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A SERIAL LIAR BY CHARLIE BROWN MAKKTAYSON Some bloggers have suggested the military to do something about the rampant corruption by the O'Neill government. The simple answer is there will not be a military takeover because he made sure the Military Head is a man from Ialibu, his own electorate. Although this does not detract from the fact that Gilbert Torope earned his position and has the respect of the rank and file, he also will not lift a finger to challenge what is clearly a rotten and corrupt government led by the PM himself.The Military option has been neutralized by O'Neill. This leaves the students and the peoples option open. ONeill has not been just sneaky in gaining the majority of the pokies licenses under Duban in such a short time, he has tried to use the NCD Physical Planning Board to close down the 4 mile Casino because it was owned largely by Belden Namah and because it was going to challenge his own ambition to become PNG's first Bil

By BRYAN KRAMER I have been tracking this issue for sometime since September 2014 when a number of service providers made known their Government Cheques were bouncing. I started to make inquires with my contacts in the Treasury and Finance Departments to confirm whether there was any truth in it. Sadly the feed back was the Government had no funds and the Department officials were given instructions to go out and look for money. While many have been praising our Government for achieving so much people failed to put thought to where all this money was coming from or whether we could afford to be spending it all. In December 2014 the Government failed to pay for the teachers leave pay. Opposition Leader Don Polye published it was because the Government had mismanaged the Country's funds. Polye challenged Prime Minister to admit to the nation that the Government has run out of cash. “There’s no money in the system, the private sector is under stress, there’s l

By SAUWAN KOMPE The call is placed on all serving Christian members and ministers in this term of Parliament rallying behind wickedly corrupt O’Steal regime to seriously consider relinquishing or would be otherwise envisaged as caught in the web of O’Steal’s corruption. The prominent names that come to the fore are; James Marape (Tari-Pori), John Pundari (Kompiam-Ambum), Bire Kimisopa (Goroka), Benny Allan (Hunggai-Bena), Ben Micah (Kevieng), Richard Maru (Yangoru-Sausia), Delilah Gore (Sohe), Jimmy Miringtoro (Bougainville), Nick Kuman (Gumini), etcetera. This current crop of so called leaders of Christian (known) faith should fight corruption tooth and nail; however, instead, knowingly backing a wickedly corrupt regime is a conscious choice participating in the web of O’Steal corruption. The theology of “come out of her my people and do not be part takers of her sin” supposedly serves as a reminder but sad to envisage the opposite is true. Continued steadfast i

Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League CEO, Brad Tassell has resigned.  In a media statement, he said “I have had enough and have informed PNGRFL Chairman Sandis Tsaka that I cannot continue anymore as CEO of the PNGRFL,” Brad Tassell. “I have been the target of a constant and malicious campaign against me since I took on the position and my health and my family have suffered because of it. I can no longer ignore it or accept it and cannot continue to perform at the high standards I set for myself. The death threats against me, the threats against my family and the continual campaign to slur, undermine and tarnish my image has got to a point where I simply cannot and do not want to do the job anymore. The pressure has been unbearable on my health, my partner and my family and I will not tolerate it anymore. As such I have informed the Chairman I will no longer continue in my role as CEO – enough is enough. I, the Board and staff are fully aware there has been a continual campaign

THE EFFECT OF THE RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISION IN THE CASE OF EREMAS WARTOTO v. THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA SC1411 (2015) (INJIA CJ, SIR SAKORA, KIRRIWOM, KANDAKASI & DAVANI, JJ) On 27th January, 2015, the Supreme Court comprised of five (5) men bench handed down a very important and landmark decision which for the first time had settled some very important confusion on procedural law in this jurisdiction. The brief factual background of the case is that Eremas Wartoto, through his company Sarakolok West Transport Limited, came up with some scoping to repair and maintain Kerevat National High School. It was a closed tender and the contract valued at K7, 989, 892. 00 was awarded to Sarakolok West Transport Limited through the office of the Department of National Planning and Monitoring. It is alleged that only K700, 000. 00 was used to do repair and maintenance works at Kerevat National High School and the balance of K7, 100, 000. 00 was app

Corruption, the single largest obstacle to socioeconomic development worldwide, has had a grave impact on the southwest Pacific Island nation of Papua New Guinea. While mineral resource wealth drove high gross domestic product (GDP) growth of eight percent in 2012, the country is today ranked 157th out of 187 countries in terms of human development. Key anti-corruption fighters in the country say that money laundering must be tackled to increase deterrence and ensure that stolen public funds earmarked for vital hospitals and schools do not pay for luxury assets abroad. A patronage system of governance and a culture of secrecy have led to the misappropriation of an estimated half of Papua New Guinea's development budget of 7.6 billion kina (about 2.8 billion dollars) between 2009 and 2011 -- Investigation Task-Force Sweep (ITFS) “Our police officers, school teachers and health workers live and work in very squalid circumstances,” Lawrence Stephens, chairman of Transparency Interna

Despite its significant aid program in Papua New Guinea, which delivers more than half a billion Australian dollars in assistance annually to its former colony, Australia’s influence on outcomes in Papua New Guinea has taken a remarkable dive. This is partly because the resource boom over the past decade has played a much more important role in the PNG economy, although that is now in jeopardy with the tanking of commodity prices More importantly it is because diplomatic initiative has been seriously compromised by Australia’s being beholden to the past two PNG governments over the delivery of its offshore processing strategy for refugees. The government led by Peter O’Neill would appear to have had the Australian government over a barrel with the deal it has done on refugees with recent Australian governments. The last phase of Australia’s so-called ‘Pacific Solution’ — a response to the influx of asylum seeking refugees by boat through Southeast Asia — has seen first the Rudd gov