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  POLITICS WITHIN THE POLICE FORCE. ACP , Joesph Tondop who is among the most respected police officers , in the Highlands region , having served throughout the length and breadth of the region which is a hot spot for ethnic and tribal conflicts has been suspended from duties based on some allegation of insubordination to the police hierarchy. The suspension has been stayed by the courts through an application by his lawyers citing unreasonable grounds to warrant a suspension in accordance with the police force act. The suspension comes at a time when experienced officers are most needed to provide security to the public to ensure that we have a safe and free election this year. ACP Tondop is undoutedly the most respected police commander in the region for his outreach to the community to maintain law and order. Unfortunately , it would seem apparent that political interference is destroying the moral of the police force which is suppose to be neutral in providing peace and good order

This week PNG has read through print and social media about PNGDF Commander Major General  Gilbert Toropo contract not renewed due to mandatory age requirements within the Public Service.  Whilst this is an issue that is obviously politicized citing age limit as the determining factor. I would also like to highlight a related issue. In the same article announcing the sidelining of Commander Toropo, the Defence Council which is the recommending authority for appointment of PNGDF Commander also recommended Major Toropo to the National Executive Council for High Commissioner posts in Wellington, New Zealand for a period of 4 years.  What is obscuring is that Commander Toropo was retired from one Gov't institution citing age as the inhibiting factor and recommended to another Government agency to continue provide his service to the state, this is hypocrisy. Our Embassies, High Commissions and the Consular Posts are the focal points of bringing development assistance, attract investors

This is in response to  the media statement by NiuSky Pacific Ltd that appeared in the dialies on the 31st of December 2021. (ATTACHED BELOW) Firstly how can NSPL tell the public that these are unsubstantiated and defamatory allegations when no one has independently verified this allegations yet? It would have been better if a completely neutral person such as an auditor or an investigator is engaged to carry out an audit first of all to confirm whether this allegations are true or not.  Secondly, this press statement has not been formally authorized for release. The name and tittle of the person endorsing the press statement must be written on this notice. The fact that it doesn't have a clear endorsement throws more dark than light here.  Thirdly, the normal practice would be that when allegations of such nature arises, be it on social or main stream media, public domain or anywhere else, the most ethical thing to do is for the management to step aside and allow investigations to

by Jackson Kiakari Many educated Papua New Guineans throw catch phrases like we are "Educated Elites" and "Cream of the crop"....  See the picture above. There are residence like that in prime locations. Rentals range anywhere from K5,000 a week to K20,000 a week!  How many of us "Elites" and "Cream" live in those kind of places as if it's normal and nothing!!! All the educated elites of PNG I know live in suburbs and settlements. Pay tax, struggle everyday and get by merely! We graduate, come back home, live with our parents, apply for minimum wage jobs with our "Elite" and "Cream" qualifications! That's the line of best fits for the elites of PNG! We are not elites in our own country. We are not the cream of the crop in our own land. We just part of the system that makes it work for a handful!! Foreigners even! Other people own PNG. Other people have access to all the opportunities. Our resources, OUR DESTINY!  And

by  Andrew Arthur Amendments to the Central Banking Act facilitate Marape and Ling-Stuckey drawing down K6 BILLION from the Bank of PNG to fund the 2022 Budget deficit. Before the amendments, Section 55 of the Central Bank 2000 Act gave provision for the Central Bank to provide Temporary Advances (TAF) to Government for up to K100 million. Section 55(9) clearly states that this TAF should not be used to fund a Budget deficit of the National Government. The IAG recommended that the TAF limit and purpose be retained.  https://pngcentralbankactiag.org/report/... The advice of the IAG was just window dressing and was largely ignored and instead, Treasurer and his two advisers Misty Baloiloi & Paul Flanagan have made wholesale changes to Section 55. The amendments to the Central Bank Act allow for Temporary Advances to fund the shortfall of Government revenue paving the way to print money to fund the K6 billion budget deficit.  They have changed section 55 to increase the previous K100m

NAC BOARD APPOINTMENT OF KIPONGE AS CEO OF NAC IS ILLEGAL FOR BREACHING THE REGULATORY STATUTORY AUTHORITY (RSA) ACT 2013 The recent appointment of National Airports Corporation (NAC) Acting Managing Director/CEO Rex Kiponge aka Timothy Kaipal as Managing Director /CEO on Friday 3rd of December 2021 by the NAC Board chaired by Rowland C Abaijah is illegal because it did not follow the legal processes and procedures under the Regulatory Statutory Authorities (Amended) 2013. Any appointment of CEO of a State-owned entity must follow the RSA Act and this was not done. The purported appointment is highly questionable because the vacancy was not advertised and PSC was not involved to shortlist any candidates and finally Kiponge was not appointed by NEC. This is a serious departure from due process and legal procedures prescribed by law.. According to law, the procedures prescribed by the RSA Act are mandatory and therefore must be followed otherwise the Managing Director & CEO appointme

ALLEGATION OF SYSTEMATIC CORRUPTION AND ABUSE OF OFFICE AT NIUSKY PACIFIC LIMITED (formerly PNG Air Services Limited) ******************************************* The purpose of this Write-up is to bring to everyone's attention a number of serious allegations (issues and concerns) in the manner in which major financial decisions were made by the Board and management of one of the State-owned Aviation Entity Niusky Pacific Limited (formally and officially still known as PNG Air Services Limited) to disburse millions of Kina through the endorsement of non-critical/ non-essential rehabilitation (gardening) projects during the pandemic year of 2020. The decisions that were made has significantly affected NSPL's financial position which has resulted in a loss declared in its 2020 financial year. The compounding effect of these decisions have now stressed the company to operate on its reserves thereby compromising the financial wellbeing and sustainability of the NSPL. As such this Wr

IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS IS ANNOUNCED BY THE  INTERNATIONAL PRESS. by OKUK MORI ROGERSON Prime Minister James  Marape On His A Game As He Destroys PNG's Economy.  As  the longest serving "Finance Minister" in history  and a "Yes Man" to all Prime Ministers he served under  and now Prime Minister,  James Marape has destroyed PNG's economy beyond repair. PNG's Debt to GDP is hovering over 60%, without Australia PNG would be declared  bankrupt. Taxes are at their highest ever. In what was supposed to be  the richest decades in PNG's history driven by the  boom brought on by high commodity prices during Somare and Oneil regimes,  GoPNG  managed to get  into massive debt courtesy of bad politicians.  Marape being the key player as Finance Minister in both regimes and now as PM, he is responsible for the record debt. He is  still  orchestrating and increasing PNG's  debt through loans and more loans. The sad thing is the 2022 national

by NICKSON PIAKAL Paita with a single badly written, self aggrandising press statement has once again underscored that PNG is truly a banana republic steeped in violence whose political leaders are under constant threat of assassination!  Please do not come at me with your lame hero worshiping! Just hear me out first. Seeing Rainbo Paita offering to step down after the viral video of him discharging an automatic firearm, I chanced a guess that Papua New Guineans on social media would no doubt heap praises on him for this “noble” gesture. Sure enough they lapped it up hook, line and sinker!  That is a sad day for PNG, where we have actually reached the point where we are praising MPs and bureaucrats for doing what is actually expected of them. That’s like saying to a carpenter, “oh how marvellous. What a carpenter. You have nailed that nail so well.” People who hold public office are duty bound in the first place to step aside when they are under investigation. The integrity of the offi