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April 6th, 2020

‘Business Beat’ is the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s monthly newsletter.  It’s collated by Philip Lilomo who is the Chamber’s Media & Communications Officer.  Philip writes most of the Chamber’s media releases. He also manages the website contents, designs the Chamber’s monthly newsletter, brochures and maintains the organisation’s visual branding. Business Beat is […]

April 3rd, 2020

Owner and operator of Cairns based John Hartigan & Associates, John is a HR consultant who has kindly offered to provide complimentary professional support to community and business owners/managers in Human Resources and Industrial Relations given the difficult circumstances our community is in.  John is offering up to one hour professional time per business entity […]

March 26th, 2020

Tradelinked Cairns-PNG-Pacific congratulates the newly appointed members of the Cairns Chamber of Commerce Management Committee for 2020 and looks forward to a productive partnership. EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESIDENT – Sally Mlikota VICE PRESIDENT – Scott Pearson VICE PRESIDENT – Matthew Tickner TREASURER – Andrea Fogarty MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS Danny Betros Alan Dugan Danielle Jobling […]

March 23rd, 2020

The Prime Minister, Hon James Marape, MP issued an Official Statement on Sunday 22 March outlining measures being taken to help stop the the spread of the Coronavirus in PNG.   This statement is a result of confirming the first case of COVID-19 in the country –  20200322 Official Statement from PM

March 19th, 2020

The Chamber of Commerce & Industry Queensland, Cairns Regional Council, the Cairns Chamber of Commerce, Advance Cairns and Tourism Tropical North Queensland are conducting this joint business survey to help better understand the impact COVID-19 is having on local businesses and inform advocacy efforts. It would be appreciated if you could complete this survey and/or […]

March 18th, 2020

Tradelinked Cairns-PNG-Pacific regrets to announce that as a result of the increasing threat of the Coronavirus the decision has been made to postpone PNG Tradelinked business networking events until further notice.  The health and safety of our Tradelinked business networking participants is of the utmost importance and therefore we believe this is the best course […]

March 17th, 2020

The Papua New Guinea Government has placed a 60-day travel ban on all overseas travel for Public servants until a further review is done – https://news.pngfacts.com/2020/03/png-govt-imposes-travel-ban-due-to.html?m=1 From Sunday 22 March flights to and from Port Moresby will be scaling down.  Flights will cease in and out of Hong Kong;  Philippines; Narita; Sydney; Honiara and Nadi.   There […]

March 2nd, 2020

Introducing the 2020 Tradelinked Organising Group.  You can meet members of the Group at the monthly business networking events or email: info@tradelinked.com.au Order of Picture – right to left: Gary Aylward, Hot Croc Consulting Simon Foo, Kokopo Beach Bungalow Resort Judy Noller, Glockemann Water Pumps Deb Maguire, Facilitator, Tradelinked Cairns PNG Pacific Tony Sheehan, Evolution […]

February 3rd, 2020

The Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands Governments have released information to travellers wishing to enter their countries.  These new measures relate to precautions being taken to stop the spread of the Coronavirus.   Travellers to PNG can no longer get a visa at Jackson Airport to enter the country and are required to have visas […]

January 7th, 2020

If you’re seriously doing business with Papua New Guinea you may be interested in the latest Economic Outlook Report on PNG put out by ANZ Research December 2019.  A copy of the report is available on our Resources page under General. https://www.tradelinked-cairns-png.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20191218-PNG-Economic-Outlook_December-2019.pdf