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PM MARAPE: DOL WRONG - POLICE COMMISSIONER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT ENFORCING THE LAWS PASSED FOR LAW BREAKERS LABELLING OF TARI-PORI PEOPLE AS ONLY LAWBREAKERS IN PNG ‘WRONG’: PM MARAPE TO  TOMURIESA by PNG SUN, 13 October 2022. The people of Tari-Pori district in Hela are hardworking, self-reliant and law-abiding people many of whom are engaged in micro to big businesses but for few lawbreakers, not dissimilar to many ethnicities of Papua New Guinea. Prime Minister and Member for Tari-Pori stated this yesterday as he said it was “wrong” of Deputy Opposition Leader (DOL) and Member for Kirriwina-Goodenough Douglas Tomuriesa to blatantly label Tari people as the only cause of ethnic violence in the National Capital and throughout the country. In so saying, the Prime Minister pointed out that the enforcement of policing in the country rests immediately on the shoulders of the Police Commissioner who should start making arrests to contain the situation to send the message that policing is

PM MARAPE: DISTRICTS TO FOCUS ON PROPER PLANNING TO BUILD ECONOMIC ROADS “Your justifications can clearly win the heart of National Planning if you clearly indicate that your road in your district leads to a coffee, cocoa, copra, vanilla or any other cash crop, because we want those roads to be economic roads and not only social roads.” - PM Marape. Marape - Rosso Government 2022 PM Marape Encourages Districts To Win  Hearts With Their Submissions Prime Minister James Marape is encouraging the districts to come up with proper planning aligning their roads with agricultural plans.   PM Marape made mention of this while responding to a question raised by Nawaeb MP Theo Pelgen in Parliament yesterday. He says if districts can come up with attractive submissions of their roads with agricultural locations, the Department of National Planning will be convinced to help support these districts connecting their roads with their respective agricultural locations.  He says this is important beca

PM Marape said the Government was focused on all sports to develop young people in the country as well as be an income-generator. "Sports in PNG is not just rugby league but also soccer, basketball, athletics, weightlifting, boxing, rugby union, and all others," he said. "Sports comes under the Ministry of Higher Education, headed by Hon. Don Polye, and if properly harnessed can be a career for our talented young people. "We want to further develop all sports, and I call on administrators of all codes to work with the departments of Education and Higher Education, to ensure that we identify this talent at a very young age. PM MARAPE SAYS SPORTS CAN BE MAJOR INCOME-GENERATOR FOR PNG Marape - Rosso Government 2022 |  APPROVED FOR RELEASE: OCTOBER 10, 2022. Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says sports can be a major income-generator for Papua New Guinea through our talented young people. PM Marape said this today (Monday, October 10, 2022) when congratulating the PNG m

“My Government has shown support for both Porgera and Wafi-Golpu by approving over K900 million each as Infrastructure and Business Development funds for both project area land owners and provincial governments,” PM Marape said. “We will go to our landowners and provincial governments as soon as headline agreements and other legal requirements are progressed.” “The New Porgera is historic for PNG because this operation will be the first time PNG companies – representing Landowners and Government – will hold a combined 51 per cent equity while investors will hold the 49 per cent balance. “Wafi-Golpu is a new green field project and cannot be compared to Porgera, however, I will use the same bargaining principles,” - PM Marape PNG PRIME MINISTER JAMES MARAPE WELCOMES PROGRESS ON PORGERA AND WAFI-GOLPU MINES Marape-Rosso Government 2022 : APPROVED FOR RELEASE : OCTOBER 10, 2022. Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has welcomed Barrick Gold President and CEO Mark Bristow and Newcrest Mining

WATCH HERE PRIME MINISTER of PAPUA NEW GUINEA to the SEVENTY-SEVENTH SESSION of the UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY GENERAL DEBATE PAPUA NEW GUINEA COUNTRY STATEMENT by ​HON. JAMES MARAPE, MP | 22 SEPTEMBER 2022, NEW YORK . His Excellency, Mr. Csaba Korosi, President of the General Assembly; His Excellency, Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Distinguished Fellow Heads of State and Governments; Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen; It is my honour and privilege to, again, join and address this august Hall.   On my Government and people’s behalf, I congratulate you, Mr President, and the Government and people of Hungary, on your election to preside over the new term of the General Assembly’s work and wish you well. Mr. President, Your presidency’s theme of an integrated agenda for peace, prosperity and sustainability through multilateralism is most needed today.  We must build on the good foundations laid by your predecessors and all of us.  This is given the tu

PM MARAPE ON GOVT OFFICES RENTAL ISSUES Marape - Rosso Government 2022 - 06/10/2022. Prime Minister James Marape has called out to landlords leasing their buildings to Government offices to be aware that his Government is moving into arrangements to own those buildings. PM Marape says they will be moving into the build-operate lease transfer arrangements to own those buildings in the next 10 to 15 years' time.  . PM Marape said after paying out the outstanding leases they will be working towards owning those buildings. The Prime Minister made this bold statement in response to Journalists' questions about government officials being locked out at Vulupindi and  Revenue Haus respectively by landlord Nambawan Super Limited (NSL). This happened over non-payment of rental arrears by the Government. PM Marape was responding to the Journalists upon his arrival at the airport from his oversea trips. ''Much of those arrears are arrears we have been carrying over from many many y

PM MARAPE SAYS DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT WILL BE 'ONE-STOP SHOP' FOR ALL LARGE FOREIGN INVESTMENTS IN PNG APPROVED FOR RELEASE:OCTOBER 4, 2022 by  Marape - Rosso Government 2022 Department of International Trade and Investment will be a "one-stop shop" for all large foreign investments in Papua New Guinea, according to Prime Minister Hon. James Marape. This includes large mining and petroleum investments in the country. PM Marape made this clear in Japan last Tuesday (September 27, 2022), when he met with executives of three large Japanese energy companies, and Japan Development Institute (JDI) which will help to develop special economic zones in PNG. This is a direct intervention by PM Marape to do away with the bureaucratic red-tape and corruption, through asking for enticements from investors, that has hindered so many foreign investments from happening in PNG over the last 47 years. International Trade and Investment Minister Hon. Richard Ma