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RSF media freedom index warns on Fiji, PNG
From Pacific Scoop via Reporters Sans Frontières & Pacific Media Watch Threats to the media in the South Pacific should not be taken lightly in two Melanesian countries, says the Paris-based global...
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Vanuatu’s Phocea scandal embroils PNG hierarchy
From Radio New Zealand Conflicting accounts continue to come in about the controversial recent visit to Papua New Guinea by two Vanuatu diplomatic representatives and the country’s Foreign Minister....
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Australia and O’Neill dragging PNG into an international sewer
Why is Our Prime Minister souring our international reputation and tarnishing all Papua New Guinean’s by aiding Australia with its RACIST, ILLEGAL and INHUMANE refugee policies? Minister urged to halt...
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PNG plans military build-up, but why?
By Donald Gumbis in The Interpreter Donald Gumbis is a Lecturer in political science at the University of Goroka and an intern at the Lowy Institute. Papua New Guinea’s Defence Minister Dr Fabian Pok...
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Military expansion to guard foreign corporations not protect PNG citizens
From PNG Mine Watch Analysis and commentary on the Papua New Guinea government’s plan for a five-fold increase in the size of its military force has painstakingly ignored the obvious. The increase in...
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Unitech Saga
Livingstone Hosea SRC President Unitech 2013 Dear Fellow Citizens, Expats, Bureaucrats and Professionals, I feel urged and justified that you as tax payers and sponsors of Students in Papua New Guinea...
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Bougainville Consultancies earn controversial Australian advisor a small fortune
Former BRA Commander, Sam Koana, and Bougainvillean activist, Simon Ekanda, recently raised concerns over the involvement of Australian National University academic, Anthony Regan, in the drafting of...
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Rimbunan Hijau involved in ANOTHER corrupt land deal?
Notorious human rights abuser, land grabber and forest destroyer, Malaysian logging giant Rimbunan Hijau, is rumoured to be involved in what looks like it could be yet another corrupt land deal in Port...
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Will the real Anthony Regan please stand up
There has been a lot of interest and comment on a recent post about the Australian academic Tony Regan and his role in the drafting of a new mining law for the Autonomous Bougainville Government....
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Momis urged to remove advisor on Mining law
By Winterford Toreas – Post Courier PRESIDENT of the Autonomous Bougainville Government Chief Dr John Momis has been called to immediately remove one of his advisors. The call was made by the former...
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Call for ICAC bill to be expedited
By ISAAC NICHOLAS ORO Governor Garry Juffa has called on Prime Minister Peter O’Neill and the government to fast track the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) Bill to save costs of...
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Commercial Rezoning of Public Parks in Port Moresby is becoming Scary
From: The Masalai blog A Public Consultation was advertised in the papers earlier this month, see above, for the rezoning of an access way that lies between several large areas of sporting fields in...
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$44m fraud case: Accused trio can get case details
By K.C. Vijayan, The Straits Times Three senior executives facing charges over a US$35 million ($44 million) fraud where they allegedly used a fictitious sub- contract will get to know who the deceived...
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Ian Chow faces upto two years jail in Australia
By Adam Cooper, The Age An Australian expatriate has pleaded guilty to trying to illegally export components used in the manufacture of ammunition into Papua New Guinea. Ian Chow will be sentenced on...
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Logging industry leads in widespread forced labour and sexual exploitation
From ACT NOW! “Survey respondents indicated that trafficking for the purpose of forced labour and sexual exploita$on is occurring at a high rate… The logging industry received the highest results by...
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Biscuit boss doesn’t crumble
PNG Industry News LAE Biscuit Company chief Ian Chow has reportedly received a 12-month good behaviour bond and has been ordered to donate $US10,000 to charity after he pleaded guilty to one charge of...
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Road Contracts awarded to Crooked Companies blacklisted by the World Bank
Prime Minister O’Neil holds himself out as a moderniser, a leader who plans to centralise and utilise the nation’s vast natural wealth, to build the pillars of a strong, independent national economy,...
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37 Years of Corruption: Do we accept corruption as a norm or is there a way...
By Lucas Kiap on PNG Blogs For the last 37 years of nationhood, we have been letting corruption to grow systematic and systemic – making our lives difficult, limiting our opportunities, making our...
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Forest Minister looking to block SABL report?
From Thomas Imal on Facebook From reliable sources, the Forest Minister has sought legal advice from two Queens Counsel in Australia and he will be pushing to stop the Final Report of the Commission of...
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PNG’s Juffa seeks new approach to policing
Radio New Zealand The outspoken Papua New Guinea MP Gary Juffa says to address the country’s chronic law and order problems requires a holistic approach. The Governor of Oro Province, Mr Juffa says...
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