PNG Gossip Newsletter - 26 Feb 2014

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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

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PNG News Links

Women's group welcomes removal of Wewak police commander -- http://giaman.com/pg/?111be8

OFC bans Cook Islands and PNG football officials -- http://giaman.com/pg/?0ae635

P10M aid for 'Yolanda' survivors from Papua New Guinea -- http://giaman.com/pg/?164a23

Poverty Rises Amidst Gold -- http://giaman.com/pg/?88448d

Striker Gunemba riding wave of success -- http://giaman.com/pg/?7ab4be

PNG inflation rate stands at 3.5 per cent -- http://giaman.com/pg/?9d8e42

Indonesia's Growing Maritime Disputes -- http://giaman.com/pg/?575ae8

Respect courts, police told -- http://www.thenational.com.pg/?q=node/64652





Misc. Links

Century old counterfeit press turns up in PNG -- http://giaman.com/pg/?cdb729

Health worker served people PNG -- http://giaman.com/pg/?f01f39

Setting sail for the last frontier -- http://giaman.com/pg/?57ad24

Saudi's Red Sea wins PNG deal -- http://giaman.com/pg/?c64b48





PNG Images

Expert Boatmen Display Skill in Canoes Made by The Australian National Film Board 1958 -- http://giaman.com/pg/?abe32d





PNG Blogs

American embassy in Port Moresby won't support communist UniTech! -- http://giaman.com/pg/?181907

Paraka Will Testify -- http://www.pngblogs.com/2014/02/paraka-will-testify.html

Local mine workers lowest paid -- http://giaman.com/pg/?1acb36

Reasons why students want Albert Shram back -- http://giaman.com/pg/?e0d683


News Items

New Cabinet

Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has announced a cabinet reshuffle which includes the sacking of the influential Minister for Petroleum and Energy, WIlliam Duma. Mr Duma is replaced by Nixon Duban, a member of Mr O'Neill's People's National Congress party. O'Neill said: "I have decided to make these changes after 18 months of government since the 2012 election. My decision has been based on performance, teamwork and stability."

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?61e4bf





Manus Riots

Three more people medivac'd to Port Moresby for treatment after riots in which one man was killed and 77 asylum seekers were injured at a detention centre on Manus Island. The man who died suffered head injuries overnight outside the detention centre where security is the domain of PNG police.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?639a3b

Top cop blames Aussies -- http://www.thenational.com.pg/?q=node/64424

Aust Govt taking this very seriously -- http://www.thenational.com.pg/?q=node/64422

Breakout at Australia's PNG detention centre -- http://giaman.com/pg/?ea1ee3

Flawed Manus Island policy is now an embarrassment -- http://giaman.com/pg/?8e90f3





PNG Hunters

IT IS the first month of the Papua New Guinea Hunters' revolutionary rugby league experiment being conducted in a dilapidated police academy. The Hunters are the first league side where players and coaching staff eat, drink and sleep together every day. Each Hunter is paid exactly the same weekly wage, deposited into bank accounts set up by management. From 20-year-old's to the five Kumul Test players in the team, the pay-packets are identical.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?738d55





UAE Foreign Minister

United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Minister, Abdullah bin Zayed, has stressed the interest of the UAE on opening new horizons for cooperation with the Pacific Island states when he recently met with PNG Foreign Minister, Rimbink Pato. Shaikh Abdullah and Pato also discussed the latest regional and international developments.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?a3039e





Dual Citizenship

The dual citizenship legislation has been passed 90-0 votes that will now allow for that on a reciprocal arrangement. At its first reading in PNG Parliament the vote received an overwhelming 84-0 votes in its favour. Dual citizenship will only be on a reciprocal arrangement with countries willing to share that arrangement with PNG.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?c14305





Judge Awarded K400,000

The PNG National Court in Waigani has awarded more than K400,000 (US$156,400) in damages, in PNG's first and highest in amount, in a defamation case instituted by a judge against a media company.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?021a66





Illegal Currency

PNG authorities are holding an American who tried to smuggle into Bougainville 1.6 million Bougainville kina from the United States. According to the Bank of PNG Governor, Loi Bakani, the money was illegal and the central bank lawyers were looking at possible penalties and working on the charges to be laid.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?51b0ac





LNG Project Lauded

United States Congressman and chair of the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security Homeland Defence and Foreign Operations in the House of Representative Jason Chaffetz has thanked the PNG government for its ongoing support of the PNG LNG project.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?eeb3e6





Haru Gets 4 Years

Ex rugby league and Kumul star Stanley Haru has been sentenced to four years in prison for illegally selling the Kone Tigers oval in Port Moresby.

-- http://dev.postcourier.com.pg/Stories/ex-kumul-haru-gets-four-years





Olive Branch Extended to Bougainville

A landmark visit in January by Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill, to the semi-autonomous island province of Bougainville, has paved the way for reconciliation and renewed commercial interest in the region. O'Neill's visit, which marks the first by a serving prime minister since a ceasefire was signed in 1998, looks set to usher in a new era of relations and investment.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?aed7ed

PNG Govt committed to Bougainville referendum -- http://giaman.com/pg/?65d71f





Australian Federal Justice Minister

Fighting transnational crime and corruption will be on the agenda when the Australian federal justice minister, Michael Keenan, heads to PNG for talks with PNG Attorney-General Kerenga Kua, Police Minister Nixon Duban and other senior officials. He will also visit the Australian Federal Police missions in Port Moresby and Lae to hear about co-operation on policing.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?c7eea6





Volley Ball

PNG is building up to the defence of the gold medal they won at the 2013 Mini Pacific Games in Wallis and Futuna. The PNG Volleyball Federation has its sights set on the Oceania Volleyball Championship in June in Port Moresby.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?f9e7e4





Anti-Graft Commission

Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has said there is overwhelming support from the public for the government to establish an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). O'Neill presented the ICAC Bill to parliament recently and it was unanimously passed 91 votes to 0.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?66de29





Visa on Arrival Ban

From the 1st of March Australian passport holders arriving in PNG without a visa will be repatriated on the next available flight. This means that if you come in from Sydney you may end up in Manila.

-- http://www.thenational.com.pg/?q=node/64419

Aussie Smart Traveller Update -- http://giaman.com/pg/?3a9158

Have visa, Aussies warned -- http://www.thenational.com.pg/?q=node/64647





Air Niugini Board

PNG Public Enterprise Minister Ben Micah has announced changes to Air Niugini Limited's board. Micah said among the changes that Sir Frederick Reiher, who in 2013 served the board as deputy chairman, had since been confirmed to the post of chairman, taking over from Garth McIllwain. He said businessman Sir James Tjoeng assumed office as the board's deputy chairman while the directors would include Ian Tarutia (Nasfund), Ken Harvey (Remington Group of Companies) and Garry Tunstall (Nambawan Super).

PX planes refurbished -- http://giaman.com/pg/?f25fa3





Mining Industry Reforms

The deputy opposition leader, Sam Basil, has commended the mining minister Byron Chan for his determination to reform the mining industry.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?f2b2f6





Pacific Games Mascot

The mascot for the 2015 Pacific Games is the Hornbill, commonly known as the Kokomo. Nicknamed Tura, the Kokomo, the Games mascot, has been officially launched by the chairperson of the Games Organising Committee Emma Waiwai. The name was chosen for the friendly Games coming to Port Moresby and the people of Papua New Guinea who are ever friendly wherever they are.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?97683e

Air Niugini has taken a major step in promoting the 2015 Pacific Games by painting the games logo on three of its aircraft. The Games logo is visible on two Boeing 737's and a Fokker 100 aircraft operated by Air Niugini.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?18b3b1

The 2015 Pacific Games will be held in Port Moresby from the 04th to the 18th July 2015. Twenty two(22) countries in the Pacific are expected to participate in 28 sports. An estimated 4,500 people are expected to converge including 3000 athletes, 1000 technical officials and 500 officials.





Challenges of Doing Business

A new report on 'the Challenges of Doing Business in Papua New Guinea' says law and order and corruption are the biggest problems facing business. The report was produced by the Asian Development Bank and the Institute of National Affairs using an INA survey of 130 businesses, the majority of which are PNG-owned.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?5bbb25





Nestle Plant

Nestle is spending A$9.5m (US$8.5m) on a project at its site in Lae that it said will create 75 jobs. The expansion is expected to see the amount of products manufactured at the facility increase by 30 per cent.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?7be56a





WWII Soldiers

Almost 70 years after they were tortured and executed by Japanese troops on a tiny island off the coast of Papua New Guinea, the remains of two Australian soldiers from the top-secret 'Z' Special Unit have been found and identified and will be buried with full military honours.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?b764bd





Coffee Industry

On Friday (tomorrow) Peter O'Neill will launch new plans to revitalise the coffee industry at the National Park in Goroka.

-- http://www.thenational.com.pg/?q=node/64643





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.

Perth PNGAA Reunion 11 April 2014 at Air force Home Village Complex, Bull Creek 11.30am to 2.30pm

Softball championships in Kokopo - April

5th Melanesian Festival of Arts - July 2014

Rabaul Mask Festival 16 - 21 July

Remembrance Day - 23 July 2014

Wewak Crocodile Festival 5-7 August

National Day of Repentance - 26 of August 2014

Dedication of Plaque Commemorating Battle of Bita Paka - Saturday 6 September 2014 -- https://www.facebook.com/events/560048074067522

Goroka Show 13 - 14 September

Independence Day - 16 September 2014

Morobe Show 11 - 12 October

Alotau Canoe and Kundu Festival 1 - 2 November

6th PNG Games - Lae - November 2014

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - 25 November 2014

Christmas Day - 25 December 2014

Boxing Day - 26 December 2014

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

Pacific Mini Games - Vanuatu 2017

2018 - APEC summit to be held in Port Moresby.

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