Corruption + leadership shirking + public apathy = Continued decline for PNG
By George Manok I am a PNG national raised and living overseas. Nearly everything I know about PNG current events comes from what I read on the internet. I can see that blogs are the future to learn the truth about any controversy. Unlike traditional newspapers, a blog allows both sides to have their say and debate until their faces are blue and all the positives and negatives of the controversy comes out. If one side won’t say anything, that is good evidence too. Overall, blogs give those of us who are not directly involved the best opportunity to judge who is on the right or wrong side of an issue. I am disturbed by how my PNG looks to people overseas. There are so many good things about my country that would shine if not for 3 problem areas that dominate the news. These areas are (1) primitive and backwards behaviour by a very small minority (example-witch hunts and witch burning), (2) PNG government corruption, and (3) poor, laid back attitude of average Papua New Guineans