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Lae City Dwellers Return to a Rousing Welcome -- http://giaman.com/pg/?77b0b8
Locals graduate in Personal Viability training -- http://giaman.com/pg/?936f4e
Police Prosecutors Needed to Tackle Increasing Crime Cases -- http://giaman.com/pg/?479c50
Protest ban in PNG capital stirs anger -- http://giaman.com/pg/?4816f4
City Plan Did Not Dictate Development -- http://giaman.com/pg/?4de398
PNG Hunters change kick-off times after security concerns -- http://giaman.com/pg/?893c80
PNG Tourism seeks a boom -- http://giaman.com/pg/?31d1dd
Koki Vendors To Defend Land Title -- http://giaman.com/pg/?792d70
Grenade Found in Lae House -- http://giaman.com/pg/?6815e3
Misc. Links
Volunteers Wanted: A Remote Tribe in PNG is Looking for 10 People to Join the Community -- http://giaman.com/pg/?fd280b
Watch: Running PNG With Anna Frost -- http://giaman.com/pg/?7c1bce
Walindi Plantation Resort photos -- http://giaman.com/pg/?57106e
Wiping our arses on PNG's history -- http://giaman.com/pg/?7069a8
The future of Papua New Guinea: old challenges for new leaders -- http://giaman.com/pg/?7459ad
PNG in a changing world -- http://giaman.com/pg/?21c598
Chan has no regrets over handling of Sandline affair -- http://giaman.com/pg/?243362
Excavating Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA from the genomes of Melanesian individuals -- http://giaman.com/pg/?73a29e
Old 666 -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_666
Cost of visiting PNG expensive: Tour operator -- http://giaman.com/pg/?669564
'Law of the Jungle in PNG' confirms its second half line-up! -- http://giaman.com/pg/?2f3715
News Items
FIFA Fines PNG
FIFA have fined and warned PNG for failing to play the second leg of the women's Olympic qualifying playoff match. The PNG federation blamed visa issues for the withdrawal.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?2f15c6
FIFA Under 20 Women's Football World Cup Draw -- http://giaman.com/pg/?6067e7
World Language Ranking
Atlas & Boots have ranked countries in order of number of languages. The top five countries are
1 Papua New Guinea with a total of 839 languages, followed by Indonesia with 707 in second place and then 3 Nigeria 526
4 India 454
5 United States 422
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?e54fd8
Senso Daughters
Senso Daughters focuses on the legacy of the Japanese occupation of PNG during the Second World War. It is a legacy that arises from rape, starvation and terror. Sekiguchi's documentary lets the residents of PNG, especially the women, tell the story of their three years under Japanese Army rule.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?dfe997
Swire Ups PNG Coverage
Swire Shipping is launching a monthly direct call to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea from New Zealand and Fiji, with effect from May 4, 2016.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?8b21eb
Malaria in Madang
According to the Madang town clinic there were 471 malaria patients in the month of February this year in Madang.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?caea89
Protest Ban In Capital
Police banned any protest march at the resumption of parliament in Port Moresby. This comes amid plans by a number of groups, including the Voice of Melanesia, to stage a peaceful march on parliament.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?39d6fa
No Zika in PNG
The PNG Health Department says there is no Zika virus outbreak though there were confirmed cases of Zika virus.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?47560f
Kidu Sues Film Company
Carol Kidu is suing independent Sydney film house Media Stockade she says seriously misrepresented her role in a Port Moresby property stoush. Worse, she says, the filmmakers secured her involvement in their documentary, as well as Australian government funding for it, under false pretences.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?9db9cb
Homo Sapien History
Scientists have discovered that Homo sapiens - that's us - made more babies with the archaic human like species than first thought. Researchers have analysed DNA sequences from 35 people living on Northern Island Melanesia, off the coast of PNG. These Melanesians were found to have about 2 percent Neanderthal ancestry, plus an additional genetic contribution of about 2 to 4 per cent from Denisovans.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?1ef7e3
PNG Fund Raiser
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's Peoples National Congress Party (PNC) has raised over 6 million kina at the party's fundraising dinner held recently at the Sir John Guise Indoor Complex in Port Moresby.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?70cef8
PNG LNG Rated Highly
According to Ben Micah, Petroleum and Energy Minister, liquefied natural gas from PNG is rated very highly.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?9efd66
Koiari LLG School
Kailaki Primary School, a remote school in the Koiari LLG of Central Province, has received a new double classroom funded by the provincial government at a cost of K150,000.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?3cc448
Solomon Islands Football
The PNG men's football team has headed of the Solomon Islands for two friendly soccer matches. After the short stint by the team in the Solomon Islands, they will then prepare for a match against Korea on the 5th of May.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?56369b
Man Shot By Police
It has been reported that a man in his early 20s, from Southern Highlands province, was shot and injured by a group of men on the Magi Highway, just outside of Port Moresby recently. It is alleged that the group of men are police officers.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?7ab9ab
Expensive PNG Property
Property in PNG especially in the National Capital can be expensive. PNG has one of the most unusual land law systems in the world. Upon attaining independence in 1975, virtually all land in PNG was placed under customary ownership. It is estimated that some 97 percent of land in Papua New Guinea remains customary land. These figures are relatively unique to Melanesia, with Vanuatu holding approximately 98 percent of its land under customary title, and Fiji holding 90 percent.
As such, the value of the tiny amount of alienated land that exists in PNG has skyrocketed. Property prices for non-customary land are exorbitantly high in PNG, with house prices currently hovering around USD$510,000.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?58d255
Bougainville Roads
A recently completed K11.6 million roadwork project in Arawa employed local contractors and created local jobs. The resealing of town roads in Arawa complements other works in the area supported by Australia including four other roads in Arawa in 2012 and from Arakawau into Arawa, about 25km in total.
-- http://png.embassy.gov.au/pmsb/597.html
No-confidence Motion
The PNG Opposition has launched a new attempt to unseat the country's Government, the third time it has sought to hold a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister since October last year. The PNG Government has labelled the motion a "waste of time".
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?0f5a8c
Govt's Priorities Questioned
PNG's registrar of Political Parties, Alphonse Gelu, has questioned the government's method of prioritising legislation before the parliament. Dr Gelu said he was frustrated legislation he helped develop to revise the Organic Law on the Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates had not made it onto parliament's agenda before the 2017 election.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?2884e5
Kina Petroleum
Kina Petroleum Limited has announced that it will exit exploration license PPL 337 in PNG after failing to encounter commercial quantities of hydrocarbons. Following the evaluation of drilling results, Kina has concluded that "there is insufficient remaining prospectivity in the license to warrant further exploration work, particularly given the current oil price climate."
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?92a82b
Constant Power Blackouts
Constant power blackouts in Papua New Guinea's main cities have been blamed by the prime minister on "human misconduct". The blame is being directed towards staff at PNG Power, amid a nationwide strike by workers over outstanding entitlements.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?f08092
Girls' Cricket Program
Cricket PNG has officially launched the Girls Empowerment Through (GET) Kriket programme for the year at Amini Park on International Women's Day. The main aim of the GET Kriket programme is to increase female participation in playing hard ball cricket and empower young girls through educational sessions.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?1e1fde
Cuts Won't Reduce Health
The PNG health minister has told parliament that public health will not be compromised by cuts of $US16 million dollars to the religious organisations that provide a large part of health services across the country.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?f0c88f
Ports Mired in Controversy
The directors of the Ahi and Labu landowner companies in Morobe Province have said "The introduction of a new foreign partner with little or no PNG experience, at the expense of viable majority-owned PNG businesses, is an insult to all Papua New Guineans and contradicts oft-stated government ambitions to increase local participation in our nation's economy," after being excluded from a PNG Ports Corporation tender for terminal services.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?667d74
PNG Seeks IMF Loan
Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill, says the country's central bank is trying to borrow $330 million ($US250 million) from the International Monetary Fund to help solve the country's foreign exchange problems. O'Neill said the loan would be used to clear the foreign exchange requests of major fuel and rice companies.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?1ffdde
Ok Tedi Loss
It's been revealed, that PNG lost around 2-billion Kina, following the temporary shutdown of Ok Tedi Mine last August.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?a8c66b
Cassava Beer
South Pacific Brewery wants to brew a new cassava-based beer, in a move that could be a boon for farmers in the country.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?7310ba
World's Worst Clean Water Access
PNG, where 60% of the population live without a safe water supply, has the poorest access to clean water in the world, according to a study released to mark World Water Day. A report on the state of the world's water showed Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Chad and Mozambique joining Papua New Guinea in the bottom five of a table ranking countries according to the percentage of households with access to clean water.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?9b7920
Crocodile Prize
There is no turning back. The Croc is going to live in Papua New Guinea and that's that. For its six-year life, the Crocodile Prize has been an evolving and moveable feast. Not quite making it up as it went along but close.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?da0686
BMobile-Vodafone Expanding
Bmobile-Vodafone has opened another flagship store in Top Town, Lae, located at the Post PNG building complex. Marketing manager Deepak Khanna described the opening as a "big moment" for the company, that was until 2014, struggling to compete with rival Digicel.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?69fc94
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major challenge to public health worldwide. In 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that approximately 9.6 million people developed TB globally and about 480,000 were infected with multidrug-resistant TB strains.
Poor living conditions contribute to TB in PNG.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?229d40
PNG Air Profit
PNG Air has recorded a "significant turnaround" in 2015 with a profit of K4.21 million, according to its report to the Port Moresby Stock Exchange. The airline directors said 2015 was a momentous year for the airline, with its first two new ATR 72-600 aircraft joining the fleet, and the airline re-branded as Papua New Guinea Air.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?ddcaad
MP Travel Clampdown
Powes Parkop, governor of Port Moresby, says major savings are unlikely to be achieved as a result of new travel restrictions on civil servants and MPs.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?8feb7b
Popondetta Water Woes
Popondetta town in Northern province urgently needs a backup water source to maintain its supply. Water PNG Popondetta Business Centre Manager, Kingsley Waike, confirmed with local TV station - EMTV - that there is only one source, which is the temporary dam that supplies the whole town area.
-- http://giaman.com/pg/?39bfb6
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.
41st running of the Game Fishing Titles, hosted by the New Britain Game Fishing Club, on now - 19 March to the 28 March -- http://www.gfa.com.pg/
PNG Golf Open - end of April 2016
3rd Trade Pasifika - 2016 in Port Moresby
12th Festival of Pacific Arts 22 May to 4 June 2016 (Hagatna, Guam)
The ABU Pacific Media Partnership Conference 2016 - 24 to 27 August in Port Moresby -- http://giaman.com/pg/?473731
2016 8th FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup tournament (13 Nov - 3 Dec, Port Moresby) -- http://giaman.com/pg/?18525e
Christmas Day - 25 December 2016
Boxing Day - 26 December 2016
New Year's Day - 1st January 2017
Surfing Association PNG - World Surf League tour championship in January 2017
Pacific Mini Games - Vanuatu 2017
2018 - APEC summit to be held in Port Moresby -- http://giaman.com/pg/?a3e64e
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