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Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape today brushed aside reports on social media about his son’s alleged involvement in the transportation of monies amounting to K1.56 million from Port Moresby to Komo in Hela Province.  He clarified this when speaking to the media upon returning from voting in his electorate this afternoon. PM Marape’s son was detained by Police at Komo airport in Hela Province after he was in possession of about K1.56 million [Photo by Komo Police] Mr. Marape said his son was at a location nearby to where the suspect was found with the monies. He said the money allegedly belonged to a local construction company – Ipwenz Construction Limited. Mr. Marape said “He was not in the plane carrying the money. He was not part of the team that was carrying the money. It was a complete isolated matter from another person who was transporting the money who happened to be Director of the company. Nothing to do with me. My son had no input in the transportation of the mone

 Papua New Guinea Prime Minister  James Marape says the allocation of four ministries to the agriculture sector is a complete paradigm shift to get agriculture moving again. The Marape Government’s focus on ‘Taking Back PNG’ is deeply embedded in the agriculture sector – which is the backbone of Papua New Guinea to drive the country and economy. The Prime Minister said it was no secret that agriculture had declined since Independence in 1975, and allocation of the four ministries was to rekindle the sector, for it to be a major income-generator for PNG. PM Marape said this when explaining the rationale for his allocating four ministries to the agriculture sector. “Albert Einstein once said, ‘insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result’, which is exactly what has happened to the PNG agriculture sector since 1975,” he said. • Goroka MP Hon. Aiye Tambua (Pangu Pati) is the Agriculture Minister responsible for administration of the department and t

Papua New Guinea  Minister for International Trade and Investment, Richard Maru has thrown his support behind moves by the Government to classify border posts as Special Economic Zones (SEZs). Prime Minister James Marape made the Government’s intentions known on the floor of parliament last week. Minister Maru told  local FM 100/ news that border posts are mini SEZs and will be identified as economic hubs that will be put into the SEZ reports. He said the government needs to build infrastructures like buildings, roads and bridges to house customs, police and Defence officers at the border posts. Meanwhile,  the Prime Minister said the boarder districts and provinces will be developed into trade and commerce hubs for economic purposes. He says the Department of Foreign Affairs together with the Department of Trade and International Relations and the Department of Defense will be engaged to layout the infrastructure of the border posts. Fm 100 / PNG Today Also read PNG Electoral Commissi