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By Mangi Hanuabada What a waste of life and of K4 million the buai ban ended up being!   The buai ban wasn’t  less than 100% successful, as Powes Parkop is now trying to convince us, but more like 10% successful, and even that 10% is going to be out the door by New Years.   For shame, Powes Parkop, for shame!    And what a funny photo on the front page of the National, which shows City Rangers emptying betelnut and daka onto the streets, littering the streets.  No uniforms, we notice.  No obvious signs that they represent city law enforcement.  Instead they might be mistaken as conmen on the take, which might in fact be their side occupations.   What a complete hoax that photo is too!  Yet another attempt by Parkop PR Ltd to convince us of something that definitely is not reality.  You can be sure that right after that photo was taken, these city rangers were frantically gathering up all that thrown away buai and pocketing it for their later use or resale.   The buai ban s

By LUCAS KIAP If PNG is to take one step forward at a time, now we have the chance to take the first step in the right direction. But what has been happening since Peter O'Neill wrestled power off Sir Michael Somare, probably making the world thinking that PNG is a lawless Banana Republic, ruled by a chain of tyrants and morons. Worse still, probably reaffirming the country's ranking as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. If one man can destroy or build a country, he is no other than Peter O'Neill, the PM of PNG. The law has been after him like a criminal after by the law ever since he was implicated in the K71.8million Paul Paraka saga. Yet he is still on the run but in parallel with the law, making it impossible for the law to catch up with him. While their PM was on the run after by the law, the people have been waiting for a hero to make good everything. First it was thought to be Sam Koim. For some reasons, he dismissed the case due to insu

BY ROBERT KELIN All Papua New Guineans, you should know about this man. His name is David Arore. He is a second term MP from Oro (Ijivitari). He is a one-time minister of higher education who in the process became one of PNG’s most celebrated clowns. He is an active partier, alcoholic and womaniser. He funds his vices by stealing our tax money. He escaped being found guilty of corruption by the courts last year (oh please – let’s not have more silly talk that in PNG, being found innocent in court means that you’re actually innocent of what you were accused of!). It doesn’t matter. Everyone who’s decent and knows anything about David Arore knows that he is one of PNG’s biggest pieces of shit. David Arore stole extensively from the Oro provincial government treasury when he could, then started stealing from the national treasury once he became Minister. He’s far from being as smart as Peter O’Neill and thus has never gotten into the big time money making rackets. In

By DAVID OSBORNE Since 2011 many have expected the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Government to create a sovereign wealth fund (SWF) for the management of PNG’s widely anticipated LNG revenues. A requirement to do so was intended by a PNG law certified on 21 March 2012: the Organic Law for establishment of a Sovereign Wealth Fund. It was designed to ensure that all government revenues from minerals and petroleum passed through a stabilisation fund prior to flowing through to the National Budget in accordance with a specified formula, and that PNG LNG dividends accruing to the PNG Government would be paid into a development fund for PNG’s economic and social development. PNG started exporting LNG in May 2014 amidst expectations that resulting revenues will greatly benefit PNG. Yet no SWF has been established and its future prospects are currently mired in confusion, including uncertainty around the legal status of the 2012 Organic Law. SWF version 1 … In October 2011 the policy and legislat