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Photo credit: PNG Tourism Promotion Authority National Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister, Jelta Wong, expressed his optimism regarding the future of tourism in Papua New Guinea (PNG). He believes that the country's tourism industry will experience significant changes within the next five years, particularly with the growth of the cruise ship sect...

Photo: Prime Ministers Albanese and Marape at Commander’s Beach at Moem Barracks in Wewak last month.- PM’s Office Media Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has welcomed the successful outcomes of the 29th Australia–Papua New Guinea Ministerial Forum which was held in Canberra, Australia, on February 17, 2023 “I welcome the outcomes of the very-success...

Photo credit: International Trade and Investment Ministry of Papua New Guinea Facebook Page Minister for International Trade and Investment, Hon. Richard Maru has highly commended Prime Minister James Marape and the NEC for the very bold and visionary decision to set up a Mission in Thailand amongst the four new missions to be established by the Marape...

Photo credit: PNG Office of the Prime Minister Facebook Page Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has welcomed passage of the landmark National Trade Bill 2023 by Parliament. The landmark bill, unanimously passed by Parliament last Thursday (January 19, 2023) after much debate, was introduced by Minister for International Trade and Investment Hon. Richa...

Photo credit: International Trade and Investment Ministry of Papua New Guinea Facebook Page A full feasibility study on the bilateral trade between Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Australia will commence at the beginning of next month. This was announced by the Minister for International Trade and Investment, Honourable Richard Maru ahead of a PNG Australia...

Photo credit: Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced plans to increase two-way trade with Papua New Guinea (PNG) in areas such as coffee, cocoa, fisheries, and tourism. In a speech to Parliament, Albanese stated that the Australian and PNG ...

Prime Minister, Hon. James Marape met with the officials from the Bank of China on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, and welcomed their plans to extend their Representative Office license which they obtained from the Bank of Papua New Guinea (BPNG). PM Marape has also encouraged the Bank of China to apply for a full commercial banking license from BPNG to ...

Photo: Hon. Kerenga Kua - Minister for Petroleum The second day of the 16th PNG Mining and Petroleum Investment Conference and Exhibition had its focus on project updates from some of PNGs biggest resource companies. Operator of the multi-billion Kina PNG LNG project, ExxonMobil PNGs Scott Sandlin, Senior Vice President of Production – focused his u...

The inaugural Joint Trade and Investment Committee Meeting between the Philippines and Papua New Guinea will take place in Manila in January 2023. The purpose of the conference is to talk about measures to increase and diversify commercial and investment ties between the two nations. On the sidelines of the APEC meetings in Bangkok, Thailand, Alfred...

Discussions are underway to establish a sister-city initiative between Papua New Guinea's Capital Port Moresby and Da Nang city in Vietnam. This was agreed to in a bilateral meeting between Foreign Affairs Minister Justin Tkatchenko and Vietnam’s Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son during the APEC Summit in Bangkok, Thailand. PNG Minister Tkatchenko, who...

Photo: PM Marape and Chinese President Xi Jinping before their bilateral meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, on the sidelines of APEC 2022. Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says Chinese President Xi Jinping has given him an undertaking to buy more or all that Papua New Guinea produces. The undertaking was made during a bilateral meeting between President ...

As a result of climate change, international crime, and tax evasion, Pacific Island nations must continue to collaborate in order to solve security challenges. David Towe, the Chief Commissioner of PNG Customs, made this statement at the fourth Joint Heads of Pacific Security conference in Fiji. According to him, it was necessary to utilise the regi...

EU-STREIT PNG, in collaboration with local partners and government agencies, trained 1375 farmers, including women and youths, in the Sepik River area of Papua New Guinea on best cocoa farming techniques and on gender inclusion in agriculture development and financial literacy skills. The FAO-led EU-STREIT PNG Programme continues to provide learning op...

Photo: PM Marape and Secretary Blinken during a recent bilateral meeting Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has invited the United States of America to invest in downstream processing in Papua New Guinea, especially in fisheries. He made the invitation to US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, during their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of APEC 20...

Prime Minister Hon. James Marape recently stated that Papua New Guinea spends a massive K2 billion-plus on importing food every year, some of which can be easily grown and produced in the country. He said this when announcing that the two major focuses of his government were internal security and growing the economy. “More control of the prevailing law...

Minister for International Trade and Investment Hon. Richard Maru said Australia must refocus and align their priorities to Papua New Guinea’s preferences. He was referring to the Papua New Guinea - Australia Comprehensive Strategic and Economic Partnership, specifically the Pillar 3- Economic Partnership for Prosperity. Minister Maru said this in his ...

Photo: Hon Justin Tkatchenko & Korean ambassador to PNG, KANG Ho-jeung Foreign Affairs Minister, Justin Tkatchenko has announced the proposed plans for South Korean investments which will include the re-establishment of the Korean International Corporation Agency (KOICA) and establishment of the Ocean and Fisheries Corporation Centre (OFCC) in Port...

Photo credit: PM James Marape News Page Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says the Government is investing in key infrastructure development such as the K125.7 million Kavieng Airport Development. He said this on Thursday, November 3, 2022, when opening the project which he launched in June 2020, built through the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded ...