Day: February 14, 2020
Award contracts on merit
CORRUPTION in the way deals are made, contracts are awarded or economic operations are carried out leads to monopolies or oligopolies in the economy of our country. Business owners (foreign/local) […]
Initiative to split boundary hailed
PRIME Minister James Marape’s assurance in parliament on the setting up of Boundaries Commission to review all electoral boundaries proportionate to the growing population is a step in the right […]
Tighten family protection laws
THE law does not give anyone the right to assault anyone and it does not excuse a man to assault his wife. The law says when a man assaults a […]
Manus first to subscribe
THE Manus provincial government completed its K1 million share of subscription payment to the National Gas Corporation (NGC) which is expected from all provinces. This was after Governor Charlie Benjamin […]
Marape pushes for benefits in oil, gas sector
CERTAIN percentages of resources harvested in the oil and gas sector will be quarantined for domestic use, according to Prime Minister James Marape. Marape said this during the presentation of […]
Construction begins on district’s banking facility
By PETER ESILA CONSTRUCTION on a Bank South Pacific branch has began at Yangoru station, East Sepik, and is expected to be completed within four months, BSP Group chief executive […]
Minister hoping to stage forum
MINING Minister Johnson Tuke says he hopes to have a development forum for the Wafi-Golpu gold project in Morobe in the first quarter of this year. His comment comes after […]
Role of gas corporation will be restored, says PM
By DALE LUMA PRIME Minister James Marape says the role of the National Gas Corporation (NGC) will be restored because it has an integral role to play in the oil […]
Province receives dividend
THE Fly River government received their second batch of K7.2 million in dividends from Mineral Resources Ok Tedi No.2 (MROT2). Governor Awi Taboi Yoto told the media in Port Moresby […]
Bennett backing Gebbie
By JACK AMI SOUTH Sydney Rabbitohs coach Wayne Bennett is confident that Papua New Guinea speedster Edene Gebbie can crack the National Rugby League (NRL) in the upcoming season, says […]