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Post Analysis - Cause and Effect  By BRYAN KRAMMER  On Wednesday 6th August 2014, the National Court issued interim injunction (temporary prevention) orders restraining (stopping) the Prime Minister (PM) Peter O'Neill as the Chairman of Ombudsman Appointments Committee and his recent appointee Mr. Howard Maliso as Acting Ombudsman. The orders were sought by the Ombudsman Commission (OC) after the PM appointed Maliso as Acting Ombudsman on 4th July 2104. The OC initiated court proceedings to challenge Maliso's appointment on the grounds it was improper and illegal. Both the PM and Maliso are prevented from exercising or implementing any action or decision that may interfere with the work of the OC until the determination of the proceedings. Maliso is also restrained from taking office as Acting Ombudsman and exercising powers, duties and responsibilities of that office. The matter returns to court on 22 August 2014. So why did the Pri

  By OHE Insider Recent, Previous Idiots as Ministers of HERST It’s hard to forget the stifled laughter that echoed off the walls at OHE whenever former boss and HERST Minister David Arore made yet another idiotic pronouncement on behalf of higher education.   There was no greater testament to how low higher education could sink than seeing the don in the gutter, perpetually foolish David Arore.  Last February, our hopes were briefly lifted when Peter O’Neill replaced the dishonourable Arore with Delilah Gore, who quickly made us understand how important she thought she was.  At least Minister Gore wasn’t corrupt like Arore, who was always on the take.  Better an airhead than a criminal, as we say in PNG. Keeping Our Universities Awful, Keeping the Population Uneducated Peter O’Neill’s decisions up to now on who to appoint as HERST (higher education, research, science and technology) Minister fit the same strategy we can see the PM pursuing as he secretly tries to con

WELL DONE CHAMPION DIKA TOUA AND STEVEN KARI... PNG SOLUTE YOU.. Steven Kari and Dika Toua kissing PNG Soil upon arrival from the Commonwealth Games with Gold Medals.