PNG Chamber of Mines and Petroleum announced the departure of Dr Albert Mellam, PhD, as the Executive Director of the Chamber, having served in this role for the past 5 years. Dr Mellam is the first Papua New Guinean and second Director to head this peak industry body in its 34 years of existence. The first Director was Mr Greg Anderson, who served as its Founding Director and led the Chamber for 29 years. The President of the Chamber, Mr Anthony Smaré, expressed the gratitude of the Chamber membership for Dr Mellam’s service “We thank Dr Mellam for his service…
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In the representative arena, Pat Carrigan enjoyed a season to remember, claiming not only an Origin series victory with the Queensland Maroons, but also capping off the year with the Rugby League World Cup trophy as a member of the Kangaroos squad. However, the 2022 Wally Lewis Medal winner as the State of Origin player of the series said he had unfinished business with the Broncos and wanted to help his side press on into the finals after he spent a “pretty tough” period on the sidelines to close the NRL season, missing four of the club’s last five games after being suspended…
Papua New Guinea is reportedly preparing to sign a Defence Cooperation Agreement with the United States, as it also finalises a security treaty with Australia. The ABC reports a delegation from PNG will travel to Honolulu in Hawaii next month for high-level talks. The new defence and security agreements come amid concerns in Canberra and Washington about China’s more assertive position in the Pacific. PNG’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko said the United States has “stepped up” in the region and is “wanting to make their presence known”. “The United States have taken a fairly serious role now in the Pacific…
The Investment Promotion Authority has refuted claims in the media that its online registry service is currently not available. Managing Director of the Investment Promotion Authority Mr. Clarence Hoot has expressed concerns that people are forming different opinions of the new online registry system and going to the media to air their frustrations instead of contacting the IPA to verify their claims. The Post Courier edition last week (Thursday) carried an article in which the author stated that currently there were no online services and IPA did not have a back up information system for entities. The article further claimed…
No one would guess that Chris Issca was unable to read for most of his life if they heard him read the Bible today. Last year Chris learned to read Tok Pisin when he attended an adult literacy training conducted by the Baptist Union PNG (BUPNG) in Mt Hagen, Western Highlands Province. Chris hails from Markham in Morobe Province. He didn’t have any financial support so he was unable to pursue an education. Despite that, he participated in community activities, attended church and was a youth leader. It was through these activities that Chris attended the adult literacy course. “Mi…
As has frequently been the case throughout his unparalleled career, James Cameron made film history again this weekend. His long-awaited sequel “Avatar: The Way of Water” has now made over $2 billion in worldwide grosses, as reported by Deadline. That grand total is after the film’s box office take from this weekend, the sixth consecutive weekend the film has occupied the No. 1 spot since its release in December. CNN has reached out to “Avatar: The Way of Water” producing studio Disney for comment on the film’s latest financial achievement. “Avatar: The Way of Water” is the sequel to Cameron’s 2009 extraterrestrial epic…
Google’s parent Alphabet Inc is cutting about 12,000 jobs as it faces “a different economic reality”, it said in a staff memo, doubling down on artificial intelligence (AI) and axing staff who support experimental projects. The job cuts affect 6% of its workforce, and follows thousands of layoffs at tech giants including Amazon.com Inc, Microsoft Corp and Meta Platforms Inc who are downsizing after a pandemic-led hiring spree left them flabby in a weak economy. Shares in Mountain View, California-based Alphabet, which boosted its workforce by nearly a third through 2020 and 2021, rose 4% on Friday. They had fallen 30% in the…
Overseas Training Bids for all Public Servants for 2024 Australian Government Scholarships and information on the United Kingdom Commonwealth and Chevening Scholarships are now open. The Australian Awards Scholarships application date opens on February 1st and closes on May 1st, 2023. Interested applicants for the UK Commonwealth and Chevening Scholarships must visit the website early around August and September of 2023 to prepare well for the 2024/2025 application process which will close in early November 2023. Department of Personnel Management who is the nominating agency has released this information at the end of 2022 through Circular Instruction No. 21 of…
Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) advises that majority shareholder, Kumul Minerals (Ok Tedi) Limited (KMOTL), has made changes to its nominated directors of the Company. The changes which were ratified at an OTML board meeting conducted on 22 January 2023, has seen Ms Nellie James who was the Chairlady of the Kumul Minerals Holdings Ltd (KMHL) and a director of the OTML Board, and Dr. Roger Higgins who was the Chairman of the OTML, cease in their respective roles. “The Company is grateful to both for their positive contributions,” OTML stated. The new directors joining the OTML Board are Dr…
Experienced prop Martin Taupau has committed to the Brisbane Broncos until the end of 2023. The 32-year-old with 222 NRL games and 33 Tests for New Zealand and Samoa to his name provides valuable depth to the club’s middle forward stocks. Broncos Coach Kevin Walters said: “Marty has been playing in the NRL since 2010 so he brings good experience and he was very impressive when we spoke to him on the values he brings to our club. “We have a lot of good young middle forwards here at the Broncos and we believe the experience that Marty brings will…