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by KERENGA KUA MP It is with great sadness and disappointment that we learned of the unfortunate recent court decision in Washington DC to lock out PNG. Embassy staff following three months of arrears in rental payments. The Parliamentary Leader and Member for Sinasina Yongomugl Mr Kerenga Kua said, "The O'Neill Government has spent a fortune during the campaign period telling Papua New Guinea, in a series of glossy advertisements, about how it has put PNG on the world stage. Hosting regional and global events has given us some recognition, but at the cost of so many other high priority areas like health and education. "Sadly, it is that very world stage that will witness us shame ourselves as we close foreign mission after foreign mission. So far this year we have failed to pay UN fees calling the failure an administrative glitch to avoid further humiliation. "High Commission and Embassy staff in Singapore, Beijing and Washington has had to

Electoral Commissioner Patilias Gamato’s responses and comments at his media conference yesterday raise serious questions and concerns about the election and the mismanagement and irregularities that have been revealed, and confirm he is not in control of the operations. Papua New Guinea deserves more than the unsatisfactory and contradictory answers from Mr Gamato and the suspicious silence from Isaac Lupari. “Mr Gamato spent yesterday afternoon smiling away and treating legitimate questions as something to laugh about,” former Prime Minister Sir Mekere said today. “Very important questions were brushed aside as if they didn’t matter.” For example where is the electoral roll? It is extraordinary that it is still not publicly available so voters and candidates can check its accuracy. “What are Mr Gamato and Mr Lupari hiding,” Sir Mekere asked. Mr Gamato’s statement that voting would not be extended in areas where one-day polling was reduced to a handful of hours is totally

by  Jamie Maxtone-Graham PNG 2017 national elections is a game of "high stakes power play" which is unfolding before our eyes, as we experience chaos in the first days of polling......People of PNG need to know who are the master puppeteers pulling the strings of their puppets from behind the scenes and who are these puppets in charge of delivering the 2017 national election. There are Serious questions on everyone's mind that need to be asked...! 1. Is the whole election process fair and transparent? Answer : No Reasons; a) updating of common roll has taken 5yrs but still remains incomplete and was done in total secrecy up until the last minute, only on polling day the common roll was released to the public, voters were given no opportunity to verify if their names were on the common roll or not, many names have been deleted from the roll, while many names were inflated in certain wards without explanation, all these activities raises suspicions in the voter

PNG BLOGS first reported out of the 8 million population, less then 6 million will vote. So where do you reckon the rest of the 4 million plus ballot papers would/has gone? According to reliable sources from within the electoral commission, those remaining ballot papers have already been marked and placed in separate ballot boxes containing identical serial numbers of those that would be distributed to specific polling centers.  This was the case yesterday. After polling, those ballot boxes taken from the polling sites will be replaced during transportation with the tempered ballot boxes. 1. Firstly the NCD Police Operation Commander Assistant Commissioner Sylvester Kalaut told the media that some NCD Election Manager was apprehended by police at Six mile with over K100 000 in his possession. He was then brought over to Boroko Police Station for questioning and was later brought in for interrogation by the CID officers. Assistant Commissioner Kalaut also said that police also foun

by  STANFORD HARO But when we look at what we have allowed to happen, we have to admit that We Are Cowards, We Are Accomplices! Justin Tkatchenko has Lied about his Citizenship, is a thief of Tax credit and still has become our Parliament Member, our Sports and National Events Minister and even our face to the world as the Minister for APEC! Several IRC, IPA records are attached for you to read and judge and you can logon to IPA, IRC to confirm it: system records are undeniable! His company PNG Gardener (Kitoro No.33 Ltd) was removed 4 times by IPA due to failure to renew since 1990, we rewarded his company 100 millions Kina in government contracts. As a shareholder and director, he never registered himself as a taxpayer, he never declared his income tax, and the worst of the worst, he stole K670,000.00 in tax credit from another company to pay his own tax debt. HE IS A THIEF! Our very senior IRC officers helped him. His cronies ran over our poor helpless people outside his house, tr

PRESS STATEMENT Electoral Commissioner Patilias Gamato and Election Steering Committee head Isaac Lupari must be sacked or stood down immediately to prevent further election chaos occurring. They must be replaced by competent, independent people capable of conducting the election effectively and honestly. Former Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta said today that Mr Gamato and Chief Secretary Lupari have compromised the election. “Many people expressed fears previously that the election would not be free and fair. Under Mr Gamato and Mr Lupari we are seeing those fears come true,” he said. “The election has barely started and reports are coming in from all over the country of chaos, delays, irregularities and problems of all sorts. The public does not have any confidence in Mr Gamato and Mr Lupari. “There is growing disatisfaction with the conduct of the election, and if it continues the way it has begun, the public cannot have any confidence in the outcome.” Sir Mekere sa

Powes Parkop went to Sydney on On Friday 12th May 2017 and returned late afternoon Sunday 14th May 2017, while in Sydney he met with Susan Merrell to plan on the upcoming elections. Merrell is by now a well known surrogate who has made a living crafting skills in doing hit pieces on opposition parties she is paid to destroy. Within the walls of  NCD Governor's office and the City Hall staff offices there is now a growing air of suspicion that there is an ongoing love affair between Susan Merrell and Governor Powes Parkop. Whether this is true or false it is only shared by a few privileged ones including a source very close to Governor Parkop. So far as our source can recall, Susan Merrell started visiting the Governor's Office early this year. She was given a lot of time and space to be with the Governor and was given a fully armed body guard to be with her on call 24 hours while she stay up at the Stanley Hotel suites. Our source recalled several times seeing Mr Parkop

. “Prime Minister Peter O’Neill is costing the people of Papua New Guinea a fortune,” former Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta said today   “ The Government has severe cashflow problems. There are no medicines in hospitals and health centres; schools have not received nearly enough money to operate; businesses are owed millions by the Government, but Treasury and Finance seem to have no problem paying the huge expenses the Prime Minister runs up daily. “On top of the damage he is inflicting on the country and the people through gross mismanagement of public finances, high debt and poor health and education services, he constantly flies around the country and the world in the Falcon jet, hires helicopters, stays in expensive hotels – all on the public purse. “I am told he has a permanent suite at the Airways Hotel, where he has lived for the last five years, eats and drinks there, when he has a perfectly good house on Touaguba Hill, and of course Mirigini House, at his dispo

by PNGI CENTRAL The Mineral Resource Development Company (MRDC) is a State owned entity that manages landowner equity interests in mining and petroleum projects on behalf of landowner companies. Augustine Mano has been the Managing Director since March 2008. In his report for 2009 , the Auditor General recorded his concern that Augustine Mano was avoiding paying tax on K600,000 a year, 80% of his total remuneration: I noted that a “Professional Services Agreement” was signed on the 15th of May, 2008 between MRDC and the Managing Director as the “Incumbent Professional” of SMA Investment Limited “the company.” SMA Investment Limited is a Papua New Guinea registered company owned by Augustine Mano as the sole shareholder. The Auditor General’s report continues: Section 4 of the contract states that MRDC will pay the Managing Director and SMA Investments Limited a monthly fee of K62,500 (K750,000 annually, GST excl.) based on an invoice pr