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(Picture: Hon. Kerenga Kua, MP.) Parliament Fails to Address the Paraka Saga and Incomplete Justice, Misleading the People of Papua New Guinea. Questions were raised in Parliament by the Member for Sinasina Yongomugl, Honorable Kerenga Kua, regarding the actions of Hon. James Marape, Mr Jacob Yafai, and Mr Paul Paraka in a theft case involving K162 million. Kua questioned why Hon. Marape has not been arrested and charged since 2017, expressing concerns about potential suppression of the case and seeking assurance that the Prime Minister will be treated like any other citizen. The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Hon. James Marape raised a point of order regarding the matter currently before the courts, however, the Speaker mistakenly agreed with his statement, despite it not being accurate.   (Mr. Paul Paraka who is currently serving 20 years in Prison)  The questions raised by the esteemed Member for Sinasina Yongomugl are brought to public attention for conside...

Honorable Governor Allan Bird: A Visionary Leader Transforming Eastern Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea By Vincent Moses | Paitim Garamut Brief on Honorable Governor  Allan Bird by Mr Gibson Gallah Prior to politics, he was a businessman, a strategist, and an economist.  He knows agriculture economics very well. He is known as the father of Sepik vanilla. He is admired for rural development - the approaches it takes empower simple and struggling people in the villages.  One can confirm that Bird knows macroeconomic and microeconomics very well.  He was one of the architects of PNG's Vision 2050, which talks about wealth creation, empowerment of people etc. When Allan Bird was first voted in as Governor ESP, he started with PGK 20,000 in the ESPG account.  With PGK20,000, he focused on his tasks and delivered impact projects in his first term of parliament. Some of the notable changes and reforms under his leadership are as follows: • Restructured the ESP Provi...

PRIME MINISTER JAMES MARAPE CHALLENGES POST-COURIER TO PROVIDE PROOF OF ‘K300 MILLION CORRUPTION’ IN 2022 ELECTIONS PM MARAPE CHALLENGES POST-COURIER TO PROVIDE PROOF OF ‘K300 MILLION CORRUPTION’ IN 2022 ELECTIONS APPROVED FOR RELEASE:JUNE 3, 2023 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has challenged the Post-Courier to provide proof that K300 million allocated for the 2022 National General Election was diverted to “fund Government ministers without control”. He said this in response to a front-page report in the Post-Courier of Friday, June 2, 2023 – purportedly from the National Intelligence Organisation (NIO) which comes under the Department of Prime Minister & National Executive Council (PM & NEC) - with the headline “K300 million corruption”. “If the Post-Courier had done a proper investigation instead of cheap gutter journalism, by simply going to the 2022 Final Budget Outcome (FBO), it would have seen a full breakdown of the K695.8 million 2022 National Election Spending by A...

DPM JOHN ROSSO: PNG GOVERNMENT IS IN NO WAY WILL SELL THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE COUNTRY  DPM John Rosso addressing PNG Unitech students last night regarding DCA signing.  Whilst commending students for exercising their democratic rights peacefully, he also urged them to collect enough facts to back their views as intellectuals.  DPM Rosso says government doesn’t sign any documents brought to their table without proper vetting by mandatory bodies.  These mandatory bodies make sure all documents are in compliance with our Constitution. There are due processes involved.  Doesn’t take a day or week. He further says Government is in no way will sell the sovereignty of this country. Video and post by: Charlie Clyde Tikaro

K300 Million Allocated For The 2022 National General Election (NGE) Allegely Diverted to Government Minister Without Control BY JEFFREY ELAPA,  Post Courier, 02 June 2023. About K300 million allocated for the 2022 National General Election (NGE) has been allegedly diverted to fund government ministers without control. However, yesterday afternoon the Prime Minister James Marape responded that he was not privy to the report. The K300 million is from a total of K650 million allocated through for the 2022 National General election allocated through the 2022 National Budget. The 11 page Prime Minister’s special brief from the PNG National Intelligent Organization (PNGNIO) dated Monday 28 November, 2022 indicated a total of K650 million was allocated through the Budgetary allocation in the 2022 National Budget but only K350 million of the funding was released to the PNG Electoral Commission (PNGEC) while unconfirmed reports received by the NIO alleged that the reminder of K300 million w...

YADIN, A Young Jew Came to PNG in Search for Peace - Now Admitted to the Bar to Practice Law Albert Moses A Jew who came to PNG in 2015 in search for peace has recently been admitted to the bar at Waigani Supreme and National Court to practice law in Papua New Guinea.  His admission took place on Tuesday, 31st January. “My intention for practising law in PNG is to contribute meaningfully towards peace & justice of this great nation,” Yadin added after his admission. Apart from Mr Yadin’s intention in searching for peace in PNG, he had applied to study law at UPNG and fortunately he got accepted and was enrolled at UPNG in 2018. Yadin had successfully completed his studies in 202. Last year (2022), Sharhar Yadin, has graduated with a bachelor of law degree at the 67th graduation of the University of Papua New Guinea. He ended his studies as the top student from the School of Law and received the Dean’s Award for the best male student. He has graduated with a highest GPA of 4.5 a...

Post Shitty Tabloid Courier is misleading and lately all their articles and headlines are never well investigated! by Grace Boker Mungkaje  PNG I believe does not have dual citizenship agreements with the Philippines. You can only be a dual citizen of PNG and the following prescribed countries: 1. Australia 2. Fiji 3. Germany 4. New Zealand 5. Samoa 6. United Kingdom 7. United States of America 8. Vanuatu After 18 years of age if you are a citizen of a country by birth, you have to decide which passport you retain. If you have a PNG passport by birth, then automatically it is rescinded once you obtain a foreign passport. Being born in PNG but now holding a foreign passport of a country we do not have this dual citizenship arrangement with does not allow you to receive the same benefits as a Papua New Guinean . If you want to receive the same benefits then you would have to renounce your foreign passport and only keep your PNG passport . For example I was born in Canada 🇨🇦 but my...