PNGBLOGS

by JOHN N BAILY The current PNC party led government's policies are disastrous for the country in the longer term. Those political parties supporting the PNC led government are only there for their own personal selfish and greedy needs and not really for the long term sustainable development of the country. All the smoke screen and over-inflated infrastructure developments going on in Port Moresby and the projects launchings and ground breakings at the moment are not the true reflection of the economic development of the country. Even the current World Bank economic predictions are not a true reflection of the country's economy. Its predictions are based mostly on extractive resources development forecasts rather than the actual day to day standard of living and the strength of the Kina currency. In real terms of our country's potential economic gains, it will always be skewed towards foreign resources development multinational companies/corporations. This unfortu

by PAUL REINBARA Peter Yamuna's Mother and Peter O'Neill's mother are cousin sisters. PM O'Neill grew up together with Ron, and Peter Yamuna. whilst at high school he took refuge at the Yamuna's. On weekends and after school PM and the Yamuna's worked for a tyre service owned owned by a Robame Nandi (Ms) whose sons Pisimi, Kepo and others who also take huge benefits from the PM . Kramer is right! They are related by blood. PMS late mother (Awambo rip) and Yamuna's mother are Councillor Paire's sisters. Both from the same family ,clan & tribe. Them and other Pangians are named Peter peter everywhere after another sugar dady kiap called Peter Barber. The dark truth is; Peter Barber Fathered the Peter O'Neill, not Brian O'Neill. Brian died a sterile man, he never had his own children, he only had brothers brothers Ian & Patrick and a sister. PM is Peter Barbers son. Mr. Barber was an amputee, with one hand. Awambo provided comf

Former Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta said today the Australian Government should come clean on the intentions underlying its $423-million contract with the Paldin group on Manus Island. “It looks to me and other Papua New Guineans that it is being used as a way to peddle influence through prominent Papua New Guineans and the ruling PNC party of Prime Minister Peter O’Neill,” he said. “I find that very disturbing at a time when there is likely to be a vote of no confidence in the notorious O’Neill regime, when Australia is engaged in a battle of diplomacy with China, when it wants to rebuild and expand PNG’s Lombrum Naval Base, and when it wants to keep Manus open for its own purposes.” Sir Mekere said the revelations about the Paladin contract fitted a pattern of dubious Australian behaviour in PNG in recent years, including the rigged 2017 election in which Mr O’Neill was re-elected. It was made known to me prior to the election that Australia would

by JOEL RAMI Mount Hagen will soon become a no go zone. That is because of no leadership, management and order. People are not feeling safe anymore. Are there plans in place to bring the city forward? Local MPs Koi Trappe (Mul - Baiyer), William Duma (Hagen), Wesley Nukundi (Dei) and Win Bakri Daki (Tambul - Nebilyer) should all come together to discuss this issue and feel responsible. William Duma is not responsible for the city. Duma's DSIP of K10 million does not include the city. He gets his cut same as other MPs and he has nothing to do with the city. Duma has his Hagen electorate to take care. Governor Paias Wingti who acts and behave like a special person, he does not know how to come down very low to the people. Wingti wants praise from the people when he doesn't know how to fit into people's shoes, he is hard to catch and boast a lot without doing anything. He should arrange the MPs and plan what best they can do and allocate funding. The national governme

Dear Prime Minister, I'm a bit sick of playing Cinderella to your wicked stepmother (in cahoots with the ugly sisters a.k.a. your loyal (?) minions.) Unfortunately for me, there is no Fairy Godmother in this tale - just you, ruling the roost - with exceptional malice – being a petty dictator. And this is the third time you've done it. It's becoming a nasty habit. The first was in 2015/16 (?) when, 10 minutes before I was to be picked up to attend the 'White Ribbon Ball' in Port Moresby, all dressed in my finery and ready to go, having been personally invited by an erstwhile mutual friend of ours, you decree from on high (probably standing on your wallet) that I was to "stay back" – the instruction relayed by our mutual friend, mine host. The second time involved the 'Ban' on entry. This time it was February 2018 and I was coming into PNG to attend a friend's surprise birthday party – a friend who is a senior member of your governm

PNG ECONOMICS BLOG The first and primary political motive is the inconvenient fact that the updated PNG National Statistical Office (NSO) figures, supported by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the IMF, show the non-resource parts of the economy had been in recession in 2015 and 2016. As well over 90% of the PNG population derive their livelihoods from the non-resource sector (especially agriculture), it is vital to focus on the non-resource sector when determining how things are actually going for the people of PNG. So a recession extending over both 2015 and 2016 in the non-resource sector is a major issue, including a political one. While much of the economic decline was the inevitable end of the construction phase of the PNG LNG project, admitting a severe recession extending over two years would hurt the government’s economic credentials and leave it open to further charges of economic mismanagement. Second, economic growth rates have become a political issue in PNG

by  MARK DAVIS More details are emerging of the involvement of the corrupt PNG Government in the secret deal between the Paladin Group and Peter Dutton/Home Affairs to provide security for the Manus detention centre. The $423m contract looks like a special Australian Government favor to the infamous O’Neill Regime in PNG, with Paladin now reaping the whirlwind sown by others. Recent attacks on Paladin, including the arrest of one of its PNG directors and the banning of executives and workers from PNG, bear the hallmarks of corporate machinations by PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, head of the most corrupt government in the region and one of the most corrupt in the world. The Government’s actions follow Paladin’s rejection of a request from O’Neill crony Isaac Lupari, PNG’s Chief Secretary, for a “donation” of K20 million to the ruling People’s National Congress party. This is not an unusual type of request in PNG, where many fearful businesses, including foreign investors, like to