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From Dr. Glen Mola... Not always good news! Today we heard at our PMGH staff meeting that we have run out of antiretroviral (ART or HIV drugs) medicines. We have many thousands of HIV positive people on treatment in NCD (and several more thousand around the rest of the country) and they may not have any medicine to take unless new supplies arrive in the very near future. People on ART must take their medicine every single day: they they stop and start again they are very likely to breed resistant HIV. This is not only bad (in fact life-threatening) for the patient, but life-threatening for everybody else in the community who might catch the HIV from them. We also don't have any Syphilis test kits in the country. Syphilis used to be the commonest cause of stillbirth (babies dying inside their mothers) in our audit stats.- and after we started routine testing of all mothers coming to AN clinics (and treating the positives) we virtually eliminated this scourge from our pregnant

  Press Statement by SIR MEKERE MORAUTA APEC Authority documents show that at least 500 vehicles have been procured by the O’Neill Government for APEC, many of them Land Cruisers and Prados similar in luxury to the Bentleys, Maseratis and Mahindras. “The astonishing total indicates that a free-for-all of greed is taking place under the guise of APEC,” Sir Mekere Morauta, Member for Moresby North-West said today. “Many of them have been claimed by the Prime Minister, the APEC Minister and top APEC Authority officials, who already have vehicles allocated to them as part of their contracts. “Others have gone to Ministers and their outriggers, public servants and the heads of statutory bodies who are also allocated vehicles as part of their contracts. Sir Mekere said the APEC Authority documents do not reveal the total cost of vehicle acquisitions. But it must be astronomical, he said. Nor do the documents indicate whether public competitive tenders were called for all thes

by ROBERT MARAPE On the eve of APEC, Minister Justin Tkatchenko the Minister for Lands and APEC under the Peter O'Neill Government stands accused of nepotisim and promoting homosexuality, He brought over his lover and former EMTV News Presenter  Tukana Hasavi Jr on a very lucrative contract to the APEC Authority according to sources inside APEC. Justin Tkathenko according to APEC Secretariat staff brought this gay lover Tukana Hasavi to APEC Secretariat and created a position that never existed on the structure and placed him on a lucrative contract, as sources tell us, Hasavi is an empty suit someone with no experience. Tkatchenko rents an expensive apartment for Hasavi across the road off Boroko market, He has a collection of tailor-made suits handpicked and bought of course by his lover Minister Tkatchenko. He shops lavishly, he has a young family from a central wife but that is just a window dressing just like Justin Tkatchenko who is also married with a family but is h

by  RYAN AWAI You might argue that my son (or daughter) has an exam and I can not allow this strike, or that my manager will not allow me, or I have a vital meeting, etc, etc. BUT yet you want the best for your family, best for this country and always dream of good opportunities for your kids' education, their employment and their bright future....simply put it, you desire for the best socio-economic outcomes to happen ...... but can NOT afford to sacrifice something today against such a corrupt govt for the benefit of the very life you aspire to see today and the years to come? Then you appear more like a weakling and a free rider on other people's sacrifices (period!). Others will pay the price and you flow through easily. PNG right now is in a desperate SOS or ICU condition and we DO NOT NEED YOU SU, H WEAKLINGS!!! Bigger sacrifices (spilling of blood through horrible wars, civil unrest & revolutions etc) were made by others in this world for the good of their c

by TEINE KOROKOI Waghi Mek Plantations Limited was by far the single biggest Coffee Exporter between 1976-1989 when it ceased operations due to landowner disputes. It spans 11 plantations form North Waghi into South Waghi in the Jiwaka Province. The company is owned by North Waghi LLG (37.5%), South Waghi LLG (37.5%) and Hunter Richard Hagon (25%). There have been many attempts to revive the plantations to no avail. During the Nation al Alliance led government, Grand Chief Sir Michael Thomas Somare allocated K2 Million to Waghi Mek Plantations for rehabilitation exercise but disappeared in the swamps of Waghi Valley. A clever move led a Wilfred Gurika and Waldam Association received the K2 million, registered a Company called Waghi Mek Plantations Holdings and laughed all the way to the bank. This year, Hon. Richard Maru has committed K20 for the rehabilitation of Waghi Mek Plantations  Limited. Jiwaka Provincial Government (JPG) does not own any shares in the company nor

by APEC INSIDERS Insiders at APEC Authority have estimated the following costs to the nation to date over the last 2 years: 1. APEC Haus construction - K300m. 2. Hilton Hotel construction contribution - K200m. 3.  Sealing of Jacksons airport (old terminal area) for 767 aircrafts to park - K70m. 4. Cruise Ship hires - K90m. 5. Joint Security task force costs including cars and bikes and boats and related cost under Police Comm etc. - K60m. 6. Hire cars -  K65m. 7. Hotels and venue hire for all the lead up meetings so far - K90m. 8. Motor vehicles including executive Praods - K50m. 9. New Maserati sports sedans - K40m. 10. Salaries for staff and consultants for staff and foreign consultants for years for both APEC Authority and APEC secretariat - K90m. 11. Travel and allowances for attending meetings etc over 2 years - K60m. 12.  Staff accommodation - K30m. 13.  Uniforms and attire we see littering Pom - K50m. 14. Banners and flyers and signages by a certain Lady'

by Spot Check Investigation “Morobe Set to Embrace US$100 Billion” was the catchy headline splashed across the front pages of Post Courier’s 8th October 2018 coverage. The prominently featured story claimed that Morobe Province was set to embrace a US$100 billion in provincial developments covering more than 60 projects. The projects are to be delivered by a company called “MPM Mining & Industrial Development Corporation Limited”, based in the Philippines with partners in the USA, and is claimed to have business investment operations in mining and financial services as well. Post Courier reported that “MPM Mining & Industrial Development Corporation co chairman Romeo Villarosa Sr said his company is ready to execute and deliver identified development projects for Morobe as soon as possible depending on how soon and ready are the plans in place for the province are put forward to them. He said Morobe is an ideal location in PNG to invest in and the com