JANUARY 30 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says his Government is committed to rural development throughout Papua New Guinea. He said this at Ponowi Village in Ialibu, Southern Highlands, on Friday (January 28 2022) when officiating at the launching of Siwi Utame Agro Technical High School and Siwi Utame Loop Road. Both are projects …
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JANUARY 28 2021 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says Southern Highlands and Hela have been producing oil and gas for Papua New Guinea since 1990, however, have not seen the Mendi-Tari section of the Highlands Highway being sealed. An emotional PM Marape recalled one time in 2013 when his daughter, while they were driving this …
JANUARY 18 2021 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has reiterated that no new round log export licenses have been granted to foreign companies as of 2020. He told Parliament today that by 2025 there must be no more round log exports. PM Marape said this when answering questions from Ambunti-Drekikier MP, Hon. Johnson Wapunai, about …
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JANUARY 18 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says counting of people for the 2022 General Election will continue at the council level as well as through the Common Roll update being conducted by the Electoral Commission. He said the 2020 National Census was not held as scheduled due to COVID-19 and the politics at …
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JANUARY 17 2021 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says politics has been allowed to erode the functionality of the public service over the last 46 years. PM Marape said this had allowed for “complacency and corruption to become a ‘cancer’ within the public service over time”. He made this blunt statement at the one-day Joint …
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JANUARY 16 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has expressed his concern about the situation in Tonga following Saturday’s (January 15 2022) massive underwater volcanic eruption. He says the Government is closely monitoring the situation and will assist where it can. “I am greatly concerned about the situation in Tonga where an undersea volcano erupted …
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JANUARY 16 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has called on Department of Works to engage independent and reputable engineering companies to supervise sealing of the Mendi-Tari section of the Highlands Highway. He made the call in front of a massive crowd of thousands of people at Margarima in Hela on Friday (January 14 2022) …
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JANUARY 15 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has announced the awarding of more than K1.4 billion of new road contracts throughout Papua New Guinea. He announced the Cabinet decision before a massive crowd of thousands of people in rural Margarima, Hela, on Friday (January 14 2022). The K1.4 billion worth of road contracts add …
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JANUARY 12 2022 The Marape Government is pushing for Papua New Guinean school leavers to be picked up and trained as welders and tradesmen for the construction industry. Prime Minister Hon. James Marape said this should be done instead of bringing thousands of foreigners for jobs nationals can do. He alluded to construction of the …
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OCTOBER 11 2021 PRIME Minister Hon. James Marape today paid tribute to the “great work” of the Lutheran Church in the development of the Papua New Guinea, while thanking missionaries from all churches in the country, both national and international, who have brought services to the people in rural areas to complement the work of …
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