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Peter O'Neill has blood on his hands over Manus

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By GAVERA GAVERA Jr “Hitler designed the Auschwitz Gas Chambers for the Jews: Peter O'Neill created Manus for innocent refugees” “They should all be charged and tried for crimes against humanity.” Peter O'Neill deliberately breached the PNG Constitution and the UN Refugee Convention to enter into Agreement to ship Australian bound refugees to PNG two years ago. The Manus detention centre set up was to facilitate Australia’s political solution aimed at stemming the flow of refugees, asylum seekers or boat people into Australia. Manus to this day remains an illegal set up, for an illegal purpose. Peter O'Neill only acceded to Julia Gillard’s ‘unlawful’ political request for Manus to be a refugee processing centre as a return favour to her for granting O'Neill premature political recognition of his (otherwise illegitimate) government when O'Neill threw out an ill (but legitimately elected) Prime Minister Somare still on legitimate official sick leave, convalescing in

Peter O'Neill has blood on his hands over Manus

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By GAVERA GAVERA Jr “Hitler designed the Auschwitz Gas Chambers for the Jews: Peter O'Neill created Manus for innocent refugees” “They should all be charged and tried for crimes against humanity.” Peter O'Neill deliberately breached the PNG Constitution and the UN Refugee Convention to enter into Agreement to ship Australian bound refugees to PNG two years ago. The Manus detention centre set up was to facilitate Australia’s political solution aimed at stemming the flow of refugees, asylum seekers or boat people into Australia. Manus to this day remains an illegal set up, for an illegal purpose. Peter O'Neill only acceded to Julia Gillard’s ‘unlawful’ political request for Manus to be a refugee processing centre as a return favour to her for granting O'Neill premature political recognition of his (otherwise illegitimate) government when O'Neill threw out an ill (but legitimately elected) Prime Minister Somare still on legitimate official sick leave, convalescing

Prime Minister's Impropriety - Direction for Immediate Payment of K50 Million to Israeli Company

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I am a senior officer with PNG Power Limited (PPL) and I seek your understanding that I remain anonymous on the above matter Attached herewith please find documents on the above transaction which appear to be serious. I view PPL was used as a vehicle to facilitate the payment of KSO million paid to an Israeli company in the pretext of acquiring two generators for Port Moresby and Lae power operations. It is for the first time a Prime Minister (PM0 has Used PPL to transact a substantial amount of money (K50 million ) using PPL· There were no due diligence, cost benefit analysis, compatibility of technology analysis  and budget and financing arrangements as such are important procedural requirements to making decisions to acquire goods and services. PPL has a comprehensive procurement process in place in acquiring goods and services and it has been long administered by highly qualified staff. There was never a consultation between PM and PPL to acquire the power generators for the two ci

Prime Minister's Impropriety - Direction for Immediate Payment of K50 Million to Israeli Company

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I am a senior officer with PNG Power Limited (PPL) and I seek your understanding that I remain anonymous on the above matter Attached herewith please find documents on the above transaction which appear to be serious. I view PPL was used as a vehicle to facilitate the payment of KSO million paid to an Israeli company in the pretext of acquiring two generators for Port Moresby and Lae power operations. It is for the first time a Prime Minister (PM0 has Used PPL to transact a substantial amount of money (K50 million ) using PPL· There were no due diligence, cost benefit analysis, compatibility of technology analysis  and budget and financing arrangements as such are important procedural requirements to making decisions to acquire goods and services. PPL has a comprehensive procurement process in place in acquiring goods and services and it has been long administered by highly qualified staff. There was never a consultation between PM and PPL to acquire the power generators f

The cries of Kopiago are being heard

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By GIDEON JACK KARALI This is a story that needs to be told. According to the World Health Organization report ‘ Country cooperation strategy at a glance’ published in 2013 stated that 88% of Papua New Guinea’s population still lives in the rural settings. The report is also quite alarming as it further emphasized that PNG is ranked 156th out of the 186 countries of the United Nations Human Development index. When I read the report, I was astonished as the report turned my mind into one of the least developed districts in the country called Lake Kopiago sometimes regarded as Mula Range or Mula flavour, a description that best fits the people of Lake Kopiago in the Hela Province. The report was quite interesting as it eluded me to the struggles and the pain that the rural people in most part of the country face in the name of service delivery. Lake Kopiago is regarded as one of the least developed districts in the Hela Province. The district has a total population of approximately thirt

The cries of Kopiago are being heard

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By GIDEON JACK KARALI This is a story that needs to be told. According to the World Health Organization report ‘ Country cooperation strategy at a glance’ published in 2013 stated that 88% of Papua New Guinea’s population still lives in the rural settings. The report is also quite alarming as it further emphasized that PNG is ranked 156th out of the 186 countries of the United Nations Human Development index. When I read the report, I was astonished as the report turned my mind into one of the least developed districts in the country called Lake Kopiago sometimes regarded as Mula Range or Mula flavour, a description that best fits the people of Lake Kopiago in the Hela Province. The report was quite interesting as it eluded me to the struggles and the pain that the rural people in most part of the country face in the name of service delivery. Lake Kopiago is regarded as one of the least developed districts in the Hela Province. The district has a total population of approximatel

WHY THE 2014 UNITECH BOYCOTT SUCCEEDED

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By Former PNG Journalist As the Unitech saga fades into time, it leaves positive thoughts in  the minds of thousands.  Most of us will not forget the dedicated young people who bravely  stood up and spoke out against corruption.  The government repeatedly  threatened the students hoping to frighten them into submission.  Through the government's two mouthpieces, The National and Post  Courier, we read the many smug editorials that belittled the students as foolish and irresponsible, then telling them to behave themselves  and go back to class. But students held their ground and spoke out despite being surrounded  and discouraged by a sea of older people who displayed varying degrees  of cowardice when challenged to join the fight for two basic  principles of decent humanity:  truth and justice.  The Unitech boycott was a brilliant success, but why?  We need to know so that the techniques can be applied later and elsewhere.  Effective  activism at all levels of society against the g