The art of steering public revenue into private pockets
KRISTIAN LASSLETT PUT CRUDELY, IT STRIKES ME that the state in Papua New Guinea has become something of a channelling tool for steering the revenue generated - largely from the extractive industries -...
View ArticleUN to help Bougainville clean up Panguna mine
JEMIMA GARRETT | Pacific Beat | Radio Australia THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM will help the Autonomous Province of Bougainville manage on-going environmental issues associated with the Rio...
View ArticleThe incredible story of how Fr Pat regained his son
PATRICK MALLINSON FROM 1963, I WAS THE PASTOR at Touriboru in Buin and then, from 1966-69, the Catholic Mission Education Officer living in Buka. I was sent home by my missionary order after an affair...
View ArticleIn 20 years, Fiji will be Singapore & we’ll be Nigeria
DAVID EPHRAIM IN FIJI LAST MONTH a new constitution was released paving a way for democratic elections. Come time for the polls, it's highly likely Frank Bainimarama will be elected. He will continue...
View ArticleMomis reveals tensions in PNG attitude to Bougainville
THE PRESIDENT OF THE Autonomous Bougainville Government, John Momis, today welcomed a statement by PNG prime minister Peter O’Neill that the national government remains committed to improving living...
View ArticleEx-Kerevats suggest a ‘Let’s Speak English!’ campaign
BARBARA SHORT I’VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH a number of former students of Keravat National High School, well-experienced in their own fields, who have a great interest in the field of education. We’ve...
View ArticleThe Parody of Perfection - new poetry from PNG
MICHAEL DOM Suppose Perfection is a state of mind And the ‘mind’ is a result of complex Electrochemical reactions which Occur within isolated systems Approximated by an aqueous Solution, then define...
View ArticleBig game fishing in the Highlands & other lessons
PHIL FITZPATRICK THREE INTERESTING ITEMS in PNG Attitude are worthy of further comment. All were indicative of the reach and quality of the comment and writing appearing on the blog. Indeed, PNG...
View ArticleLawyers defrauding PNG says attorney-general
EOIN BLACKWELL | AAP | Extract DODGY LAWYERS HAVE SIPHONED OFF as much as K1 billion from PNG's public coffers, the country's attorney-general says. Kerenga Kua has told a law seminar in Port Moresby...
View ArticlePNG’s Stanley Gene appointed as Gateshead coach
JAMES GORDON | Loverugbyleague.com STANLEY GENE HAS BEEN APPOINTED as the new head coach of English Championship 1 side Gateshead Thunder. Gene, 39, a former Papua New Guinea international, has been on...
View ArticleForeign aid slashed amid PNG corruption claims
STEVE LEWIS | News Limited Network | Extract WIDESPREAD ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION in Papua New Guinea and billions of dollars funnelled into unaccountable global bodies has prompted the Australian...
View ArticlePNG rolls out ‘substantial’ aid program to Pacific
PACNEWS PAPUA NEW GUINEA HAS ANNOUNCED what Prime Minister Peter O’Neill calls a ‘substantial’ aid program to the Pacific region. “This is in line with the announcement by former PNG Prime Minister,...
View ArticlePNG beware: Australia takes a step into the unknown
KEITH JACKSON THE POLLING BOOTHS HAVE JUST OPENED in eastern Australia and millions of people are about to cast their votes – inevitably to change the country’s government to a Coalition whose...
View ArticleAnti-malaria bed nets also curb elephantiasis
SCIDEVNET THE BED NETS USED in national malaria programs in Africa and South-East Asia may also help to curb the transmission of parasitic worms that can cause lymphatic filariasis, or elephantiasis, a...
View ArticleIndigenous people in W Papua hungry & in poverty
DIANA PARKER | Mongabay.com LAND GRABS AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION linked to an agricultural megaproject in Indonesia’s Papua province are devastating indigenous communities and causing severe food...
View Article70 years on, PNG battles are almost forgotten
MAX BLENKIN | AAP Defence Correspondent SEVENTY YEARS AGO THIS MONTH, Australian and US forces launched a major offensive against Japanese troops in eastern New Guinea. Australian War Memorial...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Annual Val Rivers Write for Peace Prize
KEITH JACKSON IN MARCH I TOLD READERS of how former teacher Val Rivers, who trained in education at the Australian School of Pacific Administration (ASOPA) and is a contemporary of mine, had donated a...
View ArticleOh, did I say that? O’Neill congratulates Abbott on win
KEITH JACKSON JUST A FEW WEEKS after a scathing attack on Tony Abbott, PNG's prime minister Peter O'Neill says he is looking forward to working closely with Australia’s new prime minister. In July, Mr...
View ArticleGovernor is at his wit’s end: Betel nut ban imminent
EOIN BLACKWELL | AAP THE GOVERNOR OF PORT MORESBY is seeing red over betel nut and wants the mild narcotic banned in the city by the beginning of October. National Capital District Governor Powes...
View ArticleBeing forced into shape by 1960s Bougainville
PATRICK MALLINSON WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED IN BOUGAINVILLE in December 1963 it was a calmer, simpler time - but the winds of change were already blowing. I was sent to help with the Christmas ministry at...
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