Theft and skulduggery in the PNGSDP
By PNG Echo The dubious conditions of the sale of an asset of the Papua New Guinea Sustainable Development Program (PNGSDP) called Cloudy Bay Sustainable Forestry (Cloudy Bay) to the brothers Elomar...
View ArticleSupreme Court decision – Justice for women (but not enough)
By PNG Echo No pregnant mother in PNG can ever again be accused of the draconian charge of ‘killing an unborn baby’ under section 312 of the criminal code – an offense that carries a maximum sentence...
View ArticleNo one is above the law…except Gari Baki!
If you’ve already made the assumption that this article is about the brutalising of the child by special police in Kimbe, West New Britain – you are, in part, correct, but only in part. Because, with...
View ArticleGari Baki’s crackdown: Shameless hypocrisy
By PNG Echo The truism that a fish rots from the head (that problems in an organization all stem from its leadership) was clearly not uppermost in Commissioner of Police, Royal Papua New Guinea...
View ArticleWho’s sorry now? Appointment of new Chief Justice
It makes no sense as to why the decision of who would be the new Chief Justice (CJ) hadn’t been well and truly decided before 31 October (2018) when Sir Salamo’s tenure ran out, does it? I mean they’ve...
View ArticleAPEC: An international public relations disaster
By PNG Echo I’ve always thought of Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill, as Mr Teflon – nothing sticks. Indeed, he has withstood many a serious allegation of corruption/theft and emerged, relatively unscathed...
View ArticleBougainville: an opinion extracted from a feature in ‘Plus’ magazine.
By Chris Baria (Read the extract below or read the whole feature here: https://issuu.com/home/published/plus_may19_issuu ) The Autonomous Region of Bougainville with its own government was an interim...
View ArticleEverything changes, and we are too.
Welcome to the all new PNG Echo. Paga Ring Road, Port Moresby after the 8 Km Sunday walk of WYFL initiative. We are changing our focus from a purely political page to a monthly lifestyle magazine for...
View ArticleSupreme Court Judge accused of misconduct by defence counsel
By PNG Echo Cairns lawyer Mr Toby (I) Sciacca with the alleged consent and backing of Papua New Guinean lawyer Mr Robinson Namiliu has accused National and Supreme Court Judge, Derek Hartshorn, of...
View ArticleIndependence Day message from Hon Simon Pentanu speaker of the ABG Parliament...
As we celebrate Independence Day for 2019, I want to reflect on the upcoming referendum and the future political path of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. As a Bougainvillean and a Papua New...
View ArticleBougainville beware!
The grapevine is abuzz with reports of rumblings from the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) that they want to defer next year’s ABG elections to “beyond June,” and even up to a year. By this...
View ArticleAnd still that ill-wind blows: Is the Bougainvillean referendum an expensive...
A few years back, I published an article here on PNG Echo entitled ‘An ill wind blows in Bougainville” and it seems that the wind has still not abated but is it gathering momentum? It is well-known...
View ArticleBougainville and the slippery-slope argument
By PNG Echo Although Prime Minister Marape says he is on a course to “Take back PNG,” the result of the Bougainville plebiscite suggests he’s not winning. And while we’re all aware that independence...
View ArticleNation building and Prime Minister Marape
By PNG Echo. Papua New Guinea (PNG) has been an independent, legal State for over 44 years. Nevertheless, it is arguable whether it is a ‘nation/state’. Pulling together such a diverse population into...
View ArticlePeter Yama: A wolf in sheep’s clothing
On the website of the Special Parliamentary Committee Against Gender-Based Violence is a public submission by the mother of a GBV victim. In the submission, she states that it will never be safe for...
View ArticleThe Kramer Effect
By PNG Echo The people of Papua New Guinea have always been Kramer’s pawns. He rode to power on the back of popular issues that he promised to solve, including the promise to bring powerful (and...
View ArticleGender-based violence: where are we going wrong? (Because we are)
By PNG Echo I have been advocating in the space of gender-based violence now for a dozen (or more) years and can honestly say that I feel I’ve achieved a huge ‘zero.’ Many women have been at it for a...
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