Search Results: 2022

TOARE, Gulf Province — The Toare Mask Festival has been successfully revived through a collaboration between TotalEnergies, the National Cultural Commission (NCC), and the Gulf Provincial Government. The two-day cultural event, held on 12-13 July, marked the 20th anniversary of the festival and the official opening of the Toare Cultural Centre. First e...

PORT MORESBY — Westpac PNG is pleased to announce the appointment of Tamzin Wardley as chairwoman of the Board, alongside the appointment of Presley Semi and Michelle Hau’ofa as non-executive directors, effective immediately. These appointments come at a strategic moment for the bank, as Westpac PNG recently welcomed its new chief executive, Andrew Cai...

The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening partnerships with development partners and the National Government, calling for a more coordinated and transparent approach to delivering development programs for Bougainville’s long-term growth. Speaking during the 2025 Bougainville Development Cooperation Conf...

K92 Mining Inc. has announced the retirement of Philip Samar from his role as vice president, government and community affairs. Samar will continue to support the company as a senior advisor in a consulting capacity. Samar joined K92 in January 2019 as vice president, external and corporate affairs, later retitled vice president, government and communi...

Canadian firm K92 Mining Inc. has reported a solid second-quarter performance for 2025, producing 34,816 ounces of gold equivalent (AuEq) and initiating commissioning of its new 1.2 million tonnes-per-annum (Mtpa) Stage 3 Process Plant at the Kainantu Gold Mine in Papua New Guinea. The Q2 output represents a 43% jump compared to the same period in 2024...

In a crucial step towards improving transparency and governance in the extractive industries, the Papua New Guinea Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (PNGEITI) convened a two-day Pre-Validation Workshop from 9–10 June in Port Moresby. The workshop brought together members of the Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) and staff from the PNGEITI National ...

The Westpac Wailis Papua New Guinea Economic Update and Outlook for May 2025 published on 2 June shows a commodity boom, resource sector investments, and policy reforms are driving optimism amid global trade tensions. Titled “Optimistic 2025: PNG mostly resolves forex issues, sees favourable commodity prices,” the report shows the outlook for this year...

On Friday May 23rd 2025, NTC approved Steamship’s Three-Year Training and Employment Plan (3YTEP) with a Certificate of Compliance and Approval Letter which covers years 2025-2028. This is the first time NTC has worked with Steamships to approve its 3YTEP. Steamships is a dedicated and long-serving company in PNG and is deeply focused on a training and lo...

The Mineral Resources Development Company (MRDC) has expanded its Omati Cocoa Project from Kikori in the Gulf Province to Gobe in the Southern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea, reinforcing its commitment to building sustainable economies beyond the life of oil and gas resource extraction. In May, more than 2,000 high-quality hybrid cocoa seedling...

Steamships recently announced the appointment of Ruth Kissam, who joined the Steamships team as General Manager of Corporate Affairs. She is the first woman to hold the position within the Company, and with the historical appointment, Steamships reinforces its commitment to closing gender gaps as Ruth leads an all-female-Papua New Guinean team. A respe...

External Auditors into the Connect PNG Program are now in country to commence face to face interviews with all stakeholders and physical inspections of the road projects, starting in the Manus province where the start of phase one of the program was launched in 2022. Acting Chief Secretary to Government Ivan Pomaleu said the Audit is a response to vari...

Prime Minister Hon. James Marape recently (15.05.25) met with the Special Envoy of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of United Arab Emirates (UAE), His Excellency Mr. Omar Shedadeh to further discuss the strengthening of bilateral relations between the two countries, especially in trade and investment, and technical expertise by UAE to PNG in targeted area...

Steamships is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Emmanuel Auru as the new Group Legal Counsel. With over 16 years of experience across competition law, mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, and economic regulation, Emmanuel joins Steamships from Westpac (PNG) where he held the position of Head of Legal & Company Secretary. “After a...

Thirty-five professionals from various testing laboratories across Papua New Guinea have been awarded certificates after successfully completing a fourday training on the International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017 – general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration of laboratories. The training was conducted at the Crown Hotel in Port M...

South Pacific Metals Corp. is pleased to announce new exploration work programs are underway at the Anga Project, following surface geochemistry targeting results confirming the Irinke Prospect’s priority nature and identifying several new gold prospects extensional to Irinke. Surface sampling will assist with prioritized drill targeting. Cathy Fitzger...

Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Island countries and territories are on the frontline of climate and biodiversity loss impacts. “Your voices are decisive to push for higher climate ambition, adaptation solutions and also financial promises,” said Virginie Bleitrach, AFD’s Regional Director Pacific Ocean, during the inaugural Green Finance Summit 2025 ...

On Thursday, April 10, 2025, Prime Minister Hon. James Marape officially launched Papua New Guinea's newest commercial bank, the National Banking Corporation (NBC), bringing the total number of commercial banks in the country to seven NBC is the transition from the former People’s Micro Finance Bank, and is a subsidiary of the National Development Bank...

The Cape Rodney Farmers & Settlers Association (CRFSA) in Abau District, Central Province is leading Papua New Guinea’s rubber production push with an ambitious development plan. The group announced a 10-year plan to cultivate 100 million rubber trees across the country, potentially turning thousands of hectares of arable land into productive rubbe...