Day: August 30, 2018
Junk food in schools
THE front page of The National on Thursday last week has encouraged me to share my views on junk foods in schools and how some teachers are not helping. Teachers […]
Selling food around schools should stop
THE selling of any items, especially food, in and around school premises should stop. The sale of food out in the open poses health risks. It is already a health […]
BSP expects economy to pick up
FOREIGN exchange orders with Bank South Pacific have been progressively reduced by about 50 per cent through the first half of the year due to interventions from Bank of Papua […]
Apec delegates impressed with Lihir operation
DELEGATES to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation mining week were impressed visited Lihir Mine in New Ireland and were impressed. The 15 delegates spent a day there. Chilean delegate and Apec […]
Central to make agriculture its top development agenda
THE Central government plans to make agriculture its top development agenda, according to Governor Robert Agarobe. He said the provincial government would promote land mobilisation and create opportunities for development […]
BSP gives K50,000 to first speakers’ summit
Bank South Pacific is the latest to join as a sponsor of the first Speakers’ Investment Summit on Monday and Tuesday with a donation of K50,000. A cheque for the […]
BCL happy about the future
THE Bougainville Copper Ltd (BCL) company remains positive despite challenges to its mining activity, says general manager Mark Hitchcock. In BCL’s latest six-monthly update to the Australian Stock Exchange, it […]
Business council hails palm oil acquisitions
THE Business Council PNG (BCPNG) has congratulated New Britain Palm Oil Ltd (NBPOL) on its acquisition of the Markham Farming Company Ltd last week. NBPOL has 100 per cent equity […]
Mechanised mining worries raised
THERE are procedures in place to certify people before acquiring a mechanised alluvial mining certificate to operate, says Morobe Goldfield Small Scale Miners’ Association chairman Westy Awiong. Mechanised mining involves […]
K92 mining parties to maintain deal
PARTIES to the K92 mining project memorandum of agreement (MoA) have agreed in principle to maintain the existing arrangements on the main breakdown of royalties from the mine. The breakdown […]