OCTOBER 11, 2022 THE Marape Government is addressing law-and-order in the country in a holistic manner by working at boosting force strength, training, and putting some control on movement into urban centres and public space, Prime Minister Hon. James Marape said today in Parliament. This will begin next year with a “serious allocation” to Police […]

OCTOBER 11, 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape today (October 11, 2022) welcomed the latest World Bank report on Papua New Guinea, which shows that the Government’s economic reform programme is delivering on its promise of better times ahead. The latest World Bank Economic Update released last month says the economy in PNG is forecast

OCTOBER 10, 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has welcomed Barrick Gold President and CEO Mark Bristow and Newcrest Mining Ltd Managing-Director and CEO Sandeep Biswas who are here to work with the Government on progressing Porgera and Wafi-Golpu mining projects. PM Marape said the Barrick team led by Bristow, and the Government team led

OCTOBER 10, 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says sports can be a major income-generator for Papua New Guinea through our talented young people. He said this today (Monday, October 10, 2022) when congratulating the PNG men’s soccer team on winning the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Prime Minister’s Cup in Vanuatu. Both the PNG men’s

OCTOBER 5, 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape returns home today (Wednesday, October 5, 2022) after very-successful official visits to London (United Kingdom), New York City (USA), Brisbane (Australia), Tokyo (Japan) and Washington D.C. (USA). He was in London to attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and the ascension of King Charles III; the

OCTOBER 4, 2022 Department of International Trade and Investment will be a “one-stop shop” for all large foreign investments in Papua New Guinea, according to Prime Minister Hon. James Marape. This includes large mining and petroleum investments in the country. PM Marape made this clear in Japan last Tuesday (September 27, 2022), when he met

OCTOBER 2, 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has given the green lights to Japanese think tank Japan Development Institute (JDI) to help develop a new Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Master Plan for the country and work with partners like the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the World Bank to

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (WASHINGTON D.C. Prime Minister Hon. James Marape is pleased with the conclusion of his overseas travels in which he met key leaders of the world’s leading economies and was able to establish dialogue of trade and growth for Papua New Guinea. After concluding the US-Pacific Island Country summit at the White

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022  Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has told the LNG Japan Corporation that Papua New Guinea has about 20-trillion cubic feet (TCF) in stranded gas fields, apart from the major LNG projects, waiting to be developed. He said this in Tokyo on Tuesday (September 27, 2022) when inviting LNG Japan Corporation to invest

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has encouraged major Japanese company JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration, which already has a 4.7 per cent stake in the PNG LNG Project, to also participate in upstream and downstream of Papua LNG (Gulf), P’nyang LNG (Western) and the exciting new Muruk LNG (Hela). JX Nippon