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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 […]

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

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)

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

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

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

JANUARY 10 2021 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape today (Monday January 10 2022) announced a Cabinet reshuffle with six portfolios being rotated. This is in the wake of Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce and Industry Minister Hon. Sam Basil and Defence Minister Hon. Solan Mirisim being restored back to full office by their respective leadership

JANUARY 9 2021 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has described the late Central Bougainville MP Hon. Sam Akoitai as “a kwila of both Bougainville and Papua New Guinea”. He said this at Hon. Akoita’s Togarau village in Wakunai, Central Bougainville, as he joined Bougainville President Hon. Ishmael Toroama, Bougainville leaders and public servants, and the

JANUARY 5 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has directed the Health Department to work on direct procurement of drugs and medicines from World Health Organisation-sanctioned manufacturers and do away with the current system introduced by the previous O’Neill government. He issued the directions after a meeting with Indian High Commissioner to PNG, H.E. Shri

 JANUARY 2 2021 PRIME Minister Hon. James Marape has made his second visit to Manus Province to celebrate New Year and spend time with the people there. The Prime Minister arrived in the province on Friday (31 December 2021) with his wife, Rachael Marape; and accompanied by Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, William Samb; Secretary