OCTOBER 5th 2021 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has described former Governor-General Sir Silas Atopare as a “statesman who walked in very high integrity and maintained peace in all aspects of society”. He said this today at the State Funeral of Sir Silas, the seventh Governor-General, at Sir Hubert Murray Stadium in Port Moresby.Sir Silas, […]

September 8th 2021 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has outlined the six major resource projects his Government is focused on. They are the Papua LNG Project, New Porgera Mine, Wafi-Golpu Mine, P’nyang LNG, Pasca LNG and Pandora LNG. PM Marape announced this in Parliament today when responding to the Ministerial Statement by Treasurer Hon. Ian

August 19th 2021 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says a sovereign wealth fund (SWF)will be set up as the Government, for the first time ever, has a clear policy on payment of dividends from resource projects. He announced this major breakthrough today when receiving a K100 million dividend payment from Kumul Petrolum Holdings Ltd (KPHL).PM

August 5th 2021 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says his Government wants to make the 2022 National Election “fair and friendly to everyone”.He said this today when speaking at the Registry of Political Parties’ Learning and Development Workshop in Port Moresby. The two-day event is being attended by executives of political parties.“Talking about the National

Approved for Release : August 2nd 2021 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says the Royal Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the K3 billion Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) loan is “not a waste of time and money”. He said this in response to criticisms by the Opposition and others on the COI, which was established

June 30th 2021 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has commended Puma Energy for its “workplace safety of the highest standards”.He was speaking today (Wednesday 30 June 2021) at a ceremony held by Puma Energy at its Napa Napa Refinery, outside Port Moresby, to mark 14-million hours of injury-free time the company had clocked up since

June 29th 2021 Japanese Prime Minister Hon. Yoshihide Suga says his country will support Papua New Guinea’s electrification programme, provide construction equipment for road development, and help with its emergency 30-billion-yen (K1 billion) support loan. He gave this assurance to Prime Minister Hon. James Marape during a Virtual Online Bilateral Summit between the two leaders

Approved for Release:June 4th 2021 Prime Minister Hon.James Marape today (Friday June 4th 2021) visited Porgera accompanied by State Ministers and Government delegates to announce the new Porgera Framework Agreement. The agreement was successfully negotiated with Barrick Niugini Ltd (BNL) in April this year. PM Marape, when handing over the agreement to resume mining operations

Approved for Release:June 3rd 2021 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has called for peace and sanity to prevail during the one-day Moresby North-West by-election which takes place today (Friday June 4th 2021). He also called on PNG Electoral Commission officers to be fair during this by-election, in the lead-up to the 2022 General Election. PM

May 21st 2021 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has welcomed the five-man Supreme Court decision this afternoon which ruled in favour of Speaker Hon. Job Pomat in the constitutional case filed by Opposition Leader Belden Namah. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the action of the Speaker to adjourn Parliament was constitutional. They refused all