Papua New Guinea citizens will soon find it easier to travel to Australia, after Prime Minister Julia Gillard said PNG would join its online visa scheme and the process for obtaining five-year multiple entry visas would be eased.
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John Tangit has been appointed Acting CEO of PNG Power, following the resignation of Tony Koiri.
The Papua New Guinea Government is promising to improve the law and order situation in PNG, with new laws covering white collar crime, rape and murder, while Australia will assist with police training.
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard launched the Pacific Women in Business initiative during her visit to Papua New Guinea, which establishes a mentoring program to assist women to access management positions and tackle violence against women.
Australia’s aid program will increase by 10 per cent or about A$500 million in the 2013-14 budget to a record AUD$5.7 billion—the equivalent of 0.37 per cent of gross national income (GNI).
There’s been plenty of international media coverage of last week’s visit by the Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to PNG … this and other international stories
Although gross domestic product (GDP) growth halved last year in the Solomon Islands, the Central Bank of the Solomon Islands’ (CBSI) 2012 annual report, released last week, makes encouraging reading.
Interview: departing CEO Ian Clyne on three companies that have transformed Papua New Guinea forever
After five years as ‘boss bilong BSP’, Ian B Clyne completes his five-year appointment as the CEO of PNG’s largest bank at the end of this month. Business Advantage PNG caught up with him for one final chat.
Kina Assets Management Limited (KAML), Papua New Guinea’s first and only listed investment company, has announced a return of 7.2% for the first quarter of 2013.
Registrations have now opened for the 2013 Papua New Guinea Advantage investment summit, to be held at The Gateway Hotel, Port Moresby, on 9 and 10 September.