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From the President’s Desk – 25th July 2014

CRICKET LEGENDS TO VISIT LAE Two Cricket Legends will be in Lae next month. Arjuna Ranatunga and Andrew Bichel will be here on Thursday 28th of August and a fund raising dinner is being organised to raise funds for Cricket Lae. The kids of Lae will be able to attend a coaching clinic to be […]

Agreement with Vodafone UK will allow bmobile to expand and compete

Papua New Guinea’s third telecommunications operator, bmobile, has signed a partnership arrangement with the global giant, Vodafone UK. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Ramamurthy tells Business Advantage PNG what the agreement means for the company’s operations in PNG and Solomon Islands. Since its inception, bmobile has had a chequered history. Nine CEOs, under resourced and with […]

Ramu Agri Industries adds value to Sugar Crop

Papua New Guinea’s largest sugar grower, Ramu Agri Industries, is adding value to its sugar harvest with new products. Business Advantage PNG spoke to General Manager Jamie Graham about its production of spirits and ethanol. Ramu Sugar is a well-known brand in Papua New Guinea. Its producer, Ramu Agri Industries (RAI), harvested 320,467 tonnes of […]

From the President’s Desk

LAE FIRE SERVICE FIRE HYDRANTS – We have been on about the disappearing Fire Hydrants in the City for quite some-time. The many roads that have been reconstructed over the past 5 years, most without proper designs and specs, have simply built over a lot of these hydrants, or they have been filled with stones to […]

Digicel PNG plans television network as it expands its mobile network

Mobile phone provider Digicel PNG plans to launch its own multi-station television service later this year. The move is the latest in a series of strategic moves to transform the mobile phone company into a broader based media company in Papua New Guinea. Since the Papua New Guinea Government began deregulating the telecommunications market in […]

PNG Games on course to set a new benchmark

Work on improving the venues for the BSP PNG Games 2014 has now begun, after organisers signed up more key business sponsors, according to the Chairman of the Organising Committee, Phil Franklin. ‘The Bank of South Pacific has come on board as naming rights sponsor, which is excellent’, he told Business Advantage PNG. Another recent […]

Lower economic growth forecast for PNG

Economic growth in Papua New Guinea’s non-resources sectors is forecast to reach 1.6% this year, experts have warned.The Asian Development Bank says activity outside of mining and petroleum is expected to continue to slow, creating challenges for formal sector job opportunities.While growth in the LNG sector is expected to hit a record 20% next year […]

PNG Ports sponsor 6th PNG Games

The Host Organising Committee (HOC) of the BSP PNG Games is delighted to announce PNG Ports Corporation Limited (PNGPCL) as a major sponsor.PNGPCL has announced its support of K350,000 towards the 6th staging of the Games, which will be held in Lae, Morobe Province.PNGPCL is PNG’s major port service provider, providing the gateway to most provinces […]

Lae Nadzab Commercial Area prepares for takeoff

New land has been made available at Lae Nadzab Airport for growth of a supporting commercial business sector. Several commercial development opportunities at Lae Nadzab Airport have been offered by the National Airports Corporation (NAC) as part of ongoing upgrades.Lae Nadzab Airport, which is about 40km outside of the Morobe Province capital, is already upgrading […]

ICC International Centre for ADR Reports record number of requests

The number of requests filed with the International Centre for ADR of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) surged in 2013 largely as a result of the mandate given to ICC by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to administer disputes over new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) names. At the same time, […]