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Did you know that in the last Election in 2007, there was about 76 contestant for the Oro Regional seat? Well if you don't, then I am telling you, so now you know. Out of that many the candidates, only Pastor Taminabae won, not Pastor Oswald Taminabae but his uncle. I know the Taminabae's, because one them is Oldim Taminabae, with whom I used to play Rugby Union against. He was and still is a Policeman so he played for the Royals Club and I played for the Barbarians (a club made up of Australian & Kiwi Expats).... The Taminabae's are also famous musicians. They had a Gospel Band called the Higher Vision, and their Gospel music was very very popular in the 80's and still is...but I must say I am disappointed with Pastor Taminabae not as a Pastor and man of God, but as the Governor for Oro....Late last week I met an old friend, and I did know that he was one of the 76 candidate for the Oro Regional seat, in 2007, and he actually came 5ft, out of the 76...and his name

There once ruled a grand old chief, who ruled with a hand that was stiff. One day he fell quite sick, think becoz of being such a dick. He sought treatment the world over, where in Singapore he fell in a coma. His stupid ass dim witted son, announced his father's days of rule were now over and done. Now with that his father suddenly awoke, and when told of the news he nearly had a stroke. He called for his son and this is what he spoke. Arthur you pakin kan!! Who said my days were done?! When we return to PNG! You'll pay back the people’s money you owe me! Meanwhile back at the ranch, Peter O-Neil was in charge of the bench. With his crazy side kick Beldem Namah, they were a bit like dumb and dumber. Whilst the so called retired, grand old chief, returned home confused, in utter disbelief. We won't mention other words, he spoke to Arthur, but they didn't make him any smarter. I'm going to the courts! said the grand old chief, O-Neil’s not experienced to be a great t

There once ruled a grand old chief, who ruled with a hand that was stiff. One day he fell quite sick, think becoz of being such a dick. He sought treatment the world over, where in Singapore he fell in a coma. His stupid ass dim witted son, announced his father's days of rule were now over and done. Now with that his father suddenly awoke, and when told of the news he nearly had a stroke. He called for his son and this is what he spoke. Arthur you pakin kan!! Who said my days were done?! When we return to PNG! You'll pay back the people’s money you owe me! Meanwhile back at the ranch, Peter O-Neil was in charge of the bench. With his crazy side kick Beldem Namah, they were a bit like dumb and dumber. Whilst the so called retired, grand old chief, returned home confused, in utter disbelief. We won't mention other words, he spoke to Arthur, but they didn't make him any smarter. I'm going to the courts! said the grand old c

The O’Neill government’s "monitoring" of emails, mobile phones and social media to identify sources of anti-government information in Papua New Guinea has come under fire. Ben Micah, a controversial former MP who now works as chief of staff to parliament-elected Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, released a statement last Wednesday warning the PNG army, police and spy agency National Intelligence Organisation (NIO) were monitoring attempts to destabilise the government using emails, phones and social media. However, the regime's Big Brother-like scrutiny has attracted the attention of global free press watchdog International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and media commentators, and triggered the ire of ordinary Papua New Guineans. Media commentators have described the O’Neill government’s crackdown as having “Gestapo-like” features, in reference to the German secret police which operated under Hitler’s Nazi regime, and asked whether the state apparatus will also

Sir Michael Somare lost control of his government in part because he failed to communicate with his back bench, Papua New Guinea's former acting prime minister says. In his first public comments on the inner workings of the Somare government since it fell on August 2 last year following a backbench coup, Sam Abal says the former government concentrated too much power among its economic ministries. Mr Abal was Sir Michael's deputy and led his government between mid-March and August 2 while the 75-year-old veteran prime minister was in Singapore undergoing multiple heart operations. "We didn't give enough attention to the back benches," Mr Abal told AAP. "I saw that there was a lot of pressure building up over the past nine years (the Somare government was in office.) "When the opportunity came, the back benches went for it." That opportunity saw 70 of PNG's 109 MPs form a blo

Sir Michael Somare lost control of his government in part because he failed to communicate with his back bench, Papua New Guinea's former acting prime minister says. In his first public comments on the inner workings of the Somare government since it fell on August 2 last year following a backbench coup, Sam Abal says the former government concentrated too much power among its economic ministries. Mr Abal was Sir Michael's deputy and led his government between mid-March and August 2 while the 75-year-old veteran prime minister was in Singapore undergoing multiple heart operations. "We didn't give enough attention to the back benches," Mr Abal told AAP. "I saw that there was a lot of pressure building up over the past nine years (the Somare government was in office.) "When the opportunity came, the back benches went for it." That opportunity saw 70 of PNG's 109 MPs

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