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by ROBERT SALMON-MINAK In 2001, when a Waigani insider (you know those types that hop from one politician to another within the corridors of power) complained that Australia was taking PNG for granted, I found validity in that sentiment. He had a cure too: “The next PM should ignore Australia, flirt with China and wait. Australia will come begging”. I was scared. 18 years later I see the fruits of that sentiment. But it could come at a price. Peter O’Neill took power in 2011. Soon global commodity prices plummeted. A protracted corruption allegation followed with an economy headed south. But O’Neill had a government to run, election to win and tenure to protect (with gloomy Economic Forecasts). With that backdrop, O’Neill went to bed with the Chinese (literally). The rest is history….well about to be! Beijing, flush with cash and hungry for world dominance spoiled O’Neill with all and sundry through its signature Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). O’Neill knew 8 countries (

by BRYAN KRAMER MP While Post Courier published the front page headline "Yes We Did It'! the rest of the international media reported No we didn't! For the first time in APEC Summit history, leaders of 21 Nations were unable to agree on a formal written declaration. The purpose of APEC is to enhance economic growth and prosperity for the region and to strengthen the Asia-Pacific community. The Guardian reported O’Neill denied the failure to agree on a declaration was a humiliation for his poverty-hit country, which was hosting the annual gathering of the 21 nations for the first time. So how did it go so wrong? Look no further than the Chairman of APEC Prime Minister Peter O'Neill, while in PNG politics where he divides others in the pursuit of his own personal interest this time round it back fired on him. Never in the history of APEC has the host country made the blunder of staging a State visit at the same time. In this case O'Neill knowing the d

by JAYLON JACOB Everyone knows the history and international politics, I will just give a brief ... Power in international relations is defined in several different ways.. Those states that have significant amounts of power within the international system are referred to as Superpowers, big powers, middle powers, and small powers respectively. The power is measured by military and economic power. Countries like the US, Russia, China are a superpower...Example of Big power countries are Great Britain, France and for middle power in Australia and few others...So PNG fits into small power group...That means PNG can be easily influenced by Super Power countries in terms of money via aid and military by conducting an exchange training programme or other means. Going back to political history..The Cuban Missile Crisis, in 1962 confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballist

PNGI CENTRAL The Internal Revenue Commission is cracking down on tax evasion by senior executives who divert their salary payments through ‘associated or related’ companies in order to avoid paying taxes. According to the IRC, such arrangements are “prevalent in many industries operating in the country”. IRC Public Notice published on 31 October 2018 PNGi first alerted its readers to the existence of such scams in June 2017, when we exposed how the Managing Director of the Mineral Resource Development Corporation (MRDC), Augustine Mano, was using a company he owns to evade tax on his salary and benefits. The 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 revealed Augustine Mano was avoiding paying any income tax on 80% of his K750,000 a year salary package.

from the WALL STREET JOURNAL Papua New Guinea is plagued by gangs, carjackings and kidnappings. Embassies warn their citizens not to leave hotels after dark, certainly not without armed guards. The Economist Intelligence Unit has rated its capital, Port Moresby, the fifth-worst city in the world to live in, beating out Lagos, Karachi and Damascus. Sounds like a perfect place to host an international conference of global leaders and business titans. This Thursday, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum is scheduled to kick off in the capital—not that many of the participants plan to stay there. Thousands will stay on cruise ships moored nearby because there aren’t enough hotels. Vice President Mike Pence plans to lodge in Cairns, which is in northern Australia, more than an hour’s flight away. Australia, for its part, is so concerned about security that it is taking the unusual step of deploying navy, air force and army troops to the confere

“Prime Minister Peter O’Neill must come clean on total APEC spending. It is unacceptable for the Prime Minister to keep hiding the vast amount spent on the meeting,” Sir Mekere Morauta, Member for Moresby North-West, said today. “This money belongs to the people, not Peter O’Neill. “Public money is not his to do with as he pleases, wasting it on luxury cars and private parties for his cronies. People have a right to know how their money is spent, and that right is backed by the law.” According to the Public Finances (Management) Act, Section 47K, the APEC Authority must be audited by the Auditor-General, Sir Mekere said. But there is no record of any audit. The report of the Auditor-General on the APEC Authority must be tabled in Parliament. This has not happened. Mr O’Neill has been promising for ages to table the APEC budget and expenditure report in Parliament but has never done so. “These latest irregularities are in addition to likely breaches of the Constitution, the PF

by ERICK HAWAI AKO As Chairman of Umbrella Hides PDL 07 Association Inc, we have found out very serious criminal conduct with regard to Payment of K15 Million Project Security Funding for Hides PDL 07 Landowners. There were two cheques for PDL 1 & 7 totalling to K35 Million. A K20 Million was for PDL 1 and a K15 Million for PDL 07 presented at Hides 4 Exxon Mobil Camp in front of 10, 000 plus Landowners. Minister DPE, Governor Hela, Governor Gulf MD MRDC, MD KPHL, MD Exxon and many high profile Government Delegation witnessed the presentation of the Cheques. The two cheques were drawn as per Agreement reached between entire PDL 1 & 7 Landowners, Exxon Mobil, DPE, MRDC, KPHL and Hides Special Purposes Authority Management Board. The Agreement was to draw both Cheques under HIDES SPECIAL PURPOSES AUTHORITY. The Payee was according to the Agreement as witnessed when MD MRDC physically showed the cheques on the 13th December 2017, at Hides PDL 07 Project site. The La

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