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Prime Minister James Marape was pleased with the conclusion of his overseas travels that he had met key leaders of the world’s leading economies and were able to establish dialogue of trade and growth for Papua New Guinea. PM MARAPE CONCLUDES HIS OVERSEAS ENGAGEMENTS ON A HIGH NOTE By Marape - Rosso Government 2022 | Friday, September 30th, 2022 (Washington D.C.). Prime Minister James Marape was pleased with the conclusion of his overseas travels that he had met key leaders of the world's leading economies and were able to establish dialogue of trade and growth for Papua New Guinea. After concluding the US-Pacific Island Country summit at the White House yesterday (Thursday September 30th, 2022) with US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Marape is contented that key bilateral dialogues and conversations were established with world's leading economic powers. Prime Minister Marape said making connections with these highest offices on earth is indeed positive for our aspirations ...

PM MARAPE INVITES JAPANESE COMPANY SOJITZ TO INVEST IN PNG LNG Approved For Release: September 29, 2022 - Marape Rosso Government. Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has invited leading Japanese company Sojitz Corporation into the upstream and downstream processing of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Papua New Guinea. He made the invitation to Sojtiz during a meeting with President and CEO, Masayoshi Fijumoto, and his delegation in Tokyo on Tuesday (September 27, 2022) during his one-day visit to attend the state funeral of former prime minister Shinzo Abe and bilateral meeting with current Prime Minister Hon. Fumio Kishida. PM Marape – who was accompanied by International Trade and Investment Minister Hon. Richard Maru, East Sepik Governor Hon. Allan Bird and PNG Ambassador to Japan H.E. Samuel Abal – said the Government would make land available for Sojitz to come into PNG in a big way. PM Marape said Sojitz had been wanting to venture into downstream processing of LNG in PNG, as well as...

 

KRAMER SUSPENDED FROM LEADERSHIP DUTIES Post Courier - Friday, September 30, 2022 MINISTER for Labour and Immigration and Madang MP Bryan Kramer has been suspended from Leadership duties after the Leadership Tribunal accepted the Reference and Statement of Reasons inquiring into misconduct allegations against him. Public Prosecutor Pondoros Kaluwin formally presented the Reference and Statement of Reasons before the tribunal bench consisting Justice Lawrence Kangwia as Chairman and Principal Magistrates Edward Komia and Josephine Nidue. Although lawyer assisting Kramer requested the tribunal to adjourn the tribunal to allow the leader fair opportunity to look onto the reference as well as the Statement of Reasons and respond accordingly, the tribunal unanimously ruled that the reference be presented and the leader can have the opportunity to look at the reference and prepare his response during the adjournment. By operation of law under s.28 of the Organic Law on Duties and Responsibil...

What is your advice to other young people who are criticized for trying to do something great for themselves? Criticism is the best teacher. It hurts your pride but builds your confidence. From my perspective there are two types of criticisms. There is the type that builds you and there is the other type that is just plain "noise."  I pay attention to the type of criticisms that will build me. I ignore that type that don't contribute to my growing which I like to consider as "noise." Noises are distractions and who likes noise when they are concentrating. THE ANGELIC VOICE BEHIND ''GOMOHANE'' by Solomon Aplas.    Esther Vicky Kave or better known as 'Estapacifica' has made a remarkable debut two years ago in the music industry in PNG with her newly released heartfelt songs titled: "Gomohane" and "Mangi West Papua", which have captivated the hearts of many Papua New Guineans, nationwide. The 28-year-old hails from Era...

The other major product that is part of the IRC Digital Transformation agenda is the QR Coding for all the Tax Compliance Certificates. Mr Koim said the introduction of QR Coding is to addresses the challenges of the production of fake COCs and distribution of fake COCs faced over the years. NEW PRODUCTS FOR TAX PAYERS EXPECTED Post Courier - Wednesday, September 28, 2022 BY LORRAINE WOHI The Internal Revenue Commission is looking at introducing few of its new products to the taxpayers in the coming months, one of which include the Small Business Tax Regime. Internal Revenue Commission (IRC) Commissioner General, Sam Koim said the Small Business Tax Regime (SBT) was introduced to attract those in the Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) space and those whose turnover is below K60, 000 to only pay K250 in a year. "SBT will allow you file one page or two page return and you only file once in a year unlike others in the previous regime where you expected to file too many ...

To: PRIME MINISTER JAMES MARAPE We suffer in silence because we need to work and provide for our family and for survival. A lot of working class are struggling and yet the government doesn't care about it. Yes we do understand, government needs money to run the country and tax is one major revenue that funds the annual budgets. Poverty level is very high, beggars every where on the streets, high level of law and order problems, corruption, and the lists goes on and on. 47 years of political independence but we are still struggling financially. Can the government look at other sources of generating revenue and reduce the Salary and Wage Tax from 42% to at least 30% maximum. This will relieve majority of the working population. Meaning people will have at least enough money in their pockets. by: Jeremy Rainald  - Human Resources Manager at Petroleum Industry. Dear Prime Minister, Hon. James Marape, On behalf of all the working class Papua New Guineans,...

PNG's minimum wage by   Stephen Howes ,  Kingtau Mambon  and  Kelly Samof September 28, 2022 The urban minimum wage has been an important part of Papua New Guinea's economic history. In the last few years before independence (in 1975), it was greatly increased. In the decade or so after independence, it was widely regarded as too high. In 1992, it was slashed, merged with the rural minimum, and hardly increased again for more than a decade. We can compare the minimum wage in PNG today with other Asia and Pacific developing countries using International Labour Organization (ILO) data.  As Figure 1 shows, PNG's minimum wage is 18% below the average of the 19 countries shown if the market exchange rate is used to compare minimum wages.  It is 37% below the average if differences in cost of living are also taken into account (with conversions made on the basis not of market exchange rates but so-called purchasing power parities or PPPs).  The greater diffe...

The Seven (7) MUST follow WEBSITES for Papua New Guinea and Pacific content. Many people do not have the time to read 15-20 pages articles.  The max one can enjoy is 2 pages, but you want that 2 page content to be good. Below are 7 platforms you should subscribe to or check daily if you're interest in PNG and Pacific economics, policy, social, political, legal etc. THE SEVEN (7) MUST FOLLOW WEBSITES FOR PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND PACIFIC CONTENT by  Academia Nomad  –  13 September 2022. The Seven (7) MUST follow WEBSITES for Papua New Guinea and Pacific content. Many people do not have the time to read 15-20 pages articles. The max one can enjoy is 2 pages, but you want that 2 page content to be good. Below are 7 platforms you should subscribe to or check daily if you're interest in PNG and Pacific economics, policy, social, political, legal etc. Note: only sites that have independent editors listed here. Personal blogs are not listed because they contain personal views, a...

by Lino Jeremaih Tom RAYS OF HOPE PNG is set to benefit from this Program called "Rays of Hope" championed by the International Atomic Energy Agency to ensure Radiation Therapy is made widely available for Cancer treatment.  Cooperation with IAEA will also see help in so many other areas like Agriculture; climate change etc apart from Health. We attended the 66th Annual Convention for the IAEA here at Vienna where I was invited to give a speech on the nations position with a delegate that comprised of Secretary Liko; Director General for Nisit; Dr Paki Molume (CEO PMGH); Dr Gua Tau (Dep Sec Health); Dr Peter Olali (Clinical Oncologist) and George Otto. By the end of 2023, we hope to fully establish a Cancer Center here at PMGH. It requires a lot of expertise and finance and that's where the IAEA will come on board to assist (They've also assisted us in so many areas).  It requires a CRITICAL CORE comprising clinical experts to nuclear scientists and other technical ar...

Japan Ready to Help Papua New Guinea International Trade and Investment Ministry of Papua New Guinea - September 26, 2022. The CEO and Chairman of Japan Development Institute (JDI), Dr. Shoichi Kobayashi met with the Minister for International Trade and Investment, Hon. Richard Maru yesterday in Tokyo to express JDI's keen interest to come to Papua New Guinea (PNG) and help develop a new Special Economic Zone Master Plan for the country and work with partners like the Asian Development Bank (ADB), JICA and the World Bank to build SEZs right across the country.  JDI is an independent private think tank firm based in Tokyo. JDI has been engaged by many Governments in Asia and Africa over the last 40 years to develop SEZs including China, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Tanzania and many others, and have learnt from the successes and failures of SEZ developments and are ready to assist PNG. China is the most successful country in the world, where they now have 2500 SEZs in operation, cre...

The Minister for Health, Hon. Dr. Tom Lino has highlighted what the people of Papua New Guinea should be expecting in HEALTH in the NEXT THREE MONTHS. No nation in the world has conquered health and its issues. Even the developed world struggle. We’re no exception and we do have our own peculiar issues.  THE NEXT 3 MONTHS-WHAT TO EXPECT IN HEALTH By Hon. Dr Tom Lino | Wabag MP & Health Minister  Happy 47th Independence PNG! Nations have taken centuries to develop. We've barely made a start but that's not an excuse. We can do better. Firstly, we thank God for a beautiful country that is so full of promise. I also thank him for this opportunity to serve His people in this very important social sector. I thank the good Prime Minister Hon James Marape and his Pangu Party for gracing me with this opportunity. No nation in the world has conquered health and its issues. Even the developed world struggle. We're no exception and we do have our own peculiar issues.  Currently, ...

FIVE (5) REASONS WHY PNG WOMEN'S RUGBY LEAGUE SUPERSTAR, MS. ELSIE ALBERT DID NOT WANT TO CELEBRATE THE INDEPENDENCE DAY OF HER COUNTRY, THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Papua New Guinea Orchids Captain and NRLW Dragons rampaging lock Elsie Albert made a post expressing her views why she didn't celebrate Papua New Guinea's Independence Day today (16th of September 2022). Ms. Elsie Albert writes, My top five (5) REASONS for not celebrating INDEPENDENCE (of Papua New Guinea) this year (2022). INDEPENDENT, yet DEPENDENT. DECLEARED CHRISTIAN NATION, yet very CORRUPT. NATURAL RESOURCE RICH, yet very POOR. Claiming STEADY ECONOMY, yet INFLATION is HIGH. VERY VERY LOW MINIMUM WAGE, yet INCREASED TAX DEDUCTION.  What are your thoughts? Leave a comment below...

Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says Papua New Guinea can become a food supplier to the world with its abundance of land and sea,  when addressing the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Friday (September 23, 2022), and invited new international development partners to work with Papua New Guinea in the agriculture sector, particularly in downstream processing. Photo credit: United Nations Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says Papua New Guinea can become a food supplier to the world with its abundance of land and sea. PM Marape, when addressing the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Friday (September 23, 2022), invited new international development partners to work with PNG in the agriculture sector, particularly in downstream processing. Earlier in the week, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, when addressing the UNGA, talked about the emerging world food crisis as a direct result of the Russia-Ukraine war. PM Marape said many part...