Papua New Guinea has a rich farming culture growing beautiful produce. However, very few children have seen cows or modern green houses where technology plays an important part in growing the produce. With the launch of “When I grow up – I want to be a Farmer” Buk bilong Pikinini (BbP) is seeking to inspire children to consider a career in modern farming. This week 5-year-old Joshua, dressed in a full farming outfit and with other BbP children got the opportunity to visit the 9 Mile Farm to see how the produce is grown and understand all about cows and…
Author: PNG Haus Bung
Over 660 owners of Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have benefited from the National Government supported loan facility through BSP Financial Group Limited (BSP) with over K90m funded as at 9th November 2021. According to BSP Group CEO Robin Fleming, since the announcement in May of the reduction of equity requirement from 30% to 10%, more SME owners have benefited from improved access to the credit enhancement loan. “This also included the change in the maximum loan amount from a maximum of K3m to K5m at a fixed low interest rate of 5% for a repayment period of up to…
Here at the Port Moresby Nature Park, we are very proud to have this group of individuals known as zoo educators! They play a huge role in inspiring the guardianship of Papua New Guinea’s diverse biodiversity through their creativity. It’s an exciting and varied role that some very passionate young people play. Zoo Educators give public talks, host fun activities, school education sessions, holiday activities and even other educational competitions as well! Our team of zoo educators are great at creating educational materials for a variety of age groups that visit Port Moresby Nature Park all year round. They use…
PRIME Minister James Marape says Papua New Guinea’s partnership with Dr. Andrew Forrest and his company Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) is bigger than just hydro in Purari River and will encompass a huge set of projects worth billions of kina that must be appreciated and guarded by Papua New Guineans. He says the Fortescue Metals Group – through its subsidiary FFI – is seriously moving into futuristic clean energy and its scope is broader than just the Purari River systems but covering also Kikori and Strickland systems, and the geothermal sites throughout Papua New Guinea beginning in West New Britain…
The general public and relevant stakeholders are being called on to give comments and submissions regarding the proposed merger between Santos Limited and Oil Search Limited. The Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) made the announcement today after it received the Authorization Application from Santos Limited last Thursday. Authorization for business mergers and acquisitions under Section 82 of the Independent Consumer and Competition Commission Act, 2002 (“ICCC Act”) is a statutory process through which businesses seek approval from the ICCC before proceeding with any business mergers and acquisitions that would otherwise raise serious competition concerns and potentially breach the ICCC…
Air Niugini is pleased to advise customers that due to high demand for Sydney flights, the airline will be operating three special flights from Port Moresby to Sydney and back, using the Boeing 767 aircraft. The flights, PX 4001/4002 will operate every Sunday, commencing on 28th November, followed by 05th and 12th December. These flights depart Port Moresby at 07:00am and arrive in Sydney at 11:55am with the return services departing Sydney at 12:55pm and arriving back in POM at 3:55pm. These are additional flights with Air Niugini maintaining its usual weekly scheduled Sydney service on Mondays. Continuation of additional…
Papua New Guinea’s Health Minster, Jelta Wong, MP, has roundly condemned reckless and misleading claims by his predecessor on the number of people losing their lives to COVID-19 in Papua New Guinea. Minister Wong said the Member for Pomio, Elias Kapavore, MP, and the Opposition are peddling fake news and showing a total disregard for the lives and safety of Papua New Guineans. “The statement by the former Health Minister about the number of people recovering from COVID-19 is wrong,” Minister Wong said. “This follows similar claims made by foreign anti-vaccination activists in other countries that have been discredited. “The…
Equal Playing Field’s inaugural Youth Leadership Summit will take place from the 15th – 19th November 2021. The first of its kind event will see close to 100 young men and women from seven centers across the country, including National Capital District (NCD), get together to share ideas and knowledge on youth related topics. The week-long event will be physically hosted in Port Moresby for 30 youths, while the other centers will be virtually connected. These are Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB), East New Britain, East Sepik, Southern Highlands, Milne Bay, Morobe and Hela. According to Youth Leadership Summit donor…
ncsl is pleased to support local business through its EFTPoS terminals and recently extended its services to Abus Na Kumu, a popular local SME engaged in cooking and catering delicious home cooked meals ranging from local food to international recipes such as rice and stews, BBQ and salads among many others. Abus Na Kumu is a Tokpisin term in English which means protein and greens an actual delicacy loved by Papua new Guineans. Founder Mr. Richard Mark was delighted to become a merchant for ncsl to facilitate payment transaction for its cooking sessions and Pop Up markets in Port Moresby.…
Police Commissioner David Manning is standing by the integrity of the recent recruitment drive for the police reservist program, saying it was done professionally and with the intention to engage the best people for the job. Mr Manning said the reserve police recruitment was abused for so long. When he became Commissioner of Police he stopped the program and designed a revamped process that excludes nepotism, bias and corrupt practices. Mr Manning said to improve the impartiality and perceptions of the integrity of the whole process, critical functions of the recruitment process were out-sourced to an independent private company. “I…