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By CHARLES BENSON The much promoted and idolized CCIC is a complete SHAM in terms of financial sponsorship management. The very publicized 'biggest' off season competition in Papua New Guinea as proclaimed the ambitious CEO, Timothy Lepa is more less a scheme to secure financial sponsorship in the cause of promote rugby league in the rural areas of PNG. Since its inception a lot of raw talents have been identified elevated to the next level of rugby league (inter-city). However, its been evident that most clubs qualifying in the cup challenge face a lot of setbacks including officials facilitating the competition. 1. Clubs who qualifies for the regional legs challenge are promised packages and prize money for winning the grand final are obviously MISLED or is a total LIE. 2. Competition is manipulated to suit a specific club to qualify in the regional and final play off. So cronies can benefit from the winning prize money. 3. Selection is based on nep

AID Watch Australia Australia spends $577 million a year on aid to Papua New Guinea (PNG). Two key focus areas are anti-corruption related – law & justice, and governance. PNG has concurrently undertaken a number of national processes to combat corruption without Australian support. Five years ago today, the Finance Department Commission of Inquiry (CoI) in PNG uncovered widespread fraud involving senior bureaucrats and law firms from the period 2000 – 2006, with 780 million kina of public finances stolen. To this day, no action has been taken to implement the recommendations of this report. Since that time, there has also been a National CoI into Special Agricultural and Business Leases (SABL’s), the lease mechanism that provided the pathway for large scale land grabs to occur in PNG. This has resulted in a loss of around 12% of the total land mass. The report found that of the 77 leases investigated, only 3 were found to have been legally obtained. The report also cited Austral

By: Fr. JOHN M. GLYNN OL The subject of this report is a female Elementary School teacher in a remote Central Province Village Ms X teaches at the Elementary School in her village. This is fully registered Catholic Agency school. Total enrolment at the school is about 58 children ranging in age from 6 years to 8, with a few older. Ms X has remained without being paid since 2010. There is an Acting Teacher in Charge (TiC) who receives a salary. The real TiC is now a student at Teachers’ College and is still receiving his salary from the Department. Ms X’s history:- 2010 Ms X was recruited to teach at the village Elementary School. She attended a six week course at Mirigeda near Loloata Island which qualified her to teach the Prep Grade. The cost of the course was K1,110. Ms X found a sponsor who paid this money for her. On completion of the course Ms X was instructed to complete a Resumption of Duty form so that she could be put on the payroll and receive a fo

BY BRYAN KRAMER A post and detailed article have since been published canvassing this issue both were authored by prominent PNG lawyers and well expounded to those who have a legal mind. Due to the fact most don't I thought I'd provide a layperson's interpretation. Background facts Mr. Eremas Wartoto was arrested and charged in 2011 for two counts misappropriation relating to awarding of a contract to his company SWT to carry out repair and maintenance work at the Kerevat National High School in the East New Britain Province. The contract was processed and awarded through the office of the Department of Planning and Monitoring and not through the Central Supply and Tenders Board process under the Public Finance (Management Act) 1995. The State (Prosecution) alleges that SWT had inside knowledge and was able to quote for the lowest of the three quotations in the sum of K7.99m which the Department of Planning and Monitoring accepted. Of the

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