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Chief Justice charged with perverting course of justice

07/03/2012 12:51
MEDIA RELEASE by POLICE HQ MEDIA UNIT March 06, 2012 Chief Justice Sir Salamo arrested and charged with perverting course of justice CHIEF Justice Sir Salamo Injia was today formerly arrested and charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice, detained at the Boroko Police...

PNG Chief Justice arrested and charged

06/03/2012 16:20
Chief Justice Sir Salamo Injia   Armed policemen entered the Supreme Court precinct in Port Moresby this morning and arrested Papua New Guinea’s Chief Justice Sir Salamo Injia. News of Sir Injia’s arrest broke on PNG social media networks with Port Moresby-based lawyers and court...

Indon bagans could be solution to declining fish stock

01/03/2012 13:26
The Indonesian "bagan" built in Kiribati. Picture courtesy of SPC.   It looks like a house partially submerged in the ocean but this wooden structure could be the solution to the food insecurity threat that hangs over the Pacific Islands. The 10 square meter structure is called...

O'Neill strips Polye of finance portfolio

28/02/2012 00:18
   Treasurer Don Polye has been stripped of his finance portfolio by PM Peter O'Neill.      The siege tactics that Southern Highlands landowners have subjected the Finance and National Planning departments to is creating cracks in the O’Neill government with...

O'Neill government's 'Gestapo' monitoring under fire

26/02/2012 00:49
Government of parliament-elected PM Peter O'Neill under fire.   The O’Neill government’s "monitoring" of emails, mobile phones and social media to identify sources of anti-government information in Papua New Guinea has come under fire. Ben Micah, a controversial former MP who now...

Somare: I am having a second thought about retiring

17/02/2012 08:23
  Papua New Guinea’s court-reinstated Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare has indicated he is rethinking his retirement plans and could contest the coming general election. Speaking to Radio Australia, the veteran MP said the chain of events that followed last December’s contentious...

Pacific deep sea mining framework under fire

16/02/2012 15:08
NGOs warn deep sea mining could impact on Pacific's marine resources.   The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has come under fire over a proposal to establish a regional legislative and regulatory framework for deep sea mineral exploration and mining in the Pacific...

Loko: Telikom invested in upgrading its network and people

15/02/2012 08:19
  Suspended CEO Peter Loko has refuted charges that Telikom PNG Ltd entered into illegal contracts and unauthorised payments totalling over K1 billion ($A400 million). The executive took to social media last night to give his side of the story after Sir Mekere Morauta, the Minister...

Morauta: Telikom PNG Ltd on the verge of insolvency

14/02/2012 20:00
  Telikom PNG Ltd employees face an uncertain future warns Sir Mekere. Picture courtesy of IPBC   State-owned telecommunications company Telikom PNG Ltd is on the verge of insolvency, State Enterprise Minister Sir Mekere Morauta revealed today. The former Prime Minister, who...

Belinda's incomplete journey

13/02/2012 20:01
The late Belinda John Kembu who was a passenger on the ill-fated journey of MV Rabaul Queen.  Picture and story by Alexander Nara.   It was not just an ordinary Christmas holiday for Belinda John Kembu when she travelled to Kimbe three weeks ago to see her parents and...
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