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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 …

Pacific Islands Forum elects Henry Puna as new Secretary-General, commends Dame Meg Taylor Read More »

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 …

Peter Aitsi resigns as Credit Corporation PNG CEO Read More »

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 …

PNG girl in Australia raises funds for Lae hospital Read More »

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 …

How Asian shopkeepers are cheating us Read More »

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 …

Ling-Stuckey: Kavieng Airport K10m landowner claims can’t be verified Read More »

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 …

Contact tracing continues in parts of PNG Read More »

Friday January 22 2021 *This feature is provided ahead of World Education Day on January 24. When Phillip Solomon walked into the classroom in 2018 his students could not read or write – and he was determined to change this. Phillip is an elementary teacher at Ruatoka Elementary School in Rigo, Central Province – just …

Teaching together: Rigo educators collaborate for improved student learning Read More »

 By Hon. IAN LING-STUCKEY, CMG. MP Minister for Treasury January 22nd 2020 Six Southern Highlands Province workers have left for Australia under the Seasonal Worker Programme. This is the first group to be recruited in 2021 and the first to leave since borders closed in early 2020 due to COVID-19. I congratulate Governor Powi and …

First PNG seasonal workers for 2021 on their way to Australia Read More »

By Hon. IAN LING-STUCKEY, CMG. MP Minister for Treasury January 21st 2020 The Budget Management Ministerial Committee (BMC) comprising Chairman and Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey, Finance Minister Sir John Pundari, Planning Minister Reinbo Paita and his Vice-Minister Dr Kobby Bomareo, met on Tuesday this week with Departmental Heads, Governor of Bank of Papua New Guinea (BPNG) …

Government payment system to be reformed Read More »

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE Thursday 21st January 2021 Lawyer Gregory James Sheppard of Young & Williams Lawyers was arrested at 12 noon yesterday in Port Moresby, interviewed at the Police Headquarters, Konedobu, and charged with two counts of conspiracy and another two count of false pretense over the K268 million Western Province People’s …

Lawyer Greg Sheppard arrested in police probe into K268 million Western Province funds Read More »