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by Dr Sam Yockopua PNGeans will sink below the poverty line, more will die of lifestyle & preventable diseases and plunge into anarchy as long as we continue to be ignorant and arrogant. It is not too late now to stop, think and turn before we fall down the cliff if we keep walking without seeing. We are looking but not seeing, a blind man will look at you but not see you. We are listening but not hearing, a deaf will listen to you but not hearing you. Not too long from here, all our natural riches will have been evaporated into thin air. We the owners will be left high and dry. In the big mumu pit at Waigani, our leaders keep giving us kumu and leftovers while they feast by themselves and their friends as we continue to become malnourished. And yet we choose not to complain in a proper way. Only a handful do taking huge risks. There are countries in history that took to the streets to fight for what is rightfully theirs. Many have sacrificed their own lives so others co

Prime Minister Peter O’Neill’s failure to set up a Sovereign Wealth Fund, leaving national revenue flows to be plundered and wasted, means any recovery plan by an incoming government will take years to implement because of a lack of money. No money has ever flowed into the proposed SWF – in fact it has not even been constituted and does not have a board of directors despite all the trumpeting by Mr O’Neill and his accomplices. There is no SWF with any money or any assets – it is toktok tasol. “If the SWF had been set up, as proposed by me in 2011 and legislated in 2012, an incoming government would have a powerful tool to help with the rebuilding necessary after seven years of economic and financial mismanagement by Mr O’Neill,” the Member for Moresby North West, Sir Mekere Morauta, said today. “Instead, the irresponsibibility and negligence of Mr O’Neill have thwarted the purpose of the SWF - to help bring national economic growth and financial stability, to be the foundation

The last two weeks have been epic...a 'house krai like' gathering was staged by highlanders (mainly Ialibu-Pangia) directly opposite Crown Plaza and the gates into the hotel were blocked off by 5 doors and 10 seater Toyota troopers. Residents at Toguba Hill got terrified by the presence of village warrior looking men (all fierce looking) and some even took off their shirts under the scorching sun. That is how the outside of Crown Plaza, where Prime Minister, Peter O'Neils PNC and Coalition looked like. INSIDE THE HOTEL WAS MUCH DIFFERENT.....IT WAS COOSSY AND ROMANTIC...THE FIJIAN WAY The Member for Kagua Erave, Wesley Raminai and MRDC Managing Director, Augustine Mano (who are both PNG Fijians) played the lowest and dirtiest jobs of being pimps for the Crown Plaza Camp. Raminai and Mano flew in young Fijian women (12 were seen at one stage but hotel staffer said there were about 20 or so) and asked them to service the MPs at the Crown Plaza Camp. Some of t

by DR PATRICK ONGUGLO The stitched up act in Parliament last week all a lie... Peter O'Neill used his position as PM to put PNG into more debt, read how O'Neill drummed up this idea back in 2014. Prime Minister Peter O’Neill (‘aka O’Steal) has personally and unilaterally directed that the State of PNG borrow US$1.2 Billion Dollars through international financiers syndicated by the Swiss UBS Bank, to buy 10% of Oil Search Limited (OSL) shares. It is believed this transaction is motivated by personal gain. Therefore, this loan is believed to be for a corrupt outcome. This corruption is perpetrated by UBS and other international banks lending the money.  PNG does not need the loan. It is Peter ONeill who needs the loan for his own corrupt gain. He is using the country’s assets to obtain a personal benefit. This must be made very clear to the international lenders. On this basis, no future PNG Government will be liable to repay the funds, lent for an illegal purpose.  As o

by A CONCERNED CITIZEN Let me say this. I got news for the likes of DPM Charles Able and Sam Basil, who think they can make it up the ladder in the PO controlled empire. You will be disposed just like Duma and Don and made irrelevant. PO is so ruthless he does not believe in loyalty. Come on! What about the Melanesian culture of consensus and loyalty? After all, did not these men (Duma and Don) make PO who he is now? Isn’t it a little too early to chuck these men out. How can PO forget so easily what these men did for him? The memories of two and half years ago, how these men fought tooth and nail to get PO the PM’s post. Even after the elections in 2012, didn’t these two men play a crucial role in securing PO the PM’s job? Well remember that PO is only half-Melanesian. The culture of loyalty and consensus does not run in his blood. If he can dispose, Don and Duma and then Kua, I think the rest of you should be ducking for cover. The likes of Charles and Basil, you are curr

by WILSON PUNIM This country has been kind to many, non more so then the two senior statesmen, Sir Julius Chan and Paisa Wingti. . Who they are, their names, reputation, respect and the wealth they have acquired is because PNG as a country exists. . The very least one would expect from these two very senior statesmen in the twilight of their careers is to repay a nation and a country which has been so kind to them. . To continue to support a prime minister who has lost the plot and despite knowing very well that this one man is running the country like a private company and running it to the ground, is beyond any reasonable and sane person's comprehension, given the fact that they have been prime ministers before. . Isn't it not time to take the back seat and mentor the young and upcoming, like James Marape or others for the interest of the country and the people?.... Or is that too much of an ask? . Chan and Wingti, you both will have been nothing without this country. Can y

Prime Minister Peter O’Neill’s failure to set up a Sovereign Wealth Fund, leaving national revenue flows to be plundered and wasted, means any recovery plan by an incoming government will take years to implement because of a lack of money. No money has ever flowed into the proposed SWF – in fact it has not even been constituted and does not have a board of directors despite all the trumpeting by Mr O’Neill and his accomplices. There is no SWF with any money or any assets – it is toktok tasol. “If the SWF had been set up, as proposed by me in 2011 and legislated in 2012, an incoming government would have a powerful tool to help with the rebuilding necessary after seven years of economic and financial mismanagement by Mr O’Neill,” the Member for Moresby North West, Sir Mekere Morauta, said today. “Instead, the irresponsibibility and negligence of Mr O’Neill have thwarted the purpose of the SWF - to help bring national economic growth and financial stabil