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by JOHN E. KUA Deceit by definition is keeping the truth hidden to get an advantage. So did the prime minister deceive the people of Western Province on the 33 percent shares in OK TEDI MINING LIMITED? Yes, he did lie about the transfer LIMITED? to the people of Western Province as no open dialogue or consultation was conducted by the government or its agents ,including the Mineral Resources Development Corporation ( MRDC ), the Department of Mining or the Department of Environment & Conservation to distribute the share equity amongst the different classes of landowners and the provincial and local level governments. The O'Neill government was applauded for nationalising the mine in 2013, from BHP and it's trustees nominee PNGSDP in lieu of catastrophic environmental damages done to river systems along the OK Tri river and the Fly river which flows 400 nautical miles into the Gulf Delta, displacing almost 100.000 people who have depended on the river systems

by JOHN E KUA Over the past few months government propagandists have craftily colluded with the mainstream media to portray to nation,n , that all is well, and the nation is growing at leaps and bounds in contrast with the stark reality, that the nation is in a serious financial crisis, undergoing resuscitation from the international financial institutions in the hope a windfall of mysterious proportions would happen to end the current financial quagmire. Inside sources from the Bank of Papua New Guinea confide that the Governor of the Bank is not a trustworthy person as he lives out of his suitcase, globetrotting on trivialities, irrelevant to the core functions of the Bank, and is unable to apply the brakes on government spending and borrowing. Meanwhile, the government tries its best to conceal an open secret that all is well by manipulating the mainstream and social media, that the government is doing what it has to do in so far as the welfare of the nation is concerned. T

by NEMO YALO In my last article relating to the appointment, suspension and revocation of appointment of Chief Executive Officer (hereafter “the CEO) of a statutory authority I concluded by stating that under the relevant laws the ultimate decision to appoint or suspend or dismiss a CEO rests with the Head of State (hereafter “the HoS”) and none other. I further stated that I will write about a particular statutory authority that has made two acting CEO appointments and terminated the incumbent CEO in breach of the relevant laws. Here I write about the Accident Investigation Commission (hereafter “the AIC”) board illegally appointing an expatriate as acting CEO. The AIC is the statutory authority entrusted to investigate aviation accidents and incidences (occurrences) in order to determine the cause(s) so as to prevent similarly or the same incident or accident occurring in future. The AIC board comprises the Chief Commissioner who must be a National Court Judge or lawyer with 10

by Eragairma Yal Recently I wrote about how tax can be effectively measured and collected and how Asians were evading taxation matters by violating the norms and practices of business in PNG. Does anyone get to know or question why we have cash flow problems in the country as of or about the late 90s to date? Asians have taken over all reserved businesses and own about 95% of all shops from tucker shops to trade stores, Kai bars and up to retail stores, supermarkets and wholesale. About 80% of these businesses don't have an operating bank account with our commercial banks. However, they store cash in their safe back in their bedrooms. And listen carefully what I will share with you. Nearly all these businesses are not owned by the so-called managers and handymen who run the shops but are owned by their millionaires and billionaires back in their own countries. These Asians who are here are least significant and those that have no real values back in their place of orig

by IAN LING-STUCKEY MP # The biggest negative impact will be on family food budgets. There have been a massive set of price increases facing families – 518 areas where family food budgets will face increases. PNG Families to suffer from government’s tariff increases “PNG families will be facing much higher prices in 2018 because of poor government policies. Since forming government in 2017, the National Government has organised to increase prices on 918 items. These price increases will start coming through early in the new year. A government more in touch with the high cost of living facing our people would not deliberately increase prices that mainly suited their business besties” said the Shadow Minister for Treasury and Finance, Ian Ling-Stuckey. “The biggest negative impact will be on family food budgets. There have been a massive set of price increases facing families – 518 areas where family food budgets will face increases. The major ones are the 25% increase in milk

by NEMA YALO LLB The recent saga in relation to the appointment of the Secretary for the Department of Commerce and Industry has prompted me to write this article for public benefit. The process relating to the appointment, suspension and revocation of the appointment of a departmental head is provided for under the Constitution, the Public Services Management Act 2014 (hereafter “the Act”) and the Public Services (Management) (Employment of Departmental Heads) Regulation 2014 (hereafter “the Regulation”). This article should answer two primary issues, namely, what is the process involved in appointing, suspending and revocation the appointment and who ultimately makes the appointment, suspension and the revocation of appointment. For space reasons, some detail aspects of the process are omitted. Appointment of Departmental Head. The appointment of a departmental head is provided for under Section 193 of the Constitution and Section 27 of the Act. A detailed procedure is presc

by PNGI A Member of Parliament is elected to serve his constituents, and is paid handsomely to do it; a minimum of K330,000 a year in take home pay, according to Madang MP Bryan Kramer. For this princely sum, surely an electorate should expect their member will spend every working hour striving to support their struggles and advance their interests? After all, K330,000 a year is 45 times the national minimum wage and more money than most people could even dream of earning. If an MP is given the added honour of serving as a Minister of State his take home pay is increased, to reflect the added duties and responsibilities, to a cool K546,000 per year. After all, said Minister now has not only the weight of responsibility of serving his own constituents, he now has responsibility for a whole government department, hundreds of staff and numerous local, national and international obligations. No time here, clearly, for personal business interests, nor should there be. After all, that i