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Thailand Prime Minister to visit New Zealand and Papua New Guinea

BANGKOK, 15 March 2013 (NNT)- Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is scheduled to visit New Zealand and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea from March 21-25, 2013 at the invitations of...

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‘PNG eyes new Ok Tedi player’

Source: The National, Friday, March 15, 2013 CONTROVERSIAL Australian journalist Rowan Callick, who has been accused by the anti-mining lobby of being pro-BHP Billiton and Ok Tedi Mining Ltd, yesterday...

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Concern over use of sovereign wealth fund

Source: The National, Friday, March 15, 2013 Story and picture by MALUM NALUTHE head of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a global standard for improved transparency of government...

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Bank South Pacific posts K407 million profit

Source: The National, Monday, March 18, 2013  BANK South Pacific posted an operating profit before tax of K545.3 million last year, up 14.8% from the previous year’s profit of K475 million, chairman...

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Government minister charged with bribery and corruption

Source: The National, Monday,  March 18, 2013  By ADRIAN MATHIASA MINISTER in government was on Saturday arrested and charged with bribery and corruption in relation to last year’s national...

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Neill spruiks PNG resources to Japanese investors

By Jemima Garett of ABC  Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has told investors in Tokyo that his country is well placed to become a strategic supplier of Japan's long-term energy...

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Strange days, fur sure

 By Michael PascoeSydney Morning Herald It's not just the Labor Party capable of strange days indeed – US department store Neiman Marcus has been done over by the Federal Trade Commission for selling...

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OK Tedi will stay in PNG, says prime minister

ByEoin Blackwell, AAP Papua New Guinea Correspondent THE government of Papua New Guinea is still considering extending the mining lease for OK Tedi Mining Ltd under a new management structure, Papua...

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World expert calls on PNG to recognise snakebite problem

By MALUM NALUThe NationalMonday, March 25, 2013 One of the world’s leading snakebite experts has called on the Papua New Guinea government to give snakebite the high priority it deserves.Professor...

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Clinical trials to start on new Papuan Taipan anti-venom

By MALUM NALUThe NationalMonday, March 25, 2013 Several years of hard work for a small group of Papua New Guinean researchers, led by an Australian scientist, may soon result in development of a new...

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Cisco: Internet service too costly

Source: The National, Monday, March 25,  2013   THREE executives from Cisco Systems, a leading global network communications company, have decried the high cost of internet service in Papua New Guinea...

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Thai-PNG technical accord signed

Bangkok PostThai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Peter O'Neill presided over the signing of two agreements opening a new chapter in relations between the two...

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PNG to grant gas concessions to Thai firms

Bangkok PostPapua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has agreed to grant natural gas concessions to the Thai private sector during talks with his Thai counterpart Yingluck Shinawatra.Prime...

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New facilities for snakebite victims

By MALUM NALUThe Australian Venom Research Unit (AVRU)-University of PNG (UPNG) Snakebite Research Project has set up a new snakebite treatment unit in the emergency department of Port Moresby General...

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Papua New Guinea: Sowing fortunes

Oxford Business GroupAsia | 27 Mar 2013 The coming years pose considerable challenges to Papua New Guinea’s  agriculture sector as it continues to come down from the record highs it achieved in 2011....

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New York Times examines emergence of XDR-TB in Australia, PNG

News Medical"Australia's first death from XDR-TB -- extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, which is nearly incurable -- has alarmed health officials and added new heat to a debate over how to treat...

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Exciting new species discovery in Papua New Guinea helps bring hope to...

By Jonathan Booth in Science Sustainability Shrouded in mist and covered by dense canopy, the hot, steamy depths of Papua New Guinea’s remote western interior can offer an unforgiving domain. Despite...

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Telco to reduce internet price

Source: The National, Thursday, March 28,  2013   By GYNNIE KEROTELIKOM PNG says it will reduce the wholesale internet price from 9t to 3t per mega bit – by about 68% – to make the service available...

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BSP contributes 10K to PNG trade mission

Geraldine Panapasa Friday, March 29, 2013Fiji TimesTHE upcoming Fiji Trade Mission to Papua New Guinea would lift vital bilateral relations and enhance economic activity and integration as part of the...

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How PPPs are helping Papua New Guinea government deliver better rural primary...

By Health Team Asian Development Bank Written by Sakiko Tanaka, Senior EconomistThe health status of the population of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has deteriorated since the 1980s due to neglect of the...

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