The BSP Board has announced the appointment of its current Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Ronesh Dayal as Acting Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), effective 1st January, 2023. In announcing this, BSP Group Chairman Sir Kostas Constatinou said, “further to the announcement on 3rd November, 2022, regarding the appointment of Mark Robinson as the new Group CEO, Mr Robinson is expected to take up his position on 1st March, 2023. In the interim, the Board has appointed Ronesh Dayal, Group CFO as acting Group CEO from the time of current Group CEO Robin Fleming’s departure on 31st December, 2022, until…
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In an important symbol of our enduring friendship with Papua New Guinea, Chargé d’Affaires Joseph E. Zadrozny and Under Secretary of State for Management John Bass hosted Prime Minister James Marape, Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko, and a broad spectrum of government officials, civil society leaders, heads of foreign diplomatic missions, and guests from the private sector, to dedicate the new U.S. Embassy in Port Moresby. The new embassy highlights the United States’ strong commitment to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and the Indo-Pacific region. At the ceremony, Chargé d’Affaires Joseph E. Zadrozny closed by saying, “We look forward to continuing to develop and deepen our partnership and…
On 30 November, Deputy Secretary Annemarie Kona of the National Department of Education on behalf of the Minister for Education, and the Australian High Commissioner HE Jon Philp launched the Partnerships for Improving Education (PIE) program at Papa School in Central Province. This new program aims to provide more children with access to quality inclusive education. The PIE program is an eight-year PNG-Australia Partnership funded program designed to improve access, equity, and student learning outcomes in the early grades. The program operates at the national and subnational level in four target locations Enga, West Sepik, Central and the Autonomous Region…
Her Excellency Lady Emeline Dadae today visited sick children at the Children’s Ward of the Port Moresby General Hospital. Lady Dadae accompanied by staff of the Governor General’s Office, visited all the sick children at Wards 1B, Cancer Ward for Children, Children’s Emergency and Children’s Outpatient. Lady Dadae took time to greet the children and prayed with them and presented gift bags to each of the patients. Lady Dadae held sick babies in her arms and whispered comforting words to them, and at times overcome with emotion shed tears also. Lady Dadae said, she was delighted at the opportunity to…
BSP Financial Group Limited (BSP) has restored banking services in Henganofi District in Eastern Highlands Province this week, after weeks of shutdown following a breaking and entering of the sub branch. BSP Kainantu Branch Manager Robert Jomino who confirmed the incident said, “the break and enter occurred during a blackout that night when intruders cut open the security wire to gain entry into the premises, but were unable to enter the building and left without any further damages.” This is the third time BSP Henganofi sub branch has closed its doors due to break and enter incidents. The bank is…
The Department of Education is operating outside of the Fincorp Haus for the fifth week this week while waiting for the Departments of Finance and Treasury to settle rental arrears for the building. As a result, we have scaled down on all operations including payroll services. Teachers are now informed that the Payroll Division will not deal with any outstanding or new queries regarding their salaries as well as processing of new loans from financial companies from the temporary office setup. We will only ensure that teachers and public servants are maintained on the payroll. Payroll officers need to refer…
Prime Minister James Marape has assured the people of Papua New Guinea that the appointment of a person to the position of the Chief Executive Officer of the National Airports Corporation and all ex-officio appointments to the Board of Directors is done based on merit. Prime Minister Marape said these in response to questions raised on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday (29/11/22) regarding the appointment of the Chief Executive Officer. He informed Parliament that the National Airports Corporation is a State Owned Aviation Enterprise, therefore, the Chief Executive Officer is appointed by the National Executive Council. “This is provided…
The media of Papua New Guinea must start exercising more responsibility in how it portrays the country when its members live in this same country and make their money from it. Prime Minister James Marape said this today (301122) while pointing out that the media must be held accountable for the content it carries and how these stories are written, and how they impact upon the development of the country. The Prime Minister was responding to the Member for Karamui-Nomane Hon. Francis Alua who expressed grave concerns during Questions Without Notice at graphic images of beheadings on the front page…
Lionel Messi had a penalty saved but Argentina booked its ticket to the knockout phase of the 2022 World Cup with a 2-0 victory over Poland. Alexis Mac Allister’s scuffed effort 60 seconds into the second half broke the deadlock before Julián Álvarez’s brilliant curled shot sealed the three points as Argentina advanced as Group C winners. The opener came after Messi, Argentina’s all-time top goalscorer, had his penalty saved by Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny. Álvarez’s sublime finish midway through the second half capped off a nail-biting evening for Argentina, who will now face Australia. Poland advanced to the knockout…
Here at St Barbara, we are proud to be contributing to developing and empowering the future generation of industry leaders for Papua New Guinea (PNG). We continue to engage students from various tertiary institutions in the country at our Simberi Operations to complete their on-the-job- training (OJT) as part of their tertiary studies. This month we welcomed two female students from the Papua New Guinea University of Technology (UniTech) and a male student from the Don Bosco Technical Institute (DBTI) in Port Moresby who are currently on a six-week OJT in their respective fields of study. Nigel Neofa, a second…