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How to remove corruptly obtained PNG funds overseas -- http://giaman.com/pg/?9f5928
Former Australian prosecutor denies advising on PNG bribes -- http://giaman.com/pg/?dad85f
Refugee who claimed he was tricked into appearing in media campaign signed release form, PNG says -- http://giaman.com/pg/?cd4bbf
Beckenridge's movements investigated -- http://giaman.com/pg/?458c59
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has met the French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development -- http://giaman.com/pg/?48c98d . He also met Donald Tusk, President of the European Council -- http://giaman.com/pg/?c685c5
PNG to increase and create Jobs Through Engagement with Europe -- http://giaman.com/pg/?f9a6e9
Polye calls for independent investigations into Education department -- http://giaman.com/pg/?3eb158
Antelope LNG marches on in PNG -- http://giaman.com/pg/?a097fb
Misc. Links
Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic Launches New Guinea Voyage -- http://giaman.com/pg/?8c23d1
7 Best Places to Visit in Papua New Guinea That Are Safe and Beautiful -- http://giaman.com/pg/?2eee39
Rare birds make Papua New Guinea a desirable destination for birdwatch -- http://giaman.com/pg/?4b829b
Not appy in Melanesia -- http://giaman.com/pg/?33b7f3
Papua New Guinea Legislation Indexes -- http://www.paclii.org/pg/indices/legis/
PNG Images
Air Niugini Fokker F100 - 1st Landing in Vanuatu! First flight from Port Moresby -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8Dkuwl_Jo4
News Items
Pacific Games
PNG confident of hosting 2015 games -- http://giaman.com/pg/?af5654
Over 300 PNG Defence Force soldiers will be engaged in the Pacific Games Security Operations. Army Commander, Gilbert Toropo, said what is important in keeping the peace and security during the Pacific Games is discipline and he expects his men and women to show that during the games security operation.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?89f804
The police commissioner of the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) has assured athletes and visitors attending next month's Pacific Games that they will be safe in Port Moresby. The police will use two Israeli-supplied surveillance balloons to monitor the various games venues and coordinate responses.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?b65ee7
Residents baulk at removal of razor wire in PNG capital -- http://giaman.com/pg/?118245
Amateur boxing wants best in Port Moresby -- http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=310289
Aquatic Centre to be Tested -- http://giaman.com/pg/?5a07bd
Over 70 PMV's and 40 smaller vehicles will be used to transport athletes and officials during the games. People trying to commute to work during the games will suffer due to the loss of 70 buses.
Pacific Games on TV
Live coverage of the Pacific Games will be available to viewers in Australia on the National Indigenous Television (NITV) network. NITV will bring audiences all the sporting action when the tournament kicks off from the 4th of July. In two Australian firsts, viewers will be able to catch all the Games' action on free-to-air television and cheer on favourite Pacific athletes as they compete in four sporting areas for the first time.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?308cef
Broadcast Schedule:
Saturday 4 July 1900 - 2130 LIVE: Opening Ceremony Sunday 5 July - Friday 17 July - 1300-1930 LIVE: Daily Coverage Saturday 18 July 1300-2200 LIVE: Daily Coverage and Closing Ceremony
There will also be a 12pm daily highlights show between Sunday 5 July and Sunday 19 July, recapping all the action from the day before.
-- http://www.nitv.org.au
Pacific Games Relay
The running of the 2015 Pacific Games are not far away and the Games Relay Baton has made its way on a special trip to Cairns in Australia. The Games Relay Baton is now in Central province. It has also visited Arawa in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?f17396
Pacific Games Relay visits East New Britain province -- http://giaman.com/pg/?52640a
AFP to Help at Games
The Australian Federal Police say they will work with the Papua New Guinea police force to ensure security throughout the duration of the Pacific Games in Port Moresby in July.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?daf0f6
Mt Hagen
Police in Mt Hagen have appealed for calm following a recent riot by high school students. Students rampaged over the death of a fellow student in a roadside accident, amid tensions between locals and settlers from Eastern Highlands.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?c57120
Cricketers Beaten
The Netherlands have beaten PNG by five wickets in a rain-interrupted one day cricket match in Amsterdam.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?9ce180
Residents Clean Port Moresby
Communities living on the NCD and Central province border have joined in the clean-up of the Moresby North East Electorate, mobilising in smaller groups and cleaning the roadside.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?c727c8
Caritas Hall Opened
Port Moresby 2015 have announced the Caritas Hall venue is officially open, while Steamships will be the title sponsor of the POM Racquets Club as preparations continue ahead of the Pacific Games, due to begin on the 4th of July.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?adf9c1
ACP Leaders' Summit
PNG has offered to host the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group Leaders' Summit in 2016.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?628726
ATR 72 Aircraft
It was announced at the recent Paris Air Show that a retrofitted combi version of an existing ATR 72 aircraft will be launched by an airline operating in PNG.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?7f0394
Airlines of PNG to debut new ATR 72 Combi this year -- http://giaman.com/pg/?2ad0f4
Relations with China
Acting Prime Minister Leo Dion has said PNG is satisfied with the maturity of the country's relations with China. The Acting Prime Minister Dion made this known during a meeting held recently with the Special Envoy for China-Pacific Islands Forum Dialogue His Excellency H.E Qiwen.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?b6d90d
Long Term Dredging Deal
Ok Tedi Mining Ltd (OTML) has awarded Dredging International a five and a half year extension of its contract to remove mine-derived sediment from the lower Ok Tedi river system in the Western province.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?260790
Ambassador for Refugees
Award winning artist and one of PNG's top musicians in the country Anslom Nakikus has been announced as the new Ambassador for Refugee in PNG during the World Refugee Day celebrations.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?ddf541
Oil and Gas Strategic Analysis
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4d7z8x/papua_new_guinea) has announced the addition of the "Papua New Guinea Oil and Gas Strategic Analysis and Outlook to 2025 - Forecasts of Supply, Demand, Investment, Companies and Infrastructure (Fields, Blocks, Pipelines, LNG, Refinery, Storage Assets)" report to their offering.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?f9f6b5
Seafloor Mining
A coalition of Canada-based environmental groups is questioning a study commissioned by Nautilus Minerals that claims mining copper from the seabed causes less disruptions to the environment and local communities than traditional extraction methods.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?6c1ccd
Call for Unity at Climate Talks
Pacific civil society voices are calling on their leaders to take a strong and united position on the fight against climate change to crucial negotiations in Paris later this year.
-- http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=310878
Momis Announces Cabinet
The President of the Autonomous Bougainville Government, Grand Chief Dr John Lawrence Momis has announced seven Members of the Bougainville House of Representatives to the Bougainville Executive Council.
The new Ministers are;
Hon. Albert Punghau (Motuna Huyono) Finance Hon. Jacob Tooke (Baubake) Community Government Hon. Nicholas Darku (North Nasioi) Primary Industries Hon. Robin Wilson (Terra) Mining
Hon. Raymond Masono (Atolls) Public Service Hon. Fidelis Semoso (Tsitalato) Economic Development Hon. Josephine Getsi (Peit) Community Development
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?e8255c
Bougainville economic development ministry -- http://giaman.com/pg/?95c176
Bougainville demands PNG pay up $US143 million -- http://giaman.com/pg/?5d3bcb
World Refugee Day
Saturday, 20 June saw World Refugee Day celebrated not only around the world, but also for the very first time in PNG. Jack Pidik Park in the capital, Port Moresby, was the site for various events and activities on the day that aimed to raise awareness surrounding the dire situation refugees face worldwide.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?931a2f
Nigerians Jailed for Drug Smuggling
After the interception of methamphetamines worth over a million New Zealand Dollars, attempted to be smuggled into New Zealand from PNG, four Nigerians and a New Zealander have received long jail terms for their roles in an international drug smuggling ring.
-- http://allafrica.com/stories/201506191433.html
Energy Licenses
PNG could reallocate as many as 20 of its energy licenses, many of them in the upstream business with major players standing ready to snap them up, the country's minister of petroleum and energy said recently.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?159e9d
Pacific Economic Greening
The Asian Development Bank's energy operations in the Pacific aim to boost energy security, support low-carbon growth and help expand access to modern energy services. For PNG, which is among the largest borrowers from the ADB, the bank said improving the hydropower plants at Port Moresby are among the regional priorities. With most PNG consumers relying on fuel-powered generators, ADB said keeping Port Moresby infrastructure in working order will help reduce fossil fuel consumption.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?5df08c
Madang Festival 2015
The Madang Festival has begun with the Miss Madang Pageant being held at the Madang Resort Sana Room where more than 400 witnessed the event over a dinner to raise funds for the Haus Timbuna (Museum).
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?a373de
Credentials Presented to GG
Fiji's High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea Esala Teleni has presented his credentials to the Governor General of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, Grand Chief Sir Michael Ogio.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?777360
Illegal Fishing Crackdown
Taiwan and PNG have inked a memorandum of understanding in which the two countries agreed to cooperate in cracking down on illegal fishing. The fishery cooperation deal is the first of its kind between the two countries on fishery management cooperation.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?80bb66
Moody's Update
Moody's Investors Service says that lower commodity prices have adversely affected PNG's government's fiscal balance and the country's external payments position. Revenue has come in under budgeted projections, while the current account's return to a surplus last year has not been sufficient to avert an ongoing fall in foreign currency reserves. In addition to the deterioration of the external payments position and the imposition of currency controls, the public sector has recently incurred more cross-border debt, notably a private sector loan to finance a stake in Oil Search.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?b9630d
Gulf Governor Arrested
The Governor of Gulf province has been arrested on a new charge of misuse of public funds while out on bail.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?3efb57
Asylum Seekers Join Legal Challenge
Almost a third of the asylum seekers at the Australian-run immigration centre on Manus Island are challenging their detention, after 277 of them were added to an ongoing case in PNG. The case will argue the detention of asylum seekers on Manus Island has breached at least 8 parts of PNG's constitution, including the right to liberty, freedom of movement, information about detention and access to a lawyer.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?2b1e85
Australia's Policy on Migrants Questioned After Smuggler Says He Was Bribed to Turn Back -- http://giaman.com/pg/?7c49dd
BSP Loans
BSP is committed to helping Small to Medium Businesses (SMEs) in Papua New Guinea grow and this is evident in the fact that more than 14,000 SME's are using the bank's Smart Business Account and have direct access to finance via the BSP Smart Business Loan.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?13430c
Geoffrey Vaki Found Guilty
Former police commissioner, Geoffrey Vaki, has been found guilty of contempt for not arresting the country's prime minister on corruption charges. A court has been told Geoffrey Vaki wilfully disobeyed when he refused to arrest the prime minister, Peter O'Neill, in June last year after a PNG anti-corruption taskforce, Sweep, linked him to allegedly fraudulent multimillion-dollar payments by the government to a Port Moresby law firm.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?deff33
O3b Networks Helps Digicel
O3b Networks is providing additional trunking services to Digicel PNG, the Digicel Group's largest market. Digicel started O3bTrunk services in July 2014, increased the capacity in February 2015, and only three months later increased the capacity again, nearly a 150% increase in data throughput from the initial start of service.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?72c150
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.
MV Ammari visiting PNG -- http://giaman.com/pg/?b0355c Ship Locator -- http://ywamships.org.au/ship-locator/
Port Moresby Road Runners Endurance Challenge Final Round - 28th of June 2015
Pacific Games - PNG 4 to 18 July 2015 -- http://giaman.com/pg/?081f78
Remembrance Day, 23 July 2015
National Day of Repentance, 26 August 2015
PNG Medical Symposium, usually held in September
Pacific Islands Forum meeting will be held in Papua New Guinea in September
Goroka Show, September 2015 -- http://giaman.com/pg/?dad899
PNG Independence Day, 16 September 2015
Morobe Show, October 2015
Alotau Canoe and Kundu Festival, November 2015
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2015
Christmas Day - 25 December 2015
Boxing Day - 26 December 2015
Trade Pasifika - 2016 in Port Moresby
2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup will be the 8th edition of the tournament (Port Moresby) -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_FIFA_U-20_Women's_World_Cup
Pacific Mini Games - Vanuatu 2017
2018 - APEC summit to be held in Port Moresby.
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