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O’Neill Government Strategy Of Buying Loyalty Continues: Partytime Pruaitch Brings 4 Minor MPs On Taxpayer’s Junket To America

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PNG Blogs Contributor Network Buying loyalty in return for favours seems to be one of the Ten Commandments of the O’Niell Government and his Ministers dutifully follow O’Niell’s law. Treasury Minister Patrick Pruaitch just came back from a wine and women party to the United States, accompanied by minor MPs Gordon Wesley, Wera Mori, Ross Seymour and Salio Waipo. How much did that trip cost us taxpayers, and how does one submit acquittals for prostitute expenses? James Marape and goodness knows who else aren’t far behind in seeing the world. Any day now, Marape and friends will start their round the world sightseeing trip that is being promoted as a road show to raise loan money for the dreamland Hela Province hydro project of LR Group. No worries that they’re going to raise any money! At least we should be relieved that the Marape junket is funded by the LR Group, which is either partners with or naïve to PNG government corruption. Then again, how much money going into the h

Why So Many Expensive One Page Newspaper Advertisements By the National Gaming Control Board On “Illegal Hi/Low Lottery”?

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PNG Blogs Contributor Network The amount of money being spent by the National Gaming Control Board on full page advertisements in our two dailies that announce a ban on hi/low lotteries is becoming more conspicuous with every passing week. Why is the Gaming Control Board so concerned with this? Not surprisingly, It has to do with Prime Minister Peter O’Steal, who along with his cronies, is worried about his pokies machine empire is being threatened. Yes, this is the same Prime Minister who was telling all the churches only a few years ago that gambling was bad for the people and that he planned to control gambling. Why? Because behind the scenes O’Steal was buying up the pokies parlours in PNG and trying to get a monopoly on the business, which of course would earn him millions. Everyone knows that O’Steal’s pub, known as Paddy’s Bar in Boroko, has pokies. So much for O’Steal’s pious speeches to the pastors. But O’Steal was looking for more than a few pokies in his bar. He

PUMA ENERGY ANSWER THIS QUESTION: HOW ARE YOU CHARGING THE PEOPLE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA FOR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS?

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PNG Blogs Contributor Network Our country sadly seems to attract mostly fly by night and dubious foreign investment these days. For every legitimate ExxonMobil type company who invests in PNG (which is only here because of the vast amount of profits it can make off the LNG project), there are dozens of dubious businessmen, organisations or groups (Hello, LR????) whose world presence seems to always associate with third world dictatorships and easy resource money. Somehow (!!!!!!!) they shady businessmen and businesses always manage to get their foot in the door of the PM’s office almost as easily as ExxonMobil. Puma Energy replaced InterOil (whose world presence apart from PNG is almost nothing), coming with its own less than shiny reputation and background ( see PNGblogs article here ). As always, our Post Courier and National protect these organisations and generally stays away from reporting anything negative about them. It is part of the deception of the people of Papua New G

SENIOR POLICE INVESTIGATOR AND FAMILY THREATENED

A senior police investigator and his family were attacked last night. Patrick Premenga is part of the investigating team tasked to affect the arrest of Prime Minister Peter O’Neill. However, policemen alleged to be associated with the Prime Minister retaliated by mobilising and attacked the investigator and his family. The incident happened under cover of darkness last night. Heavily-armed policemen surrounded the premises and held Patrick Premenga and his family under house arrest. They demanded for Premenga to not serve them with contempt charges. Mr Premenga said the incident has affected him and his family. The neighbours were also traumatised but too scared to recall what had transpired. Mr Premenga is appealing to the police hierarchy to maintain control and command following the incident. He also wants the Prime Minister to be aware of what is happening amongst members of the disciplined force. In recent times, police have used excessive force against the public,

Social Media Groundbreaking comment: “He's staying on for another 10 yrs whether you like or not...”

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By a National Planning Bureaucrat I find the longer comments and  debates that are posted directly on the PNGBlogs page to be more thought out and revealing than the hurriedly posted comments on Facebook PNGBlogs.   There aren’t many supporters of Peter O’Neil giving comments on the social media and that is true on PNGBlogs too.  There are a few however and its worth paying close attention to their words. It reveals why they would so vocally support a man who carries such heavy baggage as being disreputable and corrupt.  For PNG to elect and re-elect a nearly proven conman like him would not be unexpected considering that we suffer under such low education standards and lack of information available to everyone. Recently on many social media sites we find more comments, speculation and suspicion that the PM is secretly putting a plan in place to create a dictatorship without need for fighting or violence.   Even without the violence this would normally be a repulsive goal unde