via Post Courier online

A new NRI report based on a case study on the Porgera Gold Mine has highlighted the need for a probe into the current payment system.

The report by Peter Johnson recommends the need for EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative) to look at the flaws in the current payment system and pave way for transparency.

By EVAH KUAMIN

STUDENTS from the University of Technology in Lae will boycott classes tomorrow following absolute majority support gained by the Students Representative Council (SRC) for the Judicial Conduct Act to be repealed.

The SRC on Monday this week announced that it had given its full backing to their sister universities around the country to condemn the newly passed Act.

via Radio New Zealand International 

A Papua New Guinea social media practitioner says James Cameron’s historic diving mission has reinforced a message about the need to research and respect the undersea environment.

Yesterday I felt a tremendous sense of pride and maybe a little relief while observing the University of Papua New Guinea Student Representative Council (SRC) Executives give their statements to the press. We can breathe a little easier folks-it looks like the next generation will be getting a better deal when it comes to ‘LEADERS’, because that’s what these young men and women are handling themselves like ‘LEADERS’.

By Jo Chandler, Sydney Morning Herald

Social breakdown means that rape, beatings and even murder are the daily reality of women's lives in PNG, as a new UN investigation confirms.

By NELLIE SETEPANO

From The National

Radio New Zealand: The Papua New Guinea university student leader who led a protest last week over the controversial Judicial Conduct Act dismisses claims by the Attorney General Allan Marat that the action is prompted by students from Enga Province.

Dr Marat says the bill, rushed through Parliament last week, will better define the role and conduct of judges.

It follows repeated efforts by the government to suspend Chief Justice Sir Salamo Injia, who is from Enga.

Sunday 25 March 2012 15:40

Source: PNG Perspective

Alexander Rheeney

Papua New Guinean student protestors and civil society are looking at their options after Prime Minister Peter O’Neill refused to get parliament to repeal the controversial Judicial Conduct Act.

Among the options being considered is a nationwide stopwork by workers in both the government and private sectors and sit-in protests by students at PNG's main universities in Port Moresby, Lae, Goroka, Madang and Rabaul.