PNG Gossip Newsletter - 26 Nov 2013

Search Newsletters (only)
Most Recent Newsletter
Newsletter Index
Previous Newsletter
Next Newsletter
PNG RSS News Feed

Welcome to the
Newsletter

 

 



Neo Melanesian

"Pidgin English"

Neo Melanesian English
adres address
bel belly
belisi calm / peaceful
bipo before / former / formerly
blakbokis flying fox
blut i kamap bleed
bodi / skin body
botol bottle
bruk broken
brukim lo break the law
brukim break
bung maket market
bungim wantaim pack (vb)
dua door
haus marasin pharmacy
haus moni bank
pas / leta letter
stori story

Webster's Online Dictionary
with Multilingual Thesaurus Translation

       

English       Pidgin English  
 
Interested in having your own Web Site? Worried about the cost? It may be cheaper than you think. Take a look at pricing at the PNG Web Hosting site. Sites with space for unlimited data storage and data transfer per month start from less than US$5.00 per month. -- DOT COM Domains from US$9.00 per year. All plans come with 24 hour a day / 7 day a week ticket / phone support
 

Remember that this mailing list is mainly for people who have an interest and already know a little bit about the people and geography of Papua New Guinea. The PNG Kina, which is mentioned from time to time in this newsletter, is currently worth around

Javascript DHTML Drop Down Menu Powered by dhtml-menu-builder.com

but varies on a daily basis.

If you are really keen on finding out what the Kina is worth a currency converter for most world currencies can be located at -- http://www.michie.net/pnginfo/moni.html -- The PNG Business Directory also has daily rates based from a PNG perspective

Want to find out more about Papua New Guinea? Try searching at -- http://www.michie.net/pnginfo -- and -- http://www.michie.net/png_faqs or try the PNG Business Directory located at -- http://www.pngbd.com -- and the PNG Tourism Directory -- http://www.pngtd.com. Both are excellent places to look for information about the country.
For those who are not so familiar with the geography of Papua New Guinea I suggest taking a look at -- http://maps.google.com -- and then clicking on the "+" to zoom in to the area of interest. Go to the following link for a quick start to a map of Port Moresby. -- http://www.michie.net/pnginfo/pom-map.html

External links - while PNG Gossip Newsletter will not sell your email address to others many links on this web site lead to other sites that may not have the same policy regarding your valuable email address. Be careful when handing over your email address to others.

 

A very special welcome welkam, ita hedavari is extended to any new readers. If you have comments or suggestions to make then please click here

Articles for this newsletter

To send a message for submission to the PNG Gossip Newsletter -- please click here and use the submission form.

Warning: PNG web sites seem to come and go. The fact of life is that it costs money to host a web site and there is not much return on the outlay to most businesses in PNG.

If you do click on a link and use the services or even have some comments to make then please contact the people at the relevant web site and let them know so they at least know that someone has gained some value from their efforts. If you are so inclined then please mention that you heard about them from this web site. -- The PNG Gossip Newsletter.


Cricket PNG
PNG Cricket

Buai
Betelnut / Buai and Mustard


POM Town
Port Moresby Town

PNG Web Hosting
cheap, reliable web hosting
from US$4.99 per month

Click on the link for more info.

Papua New Guinea Gossip Blog


Also please remember that the accuracy of the information in this newsletter should not be relied upon - it is, after all, a gossip newsletter.


Links

If links in the newsletter do not work properly, copy and paste the URL into your browser and press Enter. Be sure to copy the entire link, as it may wrap to the next line. If this still does not work please send an email to the newsletter advising of the broken link.

Do you have a web site or link to a PNG related area on the WWW? If so do you want it mentioned here? Then use the submission form by clicking here

External links - while PNG Gossip Newsletter will not sell your email address to others many links on this web site lead to other sites that may may not have the same policy regarding your valuable email address. Be careful when handing over your email address.





PNG News Links

PNG PM threatens to scrap visa on arrival rights for Australian travellers -- http://giaman.com/pg/?194cf7

MPs hiding illegal migrants and expatriates -- http://giaman.com/pg/?5e4f88

Ipatas on Politicians Interference with Public Servants Appointment -- http://giaman.com/pg/?94142f

PNG's new high com -- http://giaman.com/pg/?dd1152

No action yet on allegations of mass rape at PNG prison -- http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=80601





Misc. Links

Aircraft & Engine News -- http://giaman.com/pg/?3b9823

Days of vodka and oysters -- http://giaman.com/pg/?73ca45

WCB Resources Files Technical Report on the Misima Island Property -- http://giaman.com/pg/?b4be2a

Tavurvur volcano (Rabaul, PNG) activity summary -- http://giaman.com/pg/?ff1344

PNG Treasury -- http://www.treasury.gov.pg

Being part of the tribe in PNG -- http://giaman.com/pg/?7de267





PNG Images

Madang -- http://pic.twitter.com/G7EqgJIVcH

Travel 67 - Vehicles -- http://giaman.com/pg/?f17940





PNG Blogs

PNG losing independence -- http://giaman.com/pg/?560575

A land whose magic soaks to the core -- http://giaman.com/pg/?f6b4a4

Ramu landowners invite PM to agreement signing -- http://giaman.com/pg/?69583d


News Items

Media Control

Social media is upsetting the politicians. Community Development Minister Loujaya Toni said freedom of information and speech must be regulated to control internet bullying and defamatory remarks by unknown and nameless people. Education and Finance Minister James Marape has suggested that in-ternet service providers be regulated and operators of social media networks be clearly identified on the sites so that they are subjected to the country's defamation laws.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?069476

Meanwhile Belden Namah has told reporters in Port Moresby he no longer trusted traditional media outlets to give him a fair hearing. Mr Namah also told the ABC's Pacific Beat on Tuesday he was planning on suing The National newspaper after it ran a front page story titled "Namah behind the sale of land".

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?0cbd68





Smart Traveller Update

The following Travel Advice for PNG has changed or been added since the last update (19 Nov 2013 14:13:21 EST):

Current Advice Level: "High degree of caution"

Change Summary:
It contains updated information in the Summary and under Crime (high levels of serious crime). The Travel Advice continues to advise Australians to exercise a high degree of caution in Papua New Guinea.

-- http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/advice/Papua_New_Guinea





Foreign Logging

According to new research, nearly a third of PNG has now been leased to foreign logging companies, many on century-long agreements. Approximately 97 percent of illegally harvested timber is currently bound first for China, where it is processed into a range of furniture and wood products. It has been reported Chinese factories are buying whatever wood they need to buy to make U.S. customers happy.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?c91d5e

PNG is the latest known victim in a modern era of land grabs orchestrated by foreign corporations according to an investigative report and a film, On Our Land, released this week by the Oakland Institute and the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG).

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?9b6116





Protest Flops

A recent planned protest rally by the Social Media Activism Committee did not appear to happen.

-- http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=80672

Opposition turns to social media -- http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20131119/news08.htm





Milne Bay Health

The National Department of Health, Milne Bay Provincial Health Authority, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Australian Aid participated in a ground-breaking ceremony today to officially mark the early steps towards construction of the first community health post to be built under the Rural Primary Health Services Delivery Project.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?e4f5bb





Cricket

The Afghanistan national cricket team has defeated PNG during its third match in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier held recently at the Sharjah stadium.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?5792c8

Afghanistan qualify, PNG and Scotland stay alive -- http://giaman.com/pg/?e4c264





PNG Budget

The 2014 PNG budget is the first budget in the history of the country to reach over K15 billion, up by K1.8 billion or 13.8 per cent from K13.2 billion in the 2013 revised Budget. The budget forecasts 6.2 per cent economic growth in 2014.

2014 PNG Budget Speech -- http://giaman.com/pg/?937ddb

World Economic leaders praise PNG's budget -- http://dlvr.it/4Mjvzr





Tiensten Guilty

Former planning minister, Paul Tiensten, has been found guilty of misappropriation over a $4 million grant to controversial businessman Eremas Wartoto. Judge Gibbs Salika said Tiensten had used his "political muscle" to direct his officials to facilitate the grant and ignore proper assessment procedures.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?d1dd2d





Feather Star

The amazing feather star can be found in PNG if you're snorkelling or diving. There are 200 different species of them!

-- http://pic.twitter.com/MhwBCtFWcQ





PM Rejects Mugabe Comparison

Peter O'Neill has defended the takeover of the Ok Tedi mine and rejected comparisons made between him and Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe.

The chairman of the PNG Sustainable Development Program and former prime minister Sir Mekere Morauta denounced Peter O'Neill as comparable to the Zimbabwe dictator for what he called 'pure greed'.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?54b2bb





Cinema Multiplex

Paradise Cinemas Limited will shortly start construction of the second cinema multiplex in Port Moresby. The multiplex to be located in the new Waigani Shopping complex is expected to cost 7 million kina and will be funded via 3 million kina in additional shareholder equity with the balance being raised in debt.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?4ba0fa





PNG National Arrested

A 19 year old Papua New Guinea national has been arrested in Mango Avenue, Cebu City after causing trouble in a KTV bar.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?1ac01f





Fiji Exports

More companies from Fiji are exporting to PNG. Fiji Times online reported the Fiji-PNG trade market has been expanding as shown in the export data from the Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority (FRCA) and Fiji Bureau of Statistics.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?dda24c





Crater Gold Mining

Crater Gold Mining shares are set to lift after hitting bonanza grade gold of up to 847g/t (or 27.2 oz/t) gold over a 0.2 metre mineralised vein, at the High Grade Zone Crater Mountain project in Papua New Guinea.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?0c585f





Compulsory Military Training

The government says it is firm on introducing compulsory military training for school leavers who can't be placed in universities or colleges. Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill says this will help youth maintain discipline and avoid getting caught up in illegal activities.

-- http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=80701





Political Parties

PNG's registrar of political parties is considering whether to de-register about 30 parties which haven't submitted election expenses incurred during the 2012 election.

-- http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=80648





Tribal Violence

50 police officers have been sent to the Kagua-Erave district in Southern Highlands province after the Provincial Police Commander, Sibron Patoto, visited and assessed the fighting and spoke to victims and relatives of those who died in the area.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?652eec





Milne Bay Cruise

Tourism operators in Milne Bay say the maiden visit to the province of a large cruise ship has generated good publicity for the area. The P&O cruise liner, Pacific Dawn, made its first visit to Milne Bay at the start of the month, docking in the provincial capital Alotau.

-- http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=80761

Need for more buses in Milne Bay -- http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=80817





Madang Flying Foxes

A flying fox colony in Madang has been given a clean bill of health after a check by scientists to see if they posed a threat of disease.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?3435e3





Think Tank Condemns PM

A US think tank has criticised the PNG prime minister for failing to act on the findings of his Commission of Inquiry into controversial land leases.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?c9a63a





Kumul's Coach

According to the Chief Executive of the Ipatus Cup the coach of the PNG Kumuls should live in the country.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?417698





Madang Shipping

Swire Shipping has committed itself to building sustainable volumes for its direct call to Madang by locking the port in its Australia - PNG liner service profile for 2014.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?a6e98e





Autonomous Bougainville Government

The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) has passed a legislation that will balance economic development with the needs of the local people. Director of local law firm, Tuia Namani International, Hubert Namani congratulated the ABG on the passage of Bougainville's Inward Investment Legislation describing it as an historic moment in Bougainville and PNG.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?974968





Retirement Age

Papua New Guinea Public Service Minister Sir Puka Temu, has recommended that the legal retirement age for public servants be increased from 60 to 65. Sir Puka said this would be recommended in an amendment to the Public Service Management Act to be introduced.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?30c49e





Chicken Dumping

PNG Poultry Industry Association says in 2011 Australia exported a total of 5,725 tonnes of frozen chicken meat and edible offal compared to 2,613 tonnes in 2010. The Association says the meat is of inferior quality but is all profit for PNG importers.

-- http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20131119/news01.htm





Mobile Banking

A conference in Sydney has been told how a micro banking organisation in PNG is helping 400 female market stallholders shake off predatory fee collectors and keep their market takings safe.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?d761d6





Coming Events

Note: please verify any date mentioned as dates change and events can sometimes get cancelled. Of course I may also put down a wrong date.

Christmas Day - 25th December 2013

Boxing Day - 26th December 2013

New Year's Day - 1st January 2014

Full Pacific Games - PNG 4th July to 18th July 2015 -- http://giaman.com/pg/?081f78

5th Melanesian Festival of Arts - July 2014 -- http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20130322/news05.htm

Pacific Mini Games - Vanuatu 2017

2018 - APEC summit to be held in Port Moresby.

Do you have an event that you want advertised? - Use the submission form located at -- http://www.pnggossip.com/misc/ctc.html




PNG Media


Interested in having your own Web Site? Worried about the cost? It may be cheaper than you think. Take a look at pricing at the PNG Web Hosting site. Sites with space for unlimited data storage and data transfer per month start from less than US$5.00 per month. -- DOT COM Domains from US$9.00 per year. All plans come with 24 hour a day / 7 day a week ticket / phone support

 

If a friend has given or sent you a copy of this newsletter and you would like to keep receiving free copies then please visit -- ../news/index.html -- for instructions on how to join the list.

Articles for this Newsletter

If you think you have a PNG page worth mentioning then please click here and use the submission form

To send a message for submission to the PNG Gossip Newsletter queue please click here and use the submission form.



If you want to subscribe please fill out the application on the following page.

If you want to unsubscribe then select the unsubscribe option on the next page.

 
ArchivesView PNG Gossip Newsletter Archive

 

Search Newsletters
Newsletter Home
Newsletter Index
Previous Newsletter
Next Newsletter
Most Recent Newsletter

-- THE END --

In Tok Pisin - em tasol

For other ways of saying "the end" please pay a visit to -- ../emtasol

Some of the ways of saying "that's all" are courtesy of Liz and her friends at the University of Technology in Lae. -- http://www.unitech.ac.pg

If you can add to this list then please click here and use the submission form.

Information contained in this newsletter may be correct only at the time of publication and may be subject to change at any time without notice.



Created 26 Nov 2013
Updated 6 Dec 2013


Sponsored by
www.michie.net

©2013 -- Gia Mann