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By LUCAS KIAP My dear leaders in Papua New Guinea,  The country some of you helped created in September 16th 1975 just recently celebrated 38 years of nationhood. Looking back, as a nation we have come a long way through both bad and good times when others thought we would never made this far or for worse become a failed state. A country of more than seven million people with diverse cultures, ethnic groups and some more than eight hundred language groups living scattered across in some of the remotest parts of the world, it’s quite amazing how you have pulled them all together. I congratulate you all for this significant achievement.  For me celebrating this important event was painful, though I had only lived less than 38 years, half of which spent growing up in a village at the foot of Mt. Hagen in WHP.  For the last five years, life in the city - Port Moresby was very difficult for me. I don’t know how you all have been managing yours but for me, I had to squeeze my family into a s

By LUCAS KIAP My dear leaders in Papua New Guinea,  The country some of you helped created in September 16th 1975 just recently celebrated 38 years of nationhood. Looking back, as a nation we have come a long way through both bad and good times when others thought we would never made this far or for worse become a failed state. A country of more than seven million people with diverse cultures, ethnic groups and some more than eight hundred language groups living scattered across in some of the remotest parts of the world, it’s quite amazing how you have pulled them all together. I congratulate you all for this significant achievement.  For me celebrating this important event was painful, though I had only lived less than 38 years, half of which spent growing up in a village at the foot of Mt. Hagen in WHP.  For the last five years, life in the city - Port Moresby was very difficult for me. I don’t know how you all have been managing yours but for me, I had to squeeze my family into

By REX DAGI The 63.4% shares in the OK Tedi Mine, PNGSDP and its Assets and the future generations fund of USD 1.5billion belongs to me and my affected LANDOWNERS of OK Tedi & Fly River FULL STOP. Let me explain why I say this. The "Out of Court Settlement Agreement 1996" reached between Mr Rex Dagi and BHP, govern by the Victorian Supreme Court of Victoria that forms the bases of BHPs "Exit Plan" in admittance of Guilt over Environmental Destruction in OK Tedi & Fly River system when we settled under these terms as follows: 1. K40 million be paid as compensation to the lower OK Tedi River people of 15 villages as compensation but the principal amount be invested offshore. And initial of K2.5million be released in 1997 and shall continue for the life of the m ine from the interest. 2. K150 million for general compensation to the Affected people of the OK Tedi & Fly river. The principal amount be invested offshore and approximately K20million from the in

By REX DAGI The 63.4% shares in the OK Tedi Mine, PNGSDP and its Assets and the future generations fund of USD 1.5billion belongs to me and my affected LANDOWNERS of OK Tedi & Fly River FULL STOP. Let me explain why I say this. The "Out of Court Settlement Agreement 1996" reached between Mr Rex Dagi and BHP, govern by the Victorian Supreme Court of Victoria that forms the bases of BHPs "Exit Plan" in admittance of Guilt over Environmental Destruction in OK Tedi & Fly River system when we settled under these terms as follows: 1. K40 million be paid as compensation to the lower OK Tedi River people of 15 villages as compensation but the principal amount be invested offshore. And initial of K2.5million be released in 1997 and shall continue for the life of the m ine from the interest. 2. K150 million for general compensation to the Affected people of the OK Tedi & Fly river. The principal amount be invested offshore and approximately K20million from t

By SAM KOIM The current Shutdown in the United States of America begs my interests to share my observations in light of the recent announcement by our Prime Minister for the change of our system of Government. The powerful nation on earth (USA) has gone through its 2nd day of shutdown after the Republicans in the House of Representatives refused to approve funding for President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare reforms –the Obamacare. President Obama has had similar challenges when he required the House’ approval to intervene in the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Government in the very recent past. Coming up, a more serious piece of legislation that needs both the Senate and the House approval is the raising of the debt ceiling which is approaching very near (17th Oct). The fear that is looming in the State’s now is that Congress might be so caught up with the shut down and the same tensions might be drawn into the debt ceiling hence potentially affect the US economy.

By SAM KOIM The current Shutdown in the United States of America begs my interests to share my observations in light of the recent announcement by our Prime Minister for the change of our system of Government. The powerful nation on earth (USA) has gone through its 2nd day of shutdown after the Republicans in the House of Representatives refused to approve funding for President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare reforms –the Obamacare. President Obama has had similar challenges when he required the House’ approval to intervene in the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Government in the very recent past. Coming up, a more serious piece of legislation that needs both the Senate and the House approval is the raising of the debt ceiling which is approaching very near (17th Oct). The fear that is looming in the State’s now is that Congress might be so caught up with the shut down and the same tensions might be drawn into the debt ceiling hence potentially affect the US econo

By REX DAGI The OK Tedi mine belongs to the "Environmentally" affected landowners of the OK Tedi and Fly rivers. It was their court proceedings against BHP headed by their "TRUE" leader Mr. Rex Dagi who boldly stood up against all odds since the 5th of May1994, when he filed the Supreme Court Proceedings in the Victorian Supreme Court of Australia. Then in 1995 during Julius Chan regime, PNG government passed a legislation called "Foreign Court Proceedings Act" which is current law as it is. In the event that any land owners in PNG taking legal actions in any foreign courts is a criminal act. He never gave in until an out of court settlement agreement with BHP under certain terms in that agreement between the parties were reached in 1996 governed by the Victorian Supreme Court. In the year 2000, Mr Dagi filed the proceedings against BHP again for breaching certain clauses and terms agreed by both parties in the out of court settlement agreement 1996. BHP t

By REX DAGI The OK Tedi mine belongs to the "Environmentally" affected landowners of the OK Tedi and Fly rivers. It was their court proceedings against BHP headed by their "TRUE" leader Mr. Rex Dagi who boldly stood up against all odds since the 5th of May1994, when he filed the Supreme Court Proceedings in the Victorian Supreme Court of Australia. Then in 1995 during Julius Chan regime, PNG government passed a legislation called "Foreign Court Proceedings Act" which is current law as it is. In the event that any land owners in PNG taking legal actions in any foreign courts is a criminal act. He never gave in until an out of court settlement agreement with BHP under certain terms in that agreement between the parties were reached in 1996 governed by the Victorian Supreme Court. In the year 2000, Mr Dagi filed the proceedings against BHP again for breaching certain clauses and terms agreed by both parties in the out of court settlement agreement 199

Its no longer a conspiracy theory, what we are now witnessing and the actions of Peter O’Neill is more a silent and covert operation of foreign elements especially the International Financial Institutions of very wealthy families and individuals. PNG is now caught up in it. With the announcement that Treasurer Don Polye was appointed or elected by other Treasurers of other countries to be the Chairman of the World Bank and IMF, that is a very clear signal that, they are now putting the net around PNG and are dragging it into the global financial system to strangle PNG. Being the Chairman comes with money, power and previliges and all DECISIONS are and by the Board and in his position alone as Chairman, he cannot rock the Boat/Board. Whether Peter O’Neil and Don Polye realised that or not they are being lured and will be used. They already have a lot of investment in PNG, the largest single invest is the LNG worth US$2 Billion and the next is the WB/IMF share in BSP of arou

By LUCAS KIAP The future of PNG looks bleak yet the leadership in the country talks big about big budgets plans, positive economic outlook, year of implementation and vision 2050.  To be or not to be misled time and again, read to the last word of this article as I have discussed some of the very disturbing political misconceptions of all time I have observed over the years about the political leadership that has been running the country for the last 38 years. The people of Papua New Guinea are slaves to their political masters with an uncertain future. Papua New Guinea is a political corporation. The country is not an Independent State of Papua New Guinea.  Now more than ever, the nation needs to redefine and fully understand the political leadership that has been running the country since independence. After 38 years, the nation has remained somewhat worse. The only achievement the leadership can be proud of is – the country has remained intact despite governing a geographically scat