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

Thursday April 22nd 2021 I welcome all those who are here today for this important press conference. Thank you for your time. I have called this press conference to speak to the nation plainly about our parliamentary processes and why it was important that we adjourned parliament yesterday. Following the conclusion of parliamentary business, Parliament

April 20th 2021 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says Papua New Guinea continues to benefit from the reforms set in place by former Prime Minister, the late Sir Mekere Morauta. He said this in Parliament on Tuesday (April 20th 2021) when paying his respects to Sir Mekere, who passed away last December, and was buried

Thursday 15th April 2021 Prime Minister Hon James Marape MP unveiled the billboard for the Somare Peace & Unity Park in Port Moresby this morning. It will be constructed at the vacant block of land at Independence Boulevard opposite National Parliament at Waigani in Port Moresby. Present were Dulciana and Arthur Somare, National Capital District