Category: Editorial
PNG needs a foreign policy
PAPUA New Guinea is yet to formulate its Foreign Policy White Paper, the basis and guide of how the Government should conduct its regional and international engagements. The completion of […]
Gold mines in Papua New Guinea
Compiled by FRANK SENGE KOLMA SINCE the gold rush days of the 1800s, mining the precious metal has been a steady business. It is so prevalent, alluvial mining occurs in […]
Project proponents – management and funding
By FRANK SENGE KOLMA [email protected] PART 2 (continued) IN a special brief to parliamentarians, gold project company Refinery Holdings Pte Ltd said it would provide the initial management teams who […]
Beware,the actions of man
MANKIND’s strident march towards industrialisation and mechanisation has created an imbalance to nature’s rigid balance. Nature is stretched to the limit to provide an adequate waste disposable sink for the […]
The gold project proponents
By FRANK SENGE KOLMA PART 2 A NATIONAL Court decision compelling the State to publish the contents of the National Gold Corporation Agreement has been stayed by a Supreme Court […]
The two men walking Kokoda hold our future
PRIME ministers Anthony Albanese of Australia and James Marape of PNG have taken a few days to themselves in the jungles of the Kokoda Track between Central and Northern. The […]
The unmusical gold waltz
By FRANK SENGE KOLMA PART 1 THE price of gold on Monday, April 8, was US$2,329.93 (K8,961) per ounce. One gram of the precious metal on the day fetched US$74 […]
Time to assess hydrocarbon component parts
LAST week, Kumul Petroleum Holdings Limited (KPHL) sold its first LNG cargo to China. The cargo comes from excess volumes produced by PNG LNG over and above 6.6 metric tonnes […]
Seasonal disaster waiting to happen
THREE Papua New Guinean seasonal workers have dragged the country’s reputation through kangaroo dung again when they decided to rape a girl in Australia. It was a disaster waiting to […]
Drug, alcohol abuse killing society
DRUG and alcohol abuse is a growing concern that is causing a decline to the socio-economic indicators and development of Papua New Guinea. This paper’s front page last Wednesday of […]