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Hon.  Gary Juffa  and Hon. Allan Bird and 31 other MPs, you've all done well with by supporting voted for Ms. Winnie Kiap. You have the respect of silent majority of Papua New Guinea. You've represented your people well. You've represented majority of Papua New Guinea well. It is disheartening, yet very frightening and sad to see that majority of PNG Leaders have lost their conscience.  One would wonder whether they have represented their people or represented oneself to please their 'bigman' in the parliament and party affiliation. It is sad to see that 71 of our national leaders are still trapped in their primitive cultural pasts, including the Prime Minister himself.  The Nation was awaiting to welcome and celebrate its first daughter to become the Governor General of Papua New Guinea that will set the history and bench mark for the future generations.  Who are you representing in the Parliament? Are you representing your party affiliation or your people in your

MINISTER: POLICE OFFICERS PART OF SEX SYNDICATE BY MIRIAM ZARRIGA - Post Courier - January 19, 2023 Several senior officers within the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary are allegedly part of the illicit drugs and sex trafficking involving Papua New Guinean women and children. Minister for Internal Security Peter Tsiamalili Jr told Parliament that the officers are part of a syndicate that is abusing gaps within the system. “We know that for far too long, our police have been compromised. “However, there is a collective effort in closing those gaps taken by the government. “In relation to the cases reported recently on a sex ring senior members of the police are allegedly part of the case, and due to its sensitivity, we will provide information there after, for now we will allow the Internal Affairs to carry out the exercise of investigations,” he said. Mr Tsiamalili was responding to Rai Coast MP Kessy Sawang who asked a series of questions on the increasing movement of illicit drugs

 PARLIAMENT UPDATE:  Post Courier Sir Bob Dadae has been re-elected as Governor General of Papua New Guinea for a second term. Speaker Job Pomat received the results of the second and final ballot just minutes ago with Sir Bob receiving 71 votes. Ms Winnie Kiap received 31 votes. Read more in your Post-Courier tomorrow Friday, January 20, 2023. PM MARAPE SAYS SIR BOB DADAE RE-ELECTED AS GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO MAINTAIN ‘CONTINUITY AND STABILITY’  The Pacific Guardian APPROVED FOR RELEASE: JANUARY 19, 2023 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape says the ruling Pangu Pati and other members of the Coalition Government supported the reelection of Sir Bob Dadae as Governor-General in Parliament today (Thursday, January 19, 2023) to maintain “continuity and stability”.  He said this after Sir Bob polled 71 votes to finish ahead of former Papua New Guinea High Commissioner to the United Kingdon, Winnie Kiap, with 33 votes. The other candidate was former Manus Premier, and then Governor, Steven Pokawin.

 PNG CUSTOMS EXCEEDS BUDGET PROJECTIONS BY K500 MILLION IN TAX REVENUE COLLECTIONS It gives me great pleasure to announce that PNG Customs Service collected K465 million plus (14%) in tax revenues in excess of its supplementary budget target of K3,077.78 million for fiscal year 2022 as at week ending 16th  December 2022. This figure also included log and fuel levies collected. This amount is set to increase up to more than K500 million in excess of the budget target when collections for the remaining two weeks are added. This is unprecedented and a great achievement for PNG Customs as it is the highest surplus revenue that Customs has ever collected to date in a single year compared to other years when Customs also exceeded revenue projections. We commenced the year with the theme ‘2022 The Year of Elevation’ aimed at sustaining and building on from the success in the 2021 financial year. This provided the impetus and drove us to achieve this great growth result. The K3,502.80 million

PM MARAPE WELCOMES PLANS BY BANK OF CHINA TO SET UP OFFICE IN PNG Sunday Bulletin, Monday, December 26th, 2022 Prime Minister, Hon. James Marape met with the officials from the Bank of China on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, and welcomed their plans to extend their Representative Office license which they obtained from the Bank of Papua New Guinea (BPNG).  PM Marape has also encouraged the Bank of China to apply for a full commercial banking license from BPNG to set up and operate a full banking network in PNG.  The Bank of China operates in 60 countries around the world and is the world’s fourth biggest banking group. It has a diverse portfolio of investments which also includes investments in airline companies.  “It will be a very significant boost to have such a high-profile and highly-respected global banking group enter the PNG market to not only serve PNG, but also the South Pacific Region with Port Moresby as its regional headquarters,” PM Marape said, “My Government is keen to s