FEBRUARY 26 2022 I take this opportunity to pay homage to the memory of our country’s leading founding father, the Great Grand Chief Sir Michael Thomas Somare. Saturday, February 26, 2022 is the first anniversary of Sir Michael’s death – a death that touched men and women, boys and girls, urban residents and rural folk …
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FEBRUARY 24 2022 PRIME Minister Hon. James Marape’s determination to address corruption and sorcery-related violence continues with the introduction of three more related bills in Parliament on Thursday (February 24 2022) . Amendments to the Criminal Code to criminalise purported seers or ‘glasman’ and ‘glasmeri’, their activities, and those who engage their services in the …
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FEBRUARY 24 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has welcomed passage of the Lutheran University of Papua New Guinea Bill 2022 by Parliament on Thursday (February 24 2022). The bill provides for establishment of a private Lutheran university in Lae similar to the Catholic-owned Divine Word University in Madang and the Seventh Day Adventist Church-owned …
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FEBRUARY 23 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says Opposition Leader Hon. Belden Namah has every right to ask questions in Parliament “for the good of our country”. He said this in Parliament when answering questions from Namah about alleged corruption within the forests industry. PM Marape said it was unfortunate that Namah could not …
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FEBRUARY 23 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has assured landowners of Warangoi in Pomio, East New Britain, that they will be paid K5 million for use of their land and water for the Warangoi Hydro Power Project. He gave this assurance in Parliament today (February 23 2022) to Pomio MP, Hon. Elias Kapavore, who …
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FEBRUARY 23 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says his Government has made credit facilities available to Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) through Bank South Pacific (BSP) and National Development Bank (NDB). He said it was because of this that the proposed Credit Guarantee Corporation of PNG was not in place yet. PM Marape said …
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FEBRUARY 20 2022 PRIME Minister Hon. James Marape has opened a new state-of-the-art Accident & Emergency facility for Hela hospital, heralding the work that will soon go into the upgrade of the provincial hospital worth K310 million under his Government’s plans to rehabilitate hospitals in the country. The upgrade of the emergency department of the …
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FEBRUARY 18 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has commended outgoing PNG Defence Force Commander Major-General Gilbert Toropo for his distinguished service to the country. PM Marape made the commendation today (Friday Feb 18 2022) at the official handover-takeover parade at Murray Barracks in Port Moresby where Maj-Gen Toropo passed on the sword to new …
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FEBRUARY 17 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape, MP has announced that his Cabinet has cleared the P’nyang Gas Agreement, which now awaits signing between the State and ExxonMobil who is the lead project developer of the Petroleum Retention License (PRL) 3. The Prime Minister said: “When I took office in mid-2019, I committed to …
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