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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 […]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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