PNG Gossip Newsletter - 6 Dec 2014

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Neo Melanesian

"Pidgin English"

Neo Melanesian English
long along
long at
long because of
long tall
long than
long to
long bek backwards
long halivim instead of
long hap? there
long namel long? through
long olgeta ples everywhere
long sampela hap somewhere
long / longpela long
long? for
longlong / het i pas stupid
longlong; waia i lus crazy
sevis service
takis tax
teksi taxi

Webster's Online Dictionary
with Multilingual Thesaurus Translation

       

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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

Soldiers confront cops at 4-Mile -- http://giaman.com/pg/?d0f7e7

Sydney money managers lose $10 million of PNG taxpayer funds -- http://giaman.com/pg/?f86f63

Government takes serious look at order on deportation -- http://www.thenational.com.pg/?q=node/79186

Gateshead Thunder's PNG imports excited to play for Stanley Gene -- http://giaman.com/pg/?7fdbbb

Pini misses out on semis -- http://giaman.com/pg/?c3c231

West Papua summit delegates stranded -- http://giaman.com/pg/?04226c

Zurenuoc: Parkop is not a Governor -- http://www.thenational.com.pg/?q=node/79194

UNHCR urges Aust to release child refugees -- http://giaman.com/pg/?4dc609





Misc. Links

"Grace" realized my potential: Pias -- http://giaman.com/pg/?fe0324

PNG Mining and Petroleum Conference -- http://giaman.com/pg/?d8d23e

No cost to donate blood -- http://www.thenational.com.pg/?q=node/79187





PNG Images

Many photos can be found at this site -- http://www.vladsokhin.com/work/crying-meri

"Guavas and Bananas, Living Gay in PNG" -- https://vimeo.com/87629545

https://www.facebook.com/EMTVonline


News Items

IMF Cautions PNG

With the liquefied natural gas (LNG) production and exports starting in PNG the resource sector growth is projected to surge next year. But PNG has been cautioned that spill over to the rest of the economy may be more limited. This is from the executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?b3a0f0





6th PNG Games

The sixth PNG games have come to a close. The final results are being tallied up but it would appear Morobe province came in first with the National Capital District second and Central third.

-- http://www.pnggames.org.pg





Resource Wealth Conversion

The United Nations Development Programme says it's not too late for PNG to convert its resource wealth into sustainable benefits for its citizens' wellbeing.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?47b845





Nadzab Held Up

Staff and passengers at PNG's second biggest airport were held up while waiting for an early morning flight recently. A group of 30 men with guns and machetes kept passengers captive for about two hours while they ransacked offices. -- http://giaman.com/pg/?407476

Australian officials say the men armed with pistols, rifles, homemade guns and machetes descended on Nadzab airport, about 40 kilometres from the port town of Lae.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?fa1d7c

Locals shocked by hold-up -- http://giaman.com/pg/?49437d





Building Flaws Worrying

Non-Compliance and lack of enforcement is said to be lacking in the country's building industry, with concerns being raised that this is a "disaster waiting to happen".

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?fbca0f





Religious Freedom Celebrated

Thousands of people from various Christian denominations marched in Port Moresby in an Adventist-organized celebration of the religious freedom that they enjoy on the South Pacific island nation.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?6745ed





Cricket Skills

Two PNG cricketers are honing their sills in the Canberra (Australia) first-grade competition. Jack Vare and PNG teammate Assad Vala are using the stint as vital preparation for their PNG's attempt to qualify for the 2016 Twenty20 World Cup.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?4c8c46





Reporting Gone Downhill

The reporting on Papua New Guinea issues is said to have gone downhill in the year since the Australian Associated Press closed its PNG bureau.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?846013





Air Niugini

The National Airline, Air Niugini, has taken delivery of a Boeing B767 aircraft to be used while one of its B767's is in for maintenance. The aircraft is fitted with 247 seats, including business and economy class.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?431153





Niugini Aviation

Niugini Aviation owned by Roxon and Ruth Undi from the resource rich area of Ialibu in the Southern Highlands has three aircraft. They bought (or leased) their first Cessna 206 six seater aircraft from the Seventh Day Adventist Church. The airline's operating licence was approved in 2013. Some rumours have gone around to say this airline is currently grounded and planes are parked at Jackson's next to the Aero Club. Many of the companies flying in PNG have similar names.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?e02733





Drifters Released

Two Papua New Guinea men who spent five months adrift at sea in a small boat have been released from hospital in the Federated States of Micronesia. 54-year-old Michael Bolong and 28-year-old Ambros Wavut left Lihir Island in PNG's New Ireland province in July, but ran out of fuel and were caught in a storm.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?a948b7





Telikom Transmitter Upgrade

Telecommunication customers in the Highlands region will reportedly soon benefit from improved voice, internet and data services after national fixed line incumbent Telikom PNG commissioned a new link between Madang and Mount Hagen. According to local press source The National, the high capacity network (HCN) link forms part of a major project being undertaken by Telikom PNG under which it aims to overhaul its national transmission network, with the new connection expected to replace a 20-year-old legacy radio link connecting the Highlands provinces into Lae and Madang.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?6357b9





Oil and Gas

Arbitration talks taking place in London could have a major influence on the future development of Papua New Guinea's oil and gas industry.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?829fbf





Bilateral Aid Effectiveness

On 4 December 2014, the Australian Senate referred the following matter to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report by 26 November 2015:

The delivery and effectiveness of Australia's bilateral aid program in PPNG.

The closing date for submissions is 27 March 2015.

Committee Secretariat contact:

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Phone: +61 2 6277 3535
Fax: +61 2 6277 5818
fadt.sen@aph.gov.au

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?926c2e





HMPNGS Lakekamu

A ceremony was held recently to mark the commissioning of the Landing Craft Heavy HMPNGS Lakekamu into service with the Defence Force (PNGDF).

HMPNGS Lakekamu was formerly the Royal Australia Navy Landing Craft Heavy HMAS Labuan, which was decommissioned from Australian service at a ceremony in Cairns last month.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?e13a74

HMPNGS Lakekamu has been named after the Lakekamu River, in Gulf Province, south-western Papua New Guinea, and is the first PNGDF vessel to bear that name.





Talisman Asset Bid

Oil Search Ltd has bid more than US$300 million (K787m) to buy Talisman Energy's assets in Western, a move that could accelerate an expansion of the Pacific nation's flagship gas-export facility, The Wall Street Journal reported.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?f27700





Aussie and PNG PM's Meet

The Prime Ministers of Papua New Guinea and Australia have had an opportunity to discuss bilateral issues when they meet in Canberra recently.

PM O'Neill said he and the Australian Prime Minister have a good working relationship and have regular contact.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?ac2762





IPLC Service Launched

Digicel Business has launched its International Private Leased Circuit (IPLC) Service with key clients at the 13th Papua New Guinea Mining and Petroleum Investment Conference held at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney.

Head of Business Solutions for Digicel Pacific, Gary Cobain said, "Customers were the driving force behind the business growth and continued investment in new products and services such as the IPLC service."

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?ec30c1





New-look Opposition

The new opposition leader, Don Polye, says the Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's economic management will be his government's undoing.

Don Polye recently replaced Belden Namah as opposition leader after bringing his Triumph, Heritage Empowerment Party over to the opposition ranks and more than doubling its number of MPs.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?c00e62





High Arctic Deal

High Arctic has signed a two-year deal with InterOil for a second heli-portable drilling rig in PNG.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?aceead





New Caledonia Export to PNG

New Caledonia may be on the way to making its first export to Papua New Guinea. This is in the textile industry and by one of its small to medium enterprise (SME) which participated in the just concluded Second Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Investment Roadshow and Trade Fair in Port Moresby.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?e0de87





New Immigration Detention Centre

It is believed Australia is building a new immigration detention facility at Bomana, near Port Moresby, that PNG officials say is specifically for asylum seekers currently on Manus Island.

Australian Federal Immigration Minister Scott Morrison, said "I can confirm that the Department will be building an immigration transit facility in Papua New Guinea,"

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?0f1ece





Pacific Forum

Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has distanced his country from moves to exclude Australia and New Zealand from the Pacific Islands Forum.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?0313af





"Crying Meri" Launched

Photojournalist Vlad Sokhin has risked his life to document and raise awareness of gender and sorcery-related violence in Papua New Guinea. One of the results of his work, which he has undertaken since January 2012, was the book Crying Meri: Violence Against Women in Papua New Guinea.

The Crying Meri book was launched in September 2014 at Visa Pour L'Image photojournalism festival in France and in PNG's Parliament House in Port Moresby on the 24th of November, 2014 - the day before White Ribbon Day, promoting the campaign to stop violence against women.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?1340b8

-- http://www.vladsokhin.com/work/crying-meri/





Coming Events

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

Christmas Day - 25 December 2014

Boxing Day - 26 December 2014

MV Ammari to visit PNG in 2015 -- http://giaman.com/pg/?b0355c

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

Trade Pasifika - 2016 in Port Moresby

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




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