Newsletter Issue 11th December 2015
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Key meeting this week to agree on Action Plan to boost major Papua New Guinea power grids
Hopes are high that an action plan to resolve the problems facing Papua New Guinea’s three main power grids will be endorsed at a key stakeholders’ meeting in Port Moresby this week, according to Gavin Murray, the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) Country Manager for the Pacific region. Papua New Guinea’s grid development plans are being […]
‘Light at the end of the tunnel’ for businesses wanting foreign exchange
There is ‘light at the end of tunnel’ for businesses struggling to access foreign exchange, according to the CEO of the country’s biggest bank, BSP. Robin Fleming says investment in the mining and petroleum sector and a new Sovereign Bond are the keys to boosting foreign exchange inflows. Since June 2014, Papua New Guinea businesses […]
Newsletter Issue 4th December 2015
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Prime Minister O’Neill challenges Papua New Guinea male leaders to play their part in eliminating domestic violence
The level of domestic violence in Papua New Guinea is ‘simply unacceptable, it is a shame on our communities and it is a shame on our nation’, according to Prime Minister Peter O’Neill. In a speech marking White Ribbon Day last week, he called on leaders in business, communities and the professions to take a […]
2016 WILL BRING PRESSURE ON PNG GOVERNMENT FINANCES AND CURRENCY, SAYS ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Papua New Guinea will find itself in a tight fiscal situation in 2016, according to the latest analysis by the Asian Development Bank’s economists. While more efficient public spending could yield large savings, they suggest more may need to be done to arrest the downward pressure on the currency. The latest edition of the Pacific […]
Newsletter Issue 27th November 2015
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Newsletter Issue 20th November 2015
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Newsletter Issue 13th November 2015
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Reaction to Papua New Guinea’s 2016 Budget: necessary cuts but still some challenges, say experts
The Papua New Guinea Government has made tough decisions in its 2016 Budget to avoid a cash and macroeconomic crisis. Business Advantage PNG talks to some experts on how the budget measured up to expectations, and what is still needed. ‘Reporting on the general government budget has definitely improved, thanks to parts of the Budget […]
Newsletter Issue 6th November 2015
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Opinion: a new action plan for Papua New Guinea tourism urgently needed
Following on from the Governor of the Bank of Papua New Guinea’s recent comments about the need to develop Papua New Guinea’s tourism industry, Melanesian Tourism Services’ Managing Director Sir Peter Barter argues for urgent cooperation between government and industry. It is rather interesting to read that the Governor of the Bank of Papua New […]