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The women were accused of killing an eight-year-old girl in Mount Hagen, the same city where a crowd burnt a 20-year-old mother last week after stripping her naked and beating her  in a killing that shocked the world . A police commander, Teddy Tei, said an angry crowd claimed two elderly women had killed the eight-year-old, but that police believed she had been "gang-raped and killed by two known suspects". The suspects were among the crowd attacking the women, who were tied to poles and about to be burnt. Also present was a "glassman" - a man who claimed to have supernatural powers and who had identified the luckless women as sorcerers and claimed they were responsible for the child's death. About 20 people were arrested. The incident follows the killing two weeks ago of Kepari Leniata, 20, who was reportedly tortured with a branding iron and tied up, doused with fuel and burnt on a pile of rubbish topped with car tyres, while a crowd including children looked

The women were accused of killing an eight-year-old girl in Mount Hagen, the same city where a crowd burnt a 20-year-old mother last week after stripping her naked and beating her  in a killing that shocked the world . A police commander, Teddy Tei, said an angry crowd claimed two elderly women had killed the eight-year-old, but that police believed she had been "gang-raped and killed by two known suspects". The suspects were among the crowd attacking the women, who were tied to poles and about to be burnt. Also present was a "glassman" - a man who claimed to have supernatural powers and who had identified the luckless women as sorcerers and claimed they were responsible for the child's death. About 20 people were arrested. The incident follows the killing two weeks ago of Kepari Leniata, 20, who was reportedly tortured with a branding iron and tied up, doused with fuel and burnt on a pile of rubbish topped with car tyres, while a crowd incl

Corrupt past brought to parliament,  Fabian PORK By Graham Tenaen Robinson   As the parliament bell rang this morning both Government and Opposition MPs turned out with a good representation of 70% in attendance. The opposition through deputy opposition leader Hon. Sam Basil did not waste time during Q & A on the floor of parliament as he made reference to the Commission of Inquiry set up by Rt Hon. Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare in June 2006 into the Investment Corporation Fund of PNG including the new Pacific Balanced Fund that reported a write off a write-off of shareholder funds amounting to K37 million. The staggering amount is part of 11 terms of reference relating to Administrative and Financial Management Procedure, Appointment of Trustee, Managers including other issues. Member for Bulolo and Deputy Opposition Leader Hon. Sam Basil asked Prime Minister O’Neill when he was going to provide directions as per the findings and Recommendations of the COI Report into the Invest

Corrupt past brought to parliament,  Fabian PORK By Graham Tenaen Robinson   As the parliament bell rang this morning both Government and Opposition MPs turned out with a good representation of 70% in attendance. The opposition through deputy opposition leader Hon. Sam Basil did not waste time during Q & A on the floor of parliament as he made reference to the Commission of Inquiry set up by Rt Hon. Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare in June 2006 into the Investment Corporation Fund of PNG including the new Pacific Balanced Fund that reported a write off a write-off of shareholder funds amounting to K37 million. The staggering amount is part of 11 terms of reference relating to Administrative and Financial Management Procedure, Appointment of Trustee, Managers including other issues. Member for Bulolo and Deputy Opposition Leader Hon. Sam Basil asked Prime Minister O’Neill when he was going to provide directions as per the findings and Recommendations of the COI Report into

By NATHAN DINGU It has occurred to me that most Papua New Guineans do not comprehend the meaning of a budget blowout and a lessening GDP (Gross Domestic Product). Well the true fact is that this is happening in Papua New Guinea right as we speak. James Marape, Minister for Education and Finance has recently announced that PNG shall be in budget deficit by as much as K2.4 billion. Of which PNG shall seek both internal and external funding of this. A Budget deficit occurs mainly as a result of a lessening GDP, which literally means more government spending on top of a declining revenue sector. What does this tell the average Papua New Guinean? We are currently facing a situation whereby there will be: - Less business revenue resulting in more unemployment - Possibility of hyper inflation - More Borrowings by the government to cover expenditure in 2013 resulting in - More borrowings by the government by 2014 What is the government doing about this? They are spending more in free health a

By NATHAN DINGU It has occurred to me that most Papua New Guineans do not comprehend the meaning of a budget blowout and a lessening GDP (Gross Domestic Product). Well the true fact is that this is happening in Papua New Guinea right as we speak. James Marape, Minister for Education and Finance has recently announced that PNG shall be in budget deficit by as much as K2.4 billion. Of which PNG shall seek both internal and external funding of this. A Budget deficit occurs mainly as a result of a lessening GDP, which literally means more government spending on top of a declining revenue sector. What does this tell the average Papua New Guinean? We are currently facing a situation whereby there will be: - Less business revenue resulting in more unemployment - Possibility of hyper inflation - More Borrowings by the government to cover expenditure in 2013 resulting in - More borrowings by the government by 2014 What is the government doing about this? They are spending more in free health

Post Courier PM will order a "Will Look into It" enquiry Usual for a PM who is keen on keeping a known fugitive in his shadows. UNITECH Vice Chancellor Dr Albert Schram was on Air Niugini flight PX 393 which departed Singapore on the evening of Thursday, February 7, and arrived in Port Moresby the next morning on Friday, February 8, at 8am. Upon arrival, he was forcibly put on another Air Niugini flight PX 5 to Brisbane the same day at 1.30pm. He is in Brisbane and plans to travel to Canberra to meet with the head of the European Union delegation to Australia and the Netherlands Ambassador to talk to them about his deportation from PNG. He also plans to meet with the AusAID official in charge of higher education in PNG about the same matter. Dr Schram believes his deportation is the result of this article which was published in the Post-Courier. The Prime Minister is believed to have been upset by this article and it is alleged that he may have given directions for Dr Schram