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Paul Paraka was arrested and charged last week Friday 25th July and whilst the Police were imposing K50,000 bail, Paraka's lawyers went and saw Magistrate Pinson Pindipia who issued a " Certificate of Discharge" on the same day without even imposing a bail of K50,000 . A certificate of discharge is for discharging a convicted criminal from prison or remand etc. It could have been a bail certificate but instead it is a Certificate of Discharge, Is the Magistrate preempting something? The same Magistrate was accused in the media of having secret meetings with Paul Paraka early this year. The same magistrate adjourned Paul Paraka's cases for 6 months unduely. It is understood, Paraka's all other cases are coming up before Pinson Pindipia on Thursday. The fear is that Pindipia might do anything to make the case against Paraka fail come 31st July Pinson Pindipia is from Southern Highlands and  related to the Prime Minister

Noreen Pisa, as she is known was born in Port Moresby General Hospital to a very beautiful couple who she says were very much in love. “I was the last born to a family of four. My dad is from Ialibu, Southern Highlands and my mother is also a Southern Highlander from Kagua” she tells fastbusiness Her dad is a Chief Warrant Officer and a Pipe Major (PNGDF Music Director) in PNGDF Taurama Barracks and her mother, a house wife. She grew up in Taurama Barracks in a very closely knitted community were everyone knows everyone. She did her grade 1-8 in 1996-2003 at Taurama Primary School. Unfortunately, her mum passed away due to health issues when she was in grade 7. Here is how she recounts her mum’s loss. “My life changed from there on. I learned to become more and more independent” she tells fastbusiness. “It was very tough at that very young age. But my dad became my mother as well as my father” she proudly says. “He did things that I don’t think any father would do. From dea

By OHE Insider Same Ol, Same Ol Confirmed for 2015 Because the government continues to squander too much of our national wealth, OHE has already announced that the O’Neill government’s 2015 budget for PNG’s universities will be very close to the 2014 budget, which was similar to the 2013 budget, and so on.   Of course, PNG’s national budgets overall keep increasing.  That means the budget for our universities must stay the same.  PNG universities again will receive a “barely surviving” chunk of money that allows them to stay in debt and continue to quietly fall apart.   Poorer education for 2015 is business as usual for the O’Neill government, just as it was for the Somare governments, Morauta government, Skate government, Chan governments, Wingti government, and Namaliu government.  Nothing has changed on that front. Keeping the People Dumb and Ignorant Has Become A New National Directive However, the O’Neil government has done much better than past governments in one a

By: Maivo Lafanama NBC NEWS The National Executive Council's decision to disband the Task Force Sweep Team has been permanently stayed by the National Court. The decision was handed down this morning by Justice Les Gavera- Nanu. A decision by the N-E-C on June 18 and 24th respectively to disband the Sweep Team and have files transferred to a new interim investigative body are stayed effectively. Sweep Chairman Sam Koim filed a review application after the decision citing personal bias and unreasonable actions in its removal. The judge among others agreed there is a strong case established and that interest of justice is paramount as millions of kina have been allegedly stolen by individuals. Justice Gavera-Nanu also says its important the files are kept by the Sweep team to avoid risk of it being destroyed. PARAKA PLANS MAJOR PR CAMPAIGN TO CLEAR HIS NAME The man at the center of the Paul Paraka Lawyers payout controversy, the principal, Paul Paraka plans to co

Paul Paraka was arrested and charged on Friday afternoon by the Fraud and Anti-Corruption unit. His arrest is in relation to fraudulent payments made to his law firm. His law firm received 162 million kina through fraudulent means.  He was arrested and charged with stealing by false pretense, conspiracy to defraud the state, money laundering and misappropriation of public funds. He has been brought to the Boroko Police Station and will be released on bail. Mr. Paraka will appear at the Committal Court in Waigani on Monday. Director Fraud and Anti-Corruption Mathew Damaru told the media there are more people expected to be arrested and charged.  Whilst the legitimacy of the Task Force Sweep team is before the courts, arrests related to ongoing investigations into the Paraka saga, are continuing. Mister Damaru said more arrests will be made in coming weeks. Following the recent drama over the arrest warrant against the prime minister, the court-reinstatement of Task Force Sweep h

By OHE Insider Recent public statements by UPNG SRC President and law student Bobby Yupi show a tragic lack of intellectualism and overall knowledge about the world outside of PNG that now generally characterises PNG’s university students.     The decline in how PNG university students as a whole think and reason is a simple reflection of the bad education they receive.   How Bad Is the Education That PNG’s University Students Now Receive? PNG’s colleges and universities deliver a horribly low quality of education to the future leaders of this country.  Because students are ignorant of what an excellent learning environment would display, they usually say nothing and quietly take what’s thrown at them in the pretence of education.   Professors don’t bother to show up to class.  University academics lead by example by teaching in tok pisin, writing down as little as possible, and plagiarising the writings and ideas of foreign academics as if these came from their own brains.  Stud

Announcing the voluntary surrender of ACP Thomas Eluh and Sam Koim at Boroko Police station at 2:00pm this afternoon to be charged for whatever offence(s) certain members of the Police deem fit. Information being circulated s ince this morning is that certain policemen want to arrest Messrs Gitua, Damaru, Eluh and Koim for certain charges (unbeknown to all of us). Despite court restraining orders in place, it seems these people will not stop at nothing. The only way to show them true observance of the rule of law is for both of us to voluntarily make ourselves surrender to whatever it's worth