Air Niugini Thursday February 18th 2021 Air Niugini is upgrading selected flights to Gurney Airport, Alotau, Milne Bay Province to larger Boeing 737 aircraft. The first ever Boeing 737 service will touch down in Gurney at 11. 20am on Friday February 26th , 2021. Thereafter, the B737 aircraft will become a regular sight at Gurney …
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Tuesday February 16th 2021 Wariman Abattoir and Cattle Ranch in Wewak, East Sepik, is set to be a multi-million kina business with support of Government, says Livestock Development Corporation (LDC) Managing-Director Terry Koim. He said this following the signing of a memorandum-of-understanding (MoU) last week (February 11th 2021) with East Sepik Provincial Administrator, Dr Clement …
Air Niugini February 16, 2021 Air Niugini is pleased to announce that it will increase services between Port Moresby and Hong Kong from once to twice weekly, commencing Saturday, April 3, 2021. Services will be operated by Air Niugini’s Boeing 767 aircraft, in partnership with Cathay Pacific Airways under a code share arrangement. Flights to …
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PIF HQ, Suva, FIJI, February 4, 2021 Forum HQ, Suva, FIJI– Pacific Islands Forum Leaders have concluded their Special Leaders Retreat overnight and have announced Henry Puna as the incoming Secretary General. Also on the agenda of the Special Leaders Retreat was the COVID-19 pandemic, including the distribution of vaccines to the region. Leaders acknowledged the region’s efforts to date to manage the spread of the COIVD-19 pandemic in the …
February 2nd 2021 Credit Corporation PNG Chief Executive Officer, Peter Aitsi has informed the Board he will not seek to renew his contract atthe completion of its term and will leave the Group on March 31st, 2021. Mr Aitsi has been in the CEO role for the past three years. The Board has appointed Credit …
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Encouraging youth and recognising the vital role of women in the development of the cocoa, vanilla and fisheries value chains was the main focus of a meeting between Support to Rural Entrepreneurship Investment and Trade in Papua New Guinea (EU-STREIT PNG) and East Sepik provincial administration and government line agencies in Wewak on January 26th 2021. …
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By MALUM NALU A five-year-old Papua New Guinea girl in Australia is raising funds for Angau Memorial Hospital in Lae through collection and sale of empty cans and bottles. Kiana Ainie Arang, daughter of former PNG champion kick-boxer and professional boxer Kartu ‘Wantok Warrior’ Arang, felt compelled to do so after seeing a heart-breaking Facebook …
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By MALUM NALU I bought this 3 in 1 cable at CHM at Courts, Gordon, for K40 with my Visa card this morning. Unknown to me, the cunning Asian shopkeeper had entered K45 into the EFTPOS machine, without letting me see. When I checked receipt, and saw K45, I said he’d overcharged me and asked …
by Hon. Ian Ling-Stuckey, CMG. MPMinister for TreasuryJanuary 24th 2021 Compensation claims of K10 million for the Kavieng Airport by a small splinter group of Kavieng landowners from Pabliang and Omo villages cannot be verified. In formal meetings with the Minister for Civil Aviation, Sekie Agisa and CEO National Airport Corporation(NAC) Ephraim Wasem and senior …
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OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER PNG COVID-19 National Pandemic Response MEDIA STATEMENT Saturday 23rd January 2021No case of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been reported in the country in the last 24 hours. But despite nil reports coming through, the rapid response teams are conducting contact tracing in provinces where positive cases have been reported lately. The National Capital District …