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by PAUL J REINBARA

The Prime Minister was quoted in the Post Courier of 21st August 2012 as announcing the National Executive Council decision to terminate the K31.52 million Public Service Home Ownership Program (PSHOP) contract and the contractor, Australasia Pacific Panel Limited (AUSPAC), has offered to repay the money in full. Mr O’Neill said significant increases in property development and building costs over the last five years had made it impossible for the contractor to deliver fully serviced land and 200 houses at Eight Mile in the National Capital District.

Mr O’Neill commended Australasia Pacific Panel Limited for its offer to repay monies it had received from the State for the PSHOP project. “The vast majority of cancelled contracts with the State end up costing the State millions of Kina. It is to the credit of the contractor and its executives and affiliates that the monies advanced by the State are being repaid in full,” he said

Although the announcement to repay was admitted under immense public scrutiny, to this date nobody knows whether the K31.52 million was actually reimbursed.

The PSHOP was a signature project of PM O’Neill when he was the Minister for Public Service. Under this project, the Somare Government earmarked K200 million. K120 million of this was allocated for direct construction whereas K80 million was to be deposited with a commercial bank to provide concessional loans to public servants who are first time homebuyers.

K39.08 million fixed price contract was awarded to a controversial and relatively unknown company, Auspac PNG Ltd to build 200 houses at 8 Mile outside Port Moresby. Auspac was awarded the contract because it provided two hundred land blocks titles to the land. Under the agreement with the State, Auspac was supposed to file the titles with Bank South Pacific as security and transfer to the State nominated public servant but that did not happen. Auspac still has the titles.

The contractor received well over K31.52 million and built only 12 houses which equals to K2.6 million per house. Upon realising that they were unable to live up to the terms of their contractual obligations, the contractor raised unreasonable and unjustified contract variations only to frustrate the contract to its ultimate termination.

Who is this Auspac PNG Ltd (Strongbond)? we see Mr Jimmy Maladina, Sir Fredrick Reiher and Sir Ninian Morgan Lourdenadin as shareholders from the company extract. Two are knights whilst one is still hanging around with the Prime Minister and you can trace them back to NPF saga. So it looks like PM O’Neill helped his mates to unjustly enrich themselves. The money trail might lead to him as well, who knows.

The K80 million that got deposited into BSP still remains a mystery. No official records of who in the public service obtained the loan. It is believed no one has benefitted from the money. Secretary John Kali of Department of Personal Management should have some answers for this. The Grand Chief and others were vouching for the K80 million to be deposited with the National Development Bank. However, O’Neill being the former Chairman of PNGBC, he used his close connections with BSP to have the funds (free extra cash for BSP) with BSP. It is interesting to note that after the transaction, PM O’Neill’s company Remington technology was awarded a lucrative contract by BSP to install ATM/Eftpost machines around the country.

PM O’Neill’s conduct was also dishonest in that he directed payment to a company which he had close connections. Even if they repaid, a crime of dishonesty has already been committed.

The Real Benefactors of PSHOP are: Auspac and BSP and off course, PM Peter O’Neill.

Robin Fleming (believed to be a long time employee of BSP since PNGBC times when PO was the Chairman of Finance Pacific, was the Chief Lending Officer who was in charge of the PSHOP funds). In September last year (2014) the same schemers (BSP and O'Neill) cooked up another home ownership project. This time, loans would be granted by BSP for up to K400,000 at the all-time low interest rate of 4%. BSP Group CEO Robin Fleming when officiating the deal said the shortage of quality and affordable housing in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has been recognised by the Government of Papua New Guinea as having a fundamental impact on many Papua New Guineans.

“BSP believes that home ownership is a means for ordinary Papua New Guineans to establish an asset base that can be passed onto their children. So it is with pleasure that we here today with the Prime Minister to announce this joint initiative, the First Home Ownership Scheme,” he said. "First time home ownership?.

The National Government has given the first contribution of 200-million Kina to kick start the scheme. (That is another K200 million for the same project)

Read more: http://www.pngfacts.com/44/post/2014/09/oneill-launches-home-ownership-scheme.html#ixzz3hIQCPJR2

O'NEILL LAUNCHES HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME
Prime Minister Peter O'Neil yesterday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Bank South Pacific, to enable the country's first Home Ownership Scheme. The National Government has given the first...pngfacts.com

Todate, no one knows the report of the previous PSHOP where K80 million was given to BSP. This time it is another K200 million. Men, this guys never cease to scheme!

Auspac was more or less a K2 company but with the help of O'Neill, he enriched his close cronies like Reiher and Maladina. They got the land at 8 Mile and the capital injection to start them off. Free start-up cash for his boys to start off course.

After they used up the cash to stand on their feet, they then frustrated the contract which was eventually terminated.

For the recent K200 million, nobody knows how much O'Neill has made. He (O'Neill) never strike a deal for nothing. He is always on the take

byBERNADETTE W. WINGERE

When the RD Tuna Canners Corporation first set foot in Madang in 1997, the Papua New Guinea government had envisioned that the company would create employments, landowners would get royalties, the spin of businesses will be distributed to the surrounding communities and as a result it will boost the economy and vital service delivery in the country.

However, after 18 years of sucking all the resources in PNG soils, the innocent Pilipino girl has grew into a matu (leader) of businesses in the country. First it came as a RD Tuna canner, now she has her sister company RD Fishing PNG Limited and other small contractors from Philippines and they also have great influence in PNG politics and economic systems as well.

The company now owns 12 fishing vessels, 7 fishing carriers and it employs more than 3000 people whom she does not see as her strong workforce or the backbone of the company but rather her slaves.

During her establishment, the aim was to produce quality canned tuna products. And yes she does. But where are all these quality canned fish sold to? The best quality canned tuna products are shipped to Europe, US, Japan, Australia, Vanuatu, Solomon Island, Fiji and Sir Lanka. Her waste products Diana and Dolly Tuna are sold here at the local PNG market.

This so-called Asia Pacific’s leading supplier and producer of world class tuna products, RD Tuna in Madang is silently killing Papua New Guineans with its illegal technique of reprocessing canned tuna.

We all know that to reprocess means to process something again or differently, typically in order to reuse it. However, for canned fish if the expiry date has passed the canned tuna’s texture, color and flavor will gradually deteriorate.

But our world-class tuna supplier decides to reprocess these expired canned tuna and produce Dolly Tuna products, which they claimed as best quality canned fish that offers “Healthy flavored tuna delights”. The Dolly product comes in six (6) tuna variants. The dolly tuna in oil, dolly barbeque, dolly smoke, dolly sandwich, dolly hot & spice and dolly brine. When the market demand is low the surplus of this products are packed and stored in the warehouse.

However, when the market demand is high again, the world-class tuna producers have alternative ways to utilize the surplus canned fish that have been stored for ages. By then most of the cans are rusty and some of them even burst open because of the heat.

These cans of fish are then unpacked washed and taken to the packing section. Then the oil, salt, chili or source is added and the can is sealed and packed and ready to be sold out in shops.

Most of these canned fish were supposed to be dumped or milled to make stock feed however, it was reprocessed as a human feed to feed Papua New Guineans

by JONAH IRUM

Well, well, well; The Pacific Games are over. Every good thing must come to an end but the walk of life is all about moving on. The excitement and the achievements of the event is now history. When we beat farewell to our wan solwara wantoks the environment in Port Moresby is beginning to slowly adjust into its normal way of life. For the rest of PNG it is business as usual.

Since the so called spectacular opening ceremony through to the closing ceremony PNG once again reaffirmed its position as the big boy or bikpla mangi of the Pacific region. The announcement by the Governor General to render assistance to Tonga as the host nation for the 16th Pacific Games come 2019 is yet another commitment from the bikpla mangi besides the financial assistance it rendered to Fiji during its National Elections and to Solomon Islands recently.

Anyway, many of us especially the Port Moresby citizens will share many fond memories of the games. The people to people interactions between the Athletes is the yardstick by itself to measure how such magnificent events can really unite a group of people from different and diverse cultural backgrounds.

Whilst many of us has shared our views about the games, I wish to share my concern which I view as the Sad Case Scenario. What prompted me to give my view this title is due to what I learnt from Kundu 2 telecast during the opening ceremony. In fact the TV Crew led by our very own entertainer Mr. Leo Morgan Jnr was one step ahead by going through the brief profile backgrounds of every country that participated at the Games. Two of those profile information that caught my attention was the landmass and population size of the Pacific nations. The smallest Island nation being Tokelau I suppose with a population of about 1,400 people. Can we say that this population size is insignificant in the eyes of the beholder? Or rather can it simply go into extinction who cares? No we can’t or rather it can’t be.

The Pacific region is faced with bigger and complex challenges beyond our capacity to deal with. If the games is one such avenue by which we interact with our wantoks than can we unite in similar fashion to fight for our rights as an innocent group of people who have fallen victims of Imperialism? Climate change, global warming, rising sea levels are a threat to the Pacific. Who knows some of the Region’s smaller island nations might be submerged even before the 16th Pacific Games. Thus written off from the World map altogether.
How will PNG as a bikpla mangi of the region come to the rescue of its smaller island nations brothers and sisters? But before PNG render any assistance it have to first deal with it’s in- house issues or concerns. We have people from the Catallaze Islands, Manus Islands, the Duke of York Islands, the Murik Lakes of East Sepik, the Kranget Islands in Madang and others that needed to be evacuated and resettled. Resettling humans is easy said than done. Here we have the cultures to deal with, belief systems to overcome, humans and land bonds to untie, adaptation and socioeconomic issues to worry about and others.

Extinction is the word closely associated with animals. Zoos are places where endangered animal species are kept and cared for. Can humans subjected to such treatments? The effects of global warming are real. Our smaller Pacific Island nations will eventually lose their identity, a sense of belonging, cultures and traditions, belief systems, sacred sites, fishing grounds and land which they claim as their very own. As a bikpla mangi how are we going to ensure that evacuation and resettlement if it warrants take into consideration the preservation of cultures, traditions, belief systems and identity of our fellow brothers and sisters?

The setup of the Asylum and Refugees processing centre out there in Manus Island is yet another attempt by the bikpla mangi to please its former colonizer who is part of the Imperialism network. Instead can the bikpla mangi render a helping hand to the Pacific brothers and sisters who are genuine Refugees and Victims of Imperialism? Besides the threats there are also opportunities which the Bikpla Mangi is better positioned to benefit from. Such opportunities may range from Brain drain and Immigration by citizens of smaller island nations etc to PNG can immensely contribute to nation building among others. In addition, our wan solwara wantoks are known for their right kind of attitude and well-presented behaviours. The Bikpla Mangi can boost to inhibit an Island of Gold floating on the sea of Oil however with the kind of attitude we currently demonstrate we cannot develop as a people hence the development of our nation. Our smaller island wantoks can teach us many lessons about how we should conduct ourselves in a manner which will guarantee a safe, clean and tidy environment which we can inhibit and enjoy.

With the Bikpla Mangi status come huge responsibilities. The smaller ones will always have high hopes and expectations that the bikpla mangi have all the answers to their needs and wants. The question is ‘has PNG improved on its status from a developing country to that of a donor nation?’ Have we improved on our socio-economic indicators to graduate out from a developing country and to attain the status of a developed/donor nation? Where will about 87% of our fine unemployed athletes end up now that the games are over? These are some questions that have bombarded me throughout the duration of the Pacific Games.
Olsem na Bikpla mangi really need to seriously use the experience of the Pacific Games as a defining moment to view the world in a different perspective.

The perspective of fairness, justice, respect and equality for all and start to develop good policies and strategies relevant to deal with its in-house concerns as well as the external concerns affecting the Pacific region. As a people blessed with all the natural resources let’s be challenged to take a paradigm shift in our attitude away from what is was before the games and adapt the one that we demonstrated throughout the two weeks when our wan solwara wantoks were in our shores.

The hour for change has come so let us not take things for granted.

Lik2 kusai ting2 tasol.

by JOSEPH KAWAGE

So a warrant for the arrest of Treasury Secretary Daire Vele has been issued and is to be enforced. Not before time. As Treasury Secretary he has been running a number of illegal operations for the Prime Minister, the two biggest ones being the illegal UBS loan and the illegal purchase of two mobile power generators.

Police want to arrest him on charges of official corruption, misappropriation and fraud. The basis of the charges is documents provided to the police, the Attorney-General, the Ombudsman Commission and Task force Sweep by a whistleblower at PNG Power Ltd, and these documents show that a very serious and widespread fraud conspiracy took place at the highest levels of Government, business and State-Owned Enterprises.

Most of these facts were detailed In Parliament in early 2014 by the then Opposition Leader, Belden Namah. Responses were supplied by the Prime Minister himself, and his office, in a number of statements. All of the PM’s official statements further implicated him in fraud, misappropriation and Official Corruption.

Other officials, state institutions, companies and individuals were implicated along with the Prime Minister and Daire Vele, including

The Minister for Public Enterprises, Ben Micah
The PM’s personal adviser Jakob Weiss, who is also Israel’s Honorary Consul in PNG
Weiss’s son Ilan, who is head of the Israeli company LR Group in PNG
LR Group itself
The Governor of the Bank of Papua New Guinea, Mr Loi Bakani
The Commissioner-General of the Internal Revenue Commission, Ms Betty Palaso
The boards and managements of the Independent Public Business Corporation and PNG Power.

Why haven’t they been charged as well?

The basis of the purchase was corrupt and outside due process including NEC procedures, the requirement for a public tender for such an arrangement, the Public Finance (Management) Act, the Central Banking Act, the IPBC Act, the PNG Power Act, the Companies Act and the IRC Act. The State Solicitor, the Attorney-General and the Central Supply and Tenders Board appear to have been sidelined.

Every other action and decision to progress the deal was therefore also corrupt and outside due process. The only legitimate decision to be made by all of the officials and individuals involved would have been to request that due diligence be undertaken. On that basis the purchase would not have proceeded.

The fact that the deal proceeded leaves each and every person involved open to prosecution under the PNG Crimes Act and other Acts of Parliament.

Prime Minister Peter O’Neill masterminded the entire corrupt deal with his advisor Jakob Weiss and Ilan Weiss during an official visit to Israel in October 2013.

Then, on 4 December 2013, the Prime Minister wrote to Vele instructing him to release K50 million for the purchase and installation of two mobile generators, one for Port Moresby and one for Lae. The letter (attached) was copied to the CEO of PNG Power Ltd and to the Governor of the Bank of PNG.

There was no contract, no due diligence, no cost-benefit analysis, no technical compatibility analysis and no statutory approvals required for such a purchase. Key parts of the process were deliberately fraudulent and most Government procurement processes were bypassed by the Prime Minister and his accomplices.

In fact the entire corrupt deal was rushed through within three days of the Prime Minister’s instruction letter being received by Dairi Vele. From that it is fair to deduce that there was no scrutiny of the deal whatsoever by any person entrusted with safeguarding the national interest and the nation’s funds.

It was a corrupt deal done between family, friends and colleagues - the Prime Minister, his personal advisor Jakob Weiss (also the representative of the State of Israel in PNG), Ilan Weiss, and LR Group.

And the deal was worth much more than the K50 million mentioned in the charges against Vele. The total transaction amounted to well over K104 million. The K50 million was just a down-payment, and further payment were made of at least K44 million.

Furthermore, the arrangements for owning, operating and maintaining the generators have been kept secret by the Prime Minister. But it is known that LR Group offered to operate the two generators at a three-monthly cost of about K1 million.

The Prime Minister and the Minister for Public Enterprises, Ben Micah, presented a submission to NEC on February 25 2014, well after the transaction was completed, to try to cover up the corruption, fraud and misappropriation in the original deal. In the process they mislead NEC as to it true nature of the transaction and its status. Indeed, the details of the entire original transaction were concealed from NEC members by the Prime Minister and Minister Micah.

In subsequent public statements the Prime Minister deliberately lied to the people of Papua New Guinea. He stated in April and May that the K50 million “was still in a trust account at the Central Bank of PNG”. He also stated publicly and to NEC through his submission with Minister Micah that the purchase was from Israel General Electric Corporation. If he made these statements in Parliament then he is guilty of misleading the House.

This Prime Ministerial lie is easy to prove: a record of the SWIFT payment of $US20.4 million to the credit of LR Group dated 20 December 2013 is attached.

The corrupt actions by the Prime Minister, Minister Micah, Daire Vele, Jakob and Ilan Weiss and LR Group, Loi Bakani of BoPNG, Betty Palaso of IRC and IPBC and PNG Power have cost the people of PNG dearly.

The deal, along with the USB loan, is one of the reasons contributing to the Government’s present financial crisis. It ripped more than K104 million cash out of the Government’s funds when it could least afford it. It was also a major contributor to the cash crisis in PPL, which led to the Power State of Emergency.

LR Group appears to have been the only ones to profit. Because of the way the deal was structured, normal fees, levies, charges and taxes payable on a commercial bank transaction were avoided by LR Group. Also, LR Group benefited by at least $US1.5 million (about K3 million) from the way the deal was structured.

The K3 million benefit to LR Group is the difference between what any other private company - even a PNG private company - would get by going through a normal commercial arrangement with its own bank and the special rate approved under the Prime Minister’s arrangements.

The K50 million was exchanged for $US20.4 million at a rate of 0.4080 (see attached invoice from LR Group to the Treasury, dated December 18 2013 and BoPNG Requisition for Telegraphic Transfer).

On that day, a commercial transaction done through BSP would have been at a rate of about 0.3715 and would have bought $US18.5 million (see attached BSP commercial rates published for that day).

The rate paid by LR Group under the PM’s special deal was set by BoPNG, also on the 18th (see attached Telegraphic Transfer Requisition and Daily BPNG Exchange Rates for Finance).

No private PNG company could ever hope to get such favoured treatment by the Department of Treasury, the IRC or the Bank of Papua New Guinea. The question this deal raises is what treatment does the Prime Minister’s multitude of companies get. Is the Remington Group and its subsidiaries, all owned by the Prime Minister, getting favoured treatment too?

And why is the Weiss family and LR Group getting such special treatment? What favours does the Prime Minister expect when he orders the State to sell PPL to LR Group?

Mr Ilan Weiss, on behalf of LR Group, signed the BoPNG import notification form (attached), required under the Central Bank (Foreign Exchange and Gold) Regulation on the 18th of December 201. He signed the form knowing that the deal lacked the required approvals and that it was therefore corrupt. It is an offence under the Regulation to make a false statement in this form. Further, Form M must be submitted to the central bank by an Authorised Agent - a commercial bank or a Government department. It is unheard of for a private citizen - and a foreigner at that - to submit a Form M.

Bakani could not have instituted any form of due diligence by the bank between the time he received a copy of the Prime Minister’s letter initiating the transaction and the final processing of the deal. In fact Bakani appears to have organised special clearance for the transaction. The sources say the transaction was rammed thru BoPNG by Jakob Weiss, who is also an adviser to the central bank as well as to the Prime Minister.

Bakani authorised the telegraphic transfer of the funds to LR Group when he must have known that the Tax Clearance Certificate for the transfer was in the name of Israel General Electric (see attached Tax Clearance Certificate). Bakani must also have known of the wrongful submission by Ilan Weiss of the Form M.

Another problem with the Tax Clearance Certificate is that it is made out to the Treasury as the remitter of the funds. But the Form M notification of payment has been filled in by Ilan Weiss, acting for LR Group.

Even more disturbing is the fact that the Bank of Papua New Guinea’s Requisition for Telegraphic Transfer (attached) lists the applicant as Department of Treasury (Ilan Weiss). Mr Weiss appears to have tricked the Bank of Papua New Guinea into believing he was a Treasury official. This is a very serious crime.

Bakani as the director of the transaction through BoPNG from the start, must be held responsible for these two frauds as well.

The failure of Bakani to act on these obvious discrepancies is more than just a failure of due diligence. It indicates complicity in the commission of official corruption, fraud and misappropriation.

Betty Palaso, head of the Internal Revenue Commission, is in the same boat as Bakani.

Ms Palaso granted tax clearance for the transaction on the 19th of December, only one day after it was first proposed to BoPNG and one day before the transfer of funds to LR Group actually took place. The tax clearance was granted for the K50 million to be paid to Israel Electric Corporation, when in fact it was to be paid to LR Group. It is apparent that no due diligence was conducted by IRC.

The same lack of due diligence also characterised the actions of Minister Micah, the directors and management of PNG Power Ltd and possibly its 100% owner the Independent Public Business Corporation and its Managing Director at the time, Wasantha Kumarasiri.

Allegations made to Task Force Sweep, the Police and the Ombudsman Commission by the PPL whistleblower, supported by full documentation, show an identical failure of proper process. Minister Micah played a pivotal role in the transaction and wrongfully instructed the two SOEs to take part in it.

It is broadly a requirement for a transaction of that magnitude that both the IPBC and PPL boards, the Minister and the IPBC Managing Director must approve it. Transactions over K10 million must also be in accord with the Annual Plan of the Corporation approved by NEC. This transaction is not, and sources indicate that in any event the annual plan may not have been approved by NEC.

If an SOE contravenes the IPBC Act, its directors and management will be deemed to have been involved in that contravention and thereby to have breached their duties as directors pursuant to Section 112 of the Companies Act 1977 and be punishable accordingly under Section 413 of that Act.

It is clear that the procedures required under the IPBC Act were not followed. Although the transaction was completed on 20 December 2013, it had no legal clearance. This is made clear in a letter from IPBC to the State Solicitor on 12 May this year (attached) seeking that clearance. The letter shows that no proper process had been followed by the Prime Minister, the Minister, the Treasury and its acting secretary, PPL and possibly even IPBC itself, if it gave approval for the transaction.

The letter clearly shows that the initial payment of K50 million, plus a later payment of K44 million by the State for the balance of the original deal, had no IPBC clearance or approval at the time. And given the illegal nature of the other elements of the deal, if the IPBC board and management did subsequently approve the payments retrospectively they would likely be subject to prosecution under the Crimes Act, the IPBC Act and the Companies Act.

QUESTION OF THE MONTH:

IS IT KAIKAI OR PEKPEK INSIDE THE TUNA TIN? WHAT IS THE MYSTERY SUBSTANCE? SAFE AND RESPECTABLE INGREDIENTS? IF SO, WHY ISN'T IT LISTED ON THE LABEL?

by SUSAN LOKUN

It is amazing how our country could sell a resource that people around the world want and sometimes pay very good money for, then buy back the absolute garbage leftovers that the rest of the world doesn't want.

We have some of the last remaining large resources of yellowfin tuna in the whole world. It is one of our most precious resource.

RD Tuna was the first cannery built in PNG to supposedly develop PNG's tuna resource. RD Tuna has always been a scam enterprise. RD Tuna owner Rodrigo E. Rivera and his family who owns a heap of tuna canneries in General Santos and Cebu in the Philippines. The RD group of companies began in 1976 as a pawnshop in General Santos City.

Rivera owns a large fleet of tuna fishing boats named after his wife Dolly. Those fishing boats go out all over the South Pacific, including PNG waters. Very few of them dump their catch at the RD tuna cannery in Madang. Most head straight for Philippines. There they tin Dolores and Dolly brand tuna while in PNG we have the Diana brand. It's all from the same people.

The cannery in Madang is a front to pretend to do downstream processing. Actually, most of the tuna that this company catches in PNG waters doesn't go to Madang at all. Sometimes you will find Diana tuna tins that actually say Made in Philippines, not Made in PNG. Or they will say: Manufactured for RD Tuna, which is a sneaky way of saying that this stuff is not actually being canned in Madang but canned overseas FOR RD Tuna of Madang.

Our tuna is creating far more jobs for Philippinos than for Papua New Guineans YET IT IS OUR FISH AND OUR RESOURCE!

Now for the revealing of yet another one of RD tuna's many scams to trick the people of PNG. See if you can find a tin of Dolly TUNA IN LEMON WITH SOY SAUCE.

Open the tin and look at all the liquid but where's the tuna?

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Pour out all the liquid and see what you're left with. Hardly any tuna inside is there? What you are mostly paying for is the tin and cheap water and air. It's gotta be some of the most expensive tuna in the world that we end up buying and it's not even fresh like what all our coastal peoples used to catch for free from PNG waters.

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Now take out what you think is tuna. Ha! Something very strange here. There's not just tuna inside but something else too!

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The stuff on the left looks like tuna, yes that's true. All will agree to that. But what about the stuff on the right? Is it pieces of throwaway meat or what? Animal or nonanimal? Meat or pekpek? There's actually a heap of this mystery substance in the tin. Look close:

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There seems to be more mystery substance in this tin than there is actual tuna. But what is it? Let's look at the label that gives all the ingredients and which LEGALLY SHOULD SAY EXACTLY WHAT IS IN THAT TIN:

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Whatever is listed first should be the most common ingredient. We can see for ourselves looking into the tin that the mystery substance is more common than the tuna itself. But what is the mystery substance? Seems that it's not even listed in the ingredients! It's obvious that the mystery substance isn't an oil, it couldn't be sugar, salt, seasoning, garlic powder, citric acid, onion powder or pepper powder. SO WHAT IS IT?

This mystery substance is being sold to us by the Philippino Rivera family, owner of RD tuna. But the crap isn't coming from RD tuna cannery in Madang, but from the Philippines. Yes, Dolores is yet another company named after the wife by RD tuna cannery owner Riviera. Dolly is the same woman as Dolores.

Revera puts in some kind of rubbish style tuna from his canneries and sells it to us! He knows that we don't read labels. We'll pay good money for water and air in a tin as long as taste is nice.

WE ARE LEFT WITH THE QUESTION: WHAT IS THE MYSTERY SUBSTANCE INSIDE THESE TINS? How many other flavours of Dolores, Dolly and Diana tuna also have this mystery substance and why is RD tuna not even putting its name on the label.

Safe or not?

Thanks to us buying all the rubbish stuff thrown into the Diana, Dolly, and Dolores tuna tins from Mr Rivera, he has become very rich. He and his family now own all these companies in the Philippines: ANCHOR DRIVING RANGE, ANCHOR HOTEL, GEN-SAN SHIPYARD AND MACHINE WORKS INC, HOTEL DOLORES, PENINSULAR RURAL BANK, PHIL BEST CANNING CORPORATION, RD FISH HATCHERIES, INC., RRN20020629040342467, RD & CO. JEWELLERS & GEMOLOGISTS INC, RD & DL ENT. CO , RD COMM CONSULTANCIES INC. , RD ALMADA TRADING CO., RD AUTO CARE CENTER CO. , RD COLD STORAGE, RD CONS. CO. , RD CORP , RD CREDIT CORP. , RD DYNAMIC MARINE SVCS. CO , RD ELECTRONICS CORP. , RD EXPORT AND PROCESSING PLANT, RD FARMS, RD FISHING INDUSTRY INC., RDF PNG, RD FLOATING DRYDOCK, RD FOOD PROCESSING & EXPORT CORP, RD HARDWARE & FISHING SUPPLY INC. , RD HATCHERIES , RD HIGH EXPONENTS PARTY SALES INC. , RD ICE PLANT, RD INTL EXIMP INC. RD JUPITER ASSN, INC. , RD KASIN BUILDERS INC., RD MACHINERY & INDL. SUPPLY INC. , RD MOTOR SVC. CO , RD PAWNSHOP INC, RD PILIPINAS CONSTRUCTION. CORP. , RD PLAZA, RD POWER & MARINE INC. , RD PRAWN FARM, RD REALTY DEVELOPMENT. CORP. , RD SAAVEDRA TRADING CO. , RD SALES RESOURCE CO., RD SHIPPERS INTL. CO. , RD SILVA TRUCKING SVC. CORP. , RD SILVA TRUCKING SVCS. CORP. , RD SOLUTIONS CORP. , RD SONS SHIPPING AGENCY INC. , RDTC, RD TITAN DEVELOPERS INC. , RD TUNA VENTURES, INC. , RD WELD MANUFACTURING COMPANY's, RT RD CONS. CO , SOUTH SEA FISHING VENTURES PHIL., INC, SOUTH SEA LODGE, TROPICANA RESORT HOTEL. Other RD Subsidiaries/Affiliates include Genpack, Celebes Canning Corporation, Penbank.

by SUSAN LOKUN

The owner of RD Tuna company pretends to be a Christian as does the general manager. However the true feeling they have for the factory workers and for PNG in general is contempt. Look up that word if you don't understand the meeting of CONTEMPT.

This is why RD Tuna parent company regularly dumps rubbish tuna onto the shores of PNG. The tuna from certain Dolores and Dolly types of tuna is fit for animal consumption only. However RD makes more money not by selling it as animal food in Australia. Instead they ship it to PNG from Philippines to sell as people food.

Having known 2 people who have worked at RD tuna a few years back and heard stories about the way they treat their workers, I stopped thinking favourably of them and don't buy their products. I originally supported them because of the jobs I thought they would bring. I thought no further than jobs and that was my failure.
In general you must understand that this company only does public relations gestures to make it seem like they respect the people of PNG. They do all kinds of meaningless gestures that cost them nothing to show their respect for the people of PNG. But behind the scenes they suck up tax holidays (that means they pay o tax to the government on all their profits). They say they aren't making money yet they sneakily are trying to build more smelly canneries in the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone (PMIZ) outside of Madang. They mistreat their workers and they sell rubbish food to the people of PNG.

Rodrigo E Revera: Richest fisheries businessman in the Philippines and owner of RD Tuna Cannery. A pretend Christian who exploits his workers and dumps rubbish tuna meat on unsuspecting Papua New Guineans.

Don't get fooled by the use by date on anything that comes out of RD. It can be so easily lied about. In fact the RD Tuna General Manager can swear on the Bible that they have accurately put on the right use by date as being the number of days after the tuna was put into that tin. They are telling the truth, but only half the truth. What they don't bother to say is that the tuna was much older than fresh when it went into the tin.
Stay away especially from Dolores Tuna in Oil as the worst (but certainly not the only) animal food quality tuna that is sold to unsuspecting Papua New Guineans. Take a smell of that tuna to start with. It smells like old dried up blood.

Look at the photos that show the quality of tuna of this Dolores brand from RD Tuna. As you will notice, the liquid consists mostly of water not oil, because water is cheaper than oil for packaging the tuna. Only enough oil to attract people to buy it, thinking the tin is full up of oil:

You will often find oddities mixed in with this tired red meat that only animals will eat in Australia. What is it, who knows. Clearly it is waste. Waste that can't be sold any other way and really should be thrown in the rubbish bin:

Dolores Tuna in Oil is not manufactured in Madang but in the Philippines by another RD family company as the lowest grade tuna and shipped to PNG. The waste of the RD Philippino factory is offloaded to the people of PNG whom RD tuna views with contempt:

Why wouldn't RD tuna in Madang tin its own rubbish and sell it to Papua New Guineans? That would greatly reduce transport costs so RD could make more money. RD does this, of course. You can see poor quality reddish tuna meat in its Diana brand all the time that was processed in Madang. But there isn't enough rubbish meat from tuna processed in Madang to satisfy the PNG demand for protein. The high quality tuna meat is exported from Madang but Madang isn't a large cannery so there isn't that much rubbish leftover tuna meat. The Madang cannery was built only as bilas to giaman the government of Papua New Guinea into clapping their hands in front of the people of PNG that PNG was now industrialising. This has always been a lie. Most of the tuna caught by RD in PNG waters goes to its canneries in the Philippines.

It is because the Madang cannery does not produce enough animal waste tuna from its small operations that RD imports rubbish tuna meat from the Philippines to satisfy PNG demand for protein. Now there is plenty of animal quality food that RD tuna sells to illiterate and poor Papua New Guineans, whom the owner and general manager of RD tuna view as being only slightly above the animal level.

What exactly is the supposedly high quality tuna that people overseas will pay premium price for? It is big pieces of white meat.

High quality chunks of white tuna meat was of course available to any people in PNG living near the ocean whenever they go out fishing during tuna season. As the resource owners these villagers are entitled to and originally had easy access to the best quality tuna in the world. That was before RD tuna and its many fishing boats came into PNG territorial waters to vacuum up the tuna, along with many Chinese fishing boats.

Now the tuna becomes less common near the shore. These days it is harder for even those living on the beach to regularly find the best quality tuna in the world. The resource owners themselves are being deprived.

The sucking up loss of their fresh tuna resources by foreign vacuum cleaning ships now has started to force some of them to buy tinned tuna. Can you imagine? The resource owners themselves are eating tin tuna because they can no longer easily find fresh tuna. It all got caught and went overseas. The resource owners have been paid 0 toea for their tuna.

The bottom line is that RD Tuna separates the tuna meat into the animal quality and the people quality. Most of the high quality tuna meat never sees Madang because most tuna caught in PNG waters even by RD is processed overseas. RD tuna canneries in the Phillipines are much larger and employ many more workers than RD cannery in Madang will ever have jobs for.

In this world there is tuna fit for people and other quality of tuna fit for animals. The white tuna goes to the white people and other overseas people who know good versus bad quality tuna and would never buy animal quality tuna. The tuna fit for animals is sold to be eaten by dogs, pussycats and black people, including the original resource owners of that tuna. That is the black and white truth about RD tuna.

Any Papua New Guinean who would support RD Tuna, seeking out for themselves all the facts known about this company and its ripoff of PNG has their head in the sand. The proof can only be denied with closed eyes.

Those of you who scream that the government should do something about this is ignorant of how the PNG government works. The PNG government is in the pockets of the foreign investors. PNG no longer has much real independence. The government is well aware of all this. The well paid high level bureaucrats often live in Cairns or Brisbane and fly in/fly out to their jobs in Moresby. They would never be caught eating such poor quality food. They leave it to the people of PNG who they disrespect as much as the RD tuna Philippino owners and general manager.

Australia's nearest neighbour could be on the brink of a Greek-style fiscal crisis following one of the most spectacular budget blow-outs in regional history.
The projected budget deficit in Papua New Guinea's has been revised up, hitting 9.4 per cent, which is more than double last year's deficit and getting close to the 12.3 per cent figure which helped tip Greece into meltdown last year.

The commodities price downturn, worsened by poor oversight of the nation's mining industry, has been brutal to Papua New Guinea's budget. Photo: Jon Reid

The budget implosion will come as a shock to leaders in PNG and also Australia, who have consistently played down the impact of corruption and sliding commodity prices.
In December the top adviser to PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill accused a former Australian Treasury officer, Paul Flanagan, of "political interference" when he warned that such a crisis could be coming.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop assured reporters at the time that PNG was about to become the fastest growing economy in Asia, with GDP growth as high as 20 per cent.
"Huge revenues are going to be coming into PNG," she said on December 14.
And PNG has since become Australia's largest aid recipient, overtaking Indonesia, with budget outlays expected to reach $554 million this financial year.
But this week's mid-year budget estimate in PNG admits that the huge rivers of resource revenue have failed to materialise.
Instead, economic indicators have all turned south, with overall government revenue expected to shrink by a whopping 20.7 per cent this calendar year.
"This is a frightening document," said Mr Flanagan, in a fresh analysis which he released on Wednesday, showing that the looming crisis had exceeded even his pessimistic expectations.
The resulting budget deficit "would be the highest in PNG's history", he said, surpassing the figures that pushed PNG into balance of payments and economic crises in the late 1990s.
"In Australia, such a rapid change in the estimated fiscal position would go well beyond being termed 'a budget crisis'," he said.
Economists say PNG could either slash spending on crucial services, risking a humanitarian crisis, or seek a bail-out from international partners.
PNG, like Australia, has been struck by collapsing commodity prices. But the impact of falling prices has been compounded by management problems at major resource projects, particularly the recently-nationalised Ok Tedi copper and gold mine.
And it has been compounded by a series of huge corruption scandals. Many of those scandals are closely connected with Australia, which has been accused of sheltering corrupt officials and turning a blind eye to laundered funds.
Last month Fairfax revealed video footage which showed Australian lawyers coaching clients on how to pay bribes "in dribs and drabs" and launder the proceeds in Australia.
A warrant was issued but not executed for the arrest of the Treasury Secretary Diari Vele on corruption charges recently.
Anti-corruption activists in PNG have claimed that Canberra has been compromised by its reliance on Prime Minister Peter O'Neill and the Manus Island asylum seeker detention centre.
Ms Bishop told Fairfax she would not let Australia become a safe haven for proceeds of corruption in PNG.

by JACK G WAUGLE

Peter O'Neill and his out of control government have been running what has been a functional dictatorship. There is no opposition and nearly all the MPs we elected proved to be docile puppets who spoke not a word of protest or concern, so focused were they on getting their DSIP and other development monies from the PM which in turn, was what they reckoned was their key to getting re-elected. Hardly ever did nationalism come first or concern for PNG. There were warnings after warnings about the out of control, loan fuelled infrastructure building for the Pacific games especially, a gigantic waste of money that all has to be paid back with interest. Made all the more wasteful because of the built in kickbacks to Tom, Dick, Harry, and oftentimes the Chinese themselves.

So many people on the social media just didn't get it. Maybe the warnings of pending doom all looked like a dreamland, but again and again the evidence was presented: a blow-out budget that has left the government with no money to properly fund expenses for the rest of 2015, the collapsing kina. The graphs were all there, the numbers were presented, yet still people did not rise up like they would have in any country that had an educated population. This reality is painful, made even more painful by the fact that the social media consists of the educated elite of our nation. Supposedly there are no more smarter or more educated people than those who would have access to the internet. Yet, never was their a reaction to the obvious financial statistics of doom like there would have been overseas. The most reaction were thumbs up. Peter O'Neill learnt long ago that thumbs up on Facebook is an empty gesture that proved no threat to him at all.

We had our chance, PNG, to straighten out a problem that was certainly going to affect each and every one of us in a negative way. We blew it. We did nothing. We didn't stand up against the most corrupt government in PNG history. Now the story is going international and you can rest assured that only the worst of the scumbag foreign investors will want to put any money into PNG once they see the graphs themselves. In this morning's Sydney Morning Herald newspaper it is crystal clear what has been warned again and again in PNGBLOGS over the past year. PNG is headed for a severe financial crisis even worse than what occurred during the incompetent Bill Skate regime, when the kina dropped from 1 kina being worth 90 cents to the US dollar down to 25 cents.

We all need to do some soul searching to figure out why we as a people create our own disasters by never protesting or speaking up when we see the disaster creators amongst us do their thing. Why do we never protest in effective ways? Why does the most educated segment of our population do nothing apart from giving a thumbs up on a Facebook posting?

Read todays news article and copy and paste it because it probably won't be available for non-subscribers for very long: http://www.smh.com.au/world/papua-new-guinea-hurt-by-commodities-drop-on-brink-of-greekstyle-crisis-20150805-gis0dr.html

Always remember that PNG BLOGS doesn't just post submissions without serious consideration of whether or not they're true. That's not to say PNG BLOGS gets it right all the time, but the articles tend to reveal the realities of PNG far better than any of our mainstream PNG media.

Also realise that if you want to wait for evidence, evidence, and more evidence before you make a decision on what's really going on, you'll wait forever. There comes a point where logic and deduction have to activate themselves inside our brains. We have to figure out how to put 2+2 together without waiting, waiting, and waiting until the number "4" is spoonfed to us in front of our noses.

With all that in mind please be clear about the following: Peter O'Neill is what people say he is-the King of Deception, Father of Lies. He is more deeply evil than any Prime Minister we have had in the history of our nation. He is determined to hang onto power and become more than filthy rich in the process. And he may well succeed so long as the educated elite of PNG does nothing more than click the thumbs up icon on Facebook pages.

How much longer will we, the educated elite of PNG, let Peter O'Neill continue to hold the power in this nation and not only screw us over now, but in the process screw over future generations as well?

Yes, God will act in the end, after Peter O'Neill is planted deep in the ground. But if we wait for God to act, we will have created for ourselves more of a hell on earth than a heaven. So please: no more statements against Peter O'Neill that God will pass final judgment. It is time the judgments against Peter O'Neill start coming before he has left the earth. For the sake of our children.

by PAUL FLANAGAN

The PNG Government released its Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) on Monday – the update on the 2015 budget. The estimated budget deficit for 2015 blows out from an already high budgeted 4.4% of GDP to 9.4%. This would be the highest in PNG’s history. Public debt levels are expected to skyrocket from the earlier estimate of 27.8% of GDP to 41.3%. In Australia, such a rapid change in the estimated fiscal position would go well beyond being termed “a budget crisis”. PNG’s official figures are much worse than at the time of PNG’s last economic crisis at the end of the 1990s (see graph below).

PNG expenditure and revenues as a share of GDP – with updated figures from 2015 MYEFO

Note: The gap between the lines indicates the size of the government deficit or surplus. Both lines exclude grants (aid).

The drivers for the rapid deterioration in PNG’s fiscal situation are the fall in international commodity prices, a growth slow down as well as sales of public assets not proceeding. My December blog estimated that the fall in international oil prices would lead to a reduction of K1.4 billion in resource revenues in 2015 relative to budget estimates. The official estimate is now a fall of K1.6 billion – including additional revenue falls from lower gold and copper prices and production difficulties at some mines – such as the closure of the Ok Tedi mine due to growing drought conditions.

But what is really surprising is the fall in non-resource revenues. There are also now major falls predicted relative to budget in GST revenues (K400 million), personal income tax (K125 million), company tax (K124 million) and excise (K66 million): all of these are now estimated at 2014 levels or below. The new estimates are based on first half performance, and reflect the real slow down in the economy or what the report calls “weaker than anticipated economic activity”. For example, imports in the December quarter 2014 were the lowest quarterly level since 2006.

Altogether, revenues in 2015 are estimated to fall by K2,546 million compared to the budget estimates, or 20.7% of the government’s own revenue base (excluding grants). To put this in perspective, the collapse in iron ore and other commodity prices for Australia reduced 2015 revenues by AUD5.9 billion between the December MYEFO and the May 2015 budget – or only 1.5% of revenues. The 2015 revenue estimate is now below its 2014 level, and that’s before inflation.

At this stage, and this is the critical policy issue for the MYEFO, no cuts in expenditure are detailed. To his credit, Finance Minister James Marape did issue a statement on Tuesday in response to the MYEFO on the need to curtail and defer expenditure, but much more is needed.

There was talk earlier of a supplementary budget to reduce expenditures given the absence of a great PNG LNG tax bonus for at least several years, but there is no mention of this in the MYEFO. Needed adjustments should have started in the first quarter of 2015. There have been widespread reports of expenditure restrictions being implemented, and cuts being announced to departments. But whether these go far enough is unclear (earlier reports suggested a revenue shortfall of K1.3 billion not K2.5 billion). Moreover, the silent path – simply not issuing warrants to agencies thereby preventing them from spending appropriated funds – is not transparent, makes effective expenditure planning extremely difficult, and does nothing to rebuild confidence in the economy. It also just delays the near inevitable political pain as the 2016 budget is due in only three months.

Making the required cuts will be extremely challenging. My June presentation “Pathways from crisis” provides an example of how PNG could move away from a fiscal crisis. This was based on the earlier estimated revenue shortfalls of K1.3 billion this year – not K2.5 billion. Even then, real cuts were required of over 10% in a 2015 supplementary budget, a further 10% in the 2016 budget, and then no real expenditure growth for the next several years. With the 2017 election looming, tough political choices need to be made now and in the 2016 budget.

Financing a deficit of 9% of GDP will be next to impossible. PNG primarily relies on domestic financing but this has become much more difficult. PNG may need to look offshore for significant foreign borrowing. This will have risks – especially a foreign exchange rate risk if PNG’s Kina depreciates to more sensible market-based levels. Public debt interest costs have already doubled under the current Government from under K500m to over K1,000m in 2015. The “Pathways from crisis” analysis noted above had potential interest costs balloon out to K2,300m per annum by 2019 – 15% of all expenditure. A more desirable alternative could be public asset sales over the coming years done in ways to protect consumers (so not simply selling government monopolies). The MYEFO indicates the planned K2.5 billion in sales of PNG LNG assets to local landowners in 2015 has been put off – and if it does occur in 2016 as initially expected, it is more likely to be at a level of K600m estimated in the 2014 budget.

A large government deficit (even if less than 9%) will have various negative consequences. First, it will keep PNG’s overall balance of payments in deficit and international reserves will continue to fall. Second, the requirement for domestic financing could squeeze out financing for the private sector which is vital for long-term growth. Third, and possibly of greatest consequence, it will hurt confidence in the PNG economy. Moody’s international ratings agency has already placed PNG on a negative outlook, in part due to fiscal concerns.

Overall, this is a frightening document. As noted by Stephen Howes back in February, “In sum, this year will either be a year for tough decisions in PNG, or it will be a year of descent towards crisis. A recovery of oil prices is an unlikely way out. Politics will tell which way the country turns.”
Let us hope for a major announcement shortly on a way back towards fiscal sustainability, not just a new budget for this year, but a new medium-term fiscal strategy. The adjustment path will be painful – but necessary.

Paul Flanagan is a Visiting Fellow at the Development Policy Centre.

by ALOIS JEREWAI

The Prime Minister's announcement to end all engagements of foreign advisers came on the back of the announcement to remove all firearms from our police and correctional forces while it is left to us to guess over PNDGF.

All of these dramatic announcements were made in the wake of the mounting allegations of massive fraudulent squandering of public funds no longer limited to the matter of Paul Paraka Lawyers and K71.8 Million.

The thwarted arrest of Dairi Vele ( Treasury Secretary) in relation to the purchase of power generators from LR Group links to the PM's directives to Dairi Vele hence is a worry for the PM!

The conviction of Jimmy Maladina over the NPF saga on allegations of receiving bribes through inflated / variation in the construction contract is worry for the PM as he is connected also!

The PM right now is like a wild pig chased by the hunting party and backed into a tree's sloping trough where it will make its last stand and therefore very dangerous because it will now be a matter of life or death !

When you then link all that to the combined accumulated business interests of the PM , he is going to make his decisive stand! The only question now is when and which tree?

The signs are on the wall! First disarm the forces! At the same time remove foreign advisers whose "spying" will expose the plot and incur foreign counter-measure, especially from Australia.

The rest will be some trumped up reason to declare a State of Emergency over the whole Country; possibly suspend the Constitution; dismiss entirely or control the Judiciary; rubber-stamp the Parliament with all the stooges he has with him now calling themselves MPs; and PNG FALLS under his DICTATORSHIP!

BEWARE PNG! WE HAVE NOT SEEN IT ALL YET! WE HAVE A WILD PIG BACKING UP IN A TREE'S SLOPING TROUGH!

Entrepreneur Link PNG

If you are a BSP customer, you seriously need to read this. This concerns your money in BSP bank.

“When we first wanted to paint the bank green, everyone thought we were crazy”

These where the words of former CEO of Bank South Pacific (BSP), Ian Clyne during a media briefing in Port Moresby.
Bank South Pacific has a colorful history in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and its history spans over 58 years of successful operation in PNG soils. The green money machine has seen an aggressive growth and expansion over the years establishing over 44 branches and 44 sub-branches according to the website PNG Facts.
The current CEO of BSP, Robin Fleming has this to say about the presence of BSP in PNG.

“Having such a large physical presence, despite the high cost of maintenance, means that our customers don’t have to travel far when undertaking banking transactions”

The site PNG Facts notes that BSP has 1.4 million customers. However, not all BSP’s 1.4 million customers are happy.
BSP indeed had its brutal share of criticism from its own customers over the years with most of the criticism aimed at the banks fees.
Leading political figures in the like of former Prime and current governor of New Ireland Province, Sir Julius Chan came out last year in Pacific Business Review newspaper calling for the O’Neil Dion government to intervene to reduce what he described as unjustifiably high bank fees.
The call lead to Central Bank governor Loi Bakani and Prime Minister Peter O’Neil coming out public in media giving their views.
Despite such drastic acts, the public view is such that the bank fees in PNG is still unreasonably high.
The truth in a nutshell is that PNG has the highest bank interest rate margins compared to similar countries in the Asia-Pacific region according to National Research Institute (NR) Research Associate and author Professor Satish Chand.
Professor Chand revealed this shocking news on Thursday 06, August 2015 in a press conference hosted by NRI in response to the current debate on the status of the economy triggered by the release of the Mid-Year Economic and Financial Outlook by the department of treasury.

“If the bank interests rates are high as the experts say, than why charge extra fees”?

This seem to be the question in the minds of the thinking Papua New Guineans.
The three major banks in PNG including BSP, ANZ and Westpac remain firm that their fees are justifiable.
The green bank has an interesting case.
In a media briefing last year, Robin Fleming was taken to task by Pacific Business Review newspaper regarding high bank fees charged by BSP and other banks.
Fleming gave an interesting reply;

“BSP is the people’s bank. Our fees are reasonable and justifies products and services we offer to the people of PNG”

He named the BSP’s fee-free Sumatin Account as an example.
The truth remains to be seen that BSP has outgrown its competitors in areas of research and development, new product creation and innovative marketing techniques and most importantly reaching the unbanked population in the some areas of PNG where its competitors, Westpac and ANZ cannot go.
Some key transaction milestones Fleming disclosed last year (2014) are noted here;

“We processed over 30 million mobile banking transactions, 35 million ATM transactions, 20 million EFTPOS transaction and 13 million branch and sub-branch transaction”

The shocking truth is that despite many complains, BSP has done more for PNG and that we can complain but at the end of the day, many will run to BSP no matter what.
BSP remains as Fleming alluded to earlier, the “People’s Bank”.
It is now up to you are as a wise customer to compare the bank fees of all banks in PNG and go for the lowest because complaining as an individual will never do you any good.

PNGNEWS

It's not the first time, Fred Konga is in the spotlight on social media.

Many serious allegations were made against Fred Konga in September last year here on PNG NEWS and a major investigation called for.

Firstly it was alleged that the Border Development Authority (BDA) Executive Chairman Mr Fred Konga diverted a contract to a company that was not recommended by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to provide brown and white goods to refurbish the newly built houses at Wutung station.

Other allegations made at the time are as follows:

"The 32 houses built at Wutung are funded under the K90 million loan obtained from the Asian Development Bank. These houses were allocated to all the Border Agencies. The BDA Tendering committee followed stringent procurement ADB guidelines to award the Contract to Suppliers who met ADB’s requirements."

"Out of the evaluation process two prominent companies (Brian Bell, Courts and Theodist were shortlisted). These companies offered to provide white and brown goods for a total of K600, 000.Out of the three, Courts was then selected by ADB."

"However Mr Konga rejected ADB’s recommendation and engaged a supplier based in Jayapura, Indonesia to supply the goods at about K700, 000 a hefty price. The Jayapura based supplier was facilitated by a PNG man by the name of Greg Augustine who is married to a West Papuan lady and resides in Jayapura. Mr Augustine is a business friend of Mr Konga. Mr Konga also has to explain where he has parked the PNG Government component of 5% (K15million) of the Project and in which Trust account."

"He must not mislead the public to say that he has no control of the funds but ADB office in Manila, Philippines is controlling the funds. Yes the ADB component of 95% (K85 million) is controlled from Manila. But what about the PNG component? Mr Konga has to explain why he used Wutung Project funds to buy two brand new vehicles worth a total of K600, 000. He also has to explain why he is using the Wutung Project funds to engage street consultants who are mostly his relatives to provide unprofessional consultancy services to BDA when there are professional officers employed by BDA to carry out those tasks."

"These street consultants namely: Paps Marine for K1 million to provide shipping marketing consultancy for the run down seven barges. These barges are not working and yet a marketing consultant was engaged to market these barges.• Paul Timbi to also provide marketing consultancy for the barges for K100,000.• Rueben Pokanau of CS1 media production to do TV documentary for BDA for K100,000 when there is an experienced and professional media officer already been employed by BDA.• A Government Lawyer is now engaged for K20,000 to review the BDA Act 2008 when there is already a BDA Lawyer to do that.• In fact a Government Lawyer should not be engaged."

"There are other consultants who have been engaged at K100,000 for Land consultancy and web site designing services. All these consultants were engaged without following the Public Service Management Act and Public Finance Management Act."

"There was no Tender advertisement in the media to recruit these consultants and no three quotations from suppliers were obtained as expected in the Public Finance Management Act where goods and services worth over K5000 needs to have three quotations from different suppliers. Also there needs to be a Human Resource audit conducted in the qualification and experiences of the BDA staff."

"About three quarters of the BDA staffs are inexperienced and lack qualifications to occupy Management positions."

"In fact all the Officers occupying Management positions have criminal implications. These officers were either sacked or escape from their previous employment for misappropriations. A police criminal check-up needs to be done on all the staffs and a background character check from their previous employers needs to be obtained."

"Their past reputation of misappropriation of funds is now manifesting in their implementation of their respective daily management duties for BDA. Such abuse of foreign aid will give a bad impression to the international funding institution and will jeopardize PNG Government’s future load assistance to fund social-economical projects.No matter what Mr Konga’s explanations there needs to be a major investigation into Mr Konga’s administration as there is wholesale abuse of the Public Finance Management Act and Public Service Management Act."

Mr Konga also has been patronizing the Deputy Prime Minister and Intergovernmental Relations Minister Grand Chief Honorable Leo Dion.When Mr Dion won his Dispute of Return Court case last year, Mr Konga was in Kokopo celebrating the win with Mr Dion and his supporters. He used BDA funds to hire vehicles to mobilize supporters to transport them to the court house and to the village and also to host parties. He also uses BDA funds to hire Hotel accommodation and took official Travelling allowances."

"Mr Konga has leased a BDA official car to Mr Dion’s political officers and funds from the OFFICE Of the Intergovernmental Relations have been diverted to hire that BDA official car. Money generated from the hiring of the vehicle was shared among Mr Konga and the Political officers.Yes it’s a big abuse but yet Mr Dion is turning a blind eye on the management abuses done by Mr Konga."

"There are more abuses like getting his wife and children to travel to Lae and Management to inspect PNG Maritime Transport Limited (PNGMTL) and to book hotels. All expenses paid by BDA. Yes the Border development Authority (BDA) has to be abolished as we believe it was established by Aitape-Lumi MP Patrick Pruaitch on political grounds to siphon public funds."

"Mr Pruaitch and BDA’s first Executive Chairman Mr Pomat Manuai bought seven second hand barges from a Samarinta ship yard in Surabaya, Indonesia, at an inflated prices and now all the barges are not working.These barges need to be sold off and proceeds from the sales should be remitted to the Treasury. Evidences of financial abuse are that Mr Manuai and Mr Pruaitch now own properties in Port Moresby and Cairns and they must also be investigated."

"In fact Mr Manuai is now working and living in Adelaide, Australia. Forest Minister and Kiriwina-Goodenogh MP Douglas Tomuriesa used BDA funds and assets to campaign in the 2012 election when he was still the Executive Chairman. Former Sandaun Administrator and now Nuku MP and also Intergovernmental Relations vice Minister Mr Joseph Sungi was a Board Member."

"Prior to contesting the election, he sold his Property in Vanimo for an inflated value at over K800, 000 to BDA and went for election. And Mr Sungi is still having Titles to that Property and the Titles have not been transferred to BDA yet. Not only that. The Property that was bought by BDA at Hohola in Port Moresby for a huge amount of money, the Title has not been transferred to BDA yet."

"BDA is just a duplication of what other existing agencies can perform.There is no need for BDA to implement social-economical projects in Border Provinces. The Border Provinces respective MPs can implement social economical projects under their respective District Service Improvement Program (DSIP) funds. Also the construction of the Border administration and surveillance Posts can be administrated by the Border Liaisons Division of the Intergovernmental Relations Department and the Works Department."

"Yes the establishment of BDA has to be investigated and abolished. Changing of Executive Chairman will not solve the management abuses - as the Executive Chairmen in the past were appointed by Politician and not through the formal appointment process required by the BDA Act 2008. So the appointments of the Executive Managements in the future will still be politically motivated and abuses will still continue. The Act is just a cover up of management abuses."

Responsibilities of office are defined under Section 27 of the Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. Refer to Division 2.—Leadership Code:

(1) A person to whom this Division applies has a duty to conduct himself in such a way, both in his public or official life and his private life, and in his associations with other persons, as not—
(a) to place himself in a position in which he has or could have a conflict of interests or might be compromised when discharging his public or official duties; or
(b) to demean his office or position; or
(c) to allow his public or official integrity, or his personal integrity, to be called into question; or
(d) to endanger or diminish respect for and confidence in the integrity of government in Papua New Guinea.
(2) In particular, a person to whom this Division applies shall not use his office for personal gain or enter into any transaction or engage in any enterprise or activity that might be expected to give rise to doubt in the public mind as to whether he is carrying out or has carried out the duty imposed by Subsection (1).
(3) It is the further duty of a person to whom this Division applies—
(a) to ensure, as far as is within his lawful power, that his spouse and children and any other persons for whom he is responsible (whether morally, legally or by usage), including nominees, trustees and agents, do not conduct themselves in a way that might be expected to give rise to doubt in the public mind as to his complying with his duties under this section; and
(b) if necessary, to publicly disassociate himself from any activity or enterprise of any of his associates, or of a person referred to in paragraph (a), that might be expected to give rise to such a doubt.
(4) The Ombudsman Commission or other authority prescribed for the purpose under Section 28 (further provisions) may, subject to this Division and to any Organic Law made for the purposes of this Division, give directions, either generally or in a particular case, to ensure the attainment of the objects of this section.
(5) A person to whom this Division applies who—
(a) is convicted of an offence in respect of his office or position or in relation to the performance of his functions or duties; or
(b) fails to comply with a direction under Subsection (4) or otherwise fails to carry out the obligations imposed by Subsections (1), (2) and (3),
is guilty of misconduct in office.

Perhaps the legal officer employed by the Border Development Authority may care to comment and deny or confirm that the "Naked Selfie" was not taken during working hours.

And Now Earns Himself Permanent Search Engine Indexing That Allows The Whole World To Learn About His Selfie!

We Are Anonymous are a loose knit global group of concerned citizens who fight for justice and fight against corruption. We include computer hackers and others who use cyberspace to take power back from the corrupt and put it once again into the hands of law abiding citizens. We Are Anonymous PNG came about as it has become more obvious over the past year that Prime Minister Peter O'Neill is intent on ending democracy in PNG and becoming its de facto dictator. Those who love freedom will fight this, above ground or underground, whatever it takes to ensure that justice is delivered to the people of PNG against tyrants such as Peter O'Neill.

However We Are Anonymous has declared a special war against Fred Konga. This was done not because he stupidly photographed himself naked, e-mailed the photo, then had it published making him look stupid. All that is insignificant. We are at war with Fred Konga because he used this incident to make every attempt to silence all who did bring out his sins into the public domain. He used threats and intimidation against law abiding citizens. This will not stand.

Such actions caused "huge impairable* damage in [destroying] my character and inflicting huge pain, shame and embarrassment not only to me but my wife, my children and my family, my tribe and the people of Jiwaka and Western Highlands." - Fred Konga

* Please comment using Disqus to this article if you know this word and explain it as it is not in any English dictionary.

No truer words could be written than by Fred Konga himself than the above quotation, as he describes how he, as a member of the PNG educated elite, displayed totally primitive behaviour that demeaned himself, his position, and PNG bureaucrats in general.

Anyone who thought that our high level government bureaucrats exhibited high professionalism need look no further than Fred Konga. Indeed, his wife children and family tribe and the people of Jiwaka and Western Highlands are to be pitied by the shame and humiliation that Fred Konga has brought upon them. He is correct in what he says, but the blame rests totally with him.

Fred Konga states that the naked selfie is not of him but was a hybrid photo of his head put onto a naked body. First off, the small endowment of the body organs made one immediately suspect that the body did belong to this man. But scientifically, a close inspection of the individual pixels of the photo show that there is no sharp break in colours as there would have been had this been a spliced picture. The picture is real. The body and the head are of the same person in the same photograph. Fred Konga has lied to the world, hoping his lie would take hold. It has not. The image below shows the pixel analysis. Fred Konga, you're caught lying again.

Fred Konga's use of legal mumble jumble word defences hoping to make it look like he was an innocent victim is hilarious. For example:

"I did not consent or encourage any production, publication and circulation of any pornographic material culminating to the breaking of any criminal law nor did I misconduct in the cause of executing my duty, bringing disrepute to my esteemed office."

What a mouthful of nonsense. Of course he didn't consent or encourage the photo to be spread throughout the world, everyone knows that. Instead he stupidly took a selfie of himself naked and sent it to probably a girlfriend. A naked body is not, itself, pornographic and Mr Konga’s very small endowment almost makes it the opposite of pornography. This selfie is humour and laughter, not sexual arousal or pornography. We wonder how much he paid a lawyer to put together this silly statement. We know what the purpose was: It was to convince his friends and family that he didn't photograph himself naked. Of course, that is not the case.

All this so far makes Fred Konga look like a baby brain trapped in a grown man's body, but with childlike endowment of certain organs. What enrages We Are Anonymous is his attempt to frighten and intimidate those who would rightfully spread the news of Fred Konga’s sin.

All readers should be very clear about the following: It is NOT defamation if you are spreading something that is true, no matter how offensive that truth is.

Fact: Fred Konga took the naked selfie of himself. Fact: The selfie is not pornographic. Fact: No one who spreads the photo via email or posting on Facebook is violating any anti-pornography laws in PNG.

What the selfies are, in truth, are a display of a PNG government bureaucrat behaving like a child not befitting the office he occupies. The selfie is embarrassing to PNG as a whole. It is shameful. However, there is nothing illegal about spreading neither the picture nor the story about the picture.

Fred Konga well knows that but he tries to frighten off people anyway through such statements as:

"Police investigations were underway and some of the Facebook perpetrators had been identified".

"Media organisations that published the story on the Selfie 'will have a few legal questions to answer to in due course'.

No, Fred Konga, they will have nothing to answer for. They have done nothing illegal but you trying to intimidate them into silence make you guilty of the worst possible deception. That is why your selfie photo is going to be spread on the internet in a way that ensures that 10, 20 or 30 years from now your sons, daughters, even grandsons and granddaughters will be able to google "Fred Konga" and find your selfie photo.

Here are some other facts that you might well want to be aware of:

- Nearly servers that hold the images of your naked selfie are located outside PNG, particularly in the United States and Europe. There is nothing illegal about storing, sharing, discussing, and laughing about your naked selfie when the words are stored on those overseas servers. Get used to it.

-internet service providers cannot ensure individuals who create or open Facebook accounts are identified. This shows how very little you know about the internet. As much as you want to play the dictator and shut up people's rights to free speech, you cannot do it. Facebook is an American company that uses https protocol for log-ins. The common free e-mail services also use http protocol for log-ins and creating accounts. What that means is that the servers are not located in PNG, and no PNG internet service provider can possibly spy on the information transmitted through https protocol. All such information is encrypted. The users within PNG are secure in their anonymity and there's nothing you or the PNG government can do about it.

As for your comments about the need for registering SIM cards as soon as possible, there is already organising to circumvent the planned registration of SIM cards in PNG so that people who want to do legal things like spread naked selfies of public servants like yourself will continue to do so, knowing that they cannot be harassed or intimidated by corrupt people like you. Fake IDs, bribing Chinese shopkeepers to make up names and addresses for SIM card registration, etc., are but a few of the techniques already identified that will be put to work. Try to stop it.

VPN? Proxies? Better learn those terms, Mr Konga. Citizens in China use both to get around Chinese censorship of web sites. If China cannot block information from its citizens such as naked selfies of corrupt government bureaucrats such as yourself, don't expect the PNG government to succeed either.

We end with one more of your laughable statements: "They must be accountable to their actions. They will still have their freedom of free press but they must be identified people and not hiding behind fake names and executing, killing, doing enormous damage to good citizens. I am a victim of this."

Wrong, Mr Konga. You are no "good citizen". Already, thanks to your protests, people are coming out on the social media describing your many and varied corruptions. The whole story is coming out and spreading throughout PNG because you, Mr Konga, have failed to intimidate and threaten the corruption fighters of this land. There is no rule or law on the internet that says anyone has to use their real name. Wake up to the real world if you think otherwise.

You can bluster and blubber as much as you want, but the facts remain that:

- You took the naked selfie of yourself and were the first to spread it.

-no one is violating defamation or any other law to spread your selfie far and wide.

-no one has to give their name, answer any legal questions, or anything else regarding their spreading of your naked selfie and their comments about it.

Your mistake, Mr Konga, was thinking that you were smarter than everyone else and could threaten people so that they stopped spreading the truth. Instead, now that you've made it a big issue, the truth of Fred Konga and his corruption will spread to servers across the world, become firmly indexed in the search engine, and give you the humiliation, pain, shame and embarrassment that someone behaving like yourself rightfully deserves.

Next time, try another tactic. For example: Try acting like a grown, mature person, and be faithful to your wife.

WE ARE ANONYMOUS

[One mistep after another now causes the story of the naked selfie to become a topic of common conversation and begin spilling over into the international media]

by BENJAMIN NGAL KERA

Most urban Papua New Guineans with access to newspapers or internet probably now know that Chairman of the PNG Border Development Authority (BDA), Fred Konga, is taking The National and its reporter to court for defamation for republishing the story of Fred Konga's naked selfie. None of the probable thousands who have e-mailed Konga's selfie photos or reposted on other facebook sites have been taken to court. No one associated with the Facebook site Caught In the Act (https://www.facebook.com/caughtintheactpng) site has been summoned, despite that being one of the original entry points into the greater PNG social media. Only one lone internet poster who hardly ever writes and posts blog articles and sticks mostly to Facebook has been accused and summoned by Konga. Those other hundreds (if not more) internet users who have e-mailed and facebook posted his naked selfie everywhere have been ignored. Who is the unlikely person who has been charged in civil court by Mr Konga for defamation? It is Sonja Barry Ramoi, a well known social media personality. Why is she being targeted? It's probably because she's one of the few people who Konga can attach a real name to on the social media, and who has, in fact, posted about Mr Konga. Konga's job, plus the position Mrs. Ramoi's close friend, Belden Namah, has and the insight it gives him on what is really going on at the international border and how Mr Konga actually functions in his job, are undoubtedly all factors that cause Mr Konga to go specifically after Mrs Ramoi.

Thus, Fred Konga has declared war on the social media and started firing the first return shots. Problem is, the social media is full of darkness, so when he starts shooting, he'll waste most of his ammunition shooting aimlessly. Obviously Mr Konga knows next to nothing about how the social media functions. If he did, he certainly would not be taking these steps. That doesn't mean he would have had any trouble finding a lawyer who was willing to take that case in return for the steady flow of cash this court case is likely to bring into the lawyer's bank account. You can always find a lawyer who will nod their head yes to anyone you want to sue, because they know that at the end of the day, they're the only ones guaranteed to make money.

Mr Konga, for all his bluster and hurt puppy defensiveness, has no clue whatsoever what any public official with any common sense at all does when faced with a similar embarrassing situation that spills over onto the social media. It is certainly not to ignore the allegations because rest assured, they won't go away. Instead, public officials who have common sense and any real concern about salvaging their reputation will immediately goes before the press, acknowledge the sin, explain away why they did it (I was drunk, I was framed by my girlfriend, etc), answer the reporter's questions, and move on. Yes, there will be an uproar for awhile but it will eventually die out.

Aussie politicians caught with their pants down over the years have kept some fragments of their formal reputation and perhaps even their jobs when they meticulously followed this strategy. The smart ones know from the start that social media has immense potential power. It is more than capable of blow up small matters into national issues and a national trial by media. Ultimately the alleged's reputation is destroyed not by the original sin but by the public official's foolish denials and overall reaction to it.

Fred Konga will have none of this common sense perspective in dealing with the scandal. That's why we now have Mr Konga back in the news again. And again. All because of Mr Konga himself. That probably delights his enemies and detractors. It's also what the social media wants, as there is nothing more entertaining than a catfight on the internet. Mr Konga is creating a public relations disaster for himself that will likely last many years and seems completely oblivious to it.

Mr Konga might want to know the personal story of how I came to discover the naked body of Fred Konga on the internet. I first heard a friend mention it a couple weeks ago. An interesting story to listen to, but I actually forgot about it until the article in which Mr Konga defended himself came out in The National.

Once I read that story (thank you for making it possible, Mr Konga!), my curiosity was fully activated. This wasn't because of Sonja Barry Ramoi or any of Mr Konga's other detractors, but because of Mr Konga himself. I must confess, at that point I went onto the internet and began searching for the selfie of the naked Konga body so I could see for myself. It took awhile to find the first picture, but I finally did. I kept searching through various facebook sites and found another. Then a third. It would appear that Mr Konga's photos have been circulating on the social media for awhile now, but ignorant people like me never discovered the full extent of this story until Fred Konga himself essentially challenged me to make the effort to find the selfies.

Now, horror of horrors, the first image of Fred Konga's selfie has just appeared in the world internet search engines. As of a couple days ago, one image can now be retrieved on Google Images. The image appears, courtesy of the independent media site known as brisbane.indywatch.org.

When a PNG scandal gets picked up by the international media, that is truly the beginning of the opening of a can of worms that Mr Konga will long wish he had never bothered to pick up, much less looked inside. Beyond that, it is becoming apparent that Mr Konga's strategy of trying to threaten those on the social media into silence is badly backfiring against him. When anonymous social media activists declare war against you, anyone with any sense at all realises that they have just created a huge mess for themselves. The article on PNG Blogs by the "Anonymous" group demonstrates that Mr Konga has upset people who are willing to fight a guerrilla style cyber war against him. Unless Mr Konga has millions to spend getting court orders all over the world to try and trace these souls, he has probably picked off more than he can chew.

Looking at how the social media is responding to Mr Konga's issue, I can foresee that he'll end up getting more punishment than he ever bargained for because of the disrespectful way he carries himself as a public official. The private lives of public officials have long been open to hunting by the public simply because what someone does in private says more about their personal character and ethics than any mauswara they give in public when they realise that everyone is watching and listening. Thus, Fred Konga's sometime tendency to strip himself naked and take pictures of himself has been revealed to the PNG public, and thanks to Mr Konga's threats, it now seems destined to spill onto world internet sites.

What Mr Konga may ultimately learn from this very expensive (legal fees) and humiliating experience are 2 important lessons: First, never try to pretend innocence if you're guilty, if the allegation gets onto the internet. You'll never win, even armed with legal threats and you'll probably end up more humiliated than if you had just stayed quiet. Second, never threaten those on the social media hoping that will frighten them into silence. The last place we will feel the peace of silence in this world will be on the social media. Thanks to Fred Konga's insistence of keeping this story in the news, the story has spread far more than it ever would have if Mr Konga had simply shut up and hoped for the best.

The biggest results that Mr Konga's misguided battle to redeem his reputation will likely create will be to force more Papua New Guineans into using anonymous pen names so that they no longer become sitting ducks for corrupt thugs like Mr Konga. That will further empower those in the PNG social media to get out scandalous truths. It may also become painfully clear as a result of this court case that the internet will not be controlled by the Papua New Guinean government any more than it has been controlled by any government, save the most authoritarian ones. The internet is setting oppressed people of the world free in all directions and Mr Konga and his court case will merely highlight that reality.

PNGBLOGS

THINK CREATIVE MANAGEMENT’S ‘50 MILLION KINA’ 40 YEARS INDEPENDENCE EVENT FOR PNG

Whilst the country is faced with financial problems, the upcoming 40th Independence anniversary is set to see the visit of an iconic world renowned artist. No word has been disclosed as yet, but the company tasked to host a series of events commemorating PNG’s 40th anniversary was paid K50 million.

Think Creative Management is primarily owned by Lady Ni Cragnolini, the Chinese wife of Sir Luciano Cragnolini of LA Construction; and Ms. Michelle Monsour an Australian who was the head of Marketing and Sponsorship for the failed $10 million PNG NRL bid.

Going through IPA records, there is no indication of a company constitution, however an individual by the name of Sylvester Huta, a PNG National, owns a 20 percent share in Think Creative Management and both Monsour and Cragnolini own 40 percent each.

It is not clear exactly how K50 million will be used to entertain Papua New Guineans in a time of great financial stress, however word is that an international musical icon will be brought in by this company awarded K50 million to manage PNG’s 40 years independence events commemoration.

Papua New Guineans will have to wait to see who will be that globally known musical icon, but we suspect Think Creative Management is keen on bringing in big guns. Word is Jennifer Lopez might be touching down in Port Moresby for the 40 years Independence celebration entertainment, but that may just be Ni Cragnolini talking big to try and justify the amount of money her foreign company was awarded for hosting the 40th Independence celebrations event.

No indication of public tender was provided for the hosting of this important event, and we are not sure how National Events Council have decided to award such a big fat lucrative contract to a ‘foreign enterprise’, with only 20 percent national ownership, which has been less than 1 and half year in existence.

by KUNI BIMUNDI

I posed a query “who is funding PM O’Neill’s legal fees?”. Gregory Shepherd, believed to be the lead counsel in all the PM’s court cases, responded and said the State is paying for PM’s legal fees. He further asserted that the Attorney General briefed out cases and payment originates from State Solicitor. Gregory however did not stop at his response. He took a swipe at Mr Sam Koim in the guise of responding to my question. I was at a loss trying to connect how Greg was diverting his attention to Mr Koim. Mr Koim responded to Greg’s comments. The ensuing conversations/comments were hilarious and entertaining. Here is my take on the responses and various comments.

Gregory Shepherd raised issues that he is already challenging in court hence Koim described him as engaging in “street fights”. Recent media reports of the cases attest to that. Whilst we citizens are bullied by lawyers for discussing court matters, lawyers like Greg himself took Koim to task in a public forum to seek answers that he is already seeking in court. His he running parallel cases to seek the same answer –one in court and one on the street? That I found totally inappropriate and wanting of a lawyer practising more than 35 years as he claims.

Gregory was confronted with the question of him trying to get even with Koim and seek public redemption on the SBS Dateline story where he featured on camera on how he conducts money laundering activities using his law firm. Koim pointed out how Gregory was trying to get even with Koim on this issue leading up to the fb post. Greg refused to answer. Instead he metaphorically revealed that he suspected Koim was the mastermind. A subsequent comment by Emmanuel Narakobi confirms that Koim was not the mastermind in the SBS story. So it seems Gregory slaughtered Koim on a mere misunderstanding. Gregory was out on a vindictive attack as it clearly reflected in the issues he picked on Koim.

The article by Gregory created more sympathisers than haters of Koim. A few spin doctors and paid trolls also took their time to allay the perception. Few of the people who passionately attacked Koim were Gregory himself, Susan Merrell and a Katrina Collins. We now know why Gregory attacked Koim –because he feeds from O’Neill and also because he’s hurt by the SBS report. Koim mentioned something about pending investigations against Gregory –we should be more interested in that one as well because Greg might be launching a pre-emptive strike.

Susan Merrell? This person claims to be highly qualified journalist. I followed her story for some time and all she writes is about Belden Namah and few people she hates most. She does not write anything objectively. Her judgements and articles are coloured with her personal prejudices. She was seen wining and dining with people who are very close to PM including Nii Cragnolini and Tiffany Twivey. She demonstrated that she is there to manage public perception for PM. Never at one time she attacked/criticised the PM on any of the many glaring scandals PM has gotten into.

Katrina Collins appears to be someone with a fake fb ID. She doesn’t even believe in the truth. She may also have drunk from the poisoned chalice of PM.

These people are not interested in the country nor the issues that really matter about the country. They are driven by white supremacy and want us to remain corrupt hence dependent. They live in ivory towers and milk our country. They are not here for their health nor a genuine concern for our country.

I posed this question to them again to test whether they were genuine about the issue of corruption.
“Should the Taxpayers of PNG foot the PMs legal fees for his personal criminal cases?”. None of them responded satisfactorily. One said the UBS was an NEC Decision hence the State is responsible. She stated that even when I specifically mentioned ‘criminal cases” as opposed to leadership tribunal matter. Gregory responded and claimed that the Attorney General briefed him. Ostensibly, you can have a brief out from the Attorney General but that still legitimises corruption if the case itself bears no national interest except that of individual criminal responsibility. That is the highest and dangerous form of corruption –the legitimisation of corruption using ostensible authority. That is what we all should be concerned. If Merrell and Collins were not opinionated, this is the real issue they should touch. I see it is too sensitive for them to touch. It would be interesting to know how many of the educated Papua New Guineans think about this issue on the polls conducted by Sonja Ramoi.

Koim should explain more than what he has provided including his source of funding, if any. I sincerely hope the court will be given the benefit of this. I can be wrong, but I still think that the State should pay for Koim, Damaru and Gituas legal fees because as opposed to PM, these gentlemen have pursued justice and that is a national interest. Their disadvantage is they have an Attorney General who reports to the PM. PM, his army of lawyers and paid agents are now using that shortcoming against these faithful public servants. I was wondering why they are deflecting and interested in attacking these gentlemen instead of respecting the court to make a decision on pending cases including PMs arrest warrant. That is the real issue. May be they are using this as a decoy because their cases are bound to fail and the only way out of it is to destroy the team before they arrive at the court decision.

Looking at the number of pressing issues affecting the country. The economy is not looking rosy. We are in an economic meltdown period. The exorbitant payments in millions and hundreds of millions made to various contractors under the guise of infrastructure development. Today’s media report on a 500 meters road costing K85.7 million should call for nationwide strike. If foreigners are concerned about our country, they should condemn these brazen acts of looting.

If Merrell, Collins and Shepherd are concerned about the country, they should attack this daily light robbery of the people’s money. Or they should comment on current economic collapse.
No, they are not interested in any of these. These are too sensitive an issue for them. They cannot upset their food garden, can they?. They don’t want Papua New Guineans to get it right. They don’t want Papua New Guineans to rise and challenge the status quo of corruption and mismanagement. They want the circumstances to remain as they are, or even get worse so that our demise would benefit them. Everything here is an elephant of course.

by STEVEN ANDRE - PNGBLOGS

Susan Merrell continues to amaze me at the way she ferociously attacks and defends herself on social media but not anymore. The name Susan Merrell is synonyms with keyboard warrior and she is very good at it. She claims and fiercely defends that she has a doctorate degree and two masters degrees. One would imagine that the degrees under her belt are sufficient to be an expert in her area of speciality.

She poses so subtly as an independent commentator on PNG issues and with her proficiency and eloquence in English, bamboozles all other audiences and commentators alike to either follow her or left confused.

Her recent wave of attacks mounted against respected citizens in the likes of Deputy Chief Justice Sir Gibbs Salika and Sam Koim of Papua New Guinea was a source of concern for me to know a little bit more about the person “Susan Merrell” and her motivations. An objective and critical observer who follows her trend of publications and commentaries would discern her motives and not miss her destiny.

On facebook, one Kuni catechized Merrell persistently to opine whether it isn’t corruption for the taxpayers of Papua New Guinea to foot the legal bills of Prime Minister O’Neill to defend and challenge his personal criminal cases. Merrell obnoxiously diverted on peripheral issues and one could clearly see the entrenched resistance on her to come closer to the answer. On one hand she is the mouth piece of the PM’s lawyers, yet on the other hand she claims the innocence of knowing nothing.

PNG ECHO –THE LOATHLY GOSSIP BLOG

Susan Merrell administers a blog called “PNG Echo”. She is accountable to no one in the articles she writes. She censors comments on her articles and ensures that “all praises” are retained.

I posted this as a comment to Susan Merrell’s article titled “The Incredible rise and fall of Sam Koim”

“STEVEN ANDRE on August 19, 2015 at 7:45 am said:

(Your comment is awaiting moderation.)

With due respect, I find this article as a gossip blog. The cardinal principles of journalist objectivity are wanting. The author either fails to pursue the truth including giving the persons affected by this article a fair opportunity to respond, or if they had responded, only juicy part of their stories were extracted to pursue a premeditated cause.

I have read a couple of articles such as the one about the Deputy Chief Justice of PNG and former Opposition Leader and I’ve found nothing dissimilar to this one. I have reached a conclusion that articles are premised “subjectively” and not “objectively”.

Journalists run a fine line between politics and public opinion. A small slip can lend you in one side. I find this as a work of a “political spin doctor” aimed at suppressing perceived opponents to a government.

I don’t know much about PNG politics but am more inclined to hold these views.”

Looks like she ‘moderated’ my comment and it’s deleted. Not only is her optimism bias is truly untameable, but she is protecting something. She appears to be a loose cannon in the cyber world.

In the instant article, she is the prophet of doom and predicts the downfall of Sam Koim, a process she started with her article with the assassination of Koim’s character. Her wave of attacks on Koim and his team of devoted public servants is in sync with the rest of her team –Greg Shepherd, Tiffany Twivey, Katrina Collins and the rest of those who feed off from the current government. Her article is not a coincident.

SUSAN MERRELL FOR THE MONEY

On her facebook employment status, Susan Merrell poses as “self-employed”.

One Kuni remarked on a Sharp Talk facebook post “For a divorcee who has no formal employment living high-fly lifestyle, she needs to be the spin-doctor of PM.” She was literally enraged by that comment and unleashed her loathe. Look as if someone touched her sore.

Susan claimed that her formal employment is journalist/academic/political scientist. That is not a formal employment. Only dimwits would implore others to believe that their credentials rack in money without working for it. To sustain a lavish lifestyle with regular trips to France and on luxury cruise ships globetrotting, one has to make enough money. If she is a consultant, then who is engaging her services? She has no record of being employed in Australia. How could one claim to be a consultant without an active engagement?

Media organisations in Australia never engage her nor publish her articles. When pounded why that is so, she unreservedly claimed that Aussie media organisations cannot pay her so her articles never get published. That confirms she does her work for the money. The issues she raises in her articles do not worth more than the money she is after.

There are reports alleging that Susan Merrell approached then Deputy Prime Minister and Opposition Leader Belden Namah to be his press consultant and a further work on a “women’s bill” proposal job for $A250,000 per annum. In order to lubricate the deal, she offered her unattractive self. Both deals were turned down, the source of her personal bitterness over Belden Namah. See http://www.pngblogs.com/2013/02/susan-merrell-white-woman-pngeans-love.html

THE PARTISAN COMMENTARIES

I observed most of her articles with interest. Never at one time would Susan Merrell take a swipe at PM O’Neill. One the other hand, her articles are designed to destroy all perceived opponents of Peter O’Neill.

Few Examples of Pro-O’Neill Publicity are:

http://www.pngecho.com/2015/07/18/torres-strait-islands-a-government-to-government-matter/

http://www.pngecho.com/2014/12/03/ombudsmans-powers-to-be-decided-by-supreme-court/

http://www.pngecho.com/2014/11/30/polye-or-namah-rearranging-deckchairs-on-the-titanic/

http://www.pngecho.com/2014/10/25/supreme-court-backs-prime-minister-and-rule-of-law-how-could-namah-have-got-it-so-wrong/

http://www.pngecho.com/2014/10/03/the-court-speaks-but-some-people-just-hear-what-they-want-to-hear/

http://www.pngecho.com/2014/08/21/belden-namahs-demise-the-push-factor-or-lack-of-effective-leadership/

The examples of her subjective writing on figures who are deemed as opponents to PM O’Neill are:

http://www.pngecho.com/2014/08/20/the-demise-of-belden-norman-namah-the-kingmaker-who-would-be-king/(because Namah was a formidable opposition leader constantly nagging O’Neill).

http://www.pngecho.com/2015/05/22/mr-popular-deputy-chief-justice-sir-gibbs-salika/(Reaction to Salika convicting Jimmy Maladina, a close crony and partner in crime of Peter O’Neill).

http://www.pngecho.com/2015/08/17/the-incredible-rise-and-fall-of-sam-koim/(Because Sam Koim and his team were going after Peter O’Neill to have him arrested and charged for fraud).

SUSAN MERRELL THE DEFENDER OF CORRUPTION

Susan Merrell has never committed a single iota of thought in commenting about the glaring instances of corruption that Peter O’Neill and his cronies indulge on a daily basis. It is so unthinkable that someone who claims to be an expert on PNG issues wilfully turns a blind eye to this. When confronted by a facebook commentator on her silence, she claims she doesn’t know. How convenient is that?

And incredibly so, she is quick to defend the corrupt that are pillaging the country.

http://www.pngblogs.com/2015/08/nii-cragnolini-paid-k50-million-to-plan.html

HER COMPANY OF INFLUENCE

1) - Susan Merrell, Tiffany Twivey and the notorious Ni Cragnolini

2) - The luxurious yacht ride along circular key, Sydney

3) –The Picnics that never end

And off course, the girls have urges too –almost intimate, so close that they fall and rise together

How could one expect someone who drinks from the same poisoned chalice remain independently from the rest of the group? In her own words, he who pays the piper calls the tune.

CONCLUSION
Considering all the above and after having observed her views on social media, I have reached a firm conclusion that Susan Merrell is a “Paid Spin-Doctor” of Peter O’Neill & Co and NOT a “watchdog” on PNG issues. Susan Merrell has no other concern for PNG than her paid role. She cannot pass an objectivity test nor fare favourably on a moral compass. One wouldn’t be surprised to check her bank accounts on who is paying her.

PNG Government To Investigate Lawyers’ Undercover video on Australian TV alleges bribery

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (The National, June 26, 2015) – The Government will set up a high-powered team to investigate comments by two senior lawyers on ways that suspect funds could be transferred to Australia to bribe Papua New Guinean politicians.

It will consist of senior officials from the Bank of PNG, the Justice Department, the Prime Minister’s Department, the Immigration Department, the police and the National Executive Council.

Announcing this yesterday, Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Isaac Lupari said a number of serious claims had been aired on television that related to statements by Greg Sheppard and Harvey Maladina to an undercover operative who filmed the conversations secretly.

"The video has since gone viral on social media leading to rumours and innuendo," he said and indicated that the investigation would begin soon.
He also said that all government cases being handled by Young and Williams, where both Sheppard and Maladina are partners, would be reviewed.

Meanwhile, the Papua New Guinea Law Society described the footage aired by SBS on Tuesday night as so "explicit and graphic" that the appropriate authorities would have to investigate into the firm.

"For lawyers to encourage the flaunting of the laws of this country or a foreign country or engage in conduct likely to invite ridicule and criticism to the profession and practice of law is viewed with disdain and not welcomed by PNGLS," it told The National.
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Lupari said in his statement that it was important for Young and Williams to release the names of public figures they represented and transferred funds on behalf of out of the country.

He noted that the firm had, over many years, represented many leaders both in government and opposition.

He said the Prime Minister’s Office had never used the firm, particularly in relation to the transfer of funds.

"It is important that they clearly explain their comments in a most direct and precise way by naming the names of people they have represented."

"This matter has to be looked at by investigative agencies in both Papua New Guinea and Australia."

In view of the seriousness of the claims and the public standing of the two men, Lupari said the investigation would be undertaken promptly.

He also called on the PNG Law Society to investigate and take any action required as the claims made in the video "are also undermining the credibility of the legal fraternity". "The solicitor-general will now review all ongoing government engagements with that firm with a view of transferring these files to other legal firms capable of undertaking this work."

Lupari denied that Maladina’s brother, convicted fraudster Jimmy Maladina, had an ongoing working relationship with the Prime Minister’s Office, or the prime minister.

The footages were believed to have been shot by non-governmental organisation Global Witness in May last year but aired only on Tuesday night.

[PIR editor’s note: The National reported that PNG ‘Opposition leader Don Polye said yesterday that inflated legal fees as a means to transfer funds out of the country or to bribe politicians are only "the tip of the iceberg". ... He suggested that it was so easy to transfer funds out illegally that it was "frightening". ... "It’s only the tip of the iceberg. It’s frightening, especially with the leadership tribunals going on," he told The National yesterday in response to the controversy surrounding lawyers Greg Sheppard and Harvey Maladina. ... "It questions the integrity of the Office of Prime Minister and the integrity of this nation, Parliament, and the people."’]

One showed Sheppard allegedly telling the undercover operative that instead of sending large amounts of money overseas, he should do so in "small dribs and drabs" to avoid attracting attention.

"The days of banging a million bucks into this secret numbered (bank) account in Singapore is over," he was recorded as saying.

Immediately after the broadcast, Sheppard told the media that he had not done anything wrong and that his comments were "general, hypothetical and merely descriptive".

Maladina also denied any wrongdoing. In his footage, Maladina claimed his brother Jimmy was "very close" and "chief adviser" to the prime minister. He said Jimmy could get licences easily.

He told the operative that funds could be transferred through inflated legal invoices and that he had used a queen’s counsel to do so.

"Normally if it’s through the law firms, they don’t usually question that because it’s – especially if it’s a firm that I’m based with, it’s a prestigious firm…," he said.

It is understood that copies of the films have been given to the Australian police.

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PNG the land of elephant and unexpected is fast becoming the land of tolerance for corruption. Seemingly so, Shepherd is continuing to hunt the elephants with teh PMs cases. PNG, forgiveness and forgetful "blong yumi ino liklik" No wonder our Government leaders are so corrupt with absolute impunity.

PNGBLOGS

They were once not the best of buddies so what has brought them together?

Read some inside info on Tiffany Gaye Nonggorr (Tiffany Twivey), courtesy of DR Susan Merrell
“Her legal practices, set up with Maladina, I believe could be a front for laundering money through her trust account. The amounts that it's mooted she was paid for her advice is far too high. It's a way of getting money, supposedly legitimately, out f (sic) government coffers. Maladina is a very shrewd and crooked politicain (sic) (great shame, I've met him and liked him a lot) Had a drink with him one night in POM when Tiffany had left for Lae. (She'd introduced me.) Didn't know then about the affair - found out the next day when she returned. But the private date had obviously been playing on her mind. It was moses idea and was perfectly innocent apart froma bit of harmless flirtation.”
“At a guess, I'd say he's hanging on to the relationship because he's using her practice to extort money. Just a guess.”
“Oh yes. Her appetites are legendary. That's why I'm wondering why Moses is putting up wit (sic) it. Can only be money.”
“I'd also like to get back at Twivey, but I feel she's a diversion. She's selling herslf (sic) to whoever will give her sex. And, to quote that saying again - she's the hole and not the doughnut.”
“Seems so. She's obviously frightened of you. People are sending me info about her. Unfortunately, everyone knows things but no one is willing to go on record or provide any verification and I won't publish unless I'm sure.”
“It was the PNC fundraiser last year. I was still talking to Namah at that point and he told me she publicly grabbed his bum and he lost his temper with her as he had his reputation to think of. LOL”
“I do know that. That's what frightens me. She is a first-class bitch but I'd hate her to be chopped to pieces.”
“I think she has really stuffed up her life as she knew it - badly. She's made so many enemies. I doubt whether she'll bounce back from this. I predict Moses is using her practice to launder money and that's why he stays with her because apparently she has a voracious sexual appetite and will bed anything on two legs - and that is something I know.”

by JACK KUMAN

Prime Minister Peter O’Neill is telling us that the economy and government finances are in good condition.

But the official numbers from Treasury and the Bank of Papua New Guinea tell a different story.

They tell us that Papua New Guinea is rushing towards an economic and financial disaster.

The numbers do not lie, unlike the Prime Minister.

Since he grabbed power in mid-2011, the economy and government finances have got worse and worse until today the Government is virtually bankrupt.

Now the Prime Minister and his partners in crime have resorted to stealing from State-Owned Enterprises to try to prevent a complete financial crash. They have demanded hundreds of millions of kina, including from LNG landowners’ funds held in NPCP and reserve and operating cash from National Fisheries Authority and MVIL. This is in addition to the hundreds of millions of kina already drained from SOEs last year and earlier this year in fake “dividends”.

O’Neill’s corruption, waste and mismanagement are like a sickness eating away at the heart of the nation. Papua New Guineans can longer rely on the institutions of state to protect their funds. Even the Bank of Papua New Guinea and the Internal Revenue Commission have been corrupted and now willingly co-operate in the abuse of due process and the circumvention of the laws of Papua New Guinea.

The Bank of Papua New Guinea’s failure to protect the financial system from the Prime Minister’s corruption and mismanagement has played a significant role in the current crisis. As the attached charts show, the value of the kina against the US dollar has fallen by about one-third during the past two years of O’Neill’s Prime Ministership (Graph 1), and foreign reserves have fallen by almost half (Graph 2).

O’ Neill and his cronies and spin doctors have described these numbers as good for Papua New Guinea. In fact they are very bad for Papua New Guinea.

The fall in foreign exchange reserves means the nation is running out of money to buy imports, which in turn is causing a severe business slowdown. According to the Bank of Papua New Guinea, employment fell by about 3% in the past 12 months, and is expected to decline even further for the rest of the year.

As a result of O’Neill’s mismanagement, more and more middle-class Papua New Guineans in urban centres will have no money to support their families. Food, clothing, housing and power and water will be even further out of reach of people who struggle to live on an honest wage.

The imports that Papua New Guinea relies upon, especially essentials such as food, clothing, and consumer goods will become harder and harder to buy and more expensive.

Domestic producers will struggle to replace imports, and their prices – especially for food - are also likely to rise.

The recent O’Neill Government decision to ban frozen chicken and fruit and vegetable imports was taken not for any planned import replacement strategy. It was taken because it would help to reduce pressure on foreign reserves.

In fact the only people likely to benefit are the big business cronies of the Prime Minister and other politicians. For example the Israeli LR Group, run by the son of his chief advisor Jakob Weiss, owns the Nine Mile vegetable farm. LR Group will make millions of kina from the decision.

Economic mismanagement by O’Neill is in fact far worse than that characterized by Australian academic Paul Flanagan, writing in Development Policy Blog. That is demonstrated in the numbers revealed in the Treasury’s Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Out look document, released recently. The Treasury, like Flanagan, tells it like it really is.

MYEFO estimates that PNG’s debt is likely to rise to 41.3% of GDP this year, another shocking indication of O’Neill’s incompetence, and a reflection of his willingness to break PNG’s laws whenever it suits him.

The maximum level of debt permitted under the Fiscal Responsibility Act is 35%.

The Prime Minister himself says that Papua New Guinea’s debt to GDP ratio currently “runs at around 33 per cent of GDP so is below the Financial Responsibilities Act requirement.”

But once again there is a difference between the truth and what the Prime Minister says.

What O’Neill is keeping secret from Papua New Guineans is that total public debt is in fact much higher than the limit permitted by the Fiscal Responsibility Act.

When the country’s commercial and other debt is included – for example the Prime Minister’s illegal K3 billion UBS loan, debts owed by SOEs and the State’s contingent liabilities such as superannuation arrears and court judgments – the O’Neill Government is in breach of the Act.

The Word Bank-IMF estimate that superannuation arrears are about 6.5% of GDP and SOE liabilities at 7.5% of GDP.

And while it is well known that the illegal UBS loan is off-balance-sheet and therefore not counted as part of the debt-GDP ration, no-one knows what the situation is with the K6 billion Chinese EXIM Bank loan, which is to be used for project funding.

If funds are or have been drawn down by SOEs or other similar agencies, then that money will also be off-balance-sheet and again not part of the debt-GDP ratio.

One estimate (Graph 3), by the prominent economic research firm Trading Economics, puts total debt at 38% of GDP – which on the figures above appears to be an extremely conservative number. If the figures given above are correct, a worst-case scenario would put debt at about 50% of GDP.

All these financial and economic facts, in contrast to the lies told by the Prime Minister, are the main reasons for Moody's Investors Service this year rating Papua New Guinea as B1 and changing the rating outlook to negative from stable.

A B1 rating means the country is non-prime and judged as being speculative and a high credit risk.

It is getting to the stage now when every time the Prime Minister opens his mouth, a lie comes out.

The problem is that although everyone knows he is a liar, no-one knows how big his lies actually are because his Government keeps details of all these illegal loans and liabilities secret.

The debts and other liabilities of SOEs are kept secret by the simple method of not publishing their accounts – almost every SOE fails to produce its accounts so that the public cannot even guess t how much is being stolen, mismanaged or wasted.

Under Minister Ben Micah, SOEs have become a private feeding trough for the Prime Minister and his fellow politicians and cronies. The political feeding frenzy will get worse when all SOEs are brought under the House of Kumul and the new Sovereign Wealth Fund begins operations.

The Bank of Papua New Guinea these days is just as bad as the corrupt SOEs. It is withholding its statistics to hide the effects of its own corrupt behavior and the corrupt behavior of the Prime Minister and his Government.

For example, on its web site the latest Quarterly Economic Bulletin is for March 2015. The latest Monthly Economic Review Report is for June 2015. The latest Annual Monetary Statement is for March 2015. The latest Budget Commentary is for 2006. The latest Fortnightly Statistics is for April 2015.

Rather than an agency committed to transparency and accountability in the public and national interest, the central bank of Papua New Guinea has become a part of the O’Neill corruption machine.

O’Neill and various cronies and parasites who rely on him to survive have attacked Flanagan and others for their responsible, accurate, fair and factual reporting of Papua New Guinea’s financial and economic meltdown.
The problem for the Prime Minister and his cronies and parasites is that the facts expose their corruption, their greed, their lies, their incompetence and their self-interest.

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