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by YAKAN LEPAKALI The member for Kompiam/Ambum is serving his fourth term in Parliament as member elect for the electorate. He first got elected in 1992 general election and retained seat in 1997. In 2002, he opted to contest the Enga regional seat challenging seating regional member Peter Ipatas but lost for he was egocentric. He returned to politics in 2007 and contested for Kompiam/Ambum, the seat he vacated when vying for Enga regional. He defeated the incumbent seating member Dickson Maki. In the last national election he retained his seat and this is his fourth term. Rest of Papua New Guinea perhaps contemplating, he must be not only a good leader but an ideal, that’s why people keep returning Pundari election after another. People are opinionated but never have had the firsthand knowledge of what transpires in the electorate. Give them the benefit of doubt, they are entitled to forming those views and opinions. However, needless to say he is ruthless and next lines exp

by CASPER DAMIEN Introduction What do we mean by culture? Culture is what distinguishes a human from an animal. The animal has instincts which tell it how to answer its needs for survival. Humans have culture to perform the same task. (Apart from human reasoning capacity to do what is right from wrong). Culture is not just a bundle of customs but a system of ideas, an ordered whole, inherited from and shared with a group, through which people are taught how to answer their physical, social, and spiritual needs. What one can see of a culture are the exterior forms, but what gives meaning to those forms are the underlying values. There cannot be true understanding and appreciation of a culture without knowledge of the values system. These three traditional values systems are very important for PNG. The three common traditional value systems are community, relationships, and exchange. These values identify who we are and our existence as Papua New Guineans. The traditional val

by CHRISTOPHER  PAPIALI The man who dethroned Lady Carol Kidu in the Port Moresby South electorate is said to be doing more in his electorate while others may refute this claim but generally the public seem to relate well with this first time politician, whom many referred to as PNG Gardener in which his popular TV shows on EMTV were relatively influential in his political campaign during the 2012 National Elections. He is Hon. Justin Thatchenko, Minister for Sports and the 2015 XV Pacific Games. This is the very ministry that previous successive governments failed to give more allocations in their yearly national budgets.   This first time politician promised to deliver the 2015 XV Pacific Games on record time, opposing his critics and the passion he has to grow sports in PNG is welcome. Sports Development is a dead issue for the past three decades and the decades of negligence has resulted in zero sporting facilities in rural communities with absolutely dysfunctional spo

PNGEXPOSED Have a look at some of the Findings of the NPF Commission of Inquiry, you  might just a have a better appreciation about the people now being  talked about as a result of the SBS Dateline Video . Look at how much money was lost then and since and this country continues to  loose millions (by now it must be Billions) to a few filthy rich  Papua New Guineans with their expatriate friends. Corruption is derailing this country and the rights of the future  generations to benefit from their equal share. We all have to act to  stem this at the bud. NPF Final Report Post Courier, 2003 This is the 60th extract from the National Provident Fund (now known as NASFUND) Commission of Inquiry report. The inquiry was conducted by retired justice Tos Barnett and investigated widespread misuse of member funds. The report recommended action be taken against several high-profile leaders, including former NPF chairman Jimmy Maladina. The report was tabled in Parliament on  Nove

04/07/2015 by BRYAN KRAMER National Fraud & Anti-corruption Director Mathew Damaru & his Deputy Timothy Gitua have given instructions to their lawyer McRonald Nale of Jema Lawyers to challenge the decision of Supreme Court granting Geoffrey Vaki bail. The right to bail following conviction is a constitutional right, section 42(6) Right to Liberty of PNG Constitution. The provision is states that a person arrested or detained for an offence (other than treason or wilful murder as defined by an Act of the Parliament) is entitled to bail at all times from arrest or detention to acquittal or "conviction" unless the interests of justice otherwise require. Bail Act of 1977 reaffirms this right. Section 11 of Act provides for bail after lodging an appeal. The provision is in the following terms Where a person lodges an appeal against his conviction or sentence or both– (a) the court which convicted him; or (b) a court of equal jurisdiction; or

Convicted criminal and former Commissioner of Police Geoffrey Vaki has filed an urgent appeal against his conviction and sentence of 3 years imprisonment with hard labour by Chief Justice Salamo Injia Vaki's lawyers were frantically signing affidavits in preparation for their client's appeal even before the Chief Justice handed down Vaki''s sentence at 11:30pm today. His lawyers formally registered his appeal with the Supreme Court Registry following his sentencing and served copies on Damaru and Gitua's lawyers. The file is now before the Chief Justice who is the Supreme Court administrative judge to appoint a judge to hear Vaki's bail application. CJ is prevented from hearing Vaki's application having presided over Vaki's case in the National Court. However CJ is currently in Court hearing an application by Jimmy Maladina to stay his sentencing on 15th July 2015 until his appeal against his conviction is determined. As at 3pm to

Chief Justice sitting as National Court Judge handed his ruling on Vaki's sentencing today after finding him guilty of two counts of the criminal charges of contempt of court for failing to effect the District Court warrant of arrest against th e Prime Minister Peter O'Neill. He was sentenced to serve 3 years with hard labour at Bomana Corrections facility. Vaki's lawyer Greg Sheppard and Queens Counsel John Griffins pleaded for a non-custodial (no prison) sentence. His lawyers argued Vaki should not be punished because the present case is unique, involving complex court proceedings. There was no previous decision of either National or Supreme Courts dealing with powers of the Police Commissioner in the context of a warrant of arrest. They argued that the conduct of Vaki cannot be fairly classified in the all the circumstances as wilful or intentional breach of a court order. He was acting on legal advice relating to the Chief Justice ruling in a previous