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 The Social Democratic Party today welcomed the inclusion of an independent declared candidates who recently joined the party. Party Leader and incumbent NCD Governor Powes Parkop welcomed the inclusion of newly declared MP for Kagua Erave Maina Pano along with its declared MPs at the Hilton Hotel in Port Moresby. SDP MPs at Hilton Hotel. Photo by SDP Media Alongside him was newly declared member for Nipa Kutubu Billy Joseph and Central Bougainville MP Simon Dumarino. The inclusion of Pano now takes the total number of SDP’s parliamentary MPs to four with Parkop yet to be declared. Parkop says the party has made a strategic decision to join the coalition of the Pangu led government not just to make numbers but with working and substantive policies to contribute in delivering for the people. He further called on other independent candidates to join SDP and be mentored in politics. SDP had endorsed 34 candidates in the 2022 National General Elections and have four declared MPs so far. SD...

 Department of International Trade and Investment will be a “one-stop shop” for all large foreign investments in Papua New Guinea, according to Prime Minister James Marape. This includes large mining and petroleum investments in the country. PM Marape made this clear in Japan last Tuesday (September 27, 2022), when he met with executives of three large Japanese energy companies, and Japan Development Institute (JDI) which will help to develop special economic zones in PNG. This is a direct intervention by PM Marape to do away with the bureaucratic red-tape and corruption, through asking for enticements from investors, that has hindered so many foreign investments from happening in PNG over the last 47 years. International Trade and Investment Minister Hon. Richard Maru was present at all meetings in Japan and later travelled to Singapore and Manila, Philippines, as he starts globetrotting to bring in foreign investments into PNG. “Minister Maru is the Minister for International Trade a...