Day: June 22, 2022
Country in a corruption cycle
IN an election year, this may sound like a negative and harsh view of the current state of affairs in Papua New Guinea but sometimes we all need a collective […]
Court to rule on Kalaut’s arrest today
By BEVERLY PETER THE National Court will rule today whether arresting and committing former assistant police commissioner Sylvester Kalaut for allegedly misappropriating more than K900,000 was legal or not. This […]
Corruption a concern, UN says
Corruption remains a significant obstacle to development in several Asia-Pacific countries including Papua New Guinea, according to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Deputy secretary, Department of Justice […]
TotalEnergies eyes Feed study
By SHIRLEY MAULUDU TOTAL ENERGIES plans to launch this month its front-end-engineering design (Feed) study for its US$12 billion (about K41.48 billion) Papua LNG project in Gulf, an official says. […]
Petroleum firm commits to safeguarding environment
TotalEnergies, operator of the Papua LNG project in Gulf, has pledged its support towards caring for the environment it is operating in. This was highlighted yesterday during a visit to […]
ADB names special climate envoy to office
MANILA: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday announced the appointment of Warren Evans as special senior adviser (Climate Change), office of the president. Evans will function as a climate envoy […]
Women landowners from mine want to expand business
WOMEN landowners from the coastal pipeline areas of the Ramu Nickle project in Madang plan to open up and expand business activities for themselves. Coastal Pipeline Women’s Landowner Association chairperson […]
Vodafone opens new store at Downtown, Port Moresby
Vodafone has opened a retail store on the ground floor of Defence Haus in Downtown, Port Moresby. A company statement said: “Vodafone prides itself in providing quality products and services […]
Smec sheds light on lack of business knowledge in rural areas
AROUND 85 per cent of the people living in the rural areas lack business knowledge, says Small Medium Enterprise Corporation (Smec) managing director Petrus Ralda. Ralda said the Smec would […]
Fishery workers get training
MORE than 30 people are attending a workshop on social responsibility and working conditions on board fishing vessels in Lae this week. The training is conducted by the Fishing Industry […]