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by JAMES KAMBO Sports and Pacific Games Minister Justin Tkatchenko is under the spotlight again this week after a rape victim has come out publicly to confirm legal proceedings have taken place to claim for damages done to him by the Minister while he was employed at the NCDC Botanical Gardens between 1998 - 2000. The victim from Wapenmanda district in the Enga Province has confirmed to PNGBlogs he has been under duress and he's burdened with feelings of worthlessness, at one point even contemplating suicide and self harm after he was sexually abused by a man who is currently the face of PNG and the Pacific Games. His intention is to bring to light what happened 16 years ago, The victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons is a father of 4 kids is now in his forties. When queried by PNGBlogs on the long delay in seeking justice he said he could not hide this anymore after his family and tribe asked him to speak out because on his Anorectal diseases or Anal Diso

by LUCAS KIAP This is a story of a man who once owned a cup that produces water for drinking. It was a mystery cup that the man owned - he had no idea where the cup came from and how the water gets in there at the first place and continues to refill itself whenever he drinks. He only knows how to drink. Every time when he becomes thirsty he would go to his cup - there he would find water to drink. When he drinks he would not finish - there would still be some left in the cup. After he drinks, the cup would always refill itself. One day he became curious and wanted to discover the mystery behind the cup. He decided to drink all the water in the cup and pour out the remaining so that he could witness the whole process of the cup refilling itself. What he did not realize was that once the cup was empty, it would not refill itself again. The cup was subjected to natural laws, laws that the poor man has no control over them - laws that he didn't understand them - laws that were no

PNGEXPOSED Minister has lied in Parliament over his involvement in a family company awarded a K27 million contract in dubious circumstances Sports Minister Justin Tkatchenko has a long history of unanswered fraud allegations . Now he is trying to bat away accusations of corruption over a massive K27 million contract awarded to his family company to keep the flowers growing in Port Moresby. But not only has the Minister failed to answer the substantive allegations against him he has misled Parliament and lied to the people. Tkatchenko [see story below] does not deny that the company he founded, Kitoro No.33 , which trades under the name PNG Gardener, is the beneficiary of the K27 million contract. Nor has he denied that the bid submitted by Kitoro No.33 was the highest among seven competing tenders received by the National Capital District. The bid was “unquantified and staggering” according to eminent lawyer and MP Alan Marat and contained costings that were “grossly

by MARK J PULAPE NOT THE FIRST TIME OUR ECONOMY HAS BEEN GRAVELY MISMANAGED BY PRIME MINISTERS Young people have no idea how much better (or worse) things used to be in the past. We live in a nation where too little of our history is written down, hardly ever in a form where it can be retrieved and read years later. That makes it easy for our leaders to repeat the same mistakes over and over again. They fall into the same traps, make the same mistakes, and the rest of us don't realise it could have all been avoided. That's the stupidity of always looking forward and never looking back. Also not knowing our own history makes it very hard to become enraged when our leaders' idiot decisions costs the country millions, even billions. We never knew it was avoidable! Amazingly, certain politicians who created our biggest disasters in the past still hang on long past their use by date. They successfully escape their past by reinventing themselves in a new image. Juli

by CYRIL GARE God’s number one business on earth is people therefore anything that is not people-centred is un-Godly, says P’nyang’s landowner Chairman, Michael Betkimsok. Mr. Betkimsok was reacting to the events unfolding during Question Time this and last week in Parliament pertaining to the P’nyang gas project in Western province. According to him, P’nyang must be a standalone project of its own and under no circumstances should it will be hijacked into or under the umbrella of the Exxon Mobil led PNG LNG project, In an exclusive interview with Sunday Chronicle this morning (Saturday, June 06, 2015) in Port Moresby, Mr. Betkimsok said it is “unconditional” that his gas field must have its own license, own agreement and benefit sharing structure completely outside of the precincts of Exxon Mobil, “non-negotiable!”. He raised two important points: The Retention Licence initially held by Oil Search has expired on April 15, 2015, adding Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill has l

by PETER KUNJIL If what Saulep’s is trying to bring across to us the students, staff and concerned parties of PNG University of Technology Taraka Campus is true and wants Shram to step down from the office of the Vice Chancellor, why don’t our SRC setup at SPECIAL FORUM for him to give a speech to the concerned students here? Why don’t he come tell us on our face the “TRUTH” he is preaching over the media (newspaper)? Why don’t he ask the students himself to find out if UniEtch is flying or not? The once proclaimed by “The National” newspaper in April 2014, on a front paper article “ACTING VICE CHANCELLOR” of PNG University of Technology and former Pro Chancellor of PNG University, we really feel for your sacrifices and appreciate your great concerns for this university (PNG UniTech), while you were here, you have done great work. We really feel for you when you never had a chance to sit in that office you were given the position by “The National” during our boycott last ye

  by NIGL KAIR NEM One of the factors that cause development stagnation in PNG is corruption. Corruption is defined as ‘the abuse of entrusted power for personal gain’ and it is a global phenomenon. In PNG, corruption is widespread and endemic, penetrating all levels of society. Although, corruption flourishes in secrecy, the social and economic effects of it are visible and affect everyone in the country. PNG’s economy is boosted by large reserves from the natural resources like gold, copper, nickel, oil and gas. The PNG liquefied natural gas (LNG) project is expected to contribute 30 billion dollars into PNG economy over the next 30 years. This is anticipated to contribute additional 20% into the country’s GDP. In addition to this, the Ramu nickel mine and other mines around the country have started shipping overseas hence they become major sources of foreign revenue for the country. Despite unprecedented economic growth with the country experiencing a decade of mineral resour