DECEMBER 26, 2022  Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has welcomed the decision by Bank of Papua New Guinea (BPNG) to issue a provisional license to the Teacher’s Savings and Loans Society (TISA) to set up a fully-fledged commercial banking operation in PNG. “We would like a local bank with share offering to ordinary Papua New […]

DECEMBER 26, 2022 Prime Minister, Hon. James Marape met with the officials from the Bank of China on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, and welcomed their plans to extend their Representative Office license which they obtained from the Bank of Papua New Guinea (BPNG). PM Marape has also encouraged the Bank of China to apply for

DECEMBER 19, 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says there will be more scrutiny of the Public Service with restoration of the Office of the Office of Chief Secretary to Government. He said this today (Monday, December 19, 2022) when announcing the appointment of Secretary of Prime Minister and National Executive Council, Ivan Pomaleu, as

DECEMBER 4, 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape arrived in Sydney, Australia, this morning (Sunday, December 4, 2022) to attend the 16th PNG Mining and Petroleum Investment Conference. He is accompanied by Petroleum Minister Hon. Kerenga Kua, Mining Minister Hon. Sir Ano Pala and International Trade and Investment Minister Hon. Richard Maru to this prestigious

NOVEMBER 29, 2022  Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says the K590 million in cost-of-living relief, provided for in the biggest-ever K24.567 billion 2023 Budget handed down today (November 29, 2022) by Treasurer Hon. Ian Ling-Stuckey, shows that it is a “People’s Budget”. He said this today after Treasurer Ling-Stuckey handed down the Budget in Parliament.

NOVEMBER 22, 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has given his support to development of the oil palm industry in Papua New Guinea on a massive scale. PM Marape gave his support after he and East Sepik Governor, Hon. Allan Bird, met with representatives of Pacific Elite Palm Oil Group in Singapore on Monday (November

NOVEMBER 18, 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says Chinese President Xi Jinping has given him an undertaking to buy more or all that Papua New Guinea produces. The undertaking was made during a bilateral meeting between President Xi and PM Marape on the sidelines of APEC 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand, today (Friday, November 18,

NOVEMBER 17, 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has invited the United States of America to invest in downstream processing in Papua New Guinea, especially in fisheries. He made the invitation to US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, during their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of APEC 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand, today. PM Marape said

NOVEMBER 3, 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says the Government is investing in key infrastructure development such as the K125.7 million Kavieng Airport Development. He said this on Thursday, November 3, 2022, when opening the project which he launched in June 2020, built through the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded Civil Aviation Development Investment Programme

OCTOBER 26, 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says parents should be responsible for the education of their children and not expect the Government to do everything. He said this today when presenting K158 million to Education Minister Hon. Jimmy Uguro – the last tranche of the K632 million for 2022 – for school fee