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Missing in action Unitech SRC president Eddie Nangual

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By: Concerned Unitech Student Everyone has been coming out in the newspapers speaking well of Dr Albert Shram and demands that he let back into the country and be our VC again. Sir Nagora Bogan of Unitech council has come out strongly in the newspapers for Shram more than once.   Unitech council endorsed Albert Shram to come back with no votes against.  Judge Sevua broke his long silence and said in the newspapers that complaints about Schram are to cover up the corruption of Unitech in the past. The staff association of Unitech has come out in public to strongly support Dr Albert Shram The acting VC Prof Pumwa has come out strongly in his speech to students supporting Dr Shram.  The Pro VCs, Registrar, they all have made public statements to support Shram. The wave of support to bring back Dr Albert Shram is overwhelming with one exception. What happened to SRC president Eddie Nangual. What happened to the voice of SRC.   Did SRC run away in the night or still sleeping. Un

PNG HERST Minister David Arore Falls Flat On His Face Again

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By CONCERNED ACADEMIC It was a simple promise, whose fulfilment might have finally brought UNITECH Saga to a close.    In December, HERST Minister David Arore promised the nation on EMTV that as soon as the festive holiday season was over, he would release the contents of the infamous Sevua report. At last it seemed that the 2 year old UNITECH saga might end, by fulfilling a simple promise!   All the Minister had to do was email the HERST website administrator, tell that fellow to upload the Sevua onto the HERST web page, then attach an electronic copy of the report before before sending off the email.   Simple!  Mission accomplished! Following that, Minister Arore could proudly boast that he done his part to end UNITECH Saga.  Most importantly, UNITECH's students and honest staff and teachers would finally feel that Minister Arore had taken the side of justice, as Albert Schram was reinstated as the resident Vice Chancellor of UNITECH.  Releasing the Sevua report would achieve thi

PNG HERST Minister David Arore Falls Flat On His Face Again

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By CONCERNED ACADEMIC It was a simple promise, whose fulfilment might have finally brought UNITECH Saga to a close.    In December, HERST Minister David Arore promised the nation on EMTV that as soon as the festive holiday season was over, he would release the contents of the infamous Sevua report. At last it seemed that the 2 year old UNITECH saga might end, by fulfilling a simple promise!   All the Minister had to do was email the HERST website administrator, tell that fellow to upload the Sevua onto the HERST web page, then attach an electronic copy of the report before before sending off the email.   Simple!  Mission accomplished! Following that, Minister Arore could proudly boast that he done his part to end UNITECH Saga.  Most importantly, UNITECH's students and honest staff and teachers would finally feel that Minister Arore had taken the side of justice, as Albert Schram was reinstated as the resident Vice Chancellor of UNITECH.  Releasing the Sevua report would a

JULIE BISHOP’S PNG VISIT: A PLOT SO SINISTER!

By KELVIN R. NATATA When the Pope or Queen of England visited PNG last, full State protocol was observed and red carpet laid out for them, with all the ladies and gentry of the former Territories turned up in their finest regalia, and happy flag waving school children lined the streets, shouting and singing various welcome songs composed in their honour. The faithful flew in from every part of the country to pay homage, went away fulfilled and satisfied. One such visit in the early 1970s was by then Australian Prime Minister, Hon John Gorton MP and his wife Lady Gorton. There was a guard of honour led by a very sharp young military officer trained in Australia named, Edward Diro, who was eager to impress. The renowned and ward winning Police Band from the Bomana Police College took their place and played few Frank Sinatra numbers for the tense crowd gathered at the old terminal. The usual who is who among the 100,000 strong expatriate community sat on white chairs. A

JULIE BISHOP’S PNG VISIT: A PLOT SO SINISTER!

By KELVIN R. NATATA When the Pope or Queen of England visited PNG last, full State protocol was observed and red carpet laid out for them, with all the ladies and gentry of the former Territories turned up in their finest regalia, and happy flag waving school children lined the streets, shouting and singing various welcome songs composed in their honour. The faithful flew in from every part of the country to pay homage, went away fulfilled and satisfied. One such visit in the early 1970s was by then Australian Prime Minister, Hon John Gorton MP and his wife Lady Gorton. There was a guard of honour led by a very sharp young military officer trained in Australia named, Edward Diro, who was eager to impress. The renowned and ward winning Police Band from the Bomana Police College took their place and played few Frank Sinatra numbers for the tense crowd gathered at the old terminal. The usual who is who among the 100,000 strong expatriate community sat on white chairs.

O’NEILL FAREWELLED NOT WELCOMED AT PANGUNA

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By ARNOLD JAMESON So much was said in the media about the Prime Minister, Peter O’Neil’s ‘Good Will’ visit to the No-Go-Zone area at Panguna, with a bunch of media personals as his eyewitnesses to report back to the world, so that’s pretty much what the world heard and read. What the media doesn’t know, and so won’t tell you is that Mr O’Neil was not welcomed but rather fare-welled upon arrival at Central Bougainville’s Panguna mine site area. This, as everyone else and the ‘big men and women chiefs’ on the ground said is because Mr O’Neil probably couldn’t understand or read the sign that said ‘No-Go Zone’ which after three meetings the night before, nagged his way into Panguna. He was given permission to pass through the checkpoint at 1am on that day. Now pay attention. A normal Central Bougainville welcome is as follows; For any ordinary new comer, the people will dance and splash water onto that person(s), then rub their faces with the famous local Kieta delicacy ‘tamatama’. In the

O’NEILL FAREWELLED NOT WELCOMED AT PANGUNA

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By ARNOLD JAMESON So much was said in the media about the Prime Minister, Peter O’Neil’s ‘Good Will’ visit to the No-Go-Zone area at Panguna, with a bunch of media personals as his eyewitnesses to report back to the world, so that’s pretty much what the world heard and read. What the media doesn’t know, and so won’t tell you is that Mr O’Neil was not welcomed but rather fare-welled upon arrival at Central Bougainville’s Panguna mine site area. This, as everyone else and the ‘big men and women chiefs’ on the ground said is because Mr O’Neil probably couldn’t understand or read the sign that said ‘No-Go Zone’ which after three meetings the night before, nagged his way into Panguna. He was given permission to pass through the checkpoint at 1am on that day. Now pay attention. A normal Central Bougainville welcome is as follows; For any ordinary new comer, the people will dance and splash water onto that person(s), then rub their faces with the famous local Kieta delicacy ‘tama

CHAMPION OF INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTS.

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By John Endemongo Kua All good things come to an end, and as such, the life of an outstand ing scholar and gentleman, had come to pass yesterday morning, here in Port Moresby.   The late Donigi and myself, did not see eye to eye on many national issues of importance to the nation not because of the principles behind the issues, and nor did we allow each other the opportunity to discuss or debate issues of importance to the state or international concerns, simply because he was a Sepik and I a Chimbu, and we were rallying, behind the powerful men of post independence politics, with him standing stoically behind Somare as a kinsman and myself behind Okuk.   For the better or worse, most political cadres were consumed in this shallow and empty game of cloak and dagger political manoeuvres, that destabilised the national progress in many respects to the detriment of this nation state. Despite the hostile environment of ethnic and regional divide, reason prevailed in men of valour, such as