Papua New Guinea (PNG) is deeply entangled in geopolitical affairs and its Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) have been left vulnerable due to inadequate maritime security,…
Police arrested another suspect linked to an attack at a mining site which left one Chinese national killed and four others including two Chinese nationals…
More than 6,000 or 81% of the 7,452 family and sexual violence survivors who reported to NGO Femili PNG are victims of cases from intimate…
The Mengamenau airstrip, bordering Western Highlands, Madang and Enga provinces, resumed operation on August 20 after eight years of closure, reports said on August 23.…
Four wards in Bulolo town, Morobe province were affected by flooding from the heavy rain last week, reports said on August 24. The worst-affected areas…
The Bank South Pacific Financial Group Limited loan process for small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) is too stringent compared with an unsecured loan, research showed. Business lecturer…
Energy company Santos Limited said it had a strong cash flow from all its operations, resulting in a profit of about $654 million or about…
Prime Minister James Marape said instability in politics and abuses of the rule of law were the “biggest impediments” to economic growth and development. He…
President-elect Prabowo Subianto promised “compromise and collaboration” while visiting Papua New Guinea on August 21, the latest sign of warming ties between the sometimes prickly…
Prime Minister James Marape has called on Correctional Service Commissioner Bernard Nepo and Correctional Services Minister Joe Kuli to revitalize the country’s correctional services sector.…
There is an increase in Chinese businesses in Papua New Guinea, but less investment compared to Australia, a researcher Sharon Liu from Australian National University…
Police in Papua New Guinea witnessed a mass surrender by members of the gang allegedly responsible for the rape and massacre of 26 people in…
Questions are being raised on the central government’s commitment to a moratorium on deep sea mining as seabed mining exploration in the Bismark Sea resumed.…
The country’s debt, debt servicing costs and debt to gross domestic product (GDP) soared from 2015 with higher public expenditure levels and weak revenue, economist…
International Trade and Investment Minister Richard Maru said there is a possibility of setting up a copper smelting facility in Lae to process gold and…
An official said landowners should also be partly blamed for law and order problems in the country’s urban squatter settlements. Morobe customary lands officer Denvar…
Canada-based mining company Gold Mountain is set to chase a trail of porphyry copper and epithermal gold mineralization in Papua New Guinea after being granted…
The political opposition said the country’s current state of affairs, citing inflating prices of store goods against a depreciating Kina as an example, does not…
The Internal Revenue Commission (IRC) collected 7.5 billion kina in the first six months of 2024, commissioner general Sam Koim said. Koim revealed to the…
Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso is leading a high-level government delegation to Indonesia this week to attract trade and investment opportunities for Papua New Guinea…
Giligili Prison in Milne Bay was given more than one million kina to build a 100-man prison cell block to accommodate overcrowding issues. Correctional Service…
The Supreme Court on August 19 dismissed an application by former Huon-Gulf lawmaker Ross Seymour over the 2022 general election result. Seymour was seeking a…
The exchange rate for the kina is adjusting slowly to its true market level, and it will appreciate or depreciate depending on the foreign exchange…
Papua New Guinea’s inflation figures sit at much lower levels compared to its historical levels which was at around 5% to 6%, according to the…
Prime Minister James Marape said the central government is discussing budget adjustments for all correctional institutions to receive improvements in the coming years. The budget…
