Photo credit: Goilala District News Managing and conducting business activities in the Central Province particularly in the Goilala District is quite demanding and challenging, according to a business entrepreneur who operates in the remote mountainous region of Central province. Billy Mang from the Auga Dilava valley that surrounds the entire Tolok...

The Opposition Leader of Papua New Guinea, Hon Joseph Lelang, has questioned the Marape-Rosso Government on its immediate and long-term solutions to resolve the public sector rental crisis being experienced by numerous key government departments in Port Moresby. He said millions of kina has been allocated to address arrears and outstanding claims each ...

Photo credit: PNG Bulletin Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister, Hon Jelta Wong, MP, has stated that THE Prime Minister Hon James Marape has opened doors to create new market opportunities for PNG seafood exports to Japan. He said this when welcoming the Prime Minister upon his return from international duties. “The Prime Minister is the first Mi...

Photo: Isi Henry Leonard Tourism, Art and Culture Minister, Isi Henry Leonard has urged that Papua New Guinea must promote domestic tourism as a pathway forward in order to preserve, safeguard and promote the country’s culture. “I wanted to see a simple tourism industry that is more people oriented,” he said. The minister stated this to participatin...

Photo credit: SME Corporation Facebook Page A Corporate Audit Team had been recently launched and put in place by The Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation (SMEC) in Port Moresby. SMEC’s Director for Corporate Affairs, Rodney Sumale said the audit committee has been created purposely to help the Office of Internal Audits & Compliance in ensuring ...

Photo: John Rosso ​​​​​​. Credit: EMTV  In response to a question asked by a reporter regarding the Government’s stance on the lock down of prime government buildings, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Lands and Physical Planning Hon. John Rosso stressed that the issue of unpaid rentals that the Government is currently facing were aggregated amoun...

Photo: Children at Baruni Dump, Port Moresby Key priority areas to be overviewed by Education Department Papua New Guinea’s Education system has suffered from a number of policy shifts, drastic changes in curriculum and under resourcing over the years. The free education policy has succeeded in increasing the number of students attending schools, ho...

The Papua New Guinea Trade Union Congress (PNGTUC) and its affiliated women members have made a call to the Government to continue to remain intact to protect and promote the same solidarity and consistency shown during the unopposed election of Prime Minister James Marape and Speaker of Parliament Job Pomat when the 11th parliament rose to elect these tw...

Port Moresby based Security Services Company DEXSS Limited has recently launched a new rideshare service incorporating a smartphone application that is set to change the way people move around Papua New Guinea. The app called “DEXSS PNG” assimilates a fleet of vehicle owner drivers who can use their personal vehicles to taxi people around their local a...

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 credit: Oxford Business Group The creation of the new ministries by the current government for both major agricultural commodities, Coffee and Oil Palm is a huge step forward in achieving the agriculture sectors economic potential. For the past years the agricultural sector had not been fully utilized by consecutive governments as the focus ha...

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 ...

The three-day Papua New Guinea Energy Summit and Exhibition that ended last week focused on strengthening coordination roles among stakeholders and industry players by promoting government and private sector engagement to improve and reaffirm the huge potential of PNG’s Energy Sector. This was the first time the summit was mainly dominated and driven b...

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...