Day: November 23, 2017
Panguna: What the future holds
Q: Can you give a brief overview of Bougainville Copper Limited? HITCHCOCK: It is an exciting new era for BCL as an independently-managed Papua New Guinea company. We are listed […]
Maru puts agriculture on budget priority
By SHIRLEY MAULUDU CABINET will allocate a massive amount of funding under a State Equity Fund in the 2018 budget for investments in agriculture, National Planning and Monitoring Minister Richard […]
State to pull funds from slack agribusinesses
GOVERNMENT will stop funding agricultural institutions which fail to produce acquittals and timely reports, National Planning and Monitoring Minister Richard Maru says. Maru issued the warning at the national agriculture […]
NDB spent K554mil on small businesses: Liu
THE National Development Bank (NDB) spent K554 million in the small-to-medium enterprises (SME) sector in the past eight years, says managing director Moses Liu. He told the inaugural national agriculture […]
Ramu NiCo a leader in the Pacific
THE Ramu nickel-cobalt project investment in Madang is the largest in the Pacific region including Australia and New Zealand, according to Ramu Nico President Gao Yongxue. He said the investment […]
Lahui gives NCSL good bill of health
THE Nasfund Contributors Savings and Loan Society Limited (NCSL) is celebrating its 14th year of operation. General manager Vari Lahui said the society had performed well in the 14 years. […]
Government, private partnership good for farming industry
NATIONAL Planning and Monitoring Minister Richard Maru told the national agriculture summit that the sector should be driven on a private sector culture. Maru stressed that Government should partner with […]
Wemin suggesting options for agricultural financing in PNG
FINANCIAL institutions are the best channel for the development of agriculture in the country, Melanesian Trustee Services Limited chief executive Kennedy Wemin says. He told the inaugural national agriculture summit […]
Small businesses go big at expo
By LEMACH LAVARI FORTY entrepreneurs showcased their businesses during the inaugural Small to Medium Enterprise Corporation’s (SMEC) Expo in Port Moresby last weekend. SMEC board chairman Michael Mel said the […]
Central hit the bullseye
By LARRY ANDREW TEAM Central shot to equal fifth place on the PNG Games medal tally thanks to a pair of gold medals in the singles darts competition yesterday. The […]