Day: April 21, 2022
How big sister Kina helped out Andrew
BY JAMIE HARO WHEN Andrew Miugle graduated last week at the PNG Education Institute with a diploma in early childhood care, he thought about his big sister Kina at their […]
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Debate in darkness Even our supreme House is not spared when PNG Power decides to cut electricity supply. It happened again yesterday when PM Marape was tabling the UBS K3bn […]
Inflation beyond Govt’s control
By DALE LUMA MICRO, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Council president Des Yaninen says some of the factors causing inflation in the country are out of the Government’s control. Welcoming […]
Landowners express interest in developing oil palm
By MALIKAI BALANDU EIGHTEEN leaders from incorporated land groups (ILGs) in Umi-Atzera LLG, Markham, Morobe have presented their expressions of interest (EOIs) to Ramu-Agri Industries Limited for oil palm development. […]
Mud crabs set for China
A LOCALLY-owned company will start exporting live mud crabs to China later this year under a memorandum of agreement (MOA) it signed with the National Fisheries Authority (NFA) this week. […]
K1.3 million boost for trade store owners
A TOTAL of K1.3 million was presented to the fourth batch of trade store owners and women’s business groups in Port Moresby North-East electorate on Monday. Peter Philip, chief executive […]
BSP staff share their journey
IN 2002, the Government announced plans to transfer the operations of the PNG Banking Corporation (PNGBC) to the successful bidder, Bank South Pacific Ltd (BSP), now known as BSP Financial […]
Internet prices in PNG stagnant
Introduction There’s lots of news in the telecommunication sector in Papua New Guinea, with a looming Digicel purchase, the possible entry of a new company, Telikom PNG outages and more. […]
Airline ends pre-departure Covid testing
THE country’s leading airline Air Niugini says from Monday all pre-departure testing at the airport for all flights will stop. The airline in a statement said all passengers could now […]
Santos framework targets higher shareholder returns
SANTOS has announced a new capital management framework targeting higher shareholder returns and including an initial on-market share buyback of up to US$250 million (about K862 million). According to the […]