Day: July 31, 2020
More to agriculture than farming
IT is disappointing that not many students in Papua New Guinea are taking agricultural studies despite having the country having opportunity to be an agricultural nation. Not only is this […]
Economic downturn & Covid-19
NORMALLY, when there’s an economic downturn, there are a range of measures that the State (including the Central Bank) can take to stimulate the market and/or employment, which includes fiscal […]
PNG Air operating ‘normally’ with strict measures
PNG Air says it will be operating normally during the 14-day lockdown of National Capital District as announced by Prime Minister James Marape. The lockdown took effect on Wednesday. “We […]
Firm lost K10mil in first lockdown
THE Motor Vehicle Insurance lost about K10 million in revenue in the first lockdown period as a result of Covid-19 and related impacts, an official says. Managing director Michael Makap […]
Guidelines needed to distribute funds
MILNE Bay administrator Ashan Numa has called for guidelines to be put in place for the distribution of funds by the Government to support small to medium enterprises (SMEs). Numa […]
Gold mine records higher production
THE Lihir Gold mine recorded production of 207,000 ounces in the June quarter, 11 per cent higher than the prior quarter driven by a seven per cent increase in head […]
Boas to honour UK deal
By PARKER TAMBUA PAPUA New Guinea Kumuls halfback Watson Boas says he will return to Doncaster next season to complete his two-year contract with the Betfred League One side in […]
NSL awaiting nod
The Kumul Petroleum National Soccer League (NSL) restart has been pushed back from tomorrow to next Saturday, pending approval from national pandemic controller David Manning. Organisers of the competition are […]
Restructure for SP Hunters
Greetings to all our rugby league family and welcome to our 17th edition of Fulltime Reserve, a weekly column to discuss all matters rugby league in our favourite newspaper The […]
BSP receives prestigious award
BANK South Pacific yesterday received a prestigious global award from Cricket Papua New Guinea (CPNG) for the success of the BSP School Kriket programme last year. This is the third […]