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Equip, train and appreciate the Royal PNG Constabulary to reduce crime

05/03/2012 00:06

By Deborah R. Telek (Sharp Talk) The Royal PNG Constabulary needs more support from the government of the day. A well trained, well organised and adequately equipped and compensated force will bring stability to our country. Any government, which wants to see change...

Port Moresby's Baruni Dump: a place time forgot

02/03/2012 14:25

The Baruni Dump outside Port Moresby. Picture courtesy of Ian Booth/Photographby blog By Nalau Bingeding MOST people who grew up in Port Moresby know where Baruni Dump is and can reminisce their experiences travelling past the dump in the past. The stench of rotting...

Indon bagans could be solution to declining fish stock

01/03/2012 13:26

The Indonesian "bagan" built in Kiribati. Picture courtesy of SPC. It looks like a house partially submerged in the ocean but this wooden structure could be the solution to the food insecurity threat that hangs over the Pacific Islands. The 10 square meter structure is called...

O'Neill strips Polye of finance portfolio

28/02/2012 00:18

Treasurer Don Polye has been stripped of his finance portfolio by PM Peter O'Neill. The siege tactics that Southern Highlands landowners have subjected the Finance and National Planning departments to is creating cracks in the O’Neill government with...

PNG common roll remains vulnerable to manipulation

27/02/2012 14:15

Papua New Guineans checking their names on the common roll in 2007. By Dr Michael Unage There are many reliable reports in the media that the electoral roll update of the 2012 General Election was not done to expectation. As in the case in Mendi where over 80,000 people...

O'Neill government's 'Gestapo' monitoring under fire

26/02/2012 00:49

Government of parliament-elected PM Peter O'Neill under fire. The O’Neill government’s "monitoring" of emails, mobile phones and social media to identify sources of anti-government information in Papua New Guinea has come under fire. Ben Micah, a controversial former MP who now...

PNG politicians misuse Supreme Court, Parliament for ambition and greed

24/02/2012 10:19

By Sir John Kaputin, KBE, CMG. The views expressed in this article emanate from my experience as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 30 years (1972 – 2002) and, subsequently, as secretary-general of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of states (2005–2010), based in...

Somare: I am having a second thought about retiring

17/02/2012 08:23

Papua New Guinea’s court-reinstated Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare has indicated he is rethinking his retirement plans and could contest the coming general election. Speaking to Radio Australia, the veteran MP said the chain of events that followed last December’s contentious...

Pacific deep sea mining framework under fire

16/02/2012 15:08

NGOs warn deep sea mining could impact on Pacific's marine resources. The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has come under fire over a proposal to establish a regional legislative and regulatory framework for deep sea mineral exploration and mining in the Pacific...

Loko: Telikom invested in upgrading its network and people

15/02/2012 08:19

Suspended CEO Peter Loko has refuted charges that Telikom PNG Ltd entered into illegal contracts and unauthorised payments totalling over K1 billion ($A400 million). The executive took to social media last night to give his side of the story after Sir Mekere Morauta, the Minister...

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