Former rugby league great named ambassador to 6th PNG Games
With just six months until the PNG Games, the 2005 Churchill Medal winner Scott Prince is unveiled as an official Games Ambassador. During an illustrious 15 year playing career the halfback represented Australia, Queensland in State of Origin, as well as the Indigenous All Stars. He played his club football for the Wests Tigers (whom […]
National Airports Corporation plans big extension at Port Moresby Airport
Port Moresby International airport is undergoing an expansion, ahead of an influx of passengers for the 2015 South Pacific Games, the 2018 APEC summit and projected increases in traffic as the economy grows. The Acting Managing Director of the National Airports Corporation, Joseph Tupiri, outlines the plans in the following Q&A from Business Advantage News. […]
Newsletter Issue 9th May 2014
Weekly LCCI Newsletter – 9th May 2014. Click here to read this week’s newsletter.
Air Niugini Flights from Port Moresby to Lae
The LCCI has received some strong criticisms about the apparent replacement of flights PX 106 and 108 (POM/Lae direct) with PX 186 seem to have commenced, flying from POM/HGU/LAE. This will affect adversely the ability of many business people to travel from Lae to Port Moresby in the morning and return in the late afternoon […]
Lae Roads Update – 9th May
The following update was received from Dekenai Construction Ltd regarding the pavement stabilisation and concrete surfacing of Aircorps Road from Morobe Avenue/Aircorps Road to Markaham/Butibam Road. The Contractor would like to inform you of a traffic management plan as the work progresses to the section of the road between Papindo Head Quarters and Roundabout (SVS). Click here for […]
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Tax Alert: IRC penalty regime
As the IRC continues to transition to its new SIGTAS platform they have advised that they will commence strict enforcement of the existing penalty rules for late payment of tax and late lodgement of returns and other documents. The IRC have acknowledged that penalty rules have not been properly applied in the past but their […]
Appeal for Cyclone Ita disaster in Milne Bay
An appeal for victims and communities affected by Cyclone ITA in Milne Bay three weeks ago was officially launched in Lae, Morobe Province on Thursday 1st May 2014. This is appeal will run for the whole month of May 2014. A Special Appeal to the Milne Bay Community residing here in Lae for; Each Milne […]
From the President’s Desk – Ethnic Clashes and Urban Migration
Following up on an article that appeared in the Post Courier on 16th November 2012, the LCCI wanted to report on the ethnic clashes that continue to persist today. Only some of the recommendations made by the LCCI have been addressed to date.The Morobe Provincial Government has recently and very publicly taken action to remove […]
Meet A-Tel: Papua New Guinea’s new mobile phone company
The mobile phone company set to become Papua New Guinea’s fourth mobile phone provider says it hopes to begin operations in the third quarter of 2014, targeting areas of the country where there is currently no coverage. Awal Telecommunications of Saudi Arabia was awarded individual Network Gateway Services, Application and Network licences in a deal […]
Newsletter Issue 2nd May 2014
Weekly LCCI Newsletter – 2nd May 2014 Click here to read this week’s newsletter.
Life after the LNG Construction Boom
BUSINESSES in PNG are adjusting to the winding down of the construction phase of the PNG LNG project. By Martyn Namorong With the project more than 95% complete, there are limited opportunities for many who once enjoyed growth as a result of the construction phase. In a March presentation to the Port Moresby Chamber of […]
From the President’s Desk – City Services
Why is it that we have poor services in Lae? All year we have had garbage banking up because there has been no proper and continuous garbage collection system. But there are a multitude of other services that are lacking which we are entitled to: Street lights that work Residential roads maintained Footpaths properly constructed […]