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By Souths Naiko As a concerned citizen of Papua New Guinea, I am appealing to men and women of our armed forces to please not go into Southern Highlands and attack your own people. This is a problem best solved by Peter O'Neill and his fellow politicians. Politicians must learn to solve the problems they create through non-violent means and stop resorting to heavy-handed tactics!! It's a shame for Peter O'Neill to display such a total lack of leadership by creating one problem after another and then expecting others to clean up after him. Have we learned nothing at all from the Bougainville Civil War?? Just as he has always done, Peter O'Neill is simply abusing his position by using state resources to fight his personal battles. This is not a national emergency but a provincial law and order issue caused by politicians themselves!! We appeal to the police and army not to allow yourselves to be used by one man in his corrupt quest for absolute power. Peter

 by MOSES WESO The presiding Judge Gibbs Salika DCJ has had the decision and was ready to deliver at 1:30pm on Wednesday 13th June 2018 when he was called into to see the Chief Justice to be briefed on the matter following and after a meeting between Rimbink Pato and William Powi at Airways Hotel VIP suit on Wednesday Morning. After the meeting between the two politicians, Rimbink Pato called the Chief Justice and advised him of then decision that was to be handed down at 1:30pm and that he was to do anything and everything to have the matter dismissed, following which the decission got altered that made the presiding Judge looking like stupid on the bench when delivering the Decission, at times confussed. The body of the Decission and in Fact 99% of the Decission was in favour of the Plaintiff CJK, the Judge in his statement agreed that By LAW the Declaration under Special Circumstance was Wrong... and When it is a Wrong, How can you write a Decission RIGHT. Well, thi

by GOVERNOR GARY JUFFA WHICH IS MORE TRAGIC? THE BURNING OF ONE PLANE BY FRUSTRATED PEOPLE IN ONE DAY OR THE RIGGING OF AN ELECTION BY CROOKS TO INSTALL THEMSELVES IN POWER OF 5 YEARS?? No one said shit when ballots were printed in INDONESIA and the stage was set for a rigged national elections..we were but sheeple who bleated meekly and followed the shepherd that would feast on our flesh...ahh but now we are so outraged about a plane being burnt..weigh the costs...the damage caused by those who are in parliament fraudulently via rigged elections and the decisions they make for 5 years or those who damaged a plane and buildings in one day....add it up..add the misery and the deaths from dwindling heath services and inaccessible roads...law and order...missed opportunities..unpaid royalties...add it up..5 years..the monetary cost is huge and the death toll doth rise somewhat.. Sheeple...stop bleating from your comfort zones..stop.. think..be outraged at the burn

by JACKLYN R KARL Government is one that can be blamed for this burning of one of the aeroplanes of Air Nuigni. Government must not hide and put blame on those culprits who have burned down the plane in Mendi town, Southern Highlands Province. The involvement of Government for playing technical means on the appointment of Southern Highlands Regional Seat has caused this incident. Government has no right to intervene politically to handpick a leader or favouring a leader to be SH Governor. It is the Government that politically involved at first sight by picking William Powi has the Governor of SHP without completing uncounted boxes. The Government through Electoral Commission prematurely appointed William Powi based on ghost votes. The real votes supposed to be counted were not counted, why did they leave other boxes out? Why did the Government or Electoral Commissioner (Paul Tomato) to appoint William P without considering remaining ballot boxes? Those questions are necessary and ve

by CAPTAIN JAMES MAKOP I have warned time and again that our people have patience but that patience is not infinite.  Our respect for those elevated to leadership status have always been given without question or reservation but the manner in which that respect had and continues to be abused has now brought about a paradigm shift in our perception of political and societal leadership.  YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED TIME AND AGAIN YET YOU HAVE NOT TAKEN HEED. YOU HAVE WROUGHT UNWARRANTED SUFFERINGS ON 8 MILL ION PEOPLE AND PERVERTED THE RULE OF LAW TO ENTRENCH YOUR VESTED INTERESTS.  JUDICIARY, YOU STAND GUILTY OF COMPLICIT IN ABETTING THE CRIMINALS IN POWER TO MAINTAIN STATUS QUO. WHAT HAD TRANSPIRED NOW IN THE BURNING OF AN AIRCRAFT BELONGING TO THE NATIONAL AIRLINE, SUBJECTING THE LIVES OF CREW AND PASSENGERS TO GRAVE RISK IS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO YOUR HANDLING OF MATTERS OF LAW IN THE DELIBERATE OBFUSCATION OF JUSTICE. MORE WILL FOLLOW AND THE BLOOD SPILT WILL BE ON YOUR HANDS.  Peo

by SETH V MULAM This information is shared by very senior officers from the DPLLGA and is Highly confidential. Haoda Rogea HLLG President is a Political Rival of Mr. Ieviri Ova HSPA legal chairman. Haoda Rogea is a relative of Nanai Puka Areni (NPA) the current Principal Legal Officer -PLO DPLGA. Public service commission has terminated NPAs (director Legal DPLLGA) employment yet acting secretary D.Guina is breaching all PSC directives & laws retaining her. Nanai Puka Areni was locked up by CIDs on report & referral by Departmental Lawyers at Boroko Police station for stealing yet Secretary Dick "Condom" Guina Bailed her out & she is back at DPLGA providing legal advice to remove Ieviri Ova the Legitimate chairman of HSPA VAGI SARIMAN BOARD is the 3rd HSPA Board in 3 years driven by Haoda Rogea (HLLG) President, through NPA his close relative. This is a constitutional Mockery. The Minister is compromised by appointing Mr. Oli as his driver when hi

by SAM KOIM Corruption, being a very destructive societal disease, is like cancer that eats at every fabric of the society. It comes in various types and stages, ranging from low-level petty corruption to high-level grand corruption. There is no single treatment for this pernicious disease, and literature shows that the best way to combat it is the application of a combination of approaches towards the same goal. To treat this societal illness, a careful diagnosis must first be undertaken. The diagnoses process will determine the type and stage at which the disease had spread within the society. For those who care to know more about this hot topic, I have detailed some features of corruption in the following. THE MYRIAD FACETS OF CORRUPTION Corruption is like a multifaceted octopus that rears its ugly image in all the facets of the society. It is an organized crime. Corrupt transactions may transcend agency territorial jurisdictions and span over many different countries

by SAM KOIM The recent announcement by the Government to regulate Facebook has stirred up a cacophony of views, mostly condemning the idea. Most people see it as a self-serving and arbitrary caveat on the peoples’ rights to freedom of speech and expression guaranteed by the Constitution. In PNG, every person is entitled to the freedom of conscience and thought to think independently and subscribe to political views, as well as the right to freedom of expression and publication to express those views (see sections 45&46 of Constitution). Those are what the Constitution categorizes as “qualified rights” and a law can ‘regulate’, without necessarily ‘restricting’, the exercise of this category of rights. A law or action of government purporting to ‘restrict’ these rights may be deemed unconstitutional. I don’t know just how Facebook will be regulated. I am not a tech savvy person, so I’ll leave this part of the debate to the government and its technocrats, and those in the kno

After the Manumanu land scam by MP William Duma, and the Sam Pepena Konebada lands debacle, it hasn’t stopped there.  There is a new twist to the Hiri PNG LNG landowners benefits. A  few years ago an Interim “Hiri Special Purpose Authority”, was established with a board and an acting CEO.   After the 2017 national elections, that board was replaced and a permanent Hiri SPA was established, and of all persons, JOEL OLI (Sam Pepena’s scams partner at Konebada Petroleum Park) is now appointed as the new CEO. Joel Oli is notorious in the past for scamming PNGBC and ended up in Bomana prison. Now he and a new corrupt board are going to be in control over multi-millions of Kina of PNG-LNG landowners Development money.  And they have already planning multimillion contracts to their friends and families for multimillion kickbacks. The biggest losers will be the PNG LNG people. The Government must step in now and put a stop to this massive corruption at Hiri SPA. Persons with a known c

by ROBERT SALMON MINAK  Every story has 2 sides. The story we know has Hon Sam Basil and Co. referring Hon Bryan Kramer to the Parliamentary Privileges Committee. Kramer has had Basil in his crosshairs since the day after Basil left for government. The range of issues Kramer has been raising have popular resonance. Truth be told, I am beginning to believe in Kramer's consistency in "shaking the monkey filled corruption tree". And its getting heated! Now, in the glamor of all that we are made to see, we may not realise certain aspects of a game as murky as politics. Someone once said politics is a game of convenience. No permanent friends, no permanent enemies. Nothing personal. All for show. Just in July 2017, Pangi Party leader Basil, now Oneill's minister for Facebook, authored and promoted the slogan "Friends to all enemy to one". The one enemy being PM Peter Oneill. How fortunes can change so quickly in PNG. As you read this, Oneill and Basil

by Mathew Johnson The Public Prosecutor of Papua New Guinea is demonstrating absolute inconsistency in discharging his constitutional functions, especially in the referral of leaders to the Chief Justice for Prosecution under the leadership code.  Such inconsistency is increasingly becoming the MO of leadership exhibited by the current government. We all want to see justice done according to law and the decision to revive a ten years-old outstanding leadership tribunal of Hon Chris Haiveta is welcomed. The tribunal was unable to proceed because Mr Haiveta had never been a Member (“Leader”) of Parliament since 2007. But one wonders what had become of some other tribunals that are still outstanding. For instance, what had become of Opposition Leader Patrick Pruaitch’s Leadership Tribunal?  The tribunal was appointed in 2010 and its been seven years. Unlike Mr Haiveta, Pruaitch had always been a member of Parliament whilst the case was still pending. The Judiciary and the Pu

by Kakemarn Arobian Kia The top positions of 60 positions advertised. Its two Deputy and District Administrators and Division Advisors and LLG Managers. The closing date was 28 February. Unknown to all public and DPM the crooked Provincial Administrator extended it by weeks for his cronies to apply. Seeing that most serving cronies are Cermostate and Diploma holders from dubious schools. Marc Avai put Circular in Kerema only to extend closing dates by two weeks and asked for police and medical report. The general public who applied by 28 February did not know about third new criteria. So now. From reliable sources; it cost K700,000 to screen and select these top positions in Gulf Province. More than half a million and still appointment pending. This is Gulf peoples money and needs updates by now, how far this private consultant has gone so far? Are we close to knowing these top positions now? HR should update us on this site. Other confidential matters not good for public

by JAMES PARAKISAN This is an urgent call to NASFUND & MRDC, the two major shareholders in PNG AIR LIMITED. PNG AIR LIMITED has been making a loss every year, and now the two shareholders have engaged auditors to do investigative audits to establish the facts why the airline company is making a loss, regardless of improvements in bringing 8x brand new ATRs. The facts are very simple, if your EXPENSES are more than your income, you make a loss. 1. Most of the top Management's expenses are very high, Salary & wages alone for ONLY 30 expatriates is K2 million a FORTNIGHT, and 300+ locals is only K200,000.00 a fortnight. The excessive K2million a fortnight or K8Million a month is only on Salary & Wages, excluding accommodation, fly in n outs of Pom, travel allowances and others. All of these managers live in Australia and do fly in and fly outs. They live in hotels in PNG from Tuesdays to Thursdays and fly out on Friday and return on Mondays. Even the hotels a

JUSTIN TKATCHENKO WAS STILL MP AND GOVERNMENT MINISTER WHILE HOLDING ONTO HIS AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP Where is the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB)? If you are a foreigner and trying to purchase your first property in Australia, your application to purchase is strictly processed by that Board. Ted Taru a PNG National went thru the process, paid a nonrefundable fee of $15,000 to instigate the process. You are asked all sorts of questions like, where did you get the money, how you get it, contract documents, bank accounts etc.....very very scary but he did get his approval and bought the property in Cairns eventually. Now the question is.....was that Gardener cum MP an Australian citizen when he bought those properties? If that was the case he wasn't questioned because he doesn't have to go thru the FIRB as an Australian citizen, and on the other hand, was he qualified and eligible to contest the National Elections if he can easily acquire those properties

By Western Province Governor Hon Taboi Awi Yoto There's a public perception out there that MP's have a lot of money. In Western Province, many assume that MPs and the Governor are supposed to have all the money and goodies to dish out for every personal/family/group requests. Though it's a fact that what we MPs receive in a fortnight is more compared to the rest of our ordinary citizens, the list of request we receive is way beyond what our fortnightly pay can offset. Since I won, there has been ever ending list of request that continues to flood my office, my facebook inbox, whatsup, text messages, emails and phone calls. Many requests that I have received has tagged phrases used to try to squeeze something out of me. Tagged phrases such as "I'm your voter", "I campaigned for you" "I gave you my first preference vote" "I sacrificed my time for you" "I'm your die-hard supporter since 2012" "I was y

“The recent recruitment exercise after last years (2017) advertisement of positions has seen a lot of nepotism mostly in the provincial administration. People who are not qualified are given senior positions and immediate families of the current HR Advisor – Mrs. Gari Vaburi and Deputy Provincial Administrator -Corporate Services -Mr. Bala Kapa. DPA corporate services - a person from Rigo….is in charge of the corporate sector which includes, Planning division, HR division, Finance and IT division. Bala Kapa was a former HR Advisor who handpicked Gari vaburi to be his puppet….She does not have a valid qualification…not even a Diploma except for some certified courses at IPA(Institute of public administration)..she started off in HR as a typist… Mr…Bala Kapa is responsible for the recent termination of Very experienced senior officers to accommodate his children to following positions: 1.       Last born son  –  Junior Kapa  - Staff clerk – HR Division 2.       Daughter – – Zilla Kapa

A political analysis by VINCENT MOSES The week that just ended has been an interesting one with so many political undercurrents at play. These political undercurrents have produced a couple of interesting events which this post will seek to discuss. The surprise appointment of Goilala MP Hon William Samb as Minister of State assisting the Prime Minister on Sports, Bougainville Affairs & Constitutional Matters was a culmination of certain events that have happened in recent weeks. Facebook was buzzing with two interesting news articles that were contradictory to each other. One was the case of TFF owing to schools where Chief Secretary to Government Isaac Lupari blamed the Education Department for not releasing funds on time even though he claims those funds were being held in trust accounts at the Central Bank. His claim was refuted by Education Minister Nick Kuman that there were no such funds being held in trust accounts at the Central Bank. This contradiction may seem

by BENNY MALAISA Gulf is a largely waterlogged province and many habitats, hamlets and communities are cut off from each other and accessibility to services from the outside. Most remote service providing agencies are isolated and largely dysfunctional at the most. Clinics and schools are among the most affected. Health workers and teachers refuse to work in such isolated locations where a Tin of Ox and Palm is purchased for K20.00 and a packet of rice for K10-15.00.  With a dysfunctional provincial administration their situation is made even more trying. There are those however who take up the sacrifice and challenge. One such school is the Kakoro Primary School situated at the headwaters of the great Lakekamu River, near the border of Gulf and Morobe just where the Bulldog tracks starts on the Gulf half. It takes more than a full day of travel on a dinghy to reach the main Trans island highway. There are no shops here to sell school books, biros, uniforms or su

by PAUL FLANAGAN   The recent APNGBC meeting concluding in Brisbane this week was an interesting experience for the co-author of the “Double or Nothing – The Broken Economic Promises of PNG LNG” report that raised questions about the overall benefits of the PNG LNG projects – indeed, its potential costs. In his keynote address to the APNGBC conference, PNG’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill made clear he considered an analysis of the PNG LNG project as utter nonsense and being fake news .  It was surprising that the Prime Minister mentioned the report. Once mentioned, the dramatic nature of the attack was not unexpected. Unfortunately, I’d been down that road before – so a quick history of “fake news”. In December 2014 I dared suggest that the fall in oil prices would have adverse impacts on PNG’s budget, balance of payments and economy (see the ANU Discussion Paper  here ). This immediately led to a media release from Prime Minister O’Neill’s office by his then Chief