Tag: PNG Economics
‘Reckless’ kina devaluation spells disaster for PNG, says Nomane
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's deputy opposition leader James Nomane has accused the government of "reckless economic management" that has forced devaluation to manage loan...
K630m to restart Porgera mine with new deal for PNG landowners
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby
It will cost the Papua New Guinea state and Australian operator Barrick Niugini Ltd K630 million (US$180 million) to...
Jackson Kiakari: What happened to the PNG dream? How did paradise...
COMMENT: By Jackson Kiakari in Port Moresby
I am from the Papua New Guinea generation that was born in the 1980s, raised in the 1990s...
Rebecca Kuku: No end in sight for Port Moresby’s unaffordable rental...
COMMENT: By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
For the majority of Papua New Guineans living in the capital of Port Moresby, providing a home for...
Scott Waide: Our country, Papua New Guinea, is being taken away...
Papua New Guinea's opposition - bolstered by its government defectors - moved its camp to West Sepik provincial capital Vanimo at the weekened to...
‘Staggering’ drop in PNG’s resource sector revenue hits development
By Glenn Banks and Martyn Namorong in Port Moresby
Government revenues from Papua New Guinea’s mining, oil and gas sector have essentially dried up.
With the...
Sylvester Gawi: Papua New Guinea, a dream of the new...
By Sylvester Gawi in Singapore
I hope you are reading this with ease and a positive mindset to help change the course of this beautiful...
PNG LNG – failed predictions and PNG’s resource curse
“On almost every measure of economic welfare, the PNG economy would have been better off without the PNG LNG project.”
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Papua New...
Papuan landowners in PNG to receive first LNG project royalties of...
Boera village in Central province landowners from the PNG LNG Project to receive royalties. Video: EMTV News
By Meriba Tulo in Boera village, Papua New...
PNG’s ruling party has 300,000 ‘ghost voters’ in election, claims analysis
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Statistical indicators suggest the Peter O’Neill government in Papua New Guinea has used its power of incumbency to "cook the books"...