The Marape government is pushing for Papua New Guinean school graduates to be recruited and educated as construction welders and tradespeople. Hon. Prime Minister David Cameron Instead of introducing thousands of immigrants to do task...

A positive first meeting of the Panguna Mine Legacy Impact Assessment Oversight Committee was held in Buka in 2021.  Representatives from clan, landowner, and community organizations, as well as the Papua New Guinea government, Rio Ti...

The Twinza Oil Limited Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Gard as the Company’s new Chief Executive Officer, commencing on Monday 17th January 2022. Robert has over 35 years of experience in oil and gas i...

Prime Minister James Marape has been told that Papua New Guinea has "the potential to become a large supplier of green products for the globe," with 19 gigawatts of electricity already estimated from the Purari, Kikori, and Strickland hy...

Photo credit: Slofoodgroup In terms of production volume, vanilla is the most popular spice in the country, with 520,000 kg produced annually. In terms of market trends, the price of vanilla would rise by 5% in the next five years,...

Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey is delighted with the work being done to put the modifications to the Central Banking Act into effect, which were voted unanimously by Parliament last December 2021. Treasurer Ling-Stuckey stated in a statem...

According to the current issue of the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Pacific Economic Monitor (PEM), the Pacific economies are expected to return in 2022. While the Pacific region's GDP prediction was cut to -0.6 per cent in 2021 in t...

Photo credit: Australian High Commission by Stephen Howes When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the Australian government reversed its earlier policy of cutting aid, and started to increase it. Aid increased from 2019/20 (before the pand...

Photo credit: Savi Moni Access to affordable credit is highly valued but not readily available in Papua New Guinea.  In an extremely competitive employment marketplace, businesses are increasingly assisting employees to access credit ...

The Australia Papua New Guinea Business Council and the Business Council of Papua New Guinea are pleased to be re-launching the 36th Australia Papua New Guinea Business Forum and Trade Expo, which was deferred from 2020 to 24 to 26 May 2...