Daewoo E&C Wins Papua New Guinea LNG Plant Deal

A panoramic view of the LNG plant in Papua New Guinea completed by Daewoo E&C in 2014. Photo courtesy of Daewoo E&CDaewoo Engineering & Construction (047040.KS) has won a construction contract for a liquefied natural gas project in Papua New …

Daewoo E&C Wins Papua New Guinea LNG Bid

Daewoo E&C disclosed on August 13 that it was selected on August 4 by TotalEnergies, the representative project owner of the Papua New Guinea LNG project, as the preferred bidder for the EPC of the ‘Papua CPF and Wellpads EPSCC’ project. This is an …

Papua New Guinea’s PM and business leaders chart next growth phase

A final investment decision (FID) on the US$14 billion-plus Papua LNG gas project “will be announced in November this year,” Prime Minister James Marape declared in his opening address to the 2026 Business Advantage PNG Investment Conference in Brisbane on …

Rise in Somalian piracy, decline in reported incidents in Gulf of Guinea, Singapore Strait

O’Fallon, Mo. police searching for suspect who abandoned 4 guinea pigs in 95-degree heat

O’FALLON, Mo. (First Alert 4) - The O’Fallon, Missouri, Police Department is asking for help finding the person who dumped four guinea pigs in exercise balls on the side of a road. The guinea pigs were found by a Good Samaritan on the side of Old Highway N …

Retired pastor documents life in Guinea

What began as a private project for his own family quickly turned into a local success story. Pastor Bill West, a retired pastor and former shipyard worker, originally started typing out memories so his grandchildren could understand a world they never got …

What inspectors found inside home with 114 guinea pigs shocked rescuers

Helen Elizabeth Weston, 61, and Michael Bernard Weston, 73, of Sir Charles Square in Newport, were sentenced at Newport Magistrates’ Court on August 12, after pleading guilty to five offences under the Animal Welfare Act. RSPCA Chief Inspector Emma Smith …

Papua New Guinea Consults on Digital ID and Biometric Data Laws

Papua New Guinea has opened public consultation on three bills that would establish legal foundations for data protection, cybersecurity, verifiable credentials and digital trust services across the country’s emerging digital identity ecosystem. The …

Guinea reaches $425m agreement with IMF

The Guinean government has announced that it has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on providing the country with $425m under a new economic programme supported by the Extended Credit Facility (ECF), according to a …

Guinea Eyes Simandou Revenue Surge With New IMF Loan Program

“The program with IMF will allow us to maximize revenues from Simandou and all the mining sector, but also to use them wisely,” Economy, Finance and Budget Minister Mariama Cire Sylla told reporters in the capital, Conakry, on Tuesday. “We need this …