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THE use of social media is instigating social unrest and political stand-offs in the country and needs to be regulated, a parliamentarian says. Southern Highlands Governor William Powi said people with malicious intent had been posting discriminatory and defamatory messages and circulating them using social media. Powi said that was becoming a concern and something should be done to regulate the use of social media in the country. Several leaders in the country had raised concern on the abuse of social media in the country and called on regulatory measures to be enforced. Powi made the comment after rumours of dubious payments being made to several people by his government were circulated around the country through messages using social media. He said he was unaware of and had not instructed anyone to make such payments. He warned people to be responsible and not to use social media to tarnish his reputation. “I’m not aware of any dubious payment from finance. “This is a malicious atta

THE use of social media is instigating social unrest and political stand-offs in the country and needs to be regulated, a parliamentarian says. Southern Highlands Governor William Powi said people with malicious intent had been posting discriminatory and defamatory messages and circulating them using social media. Powi said that was becoming a concern and something should be done to regulate the use of social media in the country. Several leaders in the country had raised concern on the abuse of social media in the country and called on regulatory measures to be enforced. Powi made the comment after rumours of dubious payments being made to several people by his government were circulated around the country through messages using social media. He said he was unaware of and had not instructed anyone to make such payments. He warned people to be responsible and not to use social media to tarnish his reputation. “I’m not aware of any dubious payment from finance. “This is a malicious a

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is working on improving its infrastructure and stamping out corruption, which will make it a more attractive place to do business, its Prime Minister says. Peter O'Neill also told a mining conference in Sydney on Monday that the PNG political environment had continued to stabilise since the elections earlier this year. He said the improved political stability would be of benefit to the resource companies seeking to do business in the country. "We have established a very strong and very stable political environment," he told the conference. "We will soon make it stronger and more stable." Mr O'Neill said the new government was also working hard to stamp out corruption, which was often an impediment to business, and had set up a taskforce to tackle the problem. "We will take an uncompromising stand against corruption that our people are now demanding," he said. "I will not pretend we can eliminate corruption completely but

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is working on improving its infrastructure and stamping out corruption, which will make it a more attractive place to do business, its Prime Minister says. Peter O'Neill also told a mining conference in Sydney on Monday that the PNG political environment had continued to stabilise since the elections earlier this year. He said the improved political stability would be of benefit to the resource companies seeking to do business in the country. "We have established a very strong and very stable political environment," he told the conference. "We will soon make it stronger and more stable." Mr O'Neill said the new government was also working hard to stamp out corruption, which was often an impediment to business, and had set up a taskforce to tackle the problem. "We will take an uncompromising stand against corruption that our people are now demanding," he said. "I will not pretend we can eliminate corrupti

By GOVERNOR GARRY JUFFA, MP In December from the 3rd -0 5th, 2012, the 12th PNG – Australia Gas and Petroleum Conference will be held in Sydney, NSW, Australia, organized by the PNG Chamber of Mines and Petroleum. It will be held at the prestigious Sydney Hilton and once more all manner of people involved in the gas and petroleum industry in Papua New Guinea, either directly or indirectly will be there networking, hoping to impress one another with what they know, or who they are or who they know. There will be many current and ex politicians from PNG and Australia even, experts, gurus on this and that and econometricians, geologists, engineers, lawyers and accountants and so forth. There will be middlemen and agents, those who actually mine and those who mine the stock exchanges around the world, boosting their shares up with great news from the last frontier. In fact there will also be many experts on PNG, some who have actually lived there, some are even Papua New Guinean. Again, th

POMAT MANUAI, CEO Border Development Authority It is tough surviving on a government wage in Port Moresby these days! Makes you wonder how public servants like Pomat Manuai (Border Development Authority) can find K750,000 for a flashy apartment in Cairns! When he is not sweating it out in Port Moresby Pomat and his family take refuge in their “large 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom luxury apartments with large patios”. The apartment is handily position in a “great location very close to Cairns CBD, Hospital, Tafe and Cairns Central Shopping Centre Kepis Wali, ex-MD of the Mineral Resource Authority, owns this K850,000 home in Cairns Kepis Wali is not just another public servant struggling to survive in the high cost environment of Papua New Guinea’s capital city, Port Moresby. No, Kepis is not struggling at all. As well as being able to afford life in the capital, Kepis Wali has enough money left over for a K850,000 kina house in the Cairns suburb of Bentley Park. It seems handing out Mining Leas

POMAT MANUAI, CEO Border Development Authority It is tough surviving on a government wage in Port Moresby these days! Makes you wonder how public servants like Pomat Manuai (Border Development Authority) can find K750,000 for a flashy apartment in Cairns! When he is not sweating it out in Port Moresby Pomat and his family take refuge in their “large 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom luxury apartments with large patios”. The apartment is handily position in a “great location very close to Cairns CBD, Hospital, Tafe and Cairns Central Shopping Centre Kepis Wali, ex-MD of the Mineral Resource Authority, owns this K850,000 home in Cairns Kepis Wali is not just another public servant struggling to survive in the high cost environment of Papua New Guinea’s capital city, Port Moresby. No, Kepis is not struggling at all. As well as being able to afford life in the capital, Kepis Wali has enough money left over for a K850,000 kina house in the Cairns suburb of Bentley Park. It se