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15 Bridges, 3 Ships, a Politician and Polisyndrome

On 20 Mar, 2012 By Klaireh

Today is Tuesday the 20^th of March 2012, the current parliament is meant to be having its final session for the year 2012! Now how is that for excitement?! Usually the routine is that if you had an exciting weekend then the week should be relatively mediocre, alas it seems that this won’t be the case for us here in this wonderfully exciting country of ours.

SABL concerns Bougainville MP

On 09 Nov, 2011 By rait man

Will Papua New Guinea survive the resource boom?

On 22 Apr, 2011 By rait man With 1 Comments

The real resources curse for PNG is not necessarily economic in nature. As an immature nation still struggling to achieve modernity, it is possible that the intra-national conflict fuelled by competition for the considerable monetary spoils of the resources boom will threaten the very political existence of PNG as a nation....

By Susan Merrell*

What should development mean in Papua New Guinea?

On 14 Dec, 2010 By rait man With 1 Comments

By Rosa Koain

THE Western concept of economic development is about one person taking control of an activity and pulling all the rest in to work for him. The Melanesian concept of the same development is about sharing and participating equally and openly.

Despite the many lessons from different parts of the world, the concept of development that PNG is adopting is breaking up communities. The many conflicts arising as a result are indications of an economy breaking down.

Remember giants fall easily in Papua New Guinea

On 24 Sep, 2010 By rait man

By Dr Kristian Lasslett*

In Madang, a case which aims to stop mine tailings from being dumped into Astrolabe Bay stands on a precipitous peak. Three landowners have withdrawn from the trial, while another seeks to be joined. Punctuating this court room drama are threats and under the table deals, as the mine operator attempts to lambast its project through to production.

Money dished out but where is the product?

On 26 Apr, 2010 By Effrey With 3 Comments

The National Government Goods and Services funding for Provincial and Local Level Government, for the 1^st Quarter of 2010, has already been allocated and partially released.

It is interesting to note that the following types of grants exist and are expanded every quarter of each financial year.

Administration Grants that are used by each Provincial Governments for administrative overheads and not salaries or allowances.

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