Photo: Chef Lakshman Biswas - Holiday Inn & Suites Port Moresby “Chef Lakshman is a bright, talented and self-motivated Chef with strong management skills and a successful track record of impressing guests in his short time with us. We are privileged to have him on our team,” says Rashmi Tulsiani, Hotel Manager - Holiday Inn & Suites Port Mores...

Photo credit: Holiday Inn & Suites Port Moresby A powerful panel of five (5) consisting of three female leaders in the community and two male IHG leaders were on centre stage at the hotel’s Gekko Bar. Surrounded by an audience of Holiday Inn staff and management, the theme #BreakingTheBias was the focus of the day. Sharing experiences, overcomin...

Capital Insurance Group Limited (CIG) recently announced the opening of its Kokopo Branch. Located in a central part of Kokopo town, the office is managed by Mobile Sales Manager, Ms. Julie Lupai, who has a wealth of experience in the insurance industry with a solid network of clientele in Kokopo and the Niugini Guinea Islands (NGI) Region. Key clients...

Photo Left to Right: Rob Batterham (TWM Group Special Projects & Environment Manager), Michael Chan (TWM Group CEO), Michael Wau (Director – CEPA Non-Renewable Resource Division, Environment Protection Wing); Fabian Taimbari (Acting Manager – CEPA Oil and Gas Branch) and Steve Nicholls (CEPA Technical Advisor). TWM Group, a local SME business in th...

Twenty-four (24) new apprentices have begun their training with Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) after signing their Indenture Contracts on 23rd February. The trainees comprising of 12 males and 12 females, signed their contracts with OTML’s Training and Development Department and the National Apprenticeship and Trade Testing Board (NATTB). Acting Mana...

Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) celebrated International Women’s Day on Tuesday, March 8, showing appreciation for the contribution its female workforce has made towards the Company’s growth and success as well as towards nation-building. “Ok Tedi is an equal opportunity employer, and diversity and inclusion are paramount to our success. Females play an ...

The K19 billion (US$5.4 billion) Wafi-Golpu project must benefit landowners and the people of Morobe, according to Papua New Guinea's Morobe Governor Ginson Saonu. “The ongoing development of the Wafi-Golpu mining project (shows) our commitment to ensure that the people of Morobe favourably benefit from this project,” he said. “The Morobe government...

According to kina Bank's chief executive officer Greg Pawson, the Papua New Guinea economy would revive this year, with positive gross domestic product (GPD) growth. In Port Moresby, Pawson noted that the government's support for resource projects such as Papua LNG, as well as more to come, will bring foreign investment into the country over the next s...

Following the Independent Consumer and Competition Commission's decision to reject Kina Bank's bid to buy Westpac's interest in Westpac PNG Limited, Kina Bamk would no longer explore the Westpac purchase deal. According to Kina Bank CEO Greg Pawson, this is the case. Mr Pawson explained that one of the factors that made it difficult for Kina Bank in...

Photo credit: Loop PNG Bougainville communities will benefit from a new K10 million grant to help 25 Bougainville cocoa cooperatives under the Bougainville Partnership Commodity Support Facility (CSF). The money provided to the Takuina Women's Business Group, according to Noelyn Lasua of the Takuina Women's Business Group, would yield positive outco...

Hon. Prime Minister James Marape has announced the payment of K33.7 million to upstream PNG LNG Project landowners of Petroleum Development License (PDL) 7 in Hela, consisting of K19.7 million in cash and K14 million in project component. The Mineral Resources Development Company was used to make the payment (MRDC). PDL 7 was one of a series of upst...

Photo credit: Christine Gneh According to a new World Bank estimate, Papua New Guinea's GDP is expected to increase by 4% in 2022, owing mostly to expansion in the extractives industry. The research, PNG Economic Update: Navigating a Fragile Recovery, examined major recent changes in PNG's economy and placed them in a longer-term and global perspect...

Photo credit: Tourism Promotion Authority According to the PNG Tourism Promotion Authority, Papua New Guinea will soon be promoted as a tourist destination in the Gulf and Middle East areas (TPA). This comes after TPA and Across Borders Travel, a Dubai-based marketing and representation organization, signed a memorandum of agreement (MoU) in Dubai, ...

The PNG Forestry Authority has struck a deal with Total Energies to build 10,000 hectares of industrial forest in the Varagadi district of Central Province. Within 20 years, the initiative aims to convert 800,000 hectares of main grasslands in PNG into industrial forest plantations. Goodwill Amos, director of the PNG Forest Research Institute, said ...

A Premier industry event for Australia and Papua New Guinea The 2022 PNG Industrial & Mining Resources Exhibition will showcase over 100 local, national and international manufacturers and suppliers with the latest innovations in the supply of services and equipment for the industrial, mining and oil & gas sectors.  The two-day exhibition is th...

Pacific Towing (PacTow) is celebrating the return of its tug ‘Waiowa’ to the water.  One of PacTow’s 11 tugs, Waiowa is back at work following an engine replacement.  Predominantly used for open ocean towage and salvage projects, Waiowa has already been utilised on three projects since rejoining the PacTow fleet. Waiowa is a 35-metre-long Azimuth Stern...