Day: August 15, 2017
Maru pushes the envelop on accountability
WITH the new government less than a week into office, ministers in the O’Neill-Abel cabinet are getting down to the business of running the country. It is a heavy responsibility […]
Oil Search helps Pirah find a home
JONATHAN Pirah is the proud owner of a new home – thanks to the Oil Search First Home Ownership Scheme. Pirah, from Chimbu, had been working for Oil Search for […]
Govt payment delay frustrates LNG landowners
LANDOWNERS living along the corridors of PNG LNG pipeline on Portion 152 in Central are frustrated by the Government’s reluctance to pay their outstanding royalty and equity benefits. In a […]
Local textile industry needs help, Maru says
By SHIRLEY MAULUDU THE textile industry needs to be developed to benefit local “talented” women who can use their skills to earn a living from it, Minister for National Planning […]
Dept plans to identify and boost sustainable sectors
NATIONAL Planning and Monitoring Minister Richard Maru wants to find out which sectors are creating value for the government and how they can be helped. He said the department needed […]
Mine sees full-year profit increase
NEWCREST Mining Limited has seen its full-year revenue increase to US$3.4 billion (K10.76 billion) from US$3.2 billion (K10.18 billion) in 2016. It followed an improvement in safety performance and operational […]
NCSL introduces new loan insurance
THE Nasfund Contributors Savings and Loans Society (NCSL) has introduced a loan insurance to secure repayments in the events of accident or death by a member. Lending manager Bernard Geita […]
High Artic chairman happy with 31st positive earnings
HIGH Arctic’s chairman Michael Binnion says the company is proud of delivering its 31st consecutive quarter of positive earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation results. Binnion announced High Arctic’s […]
Envoy: Agriculture, fisheries, forestry has export potential
HEAD of delegation and EU ambassador to PNG Ioannis Giogkarakis-Argyroplous says agriculture, fisheries and forestry can offer the country more export potential. He said many countries were now using trade […]
Segeyaro keen on PNG
Two years after saying that he would never play for Papua New Guinea again, Cronulla hooker James Segeyaro has let go the anger that surrounded his father’s passing to help […]