Prime Minister Hon. James Marape recently shed light on the significant transformation of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) since his government assumed office in 2019. Minister Hon. William Duma, the State-Owned Enterprises Minister since 2021, presented a comprehensive 16-page progress report to Parliament on the reform programme to Papua New Guinea’s SOEs...

Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has commended American President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on their latest stand on Climate Change mitigation, made at the APEC Leaders’ Summit in San Francisco. Prime Minister Marape commended the two most prominent leaders of APEC for their firm commitment to migrate from heavy fossil fuel to clean gr...

Prime Minister Hon. James Marape on Thursday (16.11.23) attended an APEC Leaders’ Informal Dialogue and Working Lunch, hosted by the United States President, Joe Biden, at the Moscone Centre, San Francisco. Prime Minister was among leaders of the 20 economies present during the dialogue. Among them were President of the People’s Republic of China, X...

Prime Minister Hon. James Marape officially inaugurated the Fisheries Small-Scale Vessel Monitoring Platform, known as the NEMO tracking system, on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at Parliament’s State Function Room. Developed by the National Fisheries Authority (NFA), the NEMO tracking system is a groundbreaking initiative designed to strengthen the manag...

Prime Minister Hon. James Marape recently engaged in bilateral discussions with Palau President H.E. Surangel Whipps and Solomon Islands Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare on the sidelines of the XVII Pacific Games in Honiara. Upon returning from Honiara, where he attended the opening ceremony on Sunday, November 19, 2023, Prime Minister Marape high...

Jerilai Pujari Holdings Limited (JPHL) and OM Holdings Limited (trading as Oilmin Field Services- OFS), have jointly announced their partnership, resulting in the establishment of Jerilai Pujari Field Services Limited (JPFSL) with an equal 50% ownership stake with equal representatives from both companies sitting on the JPFSL Board. In 2014, the 11 cla...

Papua New Guinea (PNG) has continued to become an attractive destination for non-citizen workers seeking employment in various specialized skill areas. However, in order to maintain a balance between the influx of foreign labour and the protection of domestic job opportunities, PNG has established an administrative and skills transfer system for non-citiz...

BHP have recently changed suspension suppliers, fitting Terrain Tamer Parabolic Leaf Springs to the fleet of Toyota Hilux servicing their light vehicle needs in the Western Australia Iron Ore mining hubs in the Pilbara region of northern Western Australia. Having tested the springs in their facilities for the past 2 years, BHP have confirmed preference...

Weir, a global mining technology leader, is delighted to partner with CEEC International (CEEC) to drive sustainable innovation and improve productivity in mining. In addition to renewing its support as a premium sponsor, Weir will participate in CEEC’s newly launched Global Water Initiative, a groundbreaking collaboration to drive action to ensure respon...

The 21-member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) have since progressed meetings on issues concerning the Asia and Pacific regions. Papua New Guinea’s participation in the two-day APEC Ministerial Meeting (AMM) prior to the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week (AELW), highlighted issues concerning not only PNG, but the rest of the Pacific ...

The US Chamber of Commerce (USCC), the world’s largest business federation and biggest lobby group in the United States, will work at helping to find investors for Papua New Guinea, Prime Minister Hon. James Marape was told. USCC Executive Director – South East Asia, John Goyer said this when he met with Prime Minister Marape on the sidelines of APEC L...

Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has met with the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), America’s development finance institution that funds private sector-based projects and businesses right across the world. The Prime Minister met with Scott Nathan, Chief Executive Officer of DFC, in San Francisco on the margins of the As...

Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa recently announced new, more concessional lending terms for small island developing states (SIDS) to support efforts to meet their infrastructure needs, strengthen social services, and scale up investments in climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction.  Mr. Asakawa made the announcement durin...

The world’s leading gold producer, American gold mining Company Newmont Corporation, will for the first-time feature at the 17th Papua New Guinea Resources and Energy Investment Conference and Exhibition as a Principal Premium Sponsor. The conference will be held on 10-13 December 2023 at the Sydney International Convention Centre under the theme ‘PNG Res...

Ten high-performance students from the PNG University of Technology and the University of Papua New Guinea have been selected to be involved in an immersive 11-week industrial training program with Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML). The trainees from UNITECH (7) and UPNG (3) are third-year undergraduates under OTML’s Undergraduate Students Scholarship (USS...

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