selan is in charge of the movement of expo cargoes from Papua New Guinea to the United Arab Emirates and also from the expo warehouse to the PNG pavilion. The secondment of Major Selan as the Expo Team’s Logistics Officer saw the involvement of the PNG Defence Force soldiers in assembling all PNG products at the PNG Defence Force’s Air Transport Wing at the Jacksons International Airport before being shipped to Dubai in July. Apart from…
Papua New Guinea received the first state minister from the United Arab Emirates this week at its pavilion in the world expo in Dubai. His Excellency Ahmed Al Sayegh, Minister of State and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) graced the PNG pavilion with his presence as part of his expo pavilion visit. The Minister was received by the PNG Pavilion Assistant Manager and Acting Marketing Director of Tourism Promotion Authority Ms. Alice Kuaningi and PNG Protocol, Accreditation and Media Liaison Officer Ms. Nerolyn Kuamugl. In a tour of the pavilion, Ms. Kuaningi took the Minister through each section…
Fully vaccinated international students, eligible visa holders and travellers from Japan and South Korea will be welcomed back to Australia from next week. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said eligible visa holders would be able to come to Australia from the beginning of December without needing to apply for a travel exemption. “The return of skilled workers and students to Australia is a major milestone in our pathway back, it’s a major milestone about what Australians have been able to achieve and enable us to do,” he said. Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said welcoming travellers from those countries would further help the tourism industry recover “These changes…
Minister for Education Hon. Jimmy Uguro, MP has called on students to respect government property and not to damage them if they have any grudges with the school management. “Students must learn to take their grievances to the right authority in the school if they are not happy with the school management instead of taking their frustrations out on school property like classrooms and dormitories,” the Minister said. The Minister said this after a number of schools and institutions’ facilities such as classrooms and dormitories were either damaged or burned down allegedly by students and that were reported by the…
East New Britain Provincial Administrator Wilson Matava, was arrested and charged for fraud by Detectives from the National Fraud & Anti-Corruption Directorate on the 18 November, 2021. Wilson Marava, aged 51 from Kabakaul village, Kokopo District, East New Britain Province was slapped with One count of Money Laundering and One count of Misappropriation of K510, 770.40 the property of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. Mr Wilson Matava is the current Provincial Administrator for East New Britain Province. He was appointed to the substantive position 2016. This offences are alleged to have been committed after he had been made…
Autonomous Bougainville Government’s (ABG) President Ishmael Toroama has described the late Selau Constituency MP Joseph Watawi as a patriotic and passionate Bougainville leader who worked throughout his life to ensure there is political liberation and freedom for their people. The late Joseph Watawi passed away on 15 November, at his home at Kokopau in North Bougainville. In his condolence message, President Toroama said late Watawi played an integral role in the peace process during the negotiations and creation of the Bougainville Peace Agreement in 2001. The late Watawi was also instrumental in the formation of the first Bougainville House of…
After talking the climate talk at U.N. negotiations in Scotland, the Biden administration now tests whether a divided United States can walk the climate walk: push a massive investment for a new era of clean energy through the narrowest of margins in the Senate. The House passed a roughly $2 trillion social policy and climate bill Friday, including $555 billion for cleaner energy, although the legislation is almost certain to be changed by the Senate. What ultimately emerges in the climate part of the bill will have a lasting impact on America and all its neighbors on Earth, and help…
A fisheries project that will create over 40,000 jobs for Papua New Guineans and several billion kina for the country is yet to kick start because of funding constraints. The Pacific Marine Industrial Zone (PMIZ) project in Madang was launched in November 2015 and also captured in the recent Fisheries Strategic Plan 2021-2030 where the special economic zone for fisheries will provide necessary infrastructure for downstream processing of fish products. Yangoru-Saussia MP Richard Maru raised the question in Parliament this week regarding the project following the delay in its work. “This industry is worth over K1.5 billion if we are…
Papua New Guinea needs external support to beef up the security capacity for the upcoming 2022 National General Elections. Enga Governor Sir Peter Ipatas said it is evident that the national security force lacked the capacity in dealing with the election exercises and this has led to many compromised elections over the years. Sir Peter proposed to Prime Minister James Marape to seek assistance from Australia and New Zealand police forces to provide support in capacity building in the lead up and during the national general elections. “Why are we shying away from asking outside help for this matter?” Sir…