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by GOVERNMENT INSIDER Timing more than suspicious for Marape flying off to Lae after meeting Chines Tycoon with Cash. Mr Mailin's visit to PNG wasn't a favorable one for him I guess. Just few hours after his arrival, news of him sneaking into the country stormed the social media raising eyebrows. Chen Mailin is no stranger to making media headlines as he is one of Chinese Billionaires that has investment around the world. Chen is a former member of the Chinese government’s top advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) He travels with cash wherever he goes on the surface of this planet. He has a very bad track record of bribery with governments in terms of finding favor and achieving what he is after. Mr Mailin's visit to PNG in such a time should be questioned and investigated when all protocols were broken to allow a particular plane to enter the country from a corona-virus infested nation. Mr Mailin flew into the country with cash from

by JAMES PERAKIN Has Pangu Pati is becoming another Highlands Party? Pila Niningi seems to be calling the shots to support his son Nale McRonald law firm - Jema Lawyers and his controversy partner Jeffrey Kennedy. McRonald Nale the Principal of Jema Lawyers and Sam Koim are close buddies. How can the PM appoint such questionable inexperienced law firm with less expertise and the dad is the Minister in Government. William Duma's ManuManu land deals funds are kept by Jema Lawyers Trust Account. They are involved in the land-grabbing business. How is that possible? Be your own judge! Jeffrey Kennedy, former controversial Vice-Chancellor of UPNG that was removed unconditionally is a mixed-race from Surunki, the same area where Deputy Chief Justice Ambeng Kandakasi is from, he was one of the principal partners of Jema Lawyer but is now locked up in a Sydney prison for assault and raping his Hanuabada girlfriend's daughter, a 15 yr old minor for canal knowledge. He is in prison

The Coronavirus is a healthcare challenge, it is not terrorism or an enemy state, so the government should not be applying levels of secrecy that is leading to suggestions that they are using the pandemic as a cover for suspicious activities. The Leader of the People’s National Congress Party, Hon. Peter O’Neill, CMG, MP, has called on the Marape administration to be honest in relation to the Nation’s challenge to manage the Coronavirus. “Every day there are new claims of secret dealings by the government, and it serves no good for the National interest to see this suspicious activity take place,” Mr. O’Neill said. “The people of our country and our Parliament insist that there is transparency and freedom of information, but this is being denied under the undemocratic new Pandemic Emergency Law. “Churches, students, trade unions, businesses, and international organisations such as Transparency International, are taking a stand against this undermining of governance and democracy, throu

by JOHN IGIRI It is eight months since James Marape was given the position of Prime Minister by his Parliamentary colleagues following a tumultuous few months of politics. Now only 250 days later we are in a position whereby there is outward revolt in the Cabinet, NEC meetings are being cancelled because there is no quorum, Ministers are refusing to be seen at public events with the Prime Minister and members of the public can see the general malaise of a Government in crisis. 𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 His situation has come about due to a lack of capability as a Leader, having never had any executive management experience. This is made worse by more than 20 billion dollars in foreign investment having been lost as the Marape Government has been unable to reach agreement with investors. 𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗝𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦 The most recent failure being the P’Nyang project that after years of negotiations has now been cancelled. This has happened soon after the Papua

by JOHN ENDEMONGO KUA After 45 years of self-rule with political independence, a constitution, a flag, a legislature, an anthem with a political territory inhabited by a thousand tribes of indigenous people who settled here more than 6000 years and had engaged in agriculture even before the birth of agriculture in the Nile delta, none of the prime ministers from the first prime minister - Sir Michael Thomas Somare, who served for almost 20 years of the 44 years of political independence, with Peter O'Neill serving 7 straight years and the rest serving under 4 years each had intentionally given a blind eye and played deaf and dumb to the significant factors to economic empowerment and independence to the citizens of this nation out of sheer greed to benefit themselves ahead of the people. All of them were kept in the loop by foreign business interests not to revise the land and resource governance laws that were written by our colonial masters to suit their own interests ahead of in

by KEVIN KEREPO PNG CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES TO STAGE  PROTEST UNTIL JAMES MARAPE IS REMOVED AS PRIME MINISTER OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA.  James Marape is setting the stage for stealing public funds using the public Health Emergency Act 2020. He wants to use COVID 19 to pursue his political dream at the cost of massive debts and unscrupulous spending.  This law is already defective and unconstitutional and threatens all accountability process. It was deceitfully passed in Parliament without proper consultation and will not work for our country.  He has intentionally removed all accountability provisions to hijack public funds in the new law. Now he is bringing in loan money up to a billion and preparing the embezzlement process. People of Papua New Guinea must stand up and remove this most highly corrupt government. This government has killed all our Small and Medium Enterprises. This government has put people out of jobs. This government has forced prostitution into families. This government

by  Beatrice Bisia Geita Talk about Land grabbing, in this picture below, is our office at 16mile. During the SOE period, we were operating in the city with a skeleton crew to keep things going as the central province was on lockdown. While some people who are related to our current PM James Marape are busy illegally erecting posts on our land. I don't know whether to laugh at their stupidity of thinking they can erect a fence right under our faces or get so mad and destroy the whole fence. They have obtained a title on top of our title for a small area behind the bike track, they built few houses and a liquor shop. During the SOE lockdown, no one was present at our office just the day guards, these idiots decided to turn up and put a fence right where our fuel pump is and flatten the whole bike track. This was all done while we all fast asleep, they work at night. "The thief comes in the night to steal, kill and destroy John 10:10" as stated in the bible, if they were g

by PAUL HARRICKNEN We make this Statement as protest. Firstly for the manner the Public Health Emergency Bill 2020 was rushed into Parliament by the Government and passed on Friday 12 June 2020. There was no prior wider consultation, openness, and debate in Parliament. The law was rushed in total secrecy without justification. Secondly, the law has serious constitutional issues, lacking transparency and accountability for political expediency, which required greater consultation with all stakeholders prior to presentation in Parliament. We are told that the Bill that was introduced in Parliament was different to the initial draft that was circulated to Members of Parliament prior to the Parliament sitting on Friday 12 June 2020. The following are our fundamental concerns. First and fundamentally, the Bill takes away the powers and functions of the Legislative Arm to the Executive Arm. In doing so it not only compromises the supervisory and oversight powers of Parliament on the Executiv

by ADRIAN KAMBERAN MINING COMPANIES ARE ALLOWING EXPATRIATES TO ENTER WITHOUT ADHERING TO COVID-19 AND SOE PROTOCOLS. WHY the controllers turning deaf ears and blind eyes on our companies playing hide and seek game on state and her authorities by not following COVID-19 protocols and SOE orders (even before the last day of the SOE) put in place by the authorities? This question must be answered by relevant authorities if you mean business in addressing COVID-19 case in the country. This post is firstly in relation to numerous concerns raised regarding the New Crest Mining foul playing by the authorities undermining the set procedures by allowing direct flights from Australia and are never quarantined. And secondly, it was reported that the Company is asking its employees to either resign or take long leaves. There is something fishy going on in the mining and relevant authorities should conduct a wider consultation and survey at the mine site to assess the realities at the site. Stop th