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Breaking News: Political Madness Continues (From well placed sources) PNG's acting Police Commissioner Geoffrey Vaki suspends Director Fraud Mathew Damaru and Deputy Director Timothy Gitua. He also suspends Director Legal Nicholas Miviri. Mr. Vaki requests investigation files for Prime Minister and Paul Paraka from Damaru and them. Mr. Vaki files application at District Court to set aside warrant of arrest against the PM taken out by his own honorable police officers. own honorable police officers. The fear is that they might get the files and destroy them. This is a sign that Fridays decision at the court will not favor them so they are desperate to play heavy handed tactics.

By PNG Special Correspondent Actually, now is not the time.   It was the time more than 2 years ago.   Now it’s way past time for PNG’s business community to step up to the plate.  We don’t mean the businesses who are part and parcel of the kickbacks and bribes that have spoiled PNG and threaten now to impoverish our people.  We also aren’t talking about businesses who try to cheat our country of every last toea in taxes that they should be paying to relieve the backs of the common worker.   No, we talking about businesses who do things ethically in PNG and provide essential services for us all.  It is past time for you to stop mumbling and instead to stand up and be counted. For a group who prides yourselves in being entrepreneurial and proactive when the general public is not, it is amazing how reactive and petty your performance has always been in regard to corrupt business practices and corrupt governments.     Dear business community,  it is time to stand up and be counte

PROUD HIGHLANDER By LEO HENRY MORGAN Speaking as a central Highlander, we are a hardy bunch no doubt molded by our harsh environment and climate. I leave the Eastern Highlanders out of the argument as they are linguistically and culturally more related to coastal tribes. The tribes occupying the central Highlands Cordillera from the now 6 Highlands Region provinces starting from Simbu, Jiwaka, Western Highlands and Southern Highlands, Enga and Hela provinces can be accurately classified as a single race because of their similar languages, customs and their common aggressive character traits. Our people and society is dark, scary and culturally complex to the outside observer. Ours is a society in which the "big man" rules supreme. Where women are second class citizens that are a man's properties. Where warriors kill at will and take land and property at will. AND ULTIMATELY, WHERE A MAN IS MEASURED BY THE AMOUNT OF WEALTH THAT HE HAS, AND THE AMOUNT OF GUILE HE USE

TOKSAVE, OLSEM TUMORA, LARIM OL POLICE MEKIM OLGETA WOK, STOP WOK NA NOKEN GO WOK, PNG IS NOW TURNING TO BE A POLICE STATE, IF THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT, LET IT HAPPEN, LOCK DOWN KEN KAMAP, THEY ARE GETTING THEIR ORDERS FROM THE TOP, WHO IS AT THE TOP? A CROOK, A THIEF, A CORRUPT PRIME MINISTER WHO DOES NOT LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE.

By MALA DINONEL  My fellow Papua New Guineans. The Prime Minister is not only corrupt and dictatorial, but he is also arrogant and intentionally evil. He steals and lies about it. He tells lies and blames others. He blames others and threaten them. He does wrong and fires those who point out his wrongs. He refuses to answer questions before the Fraud Squad, but he loves to bull-shit the journalists (most of whom have no experience in investigative journalism). He passes legislations aimed at entrenching and sustaining his own power. He does shit and says he is doing it “for the interest of the country.” Well, the time has finally come for the people to let the Prime Minister KNOW what our interests are. If the Prime Minister does not “step down” and allow the “rule of law” to “clear his good name,” we will CLOSE PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Below are the details for THIS THURSDAY: PORT MORESBY . All NGOs, TI, NRI, Churches, UPNG (entire NCD student body), people from all provinces,

By Helen Davidson,THE GUARDIAN Sam Koin, ousted head of Taskforce Sweep, says 'writing is on the wall' for prime minister Peter O'Neill Australia is well placed to consider sanctions against the Papua New Guinea government in response to a dramatic power grab by its prime minister, the ousted head of the country’s anti-corruption taskforce has said. The former chair of the investigative Taskforce Sweep, Sam Koim, who was to meet the Australian foreign minister, Julie Bishop, on Tuesday, told Guardian Australia “the writing is on the wall” for the prime minister, Peter O’Neill, and said protests – which began today in PNG – would build, predicting it would not be long before police officers joined them. O’Neill was served with an arrest warrant last Monday relating to long-running corruption allegations, with the task force claiming new evidence had emerged. The prime minister then dismissed numerous government and law enforcement figures including the attorney gen

Peter O'Neil has being given a 24 hours ultimatum in the petition presented by Noel Anjo on behalf of almost 8 millon people of PNG at Unagi oval about 30 minutes ago. The "verbal" petition presented to the Police Minister, Mr. Robert Atiyafa, about 30 minutes ago are two fold: 1. That Peter O'Neil, James Marabe and Don Poyle present themselves within 24 hours period, before 4:00pm tomorrow, to police at Fraud & Anti-Corruption Squad Office at Konedobu to be interrogated as per police request. 2. That those public servants fighting against corruption and serving in the public service who were terminated or suspended, namely; Sam Koim (Chairman - Task Force Sweep), Simon Kauba (Deputy Commissioner - Operation), Thomas Eluh (Director - Crimes) and Samson Kua (Director - SSD) be re-instated with 24 hours before 4:00pm tomorrow. If the demands in the petition are not met with the 24 hours time period, a Nationwide strike will commence on Thursday, 26th of J

Note by Sam Basil MP on Parliament Adjournment Parliament resume this afternoon after the second ringing of the bell. Leader of government business James Marape moved a motion that the reason why the parliament was meeting today was for the amendment to section 145 of the constitution. He added by announcing that the bill require more consultation that is why parliament has to be adjourned to August 22 2014. I called for division while opposition leader second my call. The speaker said there was no seconder but we insisted and speaker allowed for the division call and asked for a vote to be taken. Those of us who voted against the adjournment are Hon B Namah, Hon A Marat, Hon R Seymour, Hon K Kua and myself. Well guts for good governance verses access to funds, PNG politics at its best.