Day: August 17, 2022
Time for a minimum earning guarantee for Pacific workers
Devpolicy researcher EVIE SHARMAN discusses the proposal for minimum earnings guarantee for Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (Palm) scheme workers The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU)’s most recent campaign calls for Pacific […]
Painter Buana tells of gold mine waiting to be explored
By MALIKAI BALANDU AFTER his poultry project collapsed, agriculture graduate Buana Bauo, 67, turned to painting to earn a living. “Everything was going down. I had no job. No way […]
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Odd name At the Totally Wicked Stadium in England about eight weeks from now, the PNG Kumul will face Jason Taumalolo’s Tonga in their opening Pool D match of the […]
Coates ready to face idol Oates
PAPUA New Guinea and Melbourne flyer Xavier Coates will return home to face his former club when the stakes are at their highest, and is eyeing off a star-studded clash […]
Borrowing confidence low: CEO
By DALE LUMA THE country has a problem with excess liquidity with commercial banks sitting on cash because there is no appetite for borrowing, says PNG Manufacturers Council chief executive […]
Authority opens port office to document incoming vessels
By PETER ESILA THE Papua New Guinea Immigration and Citizenship Authority (ICA) opened a new office at the Motukea International Terminal outside Port Moresby yesterday to ensure compliance and ease […]
Record results reported
K92 MINING Inc has recorded strong financial results for the 2022 second quarter (Q2). The company said it also had a strong focus on safety with one of the best […]
Late Cats tries sink Steelers
By LARRY ANDREW BC Cats scored two late intercept tries to sink Crossroad Steelers 4-2 in the Huon Touch Association men’s grand final in Lae on Sunday. Cats capitalised on […]
Immigration to expand presence: ICA
THE Immigration and Citizenship Authority (ICA) will soon establish offices at logging and mining sites around the country to ensure genuine people are entering the country, an official says. ICA […]
BSP migrating core banking platform to ‘flexcube’ system
BANK South Pacific (BSP) Financial Group Ltd is migrating its existing core banking platform to a new system called “Flexcube” next year, says chief executive officer Robin Fleming. Fleming said […]