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"Screw you pig, go to jail while I walk free from NPF, whose laughing now" THE Task Force Sweep has swiftly moved to arrest former speaker of parliament Jeffery Nape in Kundiawa, Chimbu, on the eve of the 37th Independence Day anniversary. Nape was alleged to have misused K5 million. A warrant of arrest issued by the Task Force Sweep was used to apprehend Nape as he was leaving the Kundiawa court house last Friday where he was attending a separate bribery charge of K30,000. Nape was alleged to have offered K30,000 to a fellow candidate in the Sinasina-Yongumugl seat during the elections to induce him to step aside. Reports said Kundiawa police acted on the advice of police investigators attached to the Task Force Sweep to arrest Nape. “The Sweep team executed the warrant through Goroka police who then briefed the job to Kundiawa police to effect arrest,” an officer said. He said the police have a duty to perform for the state. Therefore, they executed the warrant to make the

"Screw you pig, go to jail while I walk free from NPF, whose laughing now" THE Task Force Sweep has swiftly moved to arrest former speaker of parliament Jeffery Nape in Kundiawa, Chimbu, on the eve of the 37th Independence Day anniversary. Nape was alleged to have misused K5 million. A warrant of arrest issued by the Task Force Sweep was used to apprehend Nape as he was leaving the Kundiawa court house last Friday where he was attending a separate bribery charge of K30,000. Nape was alleged to have offered K30,000 to a fellow candidate in the Sinasina-Yongumugl seat during the elections to induce him to step aside. Reports said Kundiawa police acted on the advice of police investigators attached to the Task Force Sweep to arrest Nape. “The Sweep team executed the warrant through Goroka police who then briefed the job to Kundiawa police to effect arrest,” an officer said. He said the police have a duty to perform for the state. Therefore, they executed the warran

The Kina TT sell rate is dropping fast in the last couple of days USD 0.4550, USD0.4531, USD0.4526 This is showing sign that this government is throwing the economy down the drain, unplanned borrowing, unnecessary spending, K500million deficit in 9 months is something to worry about yes the problem list still stand tall regardless of K76billion spend in the last 10 years. Constant PNG Power power blackouts, Incompetent Telikom PNG with unreliable services, Papua New Guineans being paid under colonial pay grade as compared to their expatriate colleague with little experiences, Roads system crumbling down, still no company has found innovation in building tar roads that will last for more than a year. Housing and health care is a problem for all urban areas in PNG and the worst is still in the rural areas, Government is not smart enough to develop sustainable agriculture project that can equal the magnitude of the LNG and other mining projects so to save our mineral resources for future

The Kina TT sell rate is dropping fast in the last couple of days USD 0.4550, USD0.4531, USD0.4526 This is showing sign that this government is throwing the economy down the drain, unplanned borrowing, unnecessary spending, K500million deficit in 9 months is something to worry about yes the problem list still stand tall regardless of K76billion spend in the last 10 years. Constant PNG Power power blackouts, Incompetent Telikom PNG with unreliable services, Papua New Guineans being paid under colonial pay grade as compared to their expatriate colleague with little experiences, Roads system crumbling down, still no company has found innovation in building tar roads that will last for more than a year. Housing and health care is a problem for all urban areas in PNG and the worst is still in the rural areas, Government is not smart enough to develop sustainable agriculture project that can equal the magnitude of the LNG and other mining projects so to save our mineral resources f

Steve Reynolds Papua New Guineans, we are about to celebrate independence day tomorrow. But ALREADY WORRIED to celebrate the eve when : Government (P. O’Neil and his delegation) in Russia are going to spend PNG taxpayers money K12 Million- For absolutely nothing- Its really hard to get that sort of money when we cry for it in our services which takes years for delivery but this government looks fit to make transactions possible within days to finance the trip-WHAT IS PNG BENEFITING FROM THIS TRIP???; Brokering K6 Billion loan in China when we cannot control our accounts and financial management system in the country; My children will suffer to pay this huge loan that is obtained by crooks. In effect, 10-20% of the money will go to the private accounts of people who brokered it…It has been the case and it will be case. And How will this money will be spent? What are the budget or expenditure framework devised to necessitate the expenditure? What are the time line for repayments? Which

Steve Reynolds Papua New Guineans, we are about to celebrate independence day tomorrow. But ALREADY WORRIED to celebrate the eve when : Government (P. O’Neil and his delegation) in Russia are going to spend PNG taxpayers money K12 Million- For absolutely nothing- Its really hard to get that sort of money when we cry for it in our services which takes years for delivery but this government looks fit to make transactions possible within days to finance the trip-WHAT IS PNG BENEFITING FROM THIS TRIP???; Brokering K6 Billion loan in China when we cannot control our accounts and financial management system in the country; My children will suffer to pay this huge loan that is obtained by crooks. In effect, 10-20% of the money will go to the private accounts of people who brokered it…It has been the case and it will be case. And How will this money will be spent? What are the budget or expenditure framework devised to necessitate the expenditure? What are the time line for repayments? Whic

HAVE A GREAT DAY CELEBRATING OUR NATIONAL DAY, SEPTEMBER 16 1975

HAVE A GREAT DAY CELEBRATING OUR NATIONAL DAY, SEPTEMBER 16 1975

THE Papua New Guinea Defence Force is made up of three integral parts: the Land, Sea and Air elements. The Land element is the Army. Its flagships are the two Infantry battalions: the First Royal Pacific Islands Regiment and 2RPIR based at Taurama Barracks in Port Moresby and Moem Barracks in Wewak respectively. The two battalions are also responsible for running the country’s two infantry Forward Operations Bases (FOBs), one located in Kiunga in Western Province for 1RPIR and the other in Vanimo, West Sepik Province, for 2RPIR. Soldiers from the two infantry battalions are deployed to the two FOBs and serve four to six month stints there. Their primary role is to patrol strategic areas of parts of the 700km land border between PNG and Indonesia, gather military intelligence and report back to HQ, carry the flag, promote government’s presence in remote villages, engage in disaster and emergency duties and such other tasks as directed by their commanding officers at the FOBs and back at