Month: June 2021

June 29th 2021 Japanese Prime Minister Hon. Yoshihide Suga says his country will support Papua New Guinea’s electrification programme, provide construction equipment for road development, and help with its emergency 30-billion-yen (K1 billion) support loan. He gave this assurance to Prime Minister Hon. James Marape during a Virtual Online Bilateral Summit between the two leaders …

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Approved for Release:June 4th 2021 Prime Minister Hon.James Marape today (Friday June 4th 2021) visited Porgera accompanied by State Ministers and Government delegates to announce the new Porgera Framework Agreement. The agreement was successfully negotiated with Barrick Niugini Ltd (BNL) in April this year. PM Marape, when handing over the agreement to resume mining operations …

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Approved for Release:June 3rd 2021 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has called for peace and sanity to prevail during the one-day Moresby North-West by-election which takes place today (Friday June 4th 2021). He also called on PNG Electoral Commission officers to be fair during this by-election, in the lead-up to the 2022 General Election. PM …

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