Unitech SRC President’s Last Chance: How Will He Prepare Students for the...
By: CONCERNED STUDENTIt is good to see so many Unitech students visiting this website to learn the hidden truths about Unitech saga 2013. The responses show that a free spirit for change still exists...
View ArticlePNG is NOT a banana republic
By LUCAS KIAP If someone is asked in year 2050 to go back in time to study the history of PNG, I believe...
View Article"I could sack all of you" Peter O'Neill
A JUDICIAL inquiry revealing a $300 million scam perpetrated by top officials and leading lawyers has provoked a sensation in Papua New Guinea, with Prime Minister Peter O’Neill warning that he may...
View ArticleCorruption, Infrastructure woes and Development Challenges
By LUCAS KIAPWhen it comes to infrastructure development and providing basic government services in the country - is where billions and billions of Kina of public funds are pumped into every year....
View ArticleSmall opposition a cause for grave concern
With only seven MPs left following a rash of defections to the government ranks, Belden Namah should be a very worried Opposition Leader. But the firebrand Member for Vanimo-Green remains unperturbed...
View ArticleNAMAH & SOMARE RECONCILIATION
By SONJA BARRY RAMOI"Indai blo Ludwig soim mi olsem mi i mas reconcile wantaim Grand Chief" (Ludwig's death has shown me that I must reconcile with the Grand Chief) - the Opposition Leader Belden Namah...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea passes Death Penalty and other stiffer laws
PARLIAMENT yesterday gave a resounding aye to amendments to the Criminal Code Act that raised penalties for serious crimes including stealing and misappropriation.The death penalty will apply for...
View ArticlePM’s Chief of Staff in K3.7 million Finance Dept fraud says Commission of...
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill likes to talk tough about cracking down on corruption but his own Chief of Staff was recommended for prosecution in the Finance Department Commission of Inquiry report for...
View ArticleCan we trust Team Task Force Sweep?
By LUCAS KIAP My faith and hope about the Task Force Team to fight corruption has diminished after I saw the headline of the front page of Post Courier this morning (Friday, May...
View ArticleDeath penalty is a law and money is the root of all evil: Strike a balance to...
By: JOHN KERENGA GUGLIt is not fair and just for small people put to death for robbing whatever amount even K50 000.00 or less while white collar criminals (big people) stealing five million Kina and...
View ArticleA firm hand needed on the tiller
AT a time of steady economic growth and the promise of even greater expansion spurred by multi-billion kina resource projects, it can become easy to overlook the essential nuts and bolts that keep the...
View ArticleThe Making of Leadership in Papua New Guinea: Elections, Bribery, Cheating...
By LUCAS KIAPThe current states of affairs in this country whether good or bad according to your judgment are the reflections of the standard and quality of leadership we have had over the last 38...
View ArticleDespite Legal Moves, PNG’s Terrifying Witchcraft Killings Look Set to Continue
By Ian Lloyd NeubauerOne step forward and several giant steps back. That’s how the U.N.’s human-rights office described the reintroduction last week of the death penalty in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and...
View ArticleNamah welcomes investigations but warns government inaction on coverups.
The Opposition Leader, Hon Belden Namah has welcomed investigations into how the K9.9 million of the Log Export Development Levy from the Vanimo Timber Rights Purchase (TRP) Blocks 1-6 Project Area in...
View ArticlePAUL PARAKA RUNNING CONSPIRACY THEORIES USING PNG PRINT MEDIA
By STEVEN ANDREI am totally dumbfounded to learn that Paul Paraka Lawyers is having easy access to the print media to assassinate his opponents, or would be opponents, in the corridors of Waigani...
View ArticleExxon’s PNG Gas Grab Welcome for Aussie Partners
Exxon Mobil Corp.'s move to snap up more natural gas assets in Papua New Guinea has sparked concern the U.S. oil major is about to leave its Australian partners there behind. But Oil Search Ltd. and...
View ArticlePolitical reality: Of truisms and urban myths
urban myth?Is it a truism that Namah is 'Mr Fixit' whereas O'Neill is 'Mr I'll look into it'? No, it's an urban myth- Writes Susan MerrellAn idea has emerged in the PNG social media that Prime Minister...
View ArticleThe wrong impact with projects
IN political speak today, the important catch phrase is “impact projects”.Leaders talk about impact projects in their electorates while ministers talk about impact projects affecting their areas of...
View ArticleCan PNG cope with another LNG?
Papua New Guinea’s A$20 billion LNG project is only months away from yielding dividends, but already a new group of global prospectors are lining up to commence a second project of similar nature....
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