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NIUGINI OUTLOOK  Today's incident in Wabag makes a lot of sense considering it was none other than Peter Ipatas himself who more than a week ago slinked into Lae, told Unitech students that he would be at the National Polytechnic University in Lae, and proceeded to distribute thousands of Peter O'Neill's newspaper advert propaganda reply to the student boycott. Ipatas also used this curious time to distribute school fee subsidies and scholarships, which of course makes no sense at all considering where the university administrations are in their school year. Ipatas is a willing briefcase carrier to Peter O'Neill and like the late Anderson Agiru, presides over the distribution of an immense amount of tax money generated by resource extraction from those provinces. Even in 2016, very little is seen on the ground as products of the cash cow Pogera Mine and the cash cow LNG and oil projects. Considering who he is, it makes all the sense in the world that he would not

NIUGINI OUTLOOK Many on the social media were fooled by UPNG Academic Senates' news release on Tuesday, thinking that the unthinkable had happened - that the Academic Senate had cancelled the school year, with all the fallout that would come from that. Let's start with what happens to n ext Year's incoming Year 1 students. Let this years repeat? If not, then exclude this year's Year 2, 3 and 4 students? Can't do that! Probably they would try to double up 2 year's worth of year 1 students which would be chaotic at best. That's why the Department of Higher Education is mortified by the prospects of the school year being cancelled. The school year wasn't cancelled yesterday. Neither was Semester 1 cancelled. It was formally suspended. Of course, it has been informally suspended for 3 weeks now, so why bother announcing this? The reason was to try and frighten the students and their parents into coming back to class. As usual, the Academic Senate and A

PNGNews This is the background brief outline provided by former interoil employees as the company face growing pressure from shareholders and PNGICC over announcement of Oil Search bid to buy out InterOil operation in Papua New Guinea, giving total monopoly over LNG production market in the country. Jobs: In 2013, InterOil had between 1,500 and 2,000 staff and contractors throughout Papua New Guinea. The current BOD and executive management changed the entire strategy of the company, and closed offices, sold assets, and sacked staff. Around 100 staff in Cairns Australia lost their jobs as the office was forced to close by executive decree. Then the layoffs started in PNG, whereby hundreds of PNG nationals lost jobs. Critical roles such as safety training and inspection were “right-sized”, actually these roles were simply reduced and out sourced to foreign contractors ( at rates 3 times PNG nationals) that simply didn’t have the PNG experience that is needed in roles like that.

UNITECH FOR PNG   Prime Minister Peter O’Neill responded this evening (Monday) to the University of PNG and University of Technology’s petition. In a nine-page letter, the PM responded to the 10 points raised by the universities.      IT IS SO EASY TO REBUT THE PM’S INCOMPLETE AND MISLEADING ANSWERS, WITH THEIR MANY HALF TRUTHS, THAT ONLY A FEW SENTENCES ARE NEEDED FOR EACH POINT. THE ODDEST THING OF ALL:   WHY HAS THIS PRIME MINISTER MANAGED TO CREATE SO MANY CONTROVERSIES?    HE HAD TO ADDRESS TEN OF THEM, AND THERE ARE MANY MORE, SUCH AS THE SABL LAND GRABS THAT HE REFUSES TO REVERSE.        1.UBS LOAN “This matter is before the Court and as such it would be sub judice for me to discuss several aspects at this stage. However I wish to clarify misunderstanding and confusion over this borrowing,” O’Neill said. “This loan was obtained to secure our national interest in one of Papua New Guinea’s premier business asset, Oil Search Limited. If we had not

MICHAEL J PASSINGAN Prime Minister Peter O’Neill’s planned new $US500 million loan is gong to be one of the most expensive borrowings in PNG history. And it comes at a time when his mad economic policies are hurting public servants even more.  National Department of Health doctors’ last pay and entitlements have been cut by about 50% More Public Servants are facing pay and entitlement cuts. O’Neill has even short-changed police. What next – Defence Force? The loan will help ease the foreign exchange shortage, but is only a stop-gap. In the long run it will make the nation’s economic and financial problems worse.  O’Neill has destroyed the country’s economic reputation overseas and now unscrupulous lenders are moving in for the kill as they realize how desperate the Prime Minister and his kon men cronies are. The syndicated loan being sought from Credit Suisse (yes ANOTHER Swiss bank) is set at 7% interest rate on US dollars. The standard inter-bank interest rate (known as

by MICHAEL PASSINGAN PNG Blogs has received well founded rumours that Peter O'Neill's favored sniffer dogs such as Gari Baki, and his hit team headed by half-blinded and porn-star Jacob Ivaroa are still on the look out for anything to charge the lawyers representing Matthew Damaru and the Fraud Squad Officers in this ongoing saga. Peter O'Neill's and his corrupt regime's fate hangs in the balance as the Courts and the public are closing in on him. These policemen had been conditioned by O'Neill and Lupari to find anything and everything against Damaru and the Fraud Squad team and the Lawyers representing them. There had been numerous countless occasions witnessed by the Country of such vindictive witch hunting. Peter O'Neill and his henchmen are again at it. They are sniffing around to find anything and everything to stop this process from moving. The Country is fed up with these erratic behavior. PNG is now protesting the leadership of P'

by BRYAN KRAMER Yesterday (19/5/16) Governor of National Capital District Powes Parkop accepted University of PNG (UPNG) Students petition on behalf of the Prime Minister Peter O'Neill. UPNG Student Representative Council (SRC) President presented the students petition to the Governor but not before making known their demand for Prime Minister to step down within 24 hours (3pm today) or th ere would be a mass withdrawal of students from campus. When receiving the petition Governor Parkop said he was proud of the students. "You have the right to raise your voice when you see that something has gone wrong, and we as mandated leaders have the responsibility to listen." he said. He also stated he was not directed by the Prime Minister to receive the petition but as the Governor of NCD. Soon after the Governor received the petition O'Neill issued a media statement acknowledging he had received it. "I thank the students for the mature manner in w