Photo credit: Shane McLeod Former National Fraud Director for the National Fraud and Anti-Corruption Directorate, Mathew Damaru said the lack of cooperation between government agencies has led to a halt in prosecutions of over 500 money laundering cases resulting in suspects still hijacking millions of kina from stolen public assets. “There is outst...

Photo: James Marape The Prime Minister has vowed to bring out past Commission of Inquiry (COI) reports and prosecute suspects recommended by these reports. These COI reports include the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) Loan inquiry, Department of Finance Inquiry, The inquiry into the Moti Saga, The national Provident Fund inquiry (Nasfund) and The Parak...

Photo credit: Papua New Guinea Customs Facebook Page  A total of K7.4 million in duties (taxes) and penalties (fines) have been recouped from enforcement operations by the PNG Customs Services. With a new direction, reform and approach the efficient recovery process was a result of the tireless efforts shown by the Customs enforcement team. The enforce...

Photo: International Trade and Investment Minister Richard Maru (left), PM Marape and East Sepik Governor Allan Bird meeting with executives of leading Japanese company Sojitz Corporation in Tokyo Department of International Trade and Investment will be a “one-stop shop” for all large foreign investments in Papua New Guinea, according to Prime Minister...

Photo: PM Marape and the PNG team in discussion with Dr Kobayashi in Tokyo Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has given the green lights to Japanese think tank Japan Development Institute (JDI) to help develop a new Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Master Plan for the country and work with partners like the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Japan International Co...

Photo: PM Marape meeting with Japanese PM Kishida in Tokyo Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says he is privileged to have met Japanese Prime Minister Hon. Fumio Kishida in Tokyo today (Tuesday, September 27, 2022) before the state funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. PM Marape, one of many world leaders attending Abe’s funeral, had a bilater...

Photo credit: ADB Masatsugu Asakawa, the president of the Asian Development Bank, and Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey recently met in Manila, Philippines. Following this meeting, Treasurer Ling-Stuckey stated that the ADB has been PNG's largest and most dependable multilateral aid donor, having contributed approximately $US4.26 billion (K15 billion) in a...

The long-awaited realization of quality services from the government has seen a real estate boom mainly from property owners in the Small to Medium Enterprise Sector (SME) in the Moresby South electorate of NCD. A rapid transformation from the shanty colonial suburbs to a modern looking electorate has created an abundance of opportunities for property own...

Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey is dismayed at how the 2022 National Elections were conducted and is now looking forward to a complete review of the allocated funds that were spent on the elections. Ling-Stuckey recently stated in parliament that the government had allocated and funded enough money for the election process to be conducted this year. “We ...

One of the most important issues that is currently affecting lives of low-income earners in Papua New Guinea is Inflation. This vital issue needs to be seriously addressed and implemented by the new government under the leadership of Prime Minister, James Marape and his Deputy, John Rosso. Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey recently passed the supplementary bu...

On Papua New Guinea’s Independence Day last Sept. 16, Acting Prime Minister John Rosso assured heads of government, departmental heads, the diplomatic corps, and the country that the government is better and well prepared to deliver services to the people. During his inaugural independence speech as Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Rosso said: “We are not th...

Picture: Minister for International Trade and Investment, Hon. Richard Maru and the Chief Trade Officer from the National Trade Office, Mr. Richard Yakam in Tokyo, Japan Papua New Guinea Minister for International Trade and Investment,  Richard arrived in Tokyo, Japan over the weekend as part of the delegation who will be representing Papua New Guinea ...

Photo credit: James Marape News Page Prime Minister James Marape was pleased with the outcomes of the engagement of Pacific Leaders with the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres and the General Assembly 77th session General Debate. Prime Minister Marape recently attended his final meeting at the United Nations General Assembly annual w...

Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says Papua New Guinea can become a food supplier to the world with its abundance of land and sea. PM Marape, when addressing the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Friday (April 23, 2022), invited new international development partners to work with PNG in the agriculture sector, particularly in d...

To show its commitment to a trade deal with Indonesia, PNG will, according to International Trade and Investment Minister Richard Maru, attend the Trade Expo Indonesia (TEI) 2022, which will be held next month. Maru said it was appropriate given a recent declaration to make commerce with Indonesia a priority and that he had received an official invitat...

The potential benefits of an extended labour mobility programme between the two countries have been emphasised by Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey and his Australian colleague Jim Chalmers. The doors would be open through Australia's recently expanded labour mobility policies, according to Mr. Ling-Stuckey, if people in PNG opted to travel and fill some of t...