Namah: Media freedom must prevail in PNG
By Belden Namah MP via PNG Blog I welcome Prime Minister Peter O’Neil’s decision to file a defamation suit against me. It is not surprising for Peter O’Neill to be reactive to issues that the...
View ArticleWar on Corruption or Crime
By LUCAS KIAP on PNG Blogs Prime Minister Peter O’Neill needs to make sure he is tough on corruption The rest of the country has joined the bandwagon of the government and the opposition to declare war...
View ArticleThe scandalous dealings of Panguna mine supporter Kandaso Napi
Engan businessman, Kandaso Napi, is a vocal supporter of reopening the Panguna mine on Bougainville but he has already illegally obtained millions of kina by exploiting the war sparked by the mine and...
View ArticleAlleged PNG crime boss on 457 visa wanted over theft of $30m
By Nick McKenzie and Richard Baker – The Age Eremas Wartoto’s business in Cairns. Photo: Brian Cassey An alleged crime boss wanted in Papua New Guinea over the theft of $30 million has used a 457 visa...
View ArticlePolice seize assets of PNG’s most wanted man Eremas Wartoto
By Sarah Elks in The Australian AUSTRALIAN authorities have seized north Queensland properties owned by one of Papua New Guinea’s most wanted men. Queensland District Court judge Douglas McGill SC...
View ArticleProperty of PNG fugitive seized
By Sarah Elks and Rowan Callick in The Australian AUSTRALIAN Federal Police have seized the north Queensland properties of one of Papua New Guinea’s most wanted men, Eremas Wartoto, who had gone to...
View ArticlePNG theft accused still has 457 visa
BY CLEO FRASER from AAP A PAPUA New Guinea businessman accused of misusing millions of dollars of government funds in his home country still holds a 457 visa and is free to return to Australia. Eremas...
View ArticleCarr cancels 457 visa of PNG’s ‘most wanted’ man
By Nick McKenzie, Richard Baker in The Age Australia’s Foreign Minister Bob Carr has used his special powers to cancel the 457 visa issued by the Gillard government to an alleged crime boss wanted in...
View ArticleWartoto visa decision leaves too many qiestions
pkay WE cannot say, with any sigh of relief, “at long last” because the invoking of 457 by Minister Carr to render Wartoto a fugitive playing hide and seek between Australia and PNG doesn’t at all mean...
View ArticlePaul Paraka lawyers and misleading court orders
By STEVEN ANDRE via PNG BLOGS Is there are Court Order preventing any body to raise or discuss any recent illegal payments to Paul Paraka? Time and again, when an issue about this monster called Paul...
View ArticlePM O’Neill and his new Ports boss have a sordid past
Corruption is a word writ large over the relationship between PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill and his newly appointed Chairman of PNG Ports, Nathaniel Poya ( or Polya). Poya took up his new role in...
View ArticleThe Paraka Scams: Read the archives; Download the report
In 2010 we published the details from the Finance Department Commission of Inquiry. But those whole stole hundreds of millions of Kina have never faced justice. Please take a moment to remind yourself...
View ArticleNamah alleges fraudulent payment of K71.8 million to Paul Paraka Lawyers
Opposition Leader Belden Namah alleges Paul Paraka lawyers has continued to fraudulently claim millions of Kina from the State since the Finance Department Commission of Inquiry uncovered Paraka’s...
View ArticlePNG to impose harsher penalties in corporate fraud?
From NBC PNG NEWS via Islands Business The Papua New Guinea Government has been called on to consider imposing the highest penalties on people involved in corporate fraud. Member for Kundiawa/Gembogl,...
View ArticlePNG PM threatens to shut down finance department
Liam Fox Papua New Guinea’s prime minister says he will shut down the country’s finance department if he has to while allegations of improper payments are investigated. The opposition has alleged the...
View ArticleI could sack you all, says PNG PM Peter O’Neill
Rowan Callick | The Australian 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...
View ArticleQuestions to the PM from Opposition Leader Belden Namah
Mr. Speaker, I would like to direct my ‘QUESTION WITHOUT NOTICE’ to the Prime Minister. But before I ask my question, I would like to commend you for restoring and maintaining the Parliamentary...
View ArticleIs Minister Ben Micah living at the Grand Papua hotel?
Minister for State Owned Enterprises, Ben Micah, is alleged to be living at the tax payers expense in a K2,500 per night suite at the Grand Papua hotel in Port Moresby. Mr Micah is no stranger to...
View ArticlePNG PM’s office issue alert
From NBC News and Islands Business The Prime Minister’s Office has issued an alert to all, to be wary of any correspondence, bearing the purported signature of the Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill. The...
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