A new era for Digital Agriculture in Papua New Guinea: AMIS officially launched for evidence-based planning and management

Papua New Guinea reached an important milestone in its journey toward digital transformation in agriculture with the official launch of the Agriculture Management Information System (AMIS). The launch marked the successful national deployment of...

PNG ICSA Leads Major Operation to Deport Over 100 Illegal Foreign Miners in Morobe

Papua New Guinea’s Immigration and Citizenship Service Authority (ICSA) has carried out one of its largest operations this year, confirming the arrest and extraction of 105 foreign nationals allegedly engaged in illegal alluvial mining in Morobe...

Mining Jobs at K92 Mining Limited in PNG

Career Opportunities at K92 Mining Limited The Kainantu Gold Mine, operated by K92 Mining Limited in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea, offers a wide range of job opportunities across multiple areas of the mining sector. Since...

Regional innovations: The future is out here

Reading Time: 11 Minutes • Print this page In the crystalline waters surrounding Badu Island in the Torres Strait, there is a boatful of monkeys. Dennis Fay, a Cairns-based firefighter and former Australian Army soldier who was born and raised...

31st Australia-Papua New Guinea Ministerial Forum

Department of Defence The Albanese Government will welcome Ministers from Papua New Guinea to Canberra today for the 31st Australia-Papua New Guinea Ministerial Forum. The Ministerial Forum co-hosted by Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the...

Australia To Gift Papua New Guinea Defence Force Uniforms

Department of Defence In partnership with the Government of Papua New Guinea, the Albanese Government will gift 4,500 sets of Australian-made combat uniforms to the PNG Defence Force (PNGDF). The uniforms will be the same quality and fit as those...

Arpita Patra of IISc conquers four volcanic summits, aims for world record

BENGALURU: Arpita Patra, a professor at Department of Computer Science and Automation at the Indian Institute of Science (IISC), is an inspiration not merely for her students but her colleagues as well, notes Bosky Khanna, of The New Indian...

New Caledonia President: Our Two governments have a lot of things to do together

New Caledonia government President Alcide Ponga, who is in the country with a Trade Delegation, says the Papua New Guinea Government and his government have a lot to do together. President Ponga had bilateral talks with Prime Minister James Marape...

Geneva Cruz, Gerald Santos pay courtesy call at PH Embassy in Papua New Guinea

Geneva Cruz and Gerald Santos at the Philippine Embassy in Papua New Guinea. Photo: Instagram/@thegeraldsantos Geneva Cruz and Gerald Santos paid a courtesy call at the Embassy of the Philippines in Papua New Guinea ahead of their upcoming show,...

New Report Reveals Malaysian Exploitation Of Papua New Guinea’s Forests

Press Release – Bruno Manser Fonds While decades of unchecked logging has left Malaysia with less than 10% of its primary forest cover left, Malaysian timber groups’ are now flooding Papua New Guinea with timber business models perfected in...

Bittersweet reality bites region’s chocolate industry as rising costs melt profits

Li Peng Monroe and Peter Channells have come a long way since their first 2 kg cocao bean processor. Photo: Supplied. The thought of being a chocolatier may conjure Willy Wonka-esque ideas of sweet capers, but in reality, it’s a trade that’s at...

A saint to be for a nation: Peter To Rot’s witness shapes Papua New Guinea

Pope St. John Paul II declared Peter To Rot Blessed, in 1995, as the first Martyr of Papua New Guinea, as a new figure of holiness is a layman a husband, father, teacher, and catechist. Pope Francis approved his canonization on March 31, 2025, and...

Top resource analyst’s gold and copper outlook for Papua New Guinea [video]

Rising global gold prices have been spurred by sophisticated investors and global trade uncertainty, while the industrial commodity copper is growing in demand due to the rise of electric vehicles, renewable energy and artificial intelligence,...

Papua New Guinea’s rainforest under major threat says new report

KUALA LUMPUR – Millions of hectares of virgin rainforest in Papua New Guinea are under threat due to a contentious permit scheme, environmental groups warned on Oct 14. A new 56-page report by Malaysian-based forestry watchdog RimbaWatch, the...

Questions remain over acquisition of portion for airport and city development

On Sept 22, readers of Papua New Guinea’s two daily newspapers were told that Lands Minister John Rosso had used the power of compulsory acquisition granted to him by Section 12 of the Land Act 1996 to take control of a large area of land (about...

Building a diversified national mining company in Papua New Guinea

Kumul Minerals’ Sarimu Kanu. Credit: BAI/Stefan Daniljchenko BAPNG: Ok Tedi has been a cornerstone of KMHL’s portfolio. How is it performing today? Sarimu Kanu (SK): Ok Tedi is doing exceptionally well. In the first quarter of this year, we...

Harmony Gold Mining completes R18.4 billion acquisition of MAC Copper

Harmony Gold Mining Company, which has ended its 2025 year to June 30, with R11.1 billion in cash, said Friday it has completed the R18.4bn acquisition of MAC Copper, securing full ownership of the CSA mine and unlocking immediate copper...

ExxonMobil Works to Inspire the Next Generation of Female Engineers

The operator of the PNG LNG Project, ExxonMobil PNG Limited, recently welcomed 75 outstanding ninth-grade girls from five Port Moresby schools for a day of hands-on science experiments, mentorship, and exciting activities designed to spark their...

Harmony Gold Mining completes MAC Copper acquisition 

Harmony Gold Mining has completed the acquisition of MAC Copper, the proprietor of the high-grade CSA copper mine in New South Wales, Australia. The deal was completed through its wholly owned subsidiary, Harmony Gold (Australia). Discover B2B...

Australia's convict island: Oz begins ferrying migrant criminals to barren Pacific nation

By TARYN KAUR PEDLER, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 05:11 EDT, 29 October 2025 | Updated: 05:51 EDT, 29 October 2025 Australia has started to deport foreign detainees to Nauru, marking the start of a controversial deal with the tiny Pacific...