PM & MINISTER POK STUNNED BY OPPOSITION DURING QUESTION TIME
Corrupt past brought to parliament, Fabian PORKBy Graham Tenaen Robinson As the parliament bell rang this morning both Government and Opposition MPs turned out with a good representation of 70% in...
View ArticlePolice save 'sorcerers' after mob try to burn them alive
The women were accused of killing an eight-year-old girl in Mount Hagen, the same city where a crowd burnt a 20-year-old mother last week after stripping her naked and beating her in a killing that...
View ArticleAustralia and O’Neill dragging PNG into an international sewer
By MICHAEL GORDON, Newcastle HeraldA SCATHING report on conditions on Manus Island has urged incoming Immigration Minister Brendan O’Connor to stop sending asylum seekers to the remote Papua New Guinea...
View ArticleSorcery, Murder,Things Falling Apart and Melanesian Attutudes . A Plea to...
By JOHN FOWKEPress reports around the world indicate that "sanguma meris" are being burnt alive in Mount Hagen City. A spectacular departure from the usual method of murderinvolving dragging the...
View Article"PM sent someone to have me arrested" Threats issued to blogger
PNGBLOGSPM: Going out against Bloggers I was alerted to an e-mail from a friend on Thursday 14th February 2013, he made mention that he is being targeted by the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea,...
View ArticlePNG plans military build-up, but why?
By DONALD GUMBISPapua New Guinea's Defence Minister Dr Fabian Pok has announced that PNG plans to build up its military capacity from around 2000 personnel to 10,000.While it is hardly unusual for...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea 'witch' murder is a reminder of our gruesome past
The GuardianEarlier this week, police charged two people from Mount Hagen, in the western highlands of Papua New Guinea, with the murder of Kepari Leniata, a 20-year-old woman and mother. Accused of...
View ArticleRape suspect surrenders and tells all
Police and members of the Lae’s East Taraka community yesterday began a hunt for three suspects wanted for the rape of a Lae nurse on Saturday. This came after one suspect turned himself in on...
View ArticleExactly who is behind the O'Neill /Dion Government?
By JOE BEIG The following accounts of events transpired since formation of O’Neill-Dion government in August 2012 reflect the type of leadership and the government PNG has. These events impose various...
View ArticleNaming names: Accomplices and facilitators.
By Susan MerrellAll roads lead to Rome.This is a letter to the editor in Thursday's Post Courier ('Yutok' 21 February, 2013):Namah must own upI would like to ask Belden Namah, Opposition Leader and...
View ArticleWhat is your agenda Susan Merrell?
By GILBERT MONDOSusan Merrill again at the fore! Your comments are berated illustrious and contravening. Your standing in the public is questionable. Your mirage is outrageous. You prove to be a fool...
View ArticleI created a monster- Namah
By GRAHAM ROBINSONOpposition Leader Hon. Belden Namah was blunt as usual in a press conference this afternoon when replying to questions from the media about his take on the Managing Director defying...
View ArticleUNITECH SAGA, THE INSIDE STORY
By LIVINGSTON HOSEA,UNITECH SRC PRESIDENT 2013I feel urged and justified that you as tax payers and sponsors of Students in Papua New Guinea University of Technology deserves the right and are entitled...
View ArticleWitch Burning still going strong in Papua New Guinea
Yet another "witch" gets burned in Wa, Village, Mendi District, this is one of the many that is being reported. there are many that are being burned or tortured alive that are not being reported in the...
View ArticleSUSAN MERRELL: "THE WHITE WOMAN PNGEANS LOVE TO HATE"!
By: SONJA BARRY RAMOISusan Merrell, a prolific social media commentator and blog artist, was born and brought up as the daughter of a coal mine worker in Wales before moving to Sydney, Australia. After...
View ArticleMore roads lead to Rome
By Susan MerrellThere is so much smoke surrounding the name of Philip Eludeme, current Chairman of the Central Supplies and Tenders Board (CSTB - in the way of unanswered allegations and dubious past...
View ArticleO'Neill ‘silent’ over Solwara environmental deep sea mining risks
A Papuan New Guinea environmental advocacy group has accused Prime Minister Peter O’Neill of “falling silent” on the controversial Solwara 1 deep sea mining venture planned off the coast of...
View ArticlePolitical risk key in PNG’s sovereign debut
By JONATHAN ROGERSPAPUA NEW GUINEA bonds anyone? If all goes according to plan, the Pacific Ocean nation will soon make its debut in the international debt markets with a dollar issue led by Barclays,...
View ArticleKilling according to beliefs
THE gruesome killing of a woman last month in Mt Hagen for the charge of witchcraft or sorcery has been roundly condemned by all and sundry.This may appear an inexcusable act perpetrated by uneducated...
View ArticleLaw on fee free Education
ISLAND BusinessThe Papua New Guinea government will legislate to ensure free education is compulsory, Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says.He said this would ensure “no child is left out of...
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