It’s an historic week for Papua New Guinea (PNG) as it hosts, for the first time, one of the powerful forums in the region and in the world – the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). Leaders from the world’s powerful countries of USA, Russia, China, Australia, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Indonesia,…
On behalf of the women and girls of Papua New Guinea, I’m grateful and humbled to take this opportunity to warmly welcome the Presidents, Prime Ministers, Ministers, leaders and delegates from the 21 APEC economies and observers from around the world to our beautiful country. The host city Port Moresby is not Papua New…
My post on the failure to appropriate 2016 debt repayments attracted a lot of attention and I thought it useful to set out clearly what my objectives are and my approach. In a previous professional life, I was seconded from PNG Customs Services to the Department of Treasury to work with the Tax Review Committee…