Port Moresby, Digicel CellMoni continues to increase its footprint across Papua New Guinea bringing Mobile Financial Services, convenience and security to businesses and individuals a like. This week CellMoni formed its latest partnership with PNG jungle.com.pg; an Online Marketplace for Papua New Guinea (PNG) which facilitates online buying and selling of products for persons in PNG and around the world. Jungle aims to be a convenient, safe and trusted way to buy products online using a variety of payment methods with Kina Bank, BSP Pay and now Digicel CellMoni. It is a straight forward user-friendly platform where purchases can be…
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Air Niugini wishes to advise customers that the Philippines Government has now removed the restriction on carriage of passengers originating in PNG to the Philippines with immediate effect from today, Friday 01st October. PX010/PX011 flights between Port Moresby and Manila are now operating as per normal schedule. Air Niugini’s Boeing 737 flies to Manila twice weekly, on Fridays and Sundays. In addition to Manila, Air Niugini currently flies to Singapore (4 flights weekly), Hong Kong (2 weekly), Brisbane (6 weekly) and Sydney (1 weekly).
Twinza is pleased to announce that effective today, Stephen Quantrill has been appointed as Chairman of the Board. Mr Quantrill replaces Ian Munro who has elected not to renew his employment contract as CEO with Twinza beyond its expiry on the 30th September 2021. Mr Munro will also be stepping down as Chairman of Twinza and resigning as a Director of the Company after 18 months in the roles. Mr Quantrill has been a member of the Board of Directors of Twinza since May 2014, representing the Clough family interests. The Clough family is the founding shareholder of the Company…
The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games has unveiled details of the international route and the design of the Queen’s Baton for the 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay. The Queen’s Baton Relay is a Games tradition that celebrates, connects and excites communities from across Commonwealth during the build up to the Games. The Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay will arrive in Papua New Guinea on January 28th and will spending 2 days exploring the culture and community. The Relay begins on 7 October 2021 at Buckingham Palace, where Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will place Her message to the Commonwealth into the…
A recent forum by transport sector agencies has highlighted the need for increased women’s participation and capacity building in the maritime sector. The Transport Sector Coordination, Monitoring and Implementation Committee (TSCMIC) Forum headed by Chairman and Transport Secretary, Roy Mumu OBE, discussed the importance of inclusive participation of both men and women to achieve an improved maritime industry, to enable economic growth and social development. TSCMIC is supported by the Australian Government through the Transport Sector Support Program and provides a forum for maritime, aviation and land transport agencies to work alongside donors to provide a safer and more reliable…
Madang Governor Peter Yama was arrested and charged last night for allegations relating to the missing K6million, money belonging to the Manam Resettlement Authority. He was charged on five charges; abuse of office, conspiracy to defraud, misappropriation and money laundering under the public finance management Act. He was released on a K3000 police bail last night and will appear in court on Friday. At 7pm last night the Madang Governor, Peter Yama, presented himself at the Jomba Police station for police to officially arrest and charge him. On Monday afternoon police attempted to arrest him at his residence but due…
The Papua New Guinea Chamber of Mines and Petroleum has applauded the signing of Heads of Agreements for the P’nyang Gas project. Chamber President, Anthony Smaré, stated “Our country desperately needs new gas and mining projects to bring in foreign exchange, create thousands of jobs, create significant business opportunities for PNG SMEs that desperately need them, and generate additional revenue for the State to fund important government services. “The signing of the heads of agreement after a successful negotiation between the PNG Government and ExxonMobil earlier this week in Houston USA was an important first step in the finalization of…
A collaborative effort by the Port Moresby Nature Park through its Trees4Life initiative, continues to support NCD Governor’s ‘One Million Trees’ campaign as it gradually progresses, adding more green spaces around NCD through tree planting by youth volunteers. Team leaders of Active City Youth Development Program, Kathy Kiage and Judy Bomai visited the Port Moresby Nature Park nursery today to collect an additional 320 trees to plant along the Hohola Freeway as well as in Kaugere after successfully planting more than 600 trees around various sites in the city last week. As an action towards the Cities4Forests declaration signed by…
The surrounding communities of Lido, Dawaoh and Daunda, can now enjoy a well-lit facility from a reliable clean energy source that now powers up the centre. With the country facing another Covid-19 surge in cases, the BSP Vanimo Branch also came with a timely assistance, providing a fridge for the medical staff, to safely store vaccines. Lote Health Centre Acting Officer-in-Charge, Nickson Howie in receiving the support from BSP Vanimo Branch said the project will not only benefit the people of Vanimo but PNG as a whole. “People of Vanimo can now receive the Covid-19 vaccine including other vaccines through…
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today (30 September 2021) between the Centre for Excellence in Financial Inclusion (CEFI) Executive Director Saliya Ranasinghe, and the PNG National Research Institute (NRI) Acting Director Dr. Osborne Sanida with the aim to consolidate and strengthen cooperation between the institutions. The NRI is a publicly-funded policy think-tank in PNG mandated by legislation to carry out independent research and analysis on development issues affecting PNG. The National Research Institute Act 1993, states that the functions of NRI include the following: (a) “The promotion of research into Papua New Guinea Society and the economy, and…