Day: September 28, 2021
MPs should know their responsibilities
PAPUA New Guinea has adopted the Westminster system of government in which we have three arms of Government – the legislative, executive and judicial. The legislative arm of the Government […]
Let’s improve accountability
BEING accountable in any workplace is something everyone should strive to achieve. Accountability has a clear link to higher work performance, but experts indicate that it also results in improved […]
Barker: Lockdowns not the way
By DALE LUMA THE country cannot afford any more lockdowns or other restrictions on most formal and informal businesses without making the situation worse than the risks from the Coronavirus […]
Oil palm farmers urged to increase production
By PETER ESILA THE Oil Palm Industry Corporation (Opic) wants its 1,897 smallholder farmers to work their blocks for increased production so that they can earn more money to sustain […]
Gure submits acquittals
OVER 250 trade stores and 77 public motor vehicle (PMV) operators in Rigo have benefited from K500,000 allocated for small-to-medium enterprises (SME), MP Lekwa Gure says. The funding was part […]
‘Coconut is PNG’s fourth largest export commodity’
Coconut is PNG’s fourth largest export commodity, according to Kokonas Indastri Koporesen’s (KIK) Stewart Research Station (SRS) in Murnas, Madang. “The coconut is grown by 90 countries worldwide,” SRS general […]
Empowering youth through agriculture
IN a bid to empower females and youths, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), under the EU-Streit programme in PNG, has partnered with a school in East Sepik. […]
ICCC assesses bmobile, Telikom merger plans as an ‘internal restructure’
THE proposed merger of bmobile into Telikom can now go ahead after the Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) assessed it as an internal restructure. ICCC in a statement yesterday […]
Developing fintech vital to reach goals, says Cefi
One of the initiatives to achieve sustainable development goals (SDG) targets in the country is to implement work on the finance and technology (fintech) space, the Centre for Excellence in […]
No sports for 3 provinces
By PATRICIA KEAMO NATIONAL Pandemic Response Controller David Manning has banned sports in Eastern Highlands, Western and West Sepik in response to an increase in the number of Coronavirus Delta […]