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Resignation of committee prompts fears of tainted process
SAM BUCKINGHAM-JONES | The Australian | Additional reporting: AAP & AFPTHE resignation of all three members of Papua New Guinea’s electoral committee has prompted fears from current and former...
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Sudden contract termination leaves dismays PNG cricket coach
RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL | ExtractsDIPAK Patel says his abrupt departure as Papua New Guinea cricket coach has left a "sour taste" in his mouth.The former New Zealand international had been in...
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PNG at the polls: worst ever or more of the same?
PHIL FITZPATRICKIT’S hard to know what’s been going on with this election.We can read all sorts of ulterior motives and devious plots into what has been reported to date but is it any different to what...
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I was not on the electoral roll & nor were too many others
GARY JUFFA | Asia Pacific ReportPAPUA New Guinea’s incoming government must urgently issue a 100 day agenda immediately upon taking office and commit the necessary resources to address it and an...
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PNG election glimpses this Wednesday evening
KEITH JACKSONSIR Anand Satyanand, head of the Commonwealth Observer Group, in a controversial statement, is reported to have given the election a ‘pass’.Transparency International PNG seemed more in...
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Is PNG’s natural gas revenue being plundered? If not where is it?
JOE FERNHOUT*THE first liquefied natural gas cargo of the PNG LNG project was loaded onto the Spirit of Hela on 14 May 2014.The three markets for the gas were China, Taiwan and primarily Japan; the...
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Tomato seeks to silence PNG political blogger Namorong
KEITH JACKSONTHE Waigani National Court has granted an order sought by electoral commissioner Patilias ‘Tomato’ Gamato (pictured) against the celebrated Papua New Guinean writer, blogger, commentator...
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Australia’s uneasy silence as PNG hard men rort an election
KRANKI PELES*PAPUA New Guineans are unimpressed but unsurprised by the antics of the political class and their cronies in this 2017 general election.They’ve seen it all before, but social media and...
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Australia, a rogue state looms on your doorstep: what to do?
PHIL FITZPATRICKONE of the favourite devices used by commentators when writing about Papua New Guinean politics is to invoke comparisons with Zimbabwe and its dictator, Robert Mugabe.These comments...
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Ialibu-Pangia election a farce. O’Neill has lost the right to rule
STANLEY LIRIATHE results coming from the election counting in Ialibu-Pangia are farcical, bearing no semblance to reality and marking a very sad time for PNG. My team ran a clean campaign, and I...
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Buai Stains
JORDAN DEANBuai stains despoil Roadside pavements and footpaths Across the cityIgnorant people Carelessly spit their rubbish Anywhere they likeWhy such laziness? Our once green and clean city Is not...
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Notes from Kundiawa on a tense general election
FRANCIS NIISOMEONE came to my bed at around 3 am when I was fast asleep and made it off with my phone. Lucky person, may God bless him.Today I made it to town through tight police checkpoints, got...
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A most beautiful sight in Wabag as people count the vote
DANIEL KUMBONAMIDST the hustle and bustle of the elections today, I saw the most beautiful sight in Wabag town. I’d seen him yesterday and the day before that; a young man busy at work.Paul continues...
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Parliamentary speaker Zurenuoc poised to lose his seat
BRYAN KRAMERSPEAKER of Papua New Guinea’s parliament and governing People’s National Congress member, Theo Zurenuoc, is set to lose his seat following the distribution of preference votes for...
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Candidates
JORDAN DEANElection came once again Candidates came Different parties Different posters Different bribes Different leaders Different coloursAnd different promises;Some promised better...
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Why is it that Australians think the worst of PNG?
ROWAN CALLICK | The AustralianMANY Australians, perhaps most, merely have been shrugging at news of the shoddy administration of Papua New Guinea’s five-yearly election.Large numbers of voters were...
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How Simbus intervened to try to secure an honest election
JIMMY AWAGLTHE hijacking of ballot papers and a manipulated common roll have becomes a nationwide scandal among Papua New Guinea’s voters. It seems that the O’Neill ruling government has had influence...
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The real story on PNG: the silence of Australia’s media & politicians
PAUL OATESI DON'T think Australians think the worst about Papua New Guinea. I just think Australians don't think about PNG much at all.It's been mostly the fault of journalists who report on the...
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A theory: Did the Highlanders stuff up Papua New Guinea?
PHIL FITZPATRICKTHE current election and new influence of the social media has pushed the dysfunctional nature of Papua New Guinean politics and governance out of the shadows and into glaring...
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The impact of ‘dinau’ culture on PNG as a viable nation
PATRICK NOMOSTHE Papua New Guinea government’s reckless borrowing from international lending institutions and foreign governments in recent years is well documented. The result of these poor borrowing...
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