Author: Administrator
Air Niugini will commence weekly services connecting Australia, Papua New Guinea and Palau effective 28th February 2023. Air Niugini, in partnership with the Australian government will service this route under the Australian government’s Pacific Flight Programme which underwrites flights during the initial establishment phase. The programme has supported over 450 flights in the Pacific since December 2020 and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic across 14 routes and 11 countries. This has helped keep Pacific communities connected, maintain supply chains and deliver critical medicines. The programme removes airlines’ commercial risk operating an agreed flight, assuring regular and scheduled flights for passengers and…
PNG’s Fashion Brand, Lavagirl is now selling into Fiji as owner and fashion designer, Annette Sete, continues to grow her business and break into the Pacific market. Lavagirl is a household name in PNG having established itself among the women seamstresses and the SME space with her quality fabric and distinctive prints. Ms Sete has recently returned from Suva, Fiji, as she held talks with the founder and fellow fashion designer, Michael Mausioof the House of Mausio who will be distributing Lavagirlin Fiji. Lavagirl garments including PNG’s iconic MeriBlouse or Kolos is among some of the first products into the House of Mausio as well as the fabric pieces. Ms Sete said the arrangement would also see her MakuGifts Shops in Port Moresby carrying…
Opportunities for Papua New Guineans in Australia Young Papua New Guineans particularly from the Motu Koitabu and Central Province villages are flying into Australia in numbers to work mostly in Australia’s Agriculture sector under the Pacific Labor Mobility Scheme. The first batch that flew in the first quarter of this year has somewhat opened the flood gates for more applications from Papua New Guineans to take on this rare opportunity to work in a foreign country and earn a comfortable living. Another group heading to Melbourne Unsurprisingly, most of the applicants are unskilled and unemployed citizens but there is now…
Port Moresby City Transfers has kicked off their service providing a more technologically oriented service that’s intended to provide safety, comfort and with their RideShare initiative, to save costs. The initiative was initially thought about when Vai IP & Commercial had spare seats on their staff transport system and thought of arranging a RideShare initiative to other like-minded city workers to travel to and from work. POMCT’s fleet comes in sedans, minivans and vans to cater for the city workers who demand reliable transfer services that’s also safe and comfortable. The RideShare arrangement enables commuters to pay for their seats…
Tonga have escaped with a 24-18 win over Papua New Guinea in the most thrilling clash of the World Cup so far. Despite having the much weaker side, PNG fought hard and levelled the scores in the 67th minute only for Tonga to break their hearts with a frantic try with just three minutes left on the clock. The Kumuls will be wondering ‘what if?’ after Rodrick Tai was controversially denied a try in the corner in the 53rd minute. Tai looked to have plant the ball down as he was being pushed over the sideline by Tolu Koula, who…
DELAY IN PROCESSING OF PNG PASSPORT APPLICATIONS The Immigration and Citizenship Authority (ICA) wishes to inform its valued clients that you may continue to experience prolonged delays in processing times for your PNG passport applications. The delays experienced now is due to an unprecedented increase in volume of PNG passport applications received by ICA in the last 6 months which has put a strain on the capacity of our systems to respond within our turn-around times. Due to the significant increase in the daily intake of passport applications including those submitted under our Fast-Track processing arrangement, ICA continues to triage…
