tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83709998717766696732024-03-28T12:06:33.423+10:00Bulolo LiveNews and developments in Bulolo, Morobe province, Papua New GuineaBulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-47797962372180987112012-08-19T15:47:00.000+10:002012-08-19T15:47:12.372+10:00Basil commends and urges watchdog to dig deep and wide
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bulolo MP and deputy leader of
Opposition Sam Basil today (Sunday August 19) commended the enforcer of the Leadership
Code - the Ombudsman Commission – for its proactive response on his call for
public accounting on funding of elections.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“I am pleased that that acting Chief
Ombudsman John Nero has taken my public call on parliamentary leaders and
political party executives to account for their election campaign funding seriously,” Basil said, following an EMTV news item featuring Mr Nero’s public comments
on Saturday evening.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The head of PNG’s watchdog said on
TV that the Ombudsman Commission would investigate the use of District Services
Improvement Programme funds by both ousted and returned MPs. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Open MPs are
chairmen of their joint district planning and budget priorities committees
which determine priorities for disbursement.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is estimated that the 89 Open MPs
had access to some K27 million each from 2007-2012 in DSIP funds. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That equates
to an expenditure of at least K2.4 billion for the five years of the eighth
Parliament. Equitably divided annually, that’s K480 million.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“The figure of K500 million estimated
by the un-named international observer is a very serious issue," Basil said.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">" As I said
previously, we in Papua New Guinea Party have made no secret of what was spent
– and we can honestly and transparently point to the source(s) of these funds.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“But the question of who spent the
K470 million, where the source of these funds are, and who was responsible in
making them available strikes at the heart of integrity of returned Members of
Parliament.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The vibrant Bulolo MP said that the
public needed to know where the monies came from. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Did they originate from the public
purse? How were they authorised? And by whom? Were Public Finance (Management) Act
procedures followed in their disbursement, transfer or re-allocation – and in
accessing these public funds?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“And if the funds were foreign, have
these been made known to the Registrar of Political Parties? What were the
purposes these foreign funds were given to political parties and/or candidates
who might now be Members of Parliament?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“No returned MP – including Prime
Minister Peter O’Neill, Treasurer Don Polye, Petroleum and Energy Minister
William Duma, Public Service Minister Sir Puka Temu – and even the provincial
governors - can hold their heads high until an investigation dispels these dark
clouds hovering around.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Naturally those of us who were in
the O’Neill-Namah Government must be the first to face the music. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"But the
investigation by the Ombudsman Commission must extend to use of other State
Assets like departmental vehicles, aircrafts and sea vessels.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“I am also calling on the Ombudsman
Commission to make public their own investigations into the NPF Inquiry, the
Cayman Islands deal, the Sandline issue, who gave the order for the
assassination of the late Theodore Miriung, and the multiple-breaking of PNG
domestic laws, invasion of Solomon Islands airspace and sovereignty, and breaches
of other international aviation laws in the apparent state-aided clandestine
escape of former Solomon Islands Attorney-General Julian Moti.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“And what is going to happen to the
K800 million debt exposed by former Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta in the
abuse of Independent Public Business Enterprises to borrow to fund PNG’s stake
in the multi-billion ExxonMobil-led PNG LNG Project?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Basil said that these and many
more costly controversies involving the public purse affect leadership
integrity and could be – if not already – the cause of public distrust in
political leadership.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Leading PNG statesmen in the current
O’Neill Government – and newer MPs – cannot be trusted by the public unless all
these matters are aired and resolved publicly by the relevant Government
authorities,” the Bulolo MP said.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“The Ombudsman Commission as lead
agency in enforcing the Leadership Code must mobilise other sister agencies to
intensely and expeditiously investigate these matters. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“If Mr Nero and his colleagues in
other law enforcement agencies do this, the people’s negative perceptions and
attitudes will settle and confidence can be restored in political leaders."</span></div>
Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-58878025748863676152012-01-21T14:26:00.000+10:002012-01-21T14:26:03.062+10:00Basil calls for unity on Indonesian military jet incident<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">Minister for National Planning and Monitoring Sam Basil today urged the nation to remain united over the Indonesian military jet incident involving the Falcon jet.</span></span> <span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">“No nation, however large or small, however rich or poor, however large or small its army, should be allowed to intimidate, coerce, manipulate and dominate another,” Basil said. </span></span></span></h3><div class="post-header"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">“That is one of the pillars that hold up the United Nations and the basis upon which Deputy Prime Minister Belden Namah raised the issue on the November 29, 2011 incident.”</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"> Basil was referring to the much-publicised issue on an intercept by two Indonesian military jets on the Air Niugini-managed Falcon jet. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">Namah and his business partners together with Minister for Police ohn Boito and Basil were on-board as well flying over Sulawesi in the Indonesian air space when the incident happened. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">“I am urging Papua New Guineans not to be swayed by malicious and untrue suggestions that the Falcon jet was carrying US$250 million," Basil said.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;">"That is a red herring – a mere diversion from the real issue. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">“The Falcon jet was chartered by the Bewani oil palm project and was ferrying business partners in the project which included Deputy Prime Minister Belden Namah, Minister Boito and myself.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">“I was there because the trip offered insights into oil palm project management which is useful in the light of the Tekadu oil palm project in my Bulolo electorate as well as the Markham Valley oil palm project in Morobe generally – not to mention that as National Planning and Monitoring Minister I would sooner or later have to deal with oil palm-related issues.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">“As a commercial chartered aircraft, all of us were subject to the rigorous checks required under customs, immigration and civil aviation laws of the various countries where we landed. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">"That includes declaration if any one of us was carrying more than the equivalent of K10,000 in cash which we all complied with. </span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;">"“With the kind of portfolio held by Boito and my own strong stance in fighting corruption shown in the Investigative Task Force Sweep, why would we be a party to money laundering or any kind of illegal activity for that matter?</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;"></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">“If there was the slightest sniff or suggestion of money laundering or illegality of any kind, I personally would have distanced myself from the trip.”</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">The Bulolo MP added: “Spearheaded by Mr Namah, we formed the new O’Neill-Namah Government that wants to see issues like lying over shares one holds, resisting and delaying legitimate Ombudsman Commission processes through the court system, unexplained missing Taiwan dollar-for-Ddplomacy funds, breaking multitude of PNG, Solomon Islands and international aviation laws highlighted in the Defence Force Inquiry into the Julian Moti Affair and extensive waste of funds in the Commission of Inquiry into the Department of Finance with no one charged or prosecuted to date.”</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"> Basil said that the Deputy Prime Minister, a national leader of Papua New Guinea hasdexpressed concern based on what was observed and the reports of the pilot and co-pilot on the incident involving the two Indonesian military jets. </span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;">A diplomatic note has given to the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia who have in turn responded suggesting discrepancies in dates approved when the Falcon jet would be using Indonesian air space and as justification for the actions of their military jets.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;"></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, as executive head of Government has accepted the response subject to clarification on the dates and assured the Republic of Indonesia on the importance of amicable bilateral relations between our two countries.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">Basil said that he personally finds the Indonesian Embassy response shallow and wanting.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">Referring to the <i>Occurrence Report - O471-11 Apparent Intercept by Military Jet Aircraft over Indonesian Airspace</i> by Captain Christopher Smith, Basil said that the Falcon jet despite being on course and on altitude was given a traffic alert on their traffic collision avoidance system and a resolution advisory which caused Captain Vincent Kipma to disengage the autopilot. He had to make a steep climb “to avoid a collision”.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Following the “bizarre confrontation”, Captain Smith radioed Ujung control asking if they had the Falcon jet’s overflight permit which was issued on November 27, 2011 and valid for seven days.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">The report states: “After several minutes, they responded with an affirmative. A phone call was then placed to Universal Weather from the flight phone explaining the engagement and to check the validity of the Overflight Permit. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">"They acknowledged that it was valid and said they would follow up with Indonesia on their end.”</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"><span>Basil concluded:</span> <i>“</i>I agree there is a discrepancy. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">"Someone is not telling the truth – and the truth as a way of sipping out despite best efforts to cover up – even by nations.<i>”</i></span></span></span></div></div></div>Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-18441891619537042042012-01-18T17:14:00.002+10:002012-01-18T17:14:15.247+10:00Basil levels charges against Morobe leader<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <br />
</h3><div class="post-header"> </div>BULOLO MP Sam Basil has levelled serious corruption allegations against his Morobe Governor Luther Wenge during debate on the National Anti-Corruption Strategy statement in parliament yesterday, <i>The Nationa</i>l reports.<br />
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Basil, who is National Planning Minister and deputy leader of PNG Party, made the allegation against Wenge who is in government ranks.<br />
Last week, PNG Party leader and Deputy Prime Minister Belden Namah went on national radio calling on Prime Minister Peter O’Neill to resign.<br />
Wenge, who took the floor to debate the issue, alleged that corrupt people included politicians and public servants.<br />
Basil raised a point of order, then, pointing fingers at Wenge, said that the governor was involved in corrupt dealings with land sales in Lae.<br />
Wenge denied the claim, adding that those pointing fingers should be investigated to see whether they were clean.<br />
During debate, Wenge said that corruption had become a part of PNG life from small people, to churches, public service and members of parliament.<br />
He said he supported the statement from the Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, adding that it would be a huge task in tackling corruption but at least a start had been made.<br />
Wenge said when politicians choose their own district administrator because the person had contributed pigs to his election gathering that was corruption</div></div>Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-60205407283067779352011-12-05T09:20:00.002+10:002011-12-05T09:20:48.595+10:00Basil spotlights Sir Arnold’s legal inconsistencies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div align="justify" style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">National Planning and Monitoring Minister Sam Basil has called on former Chief Justice and Governor of Madang Sir Arnold Amet to stop “preying” on judges’ ‘emotions and opinions’. </span></div><div align="justify" style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Basil said that Sir Arnold should realise that he was no longer on the bench as the chief justice but a politician and a member of the opposition. </span></div><div align="justify" style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“His continuous media circus is not only contemptuous but subjudicial to the pending Supreme Court decision on the validity of the events of August 2 in Parliament,” he said referring to Parliament’s declaration of vacancy and election of Ialibu MP Peter O’Neill as Prime Minister. </span></div><div align="justify" style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Let the judges do their job and stop preying on their emotions and opinions,“ an incensed Basil said. </span></div><div align="justify" style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“The insinuations that he is portraying through the media pre-empts the outcome of the Supreme Court decision and such does not paint a good picture on the independence of the judiciary. </span></div><div align="justify" style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"He talks as if the judiciary is in his steal pocket. </span></div><div align="justify" style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"That is contemptuous and subjudice.” </span></div><div align="justify" style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Basil, Bulolo MP, said that Sir Arnold seemed to enjoy conducting trial by media with full page advertorial in the newspapers, setting out his legal arguments as he did it over and over again.<br />
“It is surprising that he has all of a sudden become the self appointed guardian angel of the Constitution,” he said. </span></div><div align="justify" style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Some one should look back and see that not too long ago, the following happened: </span></div><ul style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">He allowed the nomination of Sir Paulus Matane as the Governor General at the eligibility vote stage, directly breaching the Constitution which was later nullified by the Supreme Court, and had a senior statesman in the likes of Sir Paulus walking off the public life disgracefully;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">He was part of the Somare-led Government’s unexplained adjournment of Parliament sittings, yet said nothing about the Constitutional requirements as affirmed by a majority Supreme Court ruling of which he was the sole dissenting one;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">He was a part of the Cabinet that delayed and frustrated the appointment of two medical doctors on the medical condition of Sir Michael Somare for more than three months. Effectively the country was without a permanent chief executive officer for more than three months but Sir Arnold would not arise to defend the spirit of the Constitution;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">He even attacked the judiciary just to protect the former kitchen cabinet ministers who were suspended by the Supreme Court pending their leadership tribunal. Now he is becoming the best buddy for the judiciary, making representations as if he had secured the Supreme Court decision in his favour;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">He was the controversial legal advisor to the previous government, protecting and advocating the cause of corrupt politicians within government, which was the cause of frustrations that led to the change of government. His controversial advice and the heavy reliance on it by the former Prime Minister and Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare cost the old man his political career, loss of the Prime Ministership and finally the dishonourable dismissal from Parliament. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Basil added: “May I remind him to check his hands whether it’s clean before crying foul at the current O’Neill/Namah Government that is trying to address the immediate needs of our people that had been neglected by the previous government. </span><span style="font-size: small;">“We respect the judiciary to make its own decisions and we as Government will manage the consequences. The judges are Papua New Guineans and they live in Papua New Guinea. Please leave them alone to do their job.</span><span style="font-size: small;">”</span> </li>
</ul></div>Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-57779927303242380872011-11-22T18:00:00.001+10:002011-11-22T18:00:38.791+10:00Sam Basil reflects on the ‘oppressive’ 9 years under National Alliance<div dir='ltr'> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">National Planning and Monitoring Minister Sam Basil today called on Papua New Guineans not to be quick to forget nine years of oppressive, manipulative and back-stabbing regime under National Alliance.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Basil said that the people must not allow National Alliance Party to think they are suffering from memory loss or amnesia on their antics while in power.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">"Their nine-year reign was an oppressive, manipulative and back-stabbing time for MPs aligned with them.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">"It is common knowledge – and well-documented in press publications and broadcasts, parliamentary Hansard and court files just how twisted and evasive their regime was," Basil said.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">"Start with the Julian Moti case in which directions from the Prime Minister's Office resulted in breaking multi-laws – domestic as well as international."</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> "</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Look at the way NA swept under the carpet allegations of PNG Cabinet Ministers' involvement in the Taiwan diplomatic scandal in which money changed hands.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">"Look at how they kept manipulating the Speaker to gag debate on pertinent issues in Parliament and their bulldozing of then Attorney General and Justice Minister Dr Allan Marat to sign off on a legal and highly technical heads of agreement on gas – a new industry and venture in PNG.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">"Millions of kina has been paid out to appease landowners in the gas wells and economic corridor without following proper procedures.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">"Note also the way NA MPs tried to delay facing Leadership Tribunals through the courts only to find that their delays had no substance and the then Prime Minister was found guilty of misconduct in office."</SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Basil said that with that kind of track-record in governance, what sort of regime can PNG expect if they are returned to power.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">"Look at the way they have been panting for power since they were thrown out: instead of forming an effective opposition and keeping the O'Neill-Namah Government accountable and transparent, they are going around calling themselves Ministers still," Basil said.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">"I feel sorry for those who might want to re-join NA after breaking ranks with them to join us to oust them from power. You may be courted now but you will be mercilessly and drastically struck down if they secure power."</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Reiterating his earlier comments, Basil said: "MPs and political parties who joined wih Peoples National Congress and PNG Party to form the O'Neill-Namah Government are not blind and deaf.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">"They know and are mindful of the reasons they broke ranks with an NA-led regime. No great transformation has changed any of the key NA players behind the mooted change. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">"They are the same and the same fate awaits any naïve enough to empower them.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">"The gap has been created for the new generation of leaders to take this country forward.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>One or two steps back will only allow the old guards to repeat their old ways of doing things.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">"If Sam Abal cannot be the Opposition Leader then I call on the likes of Francis Potape, Isaac Joseph, James Marape, Fidelis Semoso or other young and vibrant leaders from the Opposition to take control just like what we did when we were in the opposition.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">"The world doesn't end with the old guard. We young, vibrant and visionary leaders must prove our worth and rise up whether in Opposition or in Government. We owe it to our voters back home to perform to the best of our ability."</SPAN></P> </div>Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-13821957944323641552011-11-22T17:51:00.001+10:002011-11-22T17:51:57.009+10:00Basil decries neglect of Opposition<div dir='ltr'> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">National Planning and Monitoring Minister Hon Sam Basil today called on Wabag MP and former acting Prime Minister Sam Abal to take the reins of the Opposition immediately.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">"If Mr Abal does not assume the chair as Leader of Opposition, I am challenging the young MPs to take up the challenge and assume the positions instead of leaving a unhealthy vacuum in the highest democratic institution of the nation," Basil said, reiterating his call from yesterday.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Basil's call follows a chaotic disarray among ousted former Government Ministers and MPs today when Speaker Jeffery Nape ousted Pomio MP Paul Tiensten as a parliamentarian. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The lack of coordinated approach by the ousted MPs who were in Government previously was evident as they looked for direction and leadership.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">"These MPs are neglecting their duty to ensure that we have a vibrant democracy in which the Government-of-the-day is daily held accountable for decisions that are made," Basil said.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">"The neglect in duty while Pomio MP Paul Tiensten was evading the strong arm of the law without any leadership guidance is the reason why he missed three Parliament sessions which resulted in his disqualification as a Member of Parliament."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Basil said: "We, young MPs who were in the Opposition for four years, were served well by our veteran MPs in New Ireland Governor Sir Julius Chan, Moresby Northwest MP and (now) State Enterprises Minister Sir Mekere Morauta and Lae MP Bart Philemon who is now Public Service Minister.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">"They provided stability of leadership and groomed us to know our duty as Members of the nation's supreme law-making body of Papua New Guinea – the Parliament or Legislature.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">"It is now time for MPs in their third or second term of Parliament and are in the Opposition to wake up, snap out of their hangover of power and positions and perform their routine and necessary duties as legislators.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">"Abal is a seasoned MP. Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare saw fit to give him the acting Prime Ministership on a golden platter. Now it is up to him to show Papua New Guinea the credentials that Sir Michael saw.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">"As I said yesterday the world doesn't end with the old guard. We young, vibrant and visionary leaders must prove our worth and rise up whether in Opposition or in Government. We owe it to our voters back home to perform to the best of our ability."</SPAN></P> </div>Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-21473465492527025562011-09-23T15:58:00.000+10:002011-09-23T15:58:19.413+10:00Motorcyclers thrill at Bulolo Show<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">BULOLO District in Morobe staged its first ever cultural show on the Sept 16-18 coinciding with the country’s 36<sup>th</sup> Independence anniversary celebrations. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Thrilling the crowd at the Bulolo Show.-Pictures by PETER BOYD<br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">The event was staged in Mumeng Town. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Traditional <i>singsing</i> groups from the six LLGs of Bulolo, Mumeng, Buang, Watut, Biangai and people from other parts of Morobe who live in Bulolo and Wau like the Kabub <i>singsing</i> group took part.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVV0CX28pJlAs0rz3Ih0AUBV51ZAG_MO33DrhU_-iPvSFwrJp4Ikj76d5RotPKKozuFpzX9lDZowQMhrK9t6JZbOmTLri3mAg8n9isYeSOLHvKdCIdb3gX34QrJCew6Zdu5N1YH_2S9Y-T/s1600/23bulolo2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVV0CX28pJlAs0rz3Ih0AUBV51ZAG_MO33DrhU_-iPvSFwrJp4Ikj76d5RotPKKozuFpzX9lDZowQMhrK9t6JZbOmTLri3mAg8n9isYeSOLHvKdCIdb3gX34QrJCew6Zdu5N1YH_2S9Y-T/s400/23bulolo2.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Bulolo MP Sam Basil meets rider Daniel Hargreaves and others as show committee chairman Stanley Komunt, of MMJC (centre) looks on</b></span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Bulolo’s own sons and PNGs famous artists Lister and Amon Serum performed live to entertain the show goers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Other entertainment included a string band competition, greasy pole climbing, inter LLG tug of war.</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: small;">The highlight of the day was without a doubt a visit from Morobe Motorcycle Club riders who stopped halfway through a two day fun race from Bulolo to Edie Creek and back to Lae.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2KPC6QphyT725WQSlON4xB2AQBOU7XS9VqwhzEk8WuMTBfVwJVB4z6J0-Ia_93746Ulgna8NxmtKqYwmmnYi3zD-RzqVUu_oXnrWZ7pp-JNhlALDt52f9QNPtL4ursU_OgmcEAhF9u-hz/s1600/23bulolo6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2KPC6QphyT725WQSlON4xB2AQBOU7XS9VqwhzEk8WuMTBfVwJVB4z6J0-Ia_93746Ulgna8NxmtKqYwmmnYi3zD-RzqVUu_oXnrWZ7pp-JNhlALDt52f9QNPtL4ursU_OgmcEAhF9u-hz/s400/23bulolo6.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Waterfall near Buang on Snake River</b></span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: small;"> The large crowd was witness to a display of wheel stands, jumps and riders riding without too much skill or control. </span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: small;">The invitation to participate in a race at Independence weekend was extended to the MMC several months earlier by show chairman Stanley Komunt and it proved a great success.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9dIkCNHWDSc-GwixKqvCY3qCrtierdKftPk5n8k7fmLRv4I55OUANoRCSJXsk2wgA5hCxIFnHuU0xOtx61bAehGlxhennrREvauEF0kbTAM7Y9y5uggYytKhmtmJa7Bd5bOUDt20NkLBi/s1600/23bulolo4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9dIkCNHWDSc-GwixKqvCY3qCrtierdKftPk5n8k7fmLRv4I55OUANoRCSJXsk2wgA5hCxIFnHuU0xOtx61bAehGlxhennrREvauEF0kbTAM7Y9y5uggYytKhmtmJa7Bd5bOUDt20NkLBi/s400/23bulolo4.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ploughing through a quagmire</b></span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: small;">The 'fun' race started with a small but enthusiastic group of riders in Bulolo on the Saturday who rode to Wau via PNGFP tracks and overnighted at the Wau Adventures headquarters, home to Tim and Danielle Vincent. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigu2rIGft7gi2DCkgVZ9RVK2E_vLsx-36tJGKc6VV_3ROpP-s0o_4uhvpNZv6J9-jHuWr1SskfN5I2maahSqO3EgVMwthS5VtA5_eThb5cp-bvoT4kScH7LAelyigAjqII2z8HY_WdieK0/s1600/23bulolo5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigu2rIGft7gi2DCkgVZ9RVK2E_vLsx-36tJGKc6VV_3ROpP-s0o_4uhvpNZv6J9-jHuWr1SskfN5I2maahSqO3EgVMwthS5VtA5_eThb5cp-bvoT4kScH7LAelyigAjqII2z8HY_WdieK0/s400/23bulolo5.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Crossing the Snake River...hoping not to fall</b></span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: small;">The first day’s easy riding determined the starting order for the grueling second days riding. </span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: small;">Day two saw local favourite and PNG'S No.1 bike Rider Daniel Hargreaves take a commanding lead in the first of the days special stages, a savage hill climb to the summit of Mt Kaindi at 7800ft and back to Wau. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Rider about to crash near summit of Mt Kainti, at 7800 ft, outside Bulolo enroute to Hidden Valley</b></span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: small;">This section took its toll on riders and bikes with several riders crashing and Tim Vincent of Wau Adventures, PNG'S Premier Adventure Tourism Company, suffering badly bruised ribs - forcing him to pull out of any further racing.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbBsD5Cp5T9IPkutZ0mFjPxQ-gFsM6CQcDYtgUdn4dqZVxoYzGOcj90r2G6234ipy3zMBOFUsV7W3xI-q6BhUc_0TtJeoGxtSRKTlKEJ5eRqLTEKT6e_a10XXx7IXJU1MNi4Mbb3ULaF4/s1600/23bulolo10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbBsD5Cp5T9IPkutZ0mFjPxQ-gFsM6CQcDYtgUdn4dqZVxoYzGOcj90r2G6234ipy3zMBOFUsV7W3xI-q6BhUc_0TtJeoGxtSRKTlKEJ5eRqLTEKT6e_a10XXx7IXJU1MNi4Mbb3ULaF4/s400/23bulolo10.jpg" width="266" /></a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ow! That hurts!</b></span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: small;"> Leg two was the reverse of the first day’s course from Wau to Bulolo and convincingly won by Suzuki rider Michael Schulz with a clear gap to Hargreaves, who was unable to maintain his first afternoons pace.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: small;">A short third leg from Bulolo to Mumeng saw the riders cross the line within a minute of each other, the tarmac riding not being to anyone's liking as the thought of crashing on tarmac was enough to deter anyone from risking life and limb - all riders knew that the last section of 94km from Mumeng Station to MMJV Headquarters at 9-Mile Lae would require all their energy and attention. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH_Wyz0RcI1poBCqe45hHnR957V_nmh-P-85S_tvlysW2uWCD1RTJ0zo8LzyZSImTqdneLBUiQkQxz0c0K7KZ0tiBbPwtj87M3xlLLbTN_E0JHwMh3_gzFJXR9fyvx-NTIUDnGsucNsM2y/s1600/23bulolo9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH_Wyz0RcI1poBCqe45hHnR957V_nmh-P-85S_tvlysW2uWCD1RTJ0zo8LzyZSImTqdneLBUiQkQxz0c0K7KZ0tiBbPwtj87M3xlLLbTN_E0JHwMh3_gzFJXR9fyvx-NTIUDnGsucNsM2y/s400/23bulolo9.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Riding in fog is an unbelievable experience, the forest is dead quiet except for the bikes' sound</b></span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: small;">Thirty minutes were spent entertaining the crowd at the Bulolo Show and taking advice on the route ahead from MP Sam Basil, one of the few people who had actually driven down the Snake River to Buang and Gabensis.</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: small;">The route chosen followed the Snake River past Buang, Wagau and onto Gabensis on the Bulolo Highway - a distance of 65km, and finishing off with a 30km road stage.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42TfQny2ybf5CnukJVwRYYZGCSpPIcKD9zeIqYjGsTuhTDkHTpv0QitMQFk184C5PVTnG8QII3vwS7161qRww3RR2M5ODmImFlECcJ4t66TNDyxmyxLcKpRfRllhBRReybJMK_zz2j2RI/s1600/23bulolo8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42TfQny2ybf5CnukJVwRYYZGCSpPIcKD9zeIqYjGsTuhTDkHTpv0QitMQFk184C5PVTnG8QII3vwS7161qRww3RR2M5ODmImFlECcJ4t66TNDyxmyxLcKpRfRllhBRReybJMK_zz2j2RI/s400/23bulolo8.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Village people close to Wagau - experiencing a motorbike for the first time in their lives</b></span></td></tr>
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</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: small;"> The only problem was that so much fun was had at Mumeng entertaining the crowd that riders lost track of time and were very late leaving Mumeng. </span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: small;">Heavy fog and fading light slowed the bikes to a crawl for over an hour past Buang and Wagau.</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: small;">Drops on either side of the overgrown track were vertical and deadly and any thoughts of racing were set aside with safety of riders paramount. </span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: small;">Several of the bikes had no lights and this meant extra care needed to be shown.</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: small;">What should have taken two hours took five hours and at 8pm the bikes arrived at MMJV headquarters with riders exhausted having commenced riding at 9am that morning. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Minister for National Planning and Monitoring Samuel Basil officiated at the show which was attended by over 3, 000 people.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Basil thanked the show chairman Stanley Komunt and his committees and all the sponsors for making the event a success. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black;">Major sponsors:</span></b></span></div><ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bulolo District - Joint District Planning & Budget Priority Committee (JDP&BPC) – K85,000 in cash</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Morobe Mining JV (MMJV) K20,000 in kind</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hornibrooks NGI Limited – K5,000 in cash</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bank of South Pacific (BSP) – K3,000 in cash</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Island Mobile Hirecar </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lae Biscuits company </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">ArmSec Limited</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Digicel PNG </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">NBC Morobe</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Zenang Chicken </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bulolo District Administration</span> </li>
</ol></div>Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-51929995091926093722011-09-23T14:11:00.001+10:002011-09-23T14:11:36.195+10:00Inaugural Bulolo Show a success <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The Bulolo Show held over Independence long weekend was first of its kind after many years without such a show.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">It was initiated and supported by the Bulolo District, Joint District Planning & Budget Priority Committee (JDP & BPC) under the chairmanship of Bulolo MP and National Planning Minister Samuel Basil.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Stanley Komunt was appointed as show chairman and supported very well by deputy chairman Tony McHarets and Mumeng local level government president and Morobe provincial mining chairman Mathias Philip, Mumeng LLG manager Samuel Philip, and Bulolo district administrator Tae Guambelek. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Bulolo District staged its first-ever cultural show on Sept 16-18, <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>2011 coinciding with PNG's 36th Independence anniversary celebrations.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">This important event was staged in Mumeng Town.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">This location was chosen as it was convenient for tourists or visitors from Lae and other parts of PNG to travel to and fro from Lae and also local people from Wau, Bulolo and Watut to come down.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style=""> </span>There were traditional singsing groups from the six LLGs of Bulolo - Mumeng, Buang, Watut, Biangai and people from other parts of Morobe who live at Bulolo and Wau.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">There were other entertainments such as string band competition, greasy pole climbing, inter-LLG tug-of-war, motor cycle show, and many more.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Bulolo's own sons and PNG's famous artists Lister and Amon Serum performed live to entertain the show goers.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The event started with the flagraising ceremony on Sept 16, followed by the cultural show the next day.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style=""> </span>On Sept 18, there were two greasy poles, tugs-of-war, greasy pig chase, motor cycle show and handing out of prize money.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Guest-of-honour was Minister for National Planning and Monitoring Samuel Basi.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">It was attended by Bulolo district administrator Tae Guambelek, Mumeng LLG president Mathias Philip, Buang LLG president Stephen Sep, Wau Rural LLG manager John Yawa, MMJV general manager David Wissink, BSP Momase regional Manager Mark Kamuja and Bulolo BSP staff. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A notable presence was former Markham MP, Andrew Baing.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">There were well over 3, 000 people who attended the three-day event, with lots of positive comments.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style=""> </span>Basil, when closing the show, announced that his JDP&BPC would continue to support next year and the years to come. T</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He also acknowledged and thanked show chairman Stanley Komunt and his committee, as well as sponsors for making the event a success. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><b>Major sponsors</b>:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">1.<span style=""> </span>Bulolo District - Joint District Planning & Budget Priority Committee (JDP&BPC) – K85, 000 in cash</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">2.<span style=""> </span>Morobe Mining JV (MMJV) K20, 000 in kind</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">3.<span style=""> </span>Hornibrooks NGI Limited – K5, 000 in cash</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">4.<span style=""> </span>Bank of South Pacific (BSP) – K3, 000 in cash</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">5.<span style=""> </span>Island Mobile Hirecar </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">6.<span style=""> </span>Lae Biscuit Company </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">7.<span style=""> </span>ArmSec Ltd</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">8.<span style=""> </span>Digicel PNG </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">9.<span style=""> </span>NBC Morobe</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">10.<span style=""> </span>Zenang Chicken </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">11.<span style=""> </span>Bulolo District Administration</span></p> Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-71952210029115342392011-09-06T10:34:00.001+10:002011-09-06T10:34:55.146+10:00Basil hits back at Abal<font size="4"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;">NATIONAL Planning and Monitoring Minister Sam Basil has described as irresponsible and unbecoming comments by parliamentarians determined to usurp power by using Sir Michael Somare, </span><i style="font-family: garamond,serif;">The National</i><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> reports</span></font>.<br><div class="gmail_quote"><font style="font-family: garamond,serif;" size="4"> "I can't believe former acting prime minister and Member for Wabag Sam Abal would sink so low as to verbally place the Grand Chief on a collision course on the floor of parliament by suggesting that Sir Michael would take the Prime Minister's seat in parliament," he said.<br> "Firstly, there is only one head of the legislature, which is the Speaker of the National Parliament, Jeffery Nape.<br> "Sam Abal was there when the new Prime Minister Peter O'Neill was elected in parliament. The instruments of appointment were signed by the Governor-General Sir Michael Ogio.<br> "Why has Abal, knowing all this, attempted to direct Sir Michael to a chair already occupied by O'Neill?<br> "That is pre-emptor of the Supreme Court case and should amount to contempt both of<br> the court and of the national parliament," Basil said.<br> "What I fail to understand is just what sort of family, friends and associates would drag a weak, struggling, old man who many respect as the founding father of the nation in their political power games.<br> "Why can't they all appreciate that whatever the Supreme Court ruling is, the bottom line is that 70 MPs against 24 voted in O'Neill as the new prime minister on Aug 2 in parliament and will do so again if required."<br> Basil intends to refer Abal to the Parliamentary Privileges Committee for his comments on the chair to be occupied by Sir Michael.<br> He said the comments threatened the decorum and dignity of parliament</font>. </div><br> Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-89247759415706116302011-09-06T10:28:00.000+10:002011-09-06T10:34:46.288+10:00Basil hits back at Abal<font style="font-family: garamond,serif;" size="4">NATIONAL Planning and Monitoring Minister Sam Basil has described as irresponsible and unbecoming comments by parliamentarians determined to usurp power by using Sir Michael Somare, <i>The National</i> reports.<br> "I can't believe former acting prime minister and Member for Wabag Sam Abal would sink so low as to verbally place the Grand Chief on a collision course on the floor of parliament by suggesting that Sir Michael would take the Prime Minister's seat in parliament," he said.<br> "Firstly, there is only one head of the legislature, which is the Speaker of the National Parliament, Jeffery Nape.<br> "Sam Abal was there when the new Prime Minister Peter O'Neill was elected in parliament. The instruments of appointment were signed by the Governor-General Sir Michael Ogio.<br> "Why has Abal, knowing all this, attempted to direct Sir Michael to a chair already occupied by O'Neill?<br> "That is pre-emptor of the Supreme Court case and should amount to contempt both of<br> the court and of the national parliament," Basil said.<br> "What I fail to understand is just what sort of family, friends and associates would drag a weak, struggling, old man who many respect as the founding father of the nation in their political power games.<br> "Why can't they all appreciate that whatever the Supreme Court ruling is, the bottom line is that 70 MPs against 24 voted in O'Neill as the new prime minister on Aug 2 in parliament and will do so again if required."<br> Basil intends to refer Abal to the Parliamentary Privileges Committee for his comments on the chair to be occupied by Sir Michael.<br> He said the comments threatened the decorum and dignity of parliament</font>. Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-46196693591703367082011-08-30T13:52:00.001+10:002011-08-30T13:52:28.476+10:00Basil in Alotau<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKmiBS5OTgikrb_nxEALm5m2yEUtq0_fd5-0P49uuw9QRk-uqJE6F7L1rPvNg5cEk3WDk7JoBCDM_V5flYSP3EhYpNAQz3XHmoHxgUcFOg6xlzSOIpSCJS1cGCH0m42BR5YPZ_t9DPH7I/s1600/Copy+of+30p4pic-748477.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKmiBS5OTgikrb_nxEALm5m2yEUtq0_fd5-0P49uuw9QRk-uqJE6F7L1rPvNg5cEk3WDk7JoBCDM_V5flYSP3EhYpNAQz3XHmoHxgUcFOg6xlzSOIpSCJS1cGCH0m42BR5YPZ_t9DPH7I/s320/Copy+of+30p4pic-748477.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646491921003001938" /></a></p><font size="4"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;">National Planning Minister Sam Basil (right) arrived in Alotau, Milne Bay, yesterday for the provincial consultative meeting. He was met at the Gurney Airport by Kiriwina-Goodenough MP Jack Cameron. Officials attending the meeting included area managers, district administrators and council presidents and public servants. The meeting was opened yesterday by Alotau Mayor Gita Elliot with Basil giving the keynote address</span></font>.<br> Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-13369867240041195962011-08-30T10:40:00.001+10:002011-08-30T10:40:52.451+10:00Government will ensure LLGs are equipped, says Basil<font size="4"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;">THE national government will ensure that local level government wards in the country are given necessary machinery and vehicles to facilitate the delivery of basic services, National Planning Minister Sam Basil says, <i>The National</i> reports.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> He said last week in Kokopo, East New Britain, the government would focus on rural areas which currently lacked basic services.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> Basil said LLG managers needed to have bulldozers which they must operate and maintain for at least 2,000 hours, and use them during bad weather to repair roads.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> "This way LLGs can fix their roads and open up the market for people in rural areas," he said.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> He said LLG managers must each have a police car and an officer who could train 10 locals as reservists to help monitor law and order in the communities.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> Basil said police presence must be maintained in rural areas in light of recent land and social problems.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> He said an ambulance should be stationed at the LLG level to help those seeking health services</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> Basil said the VSat system was important to provide communication so that LLGs could be hooked up to a fax machine and access internet to submit reports to the provincial and national governments when needed.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> He said a tractor would allow the LLG to plough the land for agricultural use.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> Basil said all these could be operated on a user-pay basis but the government must provide these equipment and vehicles so that people could enjoy better services.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> He urged parliamentarians to wisely use the K20 million they received from the government on sustainable projects</span></font>. Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-64412968136737277692011-08-29T21:12:00.001+10:002011-08-29T21:12:53.192+10:00Bulolo Show on next month<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: garamond,serif;"><b><font size="4">By RIGGO NANGAN</font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: garamond,serif;"><font size="4"><br> </font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: garamond,serif;"><font size="4">THE new location of the flood-devastated sub-district headquarter of Mumeng , which is at the Zenag chicken farm land area in Bulolo district, will be the centre of attraction when the six local level governments (LLG) in the district will stage a cultural show during the Independence weekend next month.<span> </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: garamond,serif;"><font size="4"><span> </span>A committee has been set in place to organise the show which is expected to lure cultural groups from as far as Waria LLG and the neighboring Menyamya district, who will be participating to show their culture.</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: garamond,serif;"><font size="4"><span> </span>The Buang yam culture will be one of several other cultures from the district that will be exhibited. Traditional string bands without the use of musical instruments like the factory -amde guitars and ukuleles, should astonish everyone.<span> </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: garamond,serif;"><font size="4"><span> </span>On the commercial side of things, one of the highlights, if all goes well, will be a cross country motor cycle jaunt that will see riders taking off from Lae through the unattended short cut road to Buang from the turn off at Gabensis village.</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: garamond,serif;"><font size="4">Organising committee chairman, Stanley Komuts, says companies operating within the district as well as Lae, have been given the opportunity to display their products if they so wish. <span> </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: garamond,serif;"><font size="4"><span> </span>Komuts said the formal Independence activities will held on Independence Day , which is Friday , September 16<sup> </sup> while Saturday and Sunday will be occupied with cultural show exhibitions and the presentation on Sunday afternoon.</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: garamond,serif;"><font size="4"><span> </span>He said gates will be free of charge and every cultural group, string bands and singsing groups will be rewarded for taking part.</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: garamond,serif;"><font size="4"><span> </span>The Bulolo cultural show, if successful, will become an annual event in the district in the years to come.</font></p> Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-68279989375387752832011-08-26T15:13:00.001+10:002011-08-26T15:13:32.574+10:00Basil wants natural resources to be processed downstream<font size="4"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;">MINISTER for National Planning Sam Basil says all natural resources in the</span><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> country must be processed downstream and the final product exported, <i>The National </i>reports.</span></font><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> <div class="gmail_quote"><font size="4"> <span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> Speaking at the opening of the National Development Forum hosted by the Consultative Implementation and Monitoring Council at the Parliament House State Function Room, Basil said renewable and non-renewable resources must go under downstream processing onshore so that the country benefited from it.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> "When we have downstream processing here, we will add value to our export commodities and maximise economic returns and benefits back to our country," he said.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> "And most importantly, it will create employment, transfer skills and technology to Papua New Guineans and spin-off benefits apart from main revenue gain from the resources."</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> Basil said the traditional role of the government was to create an enabling environment for indigenous people to empower themselves and own and control the bulk of economic activities in their country.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> He said for too long foreign-owned corporations had been ripping off the country's natural resources, leaving nothing for Papua New Guineans.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> "Now there is a policy change under the O'Neill-Namah government whereby the indigenous people will have the upper hand in any resource development so that the bulk of the rural majority can see some changes in their living standards," he said.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> Referring to the exports of round logs, he said they had the potential to collect billions of kina if they could be processed here.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> "We need a policy shift to have a downstream processing in the country so that all our natural resources can be processed here so that we maximise the benefits," Basil said</span></font>. </div><br> Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-59437159084705475772011-08-17T10:31:00.001+10:002011-08-17T10:31:54.626+10:00National Planning plans visits to LLGs<div dir='ltr'> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>By ALISON ANIS</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> THE Department of National Planning and Monitoring is carrying out a consultative programme targeting all local level governments (LLG), Minister Sam Basil says, <i>The National</i> reports.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> Basil yesterday announced the consultations process would begin on Monday in Alotau, Milne Bay.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> "This is the first time we will be consulting with the LLG managers in all four regions to see how we can work with them to improve service delivery and basic infrastructure," he said at a media briefing at Vulupindi Haus.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> Basil said district and provincial administrators were invited to join the meetings planned for this month but the key people during consultations would be LLG councillors and managers.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> "These are the people who truly represent the grassroots and people of the country," he said.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> "We believe that all LLGs and districts in PNG must have the resources and must be empowered to look after themselves," Basil said.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> He said his team would be visiting Kokopo, East New Britain, on Aug 24-25 to talk to LLG managers from the Islands region, including the Bougainville Autonomous Region.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> Basil said on Aug 26, the department would meet with Highlands LLG heads in Mt Hagen, Western Highlands.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> Consultations with the Momase group would be held in Madang on Aug 29.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> Basil said the aim was to bring tangible development at LLG level and see improvement of services delivery to the people.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> "One way to do that is through public-private partnership (PPP) with government agencies, business houses and other credible organisations to see that rural people have direct access to services such as transport, electricity, communications and technology such as provided through the installation of VSat."</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> Basil said it was the dream of the new government to see that people had access to health, education and that the overall social welfare was improved.</font> </div>Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-40347216326035852592011-08-12T12:01:00.001+10:002011-08-12T12:01:21.080+10:00Bodies of chopper crash victims found<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9VatDPQnpdb6ljTyhyphenhypheneXLhuiZsgk-k2vW4bUOe-duyy-6gSBNmv7F5siayHMUMy107pkQ-_I1IRLsQuRBbfqrPuY6kyRhyC-RbauhYFCsLmaun8Gz4ZcUi0CTyRlPDybrCfQycKN0rg/s1600/Copy+of+11etCrash-781082.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9VatDPQnpdb6ljTyhyphenhypheneXLhuiZsgk-k2vW4bUOe-duyy-6gSBNmv7F5siayHMUMy107pkQ-_I1IRLsQuRBbfqrPuY6kyRhyC-RbauhYFCsLmaun8Gz4ZcUi0CTyRlPDybrCfQycKN0rg/s320/Copy+of+11etCrash-781082.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639783753894030786" /></a></p> <font size="4"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;">CIVIL Aviation authorities yesterday confirmed that an Australian pilot and his two Papua New Guinea passengers were killed on Monday in the helicopter crash in the Bulolo district of Morobe province, <i>The National</i> reports.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> Head of the Accident Investigation Commission David Inau said the helicopter, P2-RUH <b>(pictured above before the crash)</b> owned by Manolos Aviation, was flown by Peter Waters when it disappeared between the Wafi mine site and Mumeng while returning to Lae.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> Inau said another helicopter spotted the wreckage that afternoon but bad weather prevented anyone from reaching the crash site, 5km south of Timini.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> He said that on Wednesday, members of the Porgera mine's air rescue team were dropped in by helicopter and confirmed that there were no survivors.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> Waters was in his 70s.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> Also on board were two local G4S security guards.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> Inau said Waters was an experienced pilot and a friend.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> "Yeah I know him very well," he told Radio Australia yesterday said.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> "We've flown together for many, many years here in PNG."</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> Inau said investigators arrived at the crash site yesterday morning and retrieved the three bodies with the help of local villagers.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> The bodies were brought to Lae.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> Villagers in the area had no idea that an aircraft had crashed nearby until notified by a search team.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> They then led the team to the crash site.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> Manolos Aviation and G4S could not be contacted for comments.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> Civil Aviation Minister Puri Ruing sent his condolence to the families of the three dead people, saying that Inau's investigation team would be providing an interim report within 28 days.</span><br style="font-family: garamond,serif;"><span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"> "The investigation commenced shortly after the accident occurred and the on site component of the investigation will continue for several days," he said</span></font>. Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-50760973738805536822011-08-11T10:40:00.000+10:002011-08-11T11:06:34.727+10:00Morobe helicopter crash leaves 3 dead<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg45013jvjOoXg07v4bcjpjSGLg_8k48bN_oQN_r9JNCBPhBFrzJrwc8kIAiHKJAdoM-FUnji7k9-cF-0KG8j3007lxdSRW3-66X2VTbswKE7NmUd8RgdJOmkvvJ4N1k0h37INQwOFgJKQ/s1600/Copy+of+11etCrash-794728.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg45013jvjOoXg07v4bcjpjSGLg_8k48bN_oQN_r9JNCBPhBFrzJrwc8kIAiHKJAdoM-FUnji7k9-cF-0KG8j3007lxdSRW3-66X2VTbswKE7NmUd8RgdJOmkvvJ4N1k0h37INQwOFgJKQ/s320/Copy+of+11etCrash-794728.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639398552161656834" /></a></p><br> <div><br> <style>.ExternalClass .ecxhmmessage p { padding: 0px; }.ExternalClass body.ecxhmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; }</style><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>By ELLEN TIAMU</strong></font><br> <div dir="ltr"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Three people are dead following a helicopter crash in Morobe province on Monday, <i>The National</i> reports.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">The twin-engine helicopter<b> (pictured above during a recent trip to Finschhafen)</b> , belonging to the Lae-based Manolos Aviation, was on its way to Wafi, in the Bulolo district, but a heavy cloud cover prevented it from landing.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">The helicopter was trying to return to Lae when it went missing between Mumeng and Wafi.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Two G4S security guards and the expatriate pilot, Peter Wallace, were on board the helicopter. </font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">An air search was launched immediately to locate the missing helicopter.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">However, aerial search and rescue attempts during the past three days had drawn a blank because the area was still under a heavy cloud cover.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Late last night Civil Aviation Minister Puri Ruing said the crash site had been found but there were no survivors.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">He said the crash of the helicopter, P2-RUH, happened about 5km south of Timini.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">"The investigation commenced shortly after the accident happened and the onsite component of the investigation will be continuing for several days," Ruing said,</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">He said the bodies of the pilot and the two passengers were being retrieved late yesterday while the investigators' reports would be ready within four weeks.</font><br><br></div></div> Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-84545031278553074182011-08-11T10:31:00.000+10:002011-08-11T11:14:16.862+10:00Morobe helicopter crash leaves three dead<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4L_N00K08n8JYtre87xaGZKvCSUMFpTh21DFRIL7XvSOrtLrPHTd7FCyXaqvZDbF8AV8xE0oj-nAu5w8SnYD7zXt3IhqlnpXKJPOjThHI-2pJLFkNwVd_v5UoN4CYprQzDf3SHF1qHoM/s1600/Copy+of+11etCrash-756865.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4L_N00K08n8JYtre87xaGZKvCSUMFpTh21DFRIL7XvSOrtLrPHTd7FCyXaqvZDbF8AV8xE0oj-nAu5w8SnYD7zXt3IhqlnpXKJPOjThHI-2pJLFkNwVd_v5UoN4CYprQzDf3SHF1qHoM/s320/Copy+of+11etCrash-756865.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639400533752677666" /></a></p><div dir='ltr'> <FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman" size=3><STRONG>By ELLEN TIAMU</STRONG></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman" size=3><BR></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman" size=3><BR></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman" size=3>Three people are dead following a helicopter crash in Morobe province on Monday, <I>The National</I> reports.</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman" size=3><BR></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman" size=3>The twin-engine helicopter<B> (pictured above during a recent trip to Finschhafen)</B> , belonging to the Lae-based Manolos Aviation, was on its way to Wafi, in the Bulolo district, but a heavy cloud cover prevented it from landing.</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman" size=3><BR></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman" size=3>The helicopter was trying to return to Lae when it went missing between Mumeng and Wafi.</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman" size=3><BR></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman" size=3>Two G4S security guards and the expatriate pilot, Peter Wallace, were on board the helicopter. </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman" size=3><BR></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman" size=3>An air search was launched immediately to locate the missing helicopter.</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman" size=3><BR></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman" size=3>However, aerial search and rescue attempts during the past three days had drawn a blank because the area was still under a heavy cloud cover.</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman" size=3><BR></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman" size=3>Late last night Civil Aviation Minister Puri Ruing said the crash site had been found but there were no survivors.</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman" size=3><BR></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman" size=3>He said the crash of the helicopter, P2-RUH, happened about 5km south of Timini.</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman" size=3><BR></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman" size=3>"The investigation commenced shortly after the accident happened and the onsite component of the investigation will be continuing for several days," Ruing said,</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman" size=3><BR></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman" size=3>He said the bodies of the pilot and the two passengers were being retrieved late yesterday while the investigators' reports would be ready within four weeks.</FONT><BR><BR> </div>Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-63906387028413374322011-08-11T10:24:00.000+10:002011-08-11T11:05:46.965+10:00Morobe helicopter crash leaves three dead<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZHRDELFFgIBA1OYOzh_CQ46ta0psiWHe_tDkf8z3xq1GQx9f8VMPAIwyC6C7LO5Vv3YmE0r_hQ44cRroSr9Phm0SmwYiP7Cl4mlXz09cDNIqbPLsWJhH7chdMcJGWBo0APMoIdZddlE/s1600/11etCrash-746966.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZHRDELFFgIBA1OYOzh_CQ46ta0psiWHe_tDkf8z3xq1GQx9f8VMPAIwyC6C7LO5Vv3YmE0r_hQ44cRroSr9Phm0SmwYiP7Cl4mlXz09cDNIqbPLsWJhH7chdMcJGWBo0APMoIdZddlE/s320/11etCrash-746966.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639398351408232834" /></a></p><div dir='ltr'> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>By ELLEN TIAMU</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Three people are dead following a helicopter crash in Morobe province on Monday, <i>The National</i> reports.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> The twin-engine helicopter<b> (pictured above during a recent trip to Finschhafen)</b> , belonging to the Lae-based Manolos Aviation, was on its way to Wafi, in the Bulolo district, but a heavy cloud cover prevented it from landing.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> The helicopter was trying to return to Lae when it went missing between Mumeng and Wafi.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> Two G4S security guards and the expatriate pilot, Peter Wallace, were on board the helicopter. </font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> An air search was launched immediately to locate the missing helicopter.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> However, aerial search and rescue attempts during the past three days had drawn a blank because the area was still under a heavy cloud cover.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Late last night Civil Aviation Minister Puri Ruing said the crash site had been found but there were no survivors.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">He said the crash of the helicopter, P2-RUH, happened about 5km south of Timini.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">"The investigation commenced shortly after the accident happened and the onsite component of the investigation will be continuing for several days," Ruing said,</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">He said the bodies of the pilot and the two passengers were being retrieved late yesterday while the investigators' reports would be ready within four weeks.</font><br> </div>Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-10844346613776270002011-08-09T10:31:00.001+10:002011-08-09T10:31:55.290+10:00Confirmed cabinet ministries<div dir='ltr'> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Peter O'Neill </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">– Prime Minister</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Belden Namah</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Deputy Prime Minister; Forestry and Climate Change</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Don Polye </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">– Treasury and Finance</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Sam Basil</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – National Planning</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Bart Philemon</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Public Service</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>William Dum</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">a – Petroleum and Energy</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Ken Fairweather</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Housing and Urban Development</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Moses Maladina </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">– Implementation and Rural Development</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Charles Abel</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Trade, Commerce and Industry</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>David Arore </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">– Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Dr Allan Mara</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">t – Attorney-General and Justice</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>John Boito</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Internal Security</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Guma Wau</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Defence</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Sai Sailon Beseo </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">– Correctional Services</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Job Poma</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">t – Fisheries</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Ano Pala </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">– Foreign Affairs and Immigration</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Sir Mekere Morauta</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Public Enterprises</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Theo Zurenuoc</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Education</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Sir Puka Temu </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">– Agriculture and Livestock</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Thompson Harokaqveh</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Environment and Conservation</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Sali Subam </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">– Sports</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Martin Ain</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">i – Labour and Industrial Relations</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Byron Chan</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Mining</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Jim Miringtoro </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">– Communication and Information Technology</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Steven Kama </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Pirika – Bougainville Affairs</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Andrew Mald</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Community Development; Religion and Family Affairs</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Mark Maipakai </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">– Inter-Government Relations and District Development</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Francis Awesa</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Transport and Works</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Puri Ruing</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Civil Aviation</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Lucas Dekena</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Lands and Physical Planning</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Jamie Maxtone</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">-Graham – Health</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Benjamin Philip</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Tourism, Arts and Culture</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Wake Goi </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">– Assisting the Prime Minister on Constitutional Matters</font> </div>Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-67549575847640203632011-08-08T11:04:00.001+10:002011-08-08T11:04:54.778+10:00Probable O’Neill-Namah cabinet<div dir='ltr'> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-nat-source"><br></div><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> WHILE all who were named ministers were sworn in last week, Prime Minister Peter O'Neill is yet to officially name their portfolios, <i>The National</i> reports.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> The following is the most probable cabinet </font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">line-up based on unofficial information.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> The full line-up would be announced today.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Peter O'Neill</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Prime Minister</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Belden Namah</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Deputy Prime Minister; Forestry and Climate Change</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Don Polye</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Treasury and Finance</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>William Duma </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">– Petroleum and Energy</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Sam Basil</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – National Planning</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Moses Maladina </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">– Implementation and Rural Development</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Francis Awesa</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Works and Transport</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Bart Philemon </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">– Public Service</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Sir Puka Temu</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Agriculture</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Sir Mekere Morauta</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – State Enterprises</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Dr Allan Marat</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Attorney-General and Justice</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>John Boito </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">– Internal Security</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Guma Wau </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">– Defence</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Sai Sailon Beseo</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Correctional Services</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Job Pom</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">at – Fisheries</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Ano Pala</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Foreign Affairs and Immigration</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Theo Zurenuoc –</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> Education</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Sali Subam</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Sports</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Martin Aini </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">– Labour and Industrial Relations</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Byron Chan</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Mining</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Charles Abel </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">– Trade; Commerce and Industry</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Jim Miringtoro </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">– Communication and Information</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Steven Kama </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">– Bougainville Affairs</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Andrew Mald</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Community Development; Religion and Family Affairs</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Mark Maipakai</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Government Relations and District Development</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>David Arore</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Higher Education</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Thompson Harokaqveh</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Environment and Conservation</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Puri Ruing</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Civil Aviation</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Lucas Dekena</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Lands and Physical Planning</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Jamie Maxtone-Graham</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Health and HIV/AIDS</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Ken Fairweather</strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> – Housing and Urbanisation</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Wake Goi </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">– Minister assisting the Prime Minster on Constitutional Matters.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>Benjamin Philip </strong></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3">– Minister without portfolio</font> </div>Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-10233019502953652022011-08-08T11:01:00.001+10:002011-08-08T11:01:40.895+10:0033 in cabinet<div dir='ltr'> <h2 class="PostHeaderIcon-wrapper"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span class="PostHeader"></span></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>By ISAAC NICHOLAS</strong></font><br></h2><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> PRIME Minister Peter O'Neill has appointed 33 new ministers in a cabinet line-up of mostly unknowns which, he claims, "are simple and humble leaders for the people of Papua New Guinea", <i>The National</i> reports.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> However, indications were that representation from the highlands was most powerful, securing key economic positions including that of the prime minister, finance and treasury plus petroleum and energy.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> Political sources said this might backfire on O'Neill and his People's National Congress party in the general election next year.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> The southern region National Alliance group that defected to support the opposition was rewarded with five ministerial portfolios.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> The United Resources Party, PNC and People's Party factions were rewarded with four ministries.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> O'Neill said the distribution of ministries was done in consultation with political parties and leaders. East Sepik and West New Britain missed out completely.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> A couple of Sepik MPs, including Wosera-Gawi's Ronald Asik and Telefomin's Peter Iwei, were evidently unhappy with their exclusion and shouted expletives during the swearing-in ceremony.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> "One or two have missed out largely because of numbers; many were not been present in government and parties' decisions on who gets a ministry," the prime minister said.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> He said there was full consultation between the different coalition partners and he tried his best to cover all provinces in his cabinet.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> "The distribution of ministries shows a humble government for the people of Papua New Guinea."</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> O'Neill congratulated the new ministers sworn-in by Governor-General Sir Michael Ogio at Government House last Friday. </font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> They included Ken Fairweather (Sumkar); Charles Abel (Alotau); David Arore (Ijivitari); Guma Wau (Kerowagi); Steven Kama (South Bougainville); Jim Miringtoro (Central Bougainville); Martin Aini (Kavieng); Jamie Maxtone-Graham (Anglimp-South Waghi); Thompson Harokaqveh (Goroka); Lucas Dekena (Gumine); Byron Chan (Namatanai); Puri Ruing (Dei); Benjamin Philip (Menyamya); Sali Subam (South Fly); Andrew Mald (Moresby Northeast); Mark Maipakai (Kikori); and Sai Beseo (Kainantu).</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> O'Neill also challenged the opposition members to re-join their political leaders in the new-look government</font> </div>Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-5432206827655802732011-08-04T17:49:00.001+10:002011-08-04T17:49:23.613+10:00O’Neill names caretaker team<div dir='ltr'> <h2 class="PostHeaderIcon-wrapper"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span class="PostHeader"></span></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><strong>By ISAAC NICHOLAS</strong></font><br></h2><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> PRIME Minister Peter O'Neill yesterday announced a 14-member caretaker cabinet while calling on the outgoing government to respect parliamentary democracy in his election to the top post, <i>The National </i>reports.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> But ousted acting prime minister Sam Abal hit back, saying he had been unseated by default and stealth.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> The caretaker ministers included Deputy Prime Minister Belden Namah, Don Polye, William Duma, Francis Awesa, Sam Basil, Sir Puka Temu, Sir Mekere Morauta, Bart Philemon, Dr Allan Marat, John Boito and Theo Zurenuoc.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> The old faces in the new line-up are Job Pomat, Moses Maladina and Ano Pala while O'Neill had advised the governor-general to decommission the rest of the Somare cabinet.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> He said his full cabinet would be announced before parliament resumed next Tuesday.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> O'Neill said that the interim cabinet was made up of experienced, talented and vibrant young leaders. </font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> "The immediate task of the new government is to prepare the country for a decent and fair general election next year," he said.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> O'Neill was due to call his first cabinet meeting yesterday afternoon to set the course for the new government in the next 10 months.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> He also received a call in the afternoon from his Australian counterpart Julia Gillard to congratulate him on his election as prime minister.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> "There are many challenges facing the country in health, education, transport infrastructure, land and justice and massive corruption in government and we are serious in addressing them.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> "We will not be vindictive but to be accountable to our people," O'Neill said.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> "We will be working for the majority of the people, not for a few individuals but for accountability and transparency.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> "There are some decent policies of the former government that we will maintain like the Vision 2050, district services improvement programme and the district treasury roll-out programme. Programmes that we have lost we will review and move them forward."</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> O'Neill also called on the former government to respect parliamentary democracy. </font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> "It is an indication of our people's desire to have change.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> "The number 70-24 is not a one-vote majority. I appeal to them to be responsible and respect the wishes of our people through the parliamentary process."</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> He said any legal challenges would be defended fully.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> Vanimo-Green MP and former opposition leader Namah thanked O'Neill for appointing him as deputy prime minister.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> "There are many challenges ahead of us but we have a good team of experienced and talented leaders to address them.</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> "The people of Papua New Guinea, you have been calling for change and this government is for change," Namah said. </font><br> </div>Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-69276649764084294122011-08-02T15:13:00.001+10:002011-08-02T15:13:30.962+10:00New Prime Minister for Papua New Guinea: Breaking news!<div dir='ltr'> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3"><font style="" face="Times New Roman">Peter O'Neill is the new Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, being elected by an overwhelming majority of 74-24, just minutes ago.<br><br>He is now being transported to Government House to be sworn in by Governor General, Sir Michael Ogio.<br><br>O'Neill was nominated by Opposition Leader, Belden Namah, when Parliament resumed at 2pm today, and seconded by sacked Petroleum Minister, William Duma.<br><br>Bulolo MP Sam Basil closed nominations.<br><br>Forests Minister Timothy Bonga walked out in protest.<br><br>Several Government Ministers and MPs moved over to Opposition ranks today.<br><br>Ministers included O'Neill, Internal Security Minister Mark Maipakai and Minister Assisting Prime Minister Charles Abel.<br></font></font> </div>Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8370999871776669673.post-82838221200795256482011-07-28T18:21:00.001+10:002011-07-28T18:21:08.100+10:00Opposition queries political interference on policing<div dir='ltr'> <p class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Opposition today called on Police Commissioner Anthony Wagambie and acting Prime Minister Sam Abal to come clean and explain why there was an intervention to stop police from laying charges against a national parliamentarian.</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Opposition's call, led by deputy leader and Member for Bulolo Sam Basil, follows information from police insiders that following complaints and investigation, an MP from the Highlands region was on the verge of being charged with carnal knowledge.</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"Our informants were very particular and specific that police top brass acting on instructions from the Office of the Prime Minister caused the police who had carriage of the case to stop from bringing the MP in and charging him with carnal knowledge," Basil said.</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"This is a very serious matter. <br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"The Office of the Prime Minister and the Office of the Commissioner of Police are constitutional offices. <br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"And there is a long standing tradition of separation of powers and functions in our Westminster democracy between various constitutional offices, especially when it comes to the enforcement of law.</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"Acting Prime Minister Sam Abal must explain why such instructions were issued from the Office of the Prime Minister. <br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"Police Commissioner Anthony Wagambie must equally and more particularly explain why he allowed the constitutional office he heads to succumb to political dictates on this matter.<br></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"They must explain what special circumstances, and under what laws or regulations if any, they saw fit to intervene in what on the surface amounts to normal exercise of police duties to enforce law and order.<br></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"These type of actions fuel public perceptions that in application of law and enforcement of law, there are two sets of laws – one for the ordinary people and another for the 'big man' or elites, privileged and wealthy citizens.<br></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Basil said that the Opposition - as an alternate Government - would be watching this case very closely as it fitted the National Alliance led government's brand of politics and governance where laws enacted by representatives of the people were flaunted, bent and broken at whim and will of a privileged few.</span></font></p> <font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"That is why, as an alternate Government, we are appealing to other MPs, especially in Government back benches to come out of them before they end up in the same mould," he said.<br>"We must form an alternative Government that understands, appreciates and allows the exercise of separation of powers, functions and enforcement of laws and regulations. <br>"This is important if we want to see good governance in the country."<br></span></font> </div>Bulolo Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289650066637241490noreply@blogger.com0