Article Views: 162 TREASURER Charles Abel presented the 2019 Budget of K16.1 billion in Parliament yesterday with the provincial sector taking the largest cut. Total expenditure is K16.134 billion and […]

Article Views: 136 SHADOW Minister for Treasury and Finance Ian Ling-Stuckey says the 2019 Budget tabled by Treasurer Charles Abel fails to embrace the opportunities of Apec. “So much has […]

Article Views: 97 TREASURY Secretary Dairi Vele says the focus of the 2019 Budget will be on generating revenue. Vele said part of the medium-term revenue strategy was to resource […]

Article Views: 91 SMALL to Medium Enterprises Corporation managing director Steven Maken, pictured, has welcomed the Government’s support to the sector in 2019 but says the funding is inadequate. Treasurer […]

Article Views: 87 THE Government needs to improve financial management systems to monitor large amounts of money being allocated to the provinces, Institution of National Affairs director Paul Barker says. […]

Article Views: 115 DEPUTY Prime Minister and Treasurer Charles Abel says the Government is looking at raising around K2 billiion through debt financing to support the 2019 Budget. Abel in […]

Article Views: 199 By HELEN TARAWA and LUKE KAMA TREASURER Charles Abel is expected to table a national budget of around K14 billion today, primarily focused on service improvement programmes […]

Article Views: 165 By HELEN TARAWA PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill has urged core group heavily involved in Apec to give their best in the main events this week. O’Neill yesterday […]

Article Views: 137 SECURITY is of paramount importance this week during the Apec summits and only people nominated can receive accreditation, says Apec Coordination Authority chief executive officer Christopher Hawkins. […]

Article Views: 383 By LUKE KAMA THE theme song of the 2018 Apec Leaders’ Summit From Bogor to Era Kone has been released – a short yet eloquent narrative of […]