Month: August 2019
100 days in office
PRIME Minister James Marape’s government is on its way to recording 100 days in office. Apart from the rhetorics enthusiastically peddled by ignorant Facebook trollers and equally blinded villagers inhabiting […]
UPNG lecturers challenged
UNIVERSITY of Papua New Guinea is said to the premier university of the Pacific. I do not know how it got that title. Maybe it’s because it is the oldest […]
Agriculture, economy’s bedrock
IT is time to invest in the land and to generate an income from the growth of market produce and cash crops. More than 80 per cent of Papua New […]
Mine apologises for overflowing of slurry
THE Ramu Nico Management (MCC) Ltd has apologised to the country for the unfortunate slurry overflow that spilled into the harbour last Saturday. Vice-president Wang Baowen apologised to Mining Minister […]
System in place to stop money laundering: BSP
BANK South Pacific (BSP) chief executive officer Robin Fleming says all financial institutions are required to conduct customer due diligence according to the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing Act […]
Consultation vital
THE Australia-PNG business council said genuine consultation with extractive industries prior to changing legislations is always commendable, says vice-president Ian Kemish. Kemish praised senior PNG cabinet ministers including National Planning […]
Ramu NiCo confirms refinery operation as stable
THE Basamuk Refinery is operating normally after Saturday’s slurry spill incident, says Ramu Nico vice-president Wang Baowen. He reported that on Saturday at around 4.40am, an environment incident was encountered […]
BSP: Process in place to clear money
BANK South Pacific (BSP) has processes in place to assist people in the informal sector verify their money when they want to deposit sums of over K5,000, chief executive officer […]
BSP improves mobile banking services
CUSTOMERS can register for Bank South Pacific (BSP)’s mobile banking using smart devices when the bank rolls out its e-Form technology next month, chief executive officer Robin Fleming said. “Next […]
Airlines expand flight services
FOLLOWING PNG Air’s codeshare launch on Virgin Australia flights between Port Moresby and Brisbane, the airline is now ready to commence the second stage enabling its passengers to travel onward […]