No more acting in PNG Public Service
PNG Public Service Minister, Elias Kapavore says, there will be NO more acting positions within the public service.Minister Kapavore directed the senior management team of the department of Personnel...
View ArticleSago as alternative to Wheat flour in PNG
The Labu-Tale community, one of the three Labu communities located opposite the Lae port, host a vast field of sago bordering with the mountains of Buang in Bulolo district, and will be the first...
View ArticleBasil still hopeful to get Gariana connected
Minister for Communications and Energy Sam Basil, now in his third consecutive term as Bulolo MP, says he has not given up and is still adament to get Waria, which is the sixth and last local level...
View ArticlePIANGO calls on Pacific leaders to take West Papua case to UN
The Pacific Islands Association of NGOs (PIANGO) is calling on the Pacific Island Forum Leaders to support Vanuatu to take the issue of West Papua to the United Nations.With membership in Pacific Forum...
View ArticlePNG Hunters due Boas Brothers signed by UK Club Featherstone Rovers
THE SP PNG Hunters are set to lose their two main playmakers in captain and five-eighth Ase Boas and halfback brother Watson who have signed with English second division club the Featherstone Rovers...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea still has high child mortality rate: Research
The PNG Institute of Medical Research health surveillance systems show that Papua New Guinea still has a high child mortality rate despite attempts in the past decades to decrease it.The institute’s...
View ArticlePublic Servants in PNG to get bigger pay package
Public Servants throughout the country can expect more in their pay packets this month as the Papua New Guinea Government continues to pay a 3 per cent cost of living adjustment.The payment is being...
View ArticleVanuatu will continue West Papua initiative
By Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan, at the Pacific Islands Forum in NauruDespite the lack of formal endorsement from this week’s Pacific Island Forum in Nauru, Vanuatu will continue an...
View ArticlePNG's airline Air Niugini unveils direct route from Narita Japan to Chuuk FSM
Air Niugini has launched its first direct flight between Narita, Japan and Chuuk in the Federated States of Micronesia last week Saturday.Sixty passengers, mostly Japanese tourists, boarded the first...
View ArticleAir Niugini's Inhouse Check nearing completion
Air Niugini’s inhouse C checks or heavymaintenance checks on its jet aircraft at the airline’s engineering hangar inPort Moresby is nearing completion, a result of great team work that is savingAir...
View ArticleBSP supports first ever Speakers Investment Summit in PNG
Businesses in PNG should continue to partner with government in order to deliver much needed development to our people.Bank South Pacific (BSP) is supporting the Inaugural Speakers Investment Summit...
View ArticlePNG - Australia University Partnership extended
The Twinning Project partnership between the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) and Australia’s James Cook University (JCU), which commenced in 2015, has led to 22 Papua New Guinean academics...
View ArticleAmazing Port Moresby at a glance
PORT MORESBY: “Port Moresby is much better now than I moved in ten years ago.”These are the words of Carolyn Blacklock who works and lives in the capital city.She is the Chief Executive Officer of PNG...
View ArticlePNG Women encouraged to get involved in Global Trade
Reducing barriers to women’s involvement in Global Trade was the topic of discussion during the women in economy forum held at recently in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.The discussion focused on women...
View ArticleAPEC WEF delegates visit Bougainville
The APEC Women and the Economy Forum has concluded on Friday 7 September 2018 followed by a regional visit to Bougainville to see how women entrepreneurs there are excelling in business.Upon arrival at...
View ArticleChina's Guangong leader welcomed to Papua New Guinea
The Prime Minister, Hon. Peter O’Neill CMG MP, has welcomed H.E. Li Xi, the Secretary of the Communist Party in Guangdong Province in China to Papua New Guinea.In receiving the highest-ranking leader...
View ArticlePNG Governor Parkop wants West Papua issue dealt with
National Capital District (NCD) Governor Powes Parkop has called on Papua New Guinea Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Rimbink Pato not to shy away from discussing the West Papua issue on the...
View ArticlePNG Kina Bank helping to create the workforce of the future
PNG Kina Bank announced a new community initiative today to train and coach school leavers and help prepare them for the world of work.In partnership with Project Yumi, a not-for-profit PNG registered...
View ArticlePNG Designer to showcase Fashion label in London, UK
Papua New Guinea’s very own established fashion designer Sarah Haoda Todd will represent the country this month at the London Pacific Fashion Week.For the second time, Ms Todd will be showcasing her...
View ArticleEasts Tigers to face Dolphins in Intrust Super Cup decider
From doubtful finals qualfiers to grand final hopefuls, Easts has ridden a wave of momentum to be one win from a maiden Intrust Super Cup premiership.The Tigers' 36-26 preliminary final victory away...
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