80 Lives Lost In Kandep election related Fight

Will Kandep people learn from their actions for a better Kandep in future? Are the people at fault for taking law into their own hands pending the outcome of the election petition to declare the win of Don Polye null and void? Should there ever be a bye election, how safe will that be given the current situation. Will there ever be a better Kandep again after all these chaos? Have the people themselves lived in luxury to buy the weapons and ammunitions that they are using today and continuously for the last 5 months? The truth is....Innocent lives have been lost and there is NO WINNER in a fight and there is no special reward. We all have failed miserably in this area!!.

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80 lives lost in aftermath of poll violence

Source: The National, Monday 24th December, 2012

POLICE have urged political leaders from Enga to resolve the election-related violence in Kandep district, which has claimed 80 lives so far.
Provincial police commander Supt Martin Lakari said despite fighting between supporters of two rival candidates stopping four months ago, it continued in isolated areas.
He said extra policemen were deployed to the district to maintain order but killings continued in isolated areas that police could not reach.
Lakari and Highlands police divisional commander Teddy Tei said it would be best for Kandep MP Don Polye to return home and talk to his people.
They believe that the violence is between Polye’s (supporters) and those of losing candidate Alfred Manase.
Police could not confirm how many people had died so far but sources have put the number at 80

Enga police get tough on drivers

Source: The National, Friday 21st December, 2012

ENGA police are now getting tough on drivers breaking traffic rules in the province.
Provincial police commander Supt Martin Lakari said yesterday from Wabag that police had imposed K1,000 bail on drivers breaking traffic rules.
Lakari said out of 15 drivers arrested for overloading, drink driving and driving around in unregistered vehicles last week, one had to pay a K1,000 bail on Monday.
He said others would appear in the District Court to determine their fate or impose appropriate fines on them.
“I want to reduce fatal accidents in the province because last year and the previous year, we had a lot of fatal accidents during the festive season,” he said.
Lakari said police would ensure only road worthy vehicles travelled on the road.
He said because of the drivers’ carelessness fatal accidents happened and this had to stop.
“I want to warn drivers and vehicle owners to take extra precautions,” he said.
He said anyone seen breaking the traffic rules would face the full force of the law.
Lakari said police set 24-hour roadblocks at the border of Western Highlands and Enga near Kumul lodge and confiscated 100 cartons of beer and seven cartons of dark rum.
He said some people transported the alcohol on trucks into Enga to sell during the festive period when police confiscated them at the roadblock

Time govt move in to end tribal war

Source: The National, Friday 07th December, 2012

I CALL on the government to conduct an investigation into the number of people killed in Kan­-dep district following the recent general election.
The National has published several letters with regard to the election-related tribal war.
What I cannot understand is the deafening si­lence from the Kandep MP.
As a senior minister, Don Polye could have stepped in and put an end to the on-going war.
The same goes with the so-called “action governor”.
Why is Peter Ipatas so quiet too? Do not tell me that Ipatas and Polye are not concerned with the on-going war or the number of people who have lost their lives?
The PPC needs to send his men to Mariant LLG
to put an end to this fight. The tribal fight is between the Okul and Kamprip tribes.
The cause of this tribal war is not because of pigs, money, land, forest, wo­men or anything relating to tribal values and beliefs but over power. This has disrupted the lives of the innocent people of Mariant LLG.
The number of deaths cannot be confirmed be­cause no one from the police, Electoral Commission, justice department or Engan government has taken the initia­-tive to go there.
Kandep High School was forced to close while the multi-million kina wheat project was burnt.
I agree with Jerry Songpen (Nov 30) that the go­vernment must declare a state of emergency in Kandep.
Yand Kaiman
Mariant

Declare SOE in Kandep

Source: The National, Friday 30th of November, 2012

 

SINCE the declarations in July, a fierce tribal war has been raging in Kandep.
There has been destruction to local businesses, closure of government services and more than 70 people killed so far, with 57 deaths in Mariant LLG.
Students from schools in the war zone did not sit for their national examinations.
The multi-million kina Murip wheat project has been burnt down.
On Nov 26, one of the fiercest gun battles took place at Momdei village, resulting in four deaths.People are forced to seek shelter in Mendi, Wa­bag, Laia­gam, Wapenamanda, Mt Ha­gen and Hela.
I call on the Engan police, Kandep MP and other Engan leaders to help end the tribal war.
I also urge the prime minister and police mi­nister to declare a state of emergency to control the situation.

Jerry Songpen
Kambia village, Kandep

Please, probe mass killings in Kandep tribal fights

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Friday 23rd November 2012

I APPEAL to the Government to investigate the number of people killed in Kandep District after the 2012 National Election. The following is an observation report of rumours you may have heard about election related tribal fight in Kandep District. Foremost, I’m not a politician but I feel obliged to speak on behalf of thousands of homeless and those that had fallen victims to this inhumane act. Note that no media report or police had given exact neutral account of suffering and result of tribal warfare in the district over the months.
I’m appealing to Don Polye and Peter Ipatas to bring to justice people involved in this man-made disaster. The core of the tribal fight is between Okul and Kamprip tribes.
It is already public information that the tribal fight is related to 2012 National Election results. I went home last month and noted that peace negotiation is possible through formal government intervention. The reason of tribal warfare is not customary related such as pig, money, land, forest, women and anything of tribal values and beliefs. The raging tribal war is over power struggle bringing disaster to majority innocent population in the Marient constituency. The confirmed number of people killed from both sides of the tribal factions to date is 52, over 100 people are wounded. I’m appealing to the Electoral Commission, Department of Justice and Attorney General, Department of Prime Minister and NEC, Department of Police and Internal Security, Enga Provincial Government, Member for Kandep Open, Enga Provincial Police to investigate number of people killed, properties destroyed and bring to justice those people responsible.
Those who wish to help us restore peace can contact us to contribute resource and ideas on mobile number 72843266.

Yand kAIMAN
Marient

Polye and Manase urged to stop tribal war

News	Friday 23rd November 2012

By JOHNNY POIYA

Treasury Minister Don Polye and lawyer Alfred Manase are being urged to return to Kandep immediately and fix up the chaos in the electorate.
The two leaders are wanted by police, the Enga provincial government and the people of Kandep to return and broker peace among the election related warring tribes and enable government services to flow into the remote electorate.
Government services ceased following the voting during this year’s elections. All schools, health services and other government services closed down and staff fled as tribal clashes erupted sporadically all over the electorate. The closures remain as of Wednesday when the Post-Courier and Highlands Divisional Police Commander Teddy Tei visited the district.
A fight between Mr Polye’s and Mr Manase’s supporters in the Marend LLG, which allegedly involves over 36 council wards, has so far resulted in an unconfirmed 50 deaths, according to Kandep police.
Chief Tei who supported the call for the two leaders to come home, also called on the Enga provincial government to dispatch a Peace and Good Order Committee into the area immediately to prevent further killings and destruction.
One of Enga province’s pride, the multi-million kina Kandep wheat factory, was razed to the ground when election related violence erupted in Muiyan. A nearby tribe attacked tribes around the wheat facility and killed four men and burnt down the factory, administration building and several staff houses.
The wheat factory, opened in 2001 when Jimson Sauk was the local MP, and was established by the Chinese government and run by Chinese experts till its burning down. Two new vehicles used by the officers were also burnt down. Warriors equipped with homemade guns, bush knives and bows and arrows were at the scene when this reporter arrived.
The project produced wheat during its early stages but gradually got run down as funding ceased to come from the national government to sustain its operations, in some instances, funds were diverted elsewhere.
Had it not been for Enga police’s quick action in the area following the declaration of Polye as MP, many other public installations would have been destroyed. Thirty officers from Wabag were sent in and are still camped there.
ACP Tei met local leaders at the Kandep station and gauged their views on the situation on the ground and supported the call from the people of Kandep to have Polye and Manase return to initiate and broker peace.

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Kandep students paying the price of conflict

Source: The National, Wednesday 31st October, 2012

THE tribal war in Kandep has claimed many lives, destroyed property worth millions and ruined go­vernment and church-run services.
Vital services have ceased and one such insti­tution that suspended its services indefinitely since August is the Kandep High School.
It is hard to comprehend the victimisation of innocent students.
Leaders must bear the blame for their negligence and failure to rein in their supporters.
It sends a chill down my spine to think of the sacrifice and commitment of students to ad­vance to the next grade going to waste.
What also concerns me is that many students who qualify for Grade 9 would be denied enrolment due to space limitation.
Students will have to re­peat their grades and pa­rents would have to shoulder the financial burden.
I call on the leaders of the warring tribes to iron out their issues so that students can go to school next year and other services can be delivered.
People must come to their senses and bury the hatchet.
Peace must prevail in Kandep for everyone to enjoy.
Komson Nick Kome
Sirunki

Good idea to relocate school to Lower Wage

Source: The National, Friday 19th October, 2012

I SUPPORT the idea of relocating Kandep High School to Lower Wage.
Kandep has been de­clared a fighting zone.
We urge the Enga pro­vincial education board to relocate the school or build us a new one.
Kandep has about 80,000 people, half of them from Upper and Lo­wer Wage LLG areas.
Crime in Kandep is serious and is expected to last for years.
Important government services such as schools and health centres should be located to places where there is peace and harmony.
It is an expensive exercise but worth doing for the sake of the people.
Lower Wage has many community leaders such as Jimson Sauk, Tum Akiala, Michael Marape and John Lakai who have high regard for such ser­vices.
The Kandep High School has been suffering from interruptions since 2002.
Without any cash crops to support our economy, we believe in our children’s education.
We are privileged to have Peter Ipatas as our governor, who cares about our children’s future.
He has done a lot for Enga and I am sure he will give us a good response as always.
Please listen to our cry and give us a school.

Tim Temo
Via email
 

Polye calls for shift in approach

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Source: The National, Friday 19th October, 2012

By JEFFREY ELAPA
TREASURER Don Polye has urged deve­lopment partners and international financial institutions to shift from a programatic approach to a more sustainable development-oriented approach of development assistance to the country.
Polye said that after meeting with newly appointed World Bank president Dr Kim Yong during the World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meeting in Tokyo, Japan, last week.
Polye said he met with senior leaders of the Asian Development Bank and advised them of the country’s deve­lopment needs and how they could come in to help in the development of the country.
He said his advice to the two financial institutions was that they should redirect their focus on helping Papua New Guinea in developing the human resource because the nation’s prosperity lay in the people.
Polye asked the World Bank to introduce a more programatic approach to aid delivery in PNG such as the Asian Development Bank’s Multi-tranche Financing Facility (ADB MFF) for infrastructure and utilities sectors.
He said under the ADB MFF a “pool” of funding was negotiated with the bank and funds were made available to the borrower through the tranches after project costs and other details were finalised.
“I asked them that instead of thinning the programmes, the development partners assist in major projects such as infrastructure and increasing small and medium businesses of locals,” Polye said.
He appealed to the financial institutions to fund four major infrastructure development projects in the country.
Polye said senior officials from the two institutions would be visiting the country at his request early next month and in January to discuss in detail what actions they recommended for developing countries such as Papua New Guinea

The Koroway Tribe of West Papua

Source:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news

The Koroway in pictures: tribe living in remote Indonesian forest officially recognised as 'tree-dwellers'

A group of hunter gatherers living in a remote Indonesian forest are thought to have become the first tribe to be officially recognised as tree-dwellers. The Korowai, or Koroway, from Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua, live in tree houses, speak their own tribal language, and live off forest animals and plants

A member of the Koroway tribe stands on a ladder leading to his house

 Almost 3,000 members of the nomadic clan, whose people wear only banana leaves, were recorded for the first time in the country's census this year.

A stone axe gets re-wrapped in rattan. The Koroway say they don't know where the axe stones come from, but ethnologists assume they were quarried in the highlands and then traded down through generations of exchange relationships

Members of the tribe skilfully climb ladders to their wooden homes often as high as 164ft (50m) from the forest floor where they usually live in a family of up to eight. Homes are built at different heights depending on how well they get on with their fellow tribe members

Aerial view of an abandoned tree house. The photographer estimated it to be 50 metres tall

Picture: GEORGE STEINMETZ / CORBIS

 

The horticultural tribesmen excel at hunting and fishing

A Koroway man carries a juvenile cassowary killed after it was trapped in a snare

 

Koroway arrows, each having a different name, and used for different types of prey. The large barbed arrow in the centre is made from cassowary leg bone and used for killing people. The one to the left of that has a four-pointed tip for fish. The one with the wide blunt tip is used for lizards, and the one with the broad bamboo tip is for wild pigs

 

Until the late 1970s, when anthropologists embarked on a study of the tribe, the Korowai were unaware of the existence of any peoples other than themselves

A Koroway man carrying a stone axe crosses a flooded area of the forest that has been bridged with a network of rattan-tied poles

They have engaged in cannilbalism but anthropologists believe that exposure to the outside world has put an end to this practice in recent years. Korowai people mainly eat wild boar, deer, sago and bananas

A Koroway woman processes pulverised sago palm trunk into the starchy food that is the staple for almost every meal

Only a handful of Korowai are thought to be able to read and write. A total of 2,868 of them were interviewed by census workers through missionary translators using sign language. Suntono, the head of Indonesia's statistics agency for Papua, said: "It's as if they're still living in the Stone Age. They don't wear any clothes and they live in trees in the jungles....

The grubs are larvae of the Capricorn beetle, and move like someone trying to wiggle out of a sleeping bag. Sago trees are felled four to six weeks before a feast, and left to rot in the swampy forest where they become infested with larvae. When the grubs are at the right stage of development (4-6 weeks later), the trees are opened up and pulled apart with a stone axe or pointed stick. The grubs are a favourite food, and are eaten both raw and cooked. They taste fatty, with a vague nutty taste, like soggy overcooked walnuts. In the protein-deficient world of the Koroway, Sago grubs are one of the few sources of fat

"...Now that we know who they are, their numbers and characteristics, they won't be isolated anymore. We can ensure they get access to education and health care just like any other Indonesian."

A man climbs down an ironwood tree after knocking loose a nest of black ants that he uses for fish bait

The hosts of a sago grub feast stand in a circle in the foreground, and exchange mock attacks with their guests (not pictured) before entering the feast house

 

Preparation of a lizard for a meal in the forest where it was caught 

 

A group of dwellings belonging to a clan comprised of three brothers who live in the same clearing

 

A man works on the roof of a tree house

 

Houses belonging to the Koroway tribe stand in a forest near Merauke city in Indonesia's Papua province

Australia used to launder PNG's dirty money

By PNG correspondent Liam Fox

Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-10

 

Australia has been singled out as the money-laundering destination of choice for corrupt Papua New Guinea politicians and officials.

The head of PNG's anti-corruption taskforce says stolen government funds are being washed clean in Australia, and authorities here are doing little to stop it.

Sam Koim, who leads PNG's Task Force Sweep, says his job gets all the more difficult when ill-gotten gains disappear south to Australia.

"There appears to be a lot of monies being transferred by people who have stolen money from the PNG coffers," he said.

"They have been moving money to Australia and we have evidence to show that they have been depositing those monies in Australian bank accounts, and also translating those monies into Australian real estate."

Mr Koim estimates half of the PNG government's annual budget is lost to fraud and corruption through a "mobocracy" of unscrupulous politicians, public servants, lawyers and business people.

He believes tens of millions of dollars of that loss has been sent to Australia, with Cairns the most popular spot to clean dirty money.

Mr Koim says six PNG politicians, who he cannot name because of ongoing investigations, have bought million-dollar properties in the city.

"I think it's common knowledge that Cairns is a hotspot that most of Papua New Guinean proceeds have been invested in. It's a convenient place - just one hour flight [away]," he said.

Last week Mr Koim delivered his message to a major reporters' meeting of the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) in Sydney.

He says Australia must do more to prevent the laundering of funds that are supposed to be spent on schools, hospitals and roads in PNG.

"What Australia should be doing is helping us put more scrutiny on those kinds of transactions," he said.

"Ultimately we want to see is that [money] suspected to have been derived from proceeds of corruption must be repatriated back to PNG."

No commitment

Dr David Chaikin, an expert on money laundering at the University of Sydney's business school, says the issue "doesn't seem to be a matter of high priority."

He says AUSTRAC monitors international funds transfers and banks are required to report suspicious transactions.

But he says there appears to be little will to tackle the problem in Australia, unlike other developed countries.

"The main problem, I think, is enforcement and to what extent there is a prioritisation and the spending of resources to deal with the problem of foreign corrupt proceeds being in Australia," he said.

"For example, the United Kingdom has taken anti-money laundering action against senior government officials in countries such as Zambia and Nigeria.

"This includes criminal prosecutions for money laundering and millions and millions of pounds being frozen and ultimately confiscated and sent back to those countries in Africa."

The ABC put Mr Koim's concerns to Attorney-General Nicola Roxon, but she has been unavailable for comment

Relocate Kandep high school to Lower Wage

Source: The National, Wednesday 10th October, 2012

THE Kandep Provincial High School must be relocated from Kokas village to the Lower Wage.
It is the only high school in the district which students from other schools in Kandep go to continue their education.
But it is forced to close each time the country holds a gene­ral election or by-election.
The school becomes the main victim at every election without fail as supporters of candidates would damage the school trucks, classrooms and dormitories; chase students out of the school and assault teachers.
Each time this happen, the school board and administration have no choice but to suspend classes for five to six months in fear of more destruction.
The students are sent home and wait for the school to re-open.
When this happens, the students are denied their right to education, the lives of students and teachers are at risk while
the so-called leaders from Lai LLG and Mariand LLG in Kandep pretend as if nothing is happening.
Whenever this happens, the school’s investment in human resource is wasted.
I believe that since the tribal fight is still going on in the
Ma­riand LLG area and a possibility of the court of disputed returns declaring a by-election, classes will not resume anytime soon.
As such, I call on the Enga provincial education board, Go­vernor Peter Ipatas and other authorities to relocate the school to Lower Wage area as this area is the only reliable zone in the district where leaders such as former MP Jimson Sauk, pre­si­dent of Wage LLG Tum Akiala, Cr John Lakai, Kii Kaipas and former pre­sident Michael Marape are based.
This could be the only solution to solve the problems faced by our students as some of
them could become our future leaders.

Mangi Timrops
Kandep

Kewanu assures people of probe into accounts

Source: The National, Wednesday 10th October, 2012

WORKS and Implementation Vice-Minister De Kewanu has assured the people of Mendi open electorate that full investigations have been conducted into the district accounts over the past five years.
Mendi MP Kewanu said in a statement yesterday the people of Mendi would learn how funds earmarked for basic services and development in the district had been expanded in that time under the leadership of their former MP Pastor Isaac Joseph.
“I want you all to know if the monies have been put to good use for the benefit of everyone.”
He said that he had taken a court order to freeze both district office bank accounts.
Any outstanding cheques and those still in the hands of individuals or organisations would be looked at during a joint district and budgets committee meeting on whether these payments were for goods and services actually delivered, he said.
“If cheques were paid for services not actually provided then these cheques will be stopped and investigations will be carried out for all payments made during the elections period.
“If there is evidence of misuse and fraud then the full force of the law will apply on individuals and organisations and where possible, recovery action will be taken through the courts,” he said.
Kewanu said he had directed that any district assets still in the possession of individuals be returned immediately to the district office or they would face prosecution.

Mendi nursing school to join UPNG

Source: The National, Wednesday 10th October, 2012

THE Mendi School of Nursing in Southern Highlands is expected to be affiliated to the University of Papua New Guinea.
Professor Isi Kevau, the dean of medicine and science at UPNG, visited the School of Nursing in Mendi last Friday.
Kevau was there to see facilities, check curriculum documentations, staff, health authorities from the province and the students’ clinical areas.
Kevau was impressed with the management and the strong support from stakeholders.
It was his first visit to the province and was satisfied with the facilities and curriculum documents.
“Everything is fine and positive. I will take the report back to the university council,” he said.
He was impressed with the institution, the set-up of the hospital and the training link between the school, the hospital and rural health sector.
Mendi School of Nursing principal Sister Lucy Langer said it was the second visit by officials from UPNG.
Langer said the nursing college was closed in 2002 due to a tribal fight which claimed hundreds of lives and destruction of properties worth thousands of kina.
She said a Mendi School of Nursing restoration committee was formed in 2005.
“The college was finally re-opened on Jan 22 and Prof John Vince, deputy dean of the school of medicine and science was the first person from UPNG to visit the college,” she said.
She said although the college had been closed for a long time, they had all the necessary equipment and facilities needed by students.

Our lazy mentality is the cause of homelessness

Source: The National, Tuesday 09th October, 2012

 

There should not be any homeless people in PNG.
If there are, it would have been their own choice.
The soil in our villages is fertile and can yield an abundance
of crops.
The highlands is known for its sweet potatoes, broccoli and many different greens.
Along the coast, from the Sepik provinces to Milne Bay and across to Western, we have sago, yams, bananas, taros and fish.
On the islands, we have plenty of fish and countless nuts and fruits.
We have natural materials in the villages that cost nothing to build strong houses to live in.
Thus, I cannot understand how we can have homeless people.
We, Papua New Guineans, are plain lazy and have a hand-out mentality.
The many who sleep on the streets call themselves homeless to get free food from the Salvos or the Red Cross.
By day, they rob and harass mothers and daughters practically everywhere – from markets to bus stops, roadside, etc.
There are small boys who walk around aimlessly as if they do not have a mother, but it is wrong to call them homeless when they obviously did not come to the city on their own.
It is wrong to say “I live in poverty” when it is one’s decision to leave the village where there are good food gardens and come to the city and go hungry.
If we cannot work hard in our villages to grow food, then we must not expect to be fed for free when we come to the city.
This is not New York City, where the ground is covered in concrete that does not allow you to grow food or build a house.
This is not Africa, where there is fighting everyday and you have to live in care centres to be genuinely called homeless.
Wake up, PNG; stop being lazy and do something worthwhile with your life.

Tired of stupidity
Port Moresby

BSP Wabag system stalls

Source: Post Courier. October 10, 2012

By Peter Saa
The Bank South Pacific’s (BSP) customers in Wabag suffered for more than an hour yesterday after the branch’s banking system stalled. The bank opened normally and business started at 9am. However, at 10am, the electronic system suddenly rejected the bank’s management when it tried to serve its customers.
Customers had no option but to wait in long queues inside and outside of the bank until the system came back to normalcy more than an hour later.
Wabag BSP branch manager, Mr Jerry Marie, felt that the system was to be blamed and not the bank’s management.
Mr Marie said he felt sorry for the bank’s customers for the delay and added that bank staff also relied on the system.
Many customers had already started trips to Mt Hagen to do banking by the time the system was restored.
Mr Marie apologised to customers for the inconvenience caused and stressed his blame of the electronic banking system in place. The Wabag BSP branch is functioning effectively through the current bank manager according to one customer who was interviewed by the Post-Courier yesterday: “comparing with past services provided by the bank, management was very slow in serving its customers. But now, through Jerry Marie, the bank tellers are serving customers quickly.”
The named customer acknowledged the manager’s effort’s and appealed to the current management staff to continue with the same effort.
Meanwhile, BSP is extending its community services to Enga by providing assets and donating in areas like hospitals, schools, police stations, among others. Another customer said that the province needed one more bank, such as ANZ, Westpac or Microbank, to compete with BSP to make life easier for Engans, who often go to Mt Hagen to do transactions with such other banks.

More than 100,000 ballot papers burnt in Jiwaka

07:19 pm - Sunday 23rd September, 2012

By Mal Taime

MORE than 100, 000 counted ballot papers for Jiwaka Provincial seat locked in the container went up in flames in the early hours of last Friday morning.
The unexpected incident that occurred last weekend shocked the people of Jiwaka and they are confused as to how the container containing more than 100 ballot boxes with the papers went up in flames.
The people of Jiwaka want to know how the container was burnt because such activity had tarnished their new province. They want police to conduct a thorough investigation and get the culprits locked up.
The container containing the counted regional ballot papers was locked at Wahgi Klos premises after the declaration of all the three open seats with the provincial seat.

It is believed that the burning down was due to Anglimp South Wahgi MP and losing candidate for Jiwaka regional Jamie Maxtone-Graham who a petition in the court of disputed returns against the Electoral Commission as first respondent and Governor Dr William Tongamp as second respondent for recount.
According to police the arsonists must had used petrol to set fire to the container, while most people claimed it must be an inside job because the Jiwaka Provincial Government engaged Asila Security guards to provide security to the containers and premises.
Two days after Aslia security guards moved in to provide security the arsonist went into the premises held up the guards and set fire to the container.
It is believed the arsonist used high powered weapons to hold up the five security guards.
Read more in your Post-Courier tomorrow.

PNG go down fighting!

Source: Post Courier, September 24, 2012
By KEVIN TEME

PNG came close to shutting out the Australian Prime Minister’s XIII in Port Moresby yesterday.
The home side went down 24-18 to the Australian outfit in front of a capacity crowd at the Lloyd Robson Oval in Port Moresby.
PNG showed more passion for the game but were let down by their goal kickers.
PNG fought back from an 18-4 first half score to level the scores before being edged in the dying minutes of the game.
The nation yesterday stood behind the PNG Prime Minister’s XIII.
Praise to Adrian Lam and his boys for an historic performance. The game should have gone either way had it not been for a poor kicking performance.
The Australians touched down early through centre Michael Jennings. Skipper Scott Prince converted for a 6-0.
Centre partner Chris Lawrence, scored another try just a few minutes after the kick off to lead 12-0; however, a never-say-die effort saw the hosts score through winger Mathew Puke. Half back Israel Eliab did not convert and PNG trailed 12-4.
The huge Australian forward pack laid a good foundation for their backs, in which New Zealand star and lock forward Feleti Mateo made a good offload for Martin Kennedy to cross over untouched. Prince nailed the conversion and the Aussies led 18-4 at the break.
The second half was all PNG, with five-eighth Dion Aiye stepping up in defence and good solid runs from prop Enoch Maki, Esau Siune, Rodney Pora and Larsen Marabe.
The local boys scored the first unconverted try through winger Albert Patak from a cross kick by Eliab and trailed 18-8 before second rower David Loko scored from a short grubber kick from Aiye. Eliab this time raised the flag and the host trailed the Australians 18-14.
Despite the big hits from the Australians, PNG stood firm; but it was a different story for the visitors - Mathew Ryan and Beau Ryan were hit hard and laid low before being taken out of the field from strong hits by the PNG boys.
PNG again went in for another try through center Richard Kambo, but Eliab did not convert and both sides were 18-18 all until the dying seconds when Prince placed a cross bomb on the 5th tackle.
Patak did not field the kick Australian winger Akuila Uate swooped on the ball to score.
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill said that he was very happy with the Kumuls performance yesterday.
He said that their performance on the field demonstrated that the young boys were now more than capable of winning in the future if they put more effort in their trainings and in the game. O’Neill said that the Government will now be committed to helping the PNG team in prepare for the World Cup.
The PM was a very happy man, watching the game all through congratulating the side and also thanking the Australian team for giving the Kumuls a good run in the game.
O’Neil was accompanied by Finance Minister James Marape, State Enterprise Minister Ben Micah, Sports Minister Justin Tkatchenko, as well as the Australian High Commissioner, Ian Kemish and NCD Governor, Powes Parkop.

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All Petitions Filed with Details

Source: Post Courier, September 21, 2012

EP # Petitioner Respondents Electorate Date Lodged Trial Date
EP 1/2012 EP
Tony Waterupu Aimo Ezekiel Anisi ,Andrew Trawen as Electoral Commissioner , Jeffrey Nape & Anor Ambunti Dreikikir Open 26-7-2012 24-9-2012
EP 2/2012 EP
Norbert Kubak Andrew Trawen, Electoral Commissioner ,Ekonia Walom, Returning Officer for Gazelle Open , Electoral Commission of Papua New Guinea & Anor Gazelle Open 26-7-2012 24-9-2012
EP 3/2012 EP
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83 MPs before court

Source: Post Courier, Septemebr 21, 2012
By TODAGIA KELOLA

PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill, Opposition Leader Belden Namah and Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare are among 28 other MPs out of the 111 seats whose victory in the 2012 National Elections have not been challenged.
The other 83 are all before the National Court to determine whether their elections into the 9th Parliament were done in accordance with the law.
That is about 75 percent of the total seats that were contested in the 2012 National Elections.
This number of election petitions is the highest ever recorded in the short history of elections in PNG.
According to a website developed by the PNG Judiciary specifically for PNG national election petitions for 2012, there were 136 election petitions filed. Thirty-seven of these were originating summons while 105 are election petitions challenging either the winning member or the Electoral Commission in their conduct of the entire election process.
In the 83 disputed seats, there are two to three losing candidates who have filed separate petitions on one particular seat.
The most common argument by many of these petitioners is the conduct and performance of the Electoral Commission in delivering the elections. This include polling sites and schedules not provided to candidates and their scrutineers, counting of votes delayed by a week after completion of polling, and many more. The other common ground that will be challenged before the courts includes undue influence and bribery by the elected members.
Many petitioners have also raised concern that a number of election petition rules are very tough, arguing that many of their cases may be thrown out on technical grounds rather than the merits of the case.
One of these rules is for election petition documents to be strictly served on the respondents personally.A number of petitioners have returned to the courts to seek permission for extra time or substitute service after the respondents the elected members had deliberately evaded service.
Election petition administrator, Justice Collin Makail has also expressed concern about the number of election petitions that have come before him seeking extension of time. He said election petitions are very important and petitioners and MPs should corporate to bring these matters to conclusion as early as possible.

Southern Highlands Oil Head Owner Murdered by Americans.

Source: Unknown

Sometimes development comes at a cost but should not happen to the cultural heritage, societal norms and traditional beliefs of the thousands tribes that own this land.In the last two weeks, Southern Highlands was at war with nature, especially in the Kutubu, Gobe and Hides areas, extending right out to other districts that are not affected by the South Pacific’s biggest LNG project funded by EXXONMOBIL and managed by Esso Highlands.The natural events, including flooding and landslides happened when Exxon Mobil contractors blasted a cultural site to put the PNG LNG pipeline through to Hides from Iagifu Ridge, in the sacred jungles of the Fasu land, where most of the oil and gas is extracted.

The limestone mountain where the blasting took place a week ago is a scared site that traditional landowners fear to hunt or even gather food. Once, they blasted the limestone mountain, little did they know that the guardian of the oil and gas also lived there –   A MONSTER OF A SNAKEWITH 4 ‘Ls’ ON HIS FOREHEAD.

  

He was able to swallow 2 adult human beings at one time.Refer to the head of the snake and see what the ‘4Ls’ can mean. The snake cannot fit the hand of an adult. Look at the ladies and the child holding the tail. It’s so mesmerising; isn’t it. In its natural state, its mouth can open and expand up to 2 metres, whilst its 8 metre frame can accommodate any diet on its way.This ‘Man’ was slaughtered last Wednesday and shared amongst the chiefs.

YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED NEXT IS TERRIFYING – THE MOUNTAINS STARTED TREMBLING AND THE RIVERS STARTED FLOODING TO UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS. Refer to the pictures below.

The light skin FASU girl holding the head of the Snake is crippled. The house of the Chief where the slaughtering happened is completely submerged in flood. Refer to the pictures. All LNG Pipeline operations was halted for the last 2 weeks, and is continuing to this day.The oil pipeline is now completely exposed. Use to hide 6 metres underground before.

This is no fake. Don’t you think Nature has its Own Way to tell PNG and the World that enough is enough?Why are we extracting too much from the natural world to enrich a Few Elites and further advance the developed world, whilst we remain status quo?

Wabag District vehicles sold: Ganim’s staff

Source: Highlands Region, Post Courier, Tuesday Septemebr 18, 2012

A YOUNG businessman claimed that more than 15 vehicles owned by the Wabag District were sold in Lae, Goroka, Madang and Mt Hagen following the defeat of former MP Sam Abal.
The owner of a nightclub and several stores in Wabag and senior staff of incumbent MP Robert Ganim on Friday alleged that the district was able to recoup five of the vehicles but the rest were still missing.
Kennedy Lemban said the district headquarters was empty with all computers, telephones, furniture and other equipment, ripped off by supporters of the former MP following his downfall.
He said all funds in the district accounts were also removed prior to the election, leaving the district with a zero balance account.
“Mr Abal was a Deputy Prime Minister, Acting Prime Minister, Foreign Affairs Minister, front man of the National Alliance Party and a very devoted Christian. The action by his supporters is uncalled for and unbecoming of a man of his status.” Mr Lemban said.
He said the people of Wabag and Enga expected a good handover– takeover ceremony to take place following Mr Ganim’s victory but that never happened when Mr Abal refused to attend the ceremony.
“As a senior leader, Mr Abal has initiated several impact projects including a chicken abattoir and the Wabag town market. As a true leader, he should have congratulated Ganim on the win and advice and support him to continue on with the impact projects. But instead he decided to take Ganim to court and this all indicates the type of leader Abal is,” Mr Lemban said.
He said apart from all its equipment being stolen by Mr Abal’s supporters, the district lacked tangible development over the last 10 years.
“The people of Wabag will not benefit from any court case.
They want services and delivery. Mr Ganim being a man on the ground knows the people’s needs and he should not be disturbed to deliver much needed services to Mr Abal’s people.”

Policeman from Kandep dies

One of Kandep's Edcuated elite has passed away as report in Post Courier

Source: Post Courier, Spetember 18, 2012

 

Police officer dies in sleep

Relatives are mourning the death of a long serving Port Moresby based police officer who suddenly died in his sleep at his home near Games Village, Waigani, last week.
Senior Inspector Brian Warao, 40, who hails from the Kandep District in Enga Province worked as a staff officer with the National Capital District Metropolitan Command.
According to relatives, Mr Warao was not ill at the time of his death. They said he arrived home after work last Tuesday and was with his family that night and went to sleep.
His wife noticed the next morning that Mr Warao was still sleeping when he was supposed to go to work and decided to wake him up.
She was shocked when she noticed that her husband was lying still on the bed and was no longer breathing.
She alerted relatives and they took the body to the morgue.
Mr Warao is survived with wife Ruth, daughter Himmalyn eight and sons, Princely,five, and one-year-old Junior.
The haus krai is currently being held at the family’s residence at Games Village police barracks

Stop the Kandep Fight - UPNG Kandep Students

Source: Post Courier, September 13, 2012 

Students worry
By KOLOPU WAIMA

FORTY lives have so far been lost and the Murip wheat project worth more than K3 million was burnt down to ashes among many villages destroyed in the current tribal war in Kandep, Enga province.
Over 100 people have been wounded and thousands homeless. Women are being raped and the disabled are forced into burning fires, and children are being killed.
Kandep High School, the only high school in the district, and other primary and elementary education institutions and health services have been closed and are no longer in operation.
District service providers and business houses have fled in fear of losing their lives and businesses.
But no one is taking the initiative to stop the fight and the whole Kandep District is under serious threat.
Lives are not the same anymore.
Concerned Kandep students from the University of Papua New Guinea and working class living in Port Moresby in a joint media statement yesterday pleaded to responsible politicians and leaders to stop the bloodshed immediately.
The Kandep students gathered at UPNG yesterday and pledged they unity, stand united. They strongly called on the leaders in the province and the electorate to immediately do something about stopping the fight.
The students said that they are demanding the politicians because it is an election related tribal fight.
“We are demanding responsible politicians to go to the district and disarm their tribesmen without any further delay. This request is being put out not in favor of any person or to oppose any person. But to expose ignorance of responsible leaders and authorities upon hearing news of people being killed,” they said.
The student said that the Kandep District was made up of Lai, Waike and Marient Local Level Government (LLG) and these three (3) LLGs were under tribal warfare.
They said that the core of election related tribal fight was between Kamprip and Okul tribes in the Mariant LLG.
This has affected over 50 major tribal groups whose villages and houses have been destroyed.
“We had our villages burned to ashes and our relatives displaced in other parts of Enga or fled to the Southern Highlands Province. We are calling on the responsible persons behind the election related violence to immediately disarm their tribal groups, the Kamprip and Okul Tribes,” the students said.
They said that, this was a general notice to any responsible leader or politicians from the district to stop pretending as if nothing was wrong in the electorate.
“A seven day ultimatum is given after the publication of this news either in one or two daily papers to responsible leaders to take action or you will be named to take personal responsibility for causing conflict between your tribes which resulted in many deaths and destruction of villages,” They said.
“We are calling the National Government to Declare Kandep District a Tribal War Zone and impose District Emergency. We humbly appeal to Prime Minister, Peter O’Neil to take note of this plea to direct your Police Minister and relevant agencies to investigate the validity of this information for appropriate assistance,” the Kandep students said.

Three matches for Kumuls

Source: Then National, Wednesday 12th September, 2012

By KEITH PUARIA

 

THE road to the 2013 Rugby League World Cup begins for the Papua New Guinea Kumuls when a 40-man squad is announced this week alongside the Prime Minister’s XIII side.

Kumuls coach Adrian Lam sat with the PM’s XIII selection panel on Sunday after the Digicel Cup grand final, and there is no doubt he would have reminded the panel about the World Cup build-up.

Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League caretaker administrator Ivan Ravu indicated the PM’s XII match was not the only game for the Kumuls.

“There is a lot of work to do for the PM’s XIII Sept 23 match, but also for preparing our national team for the world cup,” Ravu said.

“The 40-man squad that will be announced will come from our local competition, and the others will come from overseas competitions.”

“There is agreement with other overseas competitions for our players in the UK, so we are not able to pick them at the moment.”

The immediate commitment for those selected to the larger Kumuls squad will be a camp in early January.

Trials will be played at the end of the camp, from where a 24-man squad will be picked to travel to Sydney to play Australian National Rugby League side South Sydney.

“That same side will play a club from the Queensland Intrust Cup in Brisbane, on their way back home,” Ravu said.

He pointed again to the PM’s XIII challenge and preparations leading to it.

“Otherwise, the Lloyd Robson oval is currently going through a minor facelift for our immediate task of exposing a PM’s side against the Australians.”

“Work is underway also on the ground and the playing surface, a lot of manual work to do, irrigation, especially so the surface is good enough and up to standard.”

Australia, meanwhile, named their 18-man touring team to Port Moresby after the initial 35-man squad announced two weeks ago was trimmed

Poll court cases

Source: Post Courier, September 12, 2012

By JACOB POK
Election petition cases registered at the National Court has gone up to a total of 101 cases as of this week.
It has also been rated as the highest of past records of election petition cases according to court officials.
Despite that, the court is expected to deal with the cases promptly and parties were told to adhere to election petition rules when pursuing their cases. But before the formal directions hearing, several urgent cases have been brought up by petitioners seeking extension of time to serve the petitions to respective respondents in the petitions.
According to national court rules on election petition, petitioners are required to file and serve their petitions to the respondents within 14 days after filing the matter in the National Court Registry. Yesterday, two petitioners, former acting judge Nemo Yalo challenging James Lagea’s win in the Kagua-Erave seat of Southern Highlands Province and Kei Kapa challenging Sir Puka Temu’s win in the Abau seat of the Central Province filed urgent applications, seeking extension of time to serve their petition to the respective parties they named as respondents in their petitions.
They appeared before Election Petition administrator Justice Collin Makail and presented their grounds for the court to grant more time for them to properly file and serve their petitions to their respective respondents. Justice Makail after hearing the submissions extended a further 14 days each for both petitioners to serve their petition to their respective respondents.
Mr Nemo is expected to serve the petition to two respondents, Kagua-Erave Returning officer Albert Wens and Mr Lagea while petitioner Kapa is expected to further enquire with the electoral commission office and serve his petition to Dr Temu after obtaining the residential address of the Abau MP through the electoral commission office.

So Only 2 People Dead in Kandep Tribal fight??

The election related fighting in Kandep has claimed more lives than as reported in the National. Enga provincial police Commander Martin Lakari to report that only two people were dead is a slab in the face of the majority of Kandep people. This clearly shows how ignorant he has been together with the elected leaders of the province.

 

What grounds and which facts has he got to prove that only 2 people have died in the tribal fight. Confirmed cases that the public are aware of are, the following is the confirmed list for each tribe

Yuripaka rest house (Apais) - 4 confirmed including the killing during counting

Gini rest house - 3 confirmed including the one killed at Wabag during counting

Kolopa Rest house - 6 confirmed including 1 woman

Pura 2 rest house - 4 confirmed dead

Supi rest house - 3 confirmed dead

Imal rest house - 1 confirmed

 

The above list is excluding those that have spear and bullet wounds as well as those that have missed a hand or a leg with bullet. The confirmed figure is yet to received but this is based on confirmed cases received by the author. We expect more than this number in the finally tally of dead.

 

Destroying of properties is countless of up to 12 rest houses completely destroyed

 

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Polye, Manase called on to help restore peace

Source: The National, Wednesday 5th September, 2012

ENGA provincial police commander Martin Lakari is calling on Kandep parliamentarian Don Polye and his rival, Alfred Manase, to go back to the electorate and help police restore peace among their warring tribes.
“I call on all leaders of the district to help police restore peace,” Supt Lakari said.
The fight between the Akulya and Kambrip people of Kandep district started during the elections in July.
The fight reportedly started when suspects from Akulya, Manase’s tribe, allegedly hacked two Kambrips, Polye’s tribe, to death in Wabag town.
The fight was then taken to the village and surprise raids were conducted on the enemy tribes involved.
“During the fight they burnt down the million kina wheat factory in Murip village,” Lakari said.
He said thousands of kina worth of property that included permanent houses and vehicles were burnt.
He said women, children and other peace-loving people were displaced and now lived in fear.
“Only two deaths were officially recorded and not 30 or 40 deaths as reported in the media,” Lakari said.
“These are unnecessary speculations creating fear in people’s minds.”
Lakari said if people died or were injured they took them to the hospital and reported it police.
Lakari said he had sent 30 police task force officers from Wabag into the trouble zone on Aug 8.
“They (policemen) are negotiating peace. The fighting has slowed down,” Lakari said.
He warned the fighters to lay down their arms and make a commitment to peace, saying police would not be easy on them.
“I urge losing candidates to accept defeat and try the elections again in 2017,” Lakari said.

Court: Polye to pay cost

Source: The National, Friday 7th September, 2012

THE Waigani National Court has ordered Treasurer Don Polye to meet newspaper advertising costs for publishing the election petition summons filed against him by losing Kandep open candidate, Luke Alfred Manase.
The unexpected scenario stemmed from difficulty faced by Manase’s lawyers to serve court documents to Polye in person.
Justice Colin Makail said several affidavits confirmed there was difficulty in serving the court documents.
“I am satisfied that serious attempts have been made by the petitioner/applicant (Manase) on the first respondent (Polye) but have been unsuccessful,” he said.
Makail had ordered that the documents should be published in both the daily newspapers over the next two days.
The court was told that “it is unknown where the official residence” of Polye was, and failed attempts had been made by Manase’s lawyers to have an audience with Polye.
The court had been informed that there were phone messages left with staff from Polye’s Treasury Department to arrange for the summons to be served but it did not work out.
Under the election petition court rules, a losing candidate can file a petition against a win 40 days after the official declaration and summons are to be served within 14 days after filing it in the Court of Disputed Returns

Eighty dispute poll wins

Source: The National, Friday 7th September, 2012

By ELIAS NANAU

THE Court of Disputed Returns has received a total of 80 petitions as of yesterday afternoon with all provinces, except Bougainville, represented.
Associate judge to administer election petitions Charlie Williams said the latest petition, filed on Wednesday, was by Joseph Kobol, a losing candidate for the Southern Highlands provincial seat.
Kobol is challenging the win by William Powi, a former Southern Highlands provincial administrator.
Also among the 80 petitions, a losing female candidate for the Central provincial seat, Philomena Kassman, is disputing businessman Kila Haoda’s victory.
Election petition rules, developed by judges in 2002, state that an election petition can be filed within 40 days after the declaration of a member of parliament, and the petitioner is responsible for serving documents to the respondent within 14 days after filing.
It became evident this week that four petitioners have had difficulties with serving notices on two declared members who refused to accept them.
Simon Solo, the former West Sepik governor, went before Justice Colin Makail yesterday over his successor Amkat Mai’s refusal to accept service.
The court was told the petitioner, Solo, had produced documents before the first respondent, Mai, on several occasions.
“Solo had gone out of his own way to serve documents in a genuine and mature manner,” Makail said.
And with the time limitation expiring yesterday, Makail approved an additional seven days for Solo to serve the documents on Mai.
Makail had also extended time for losing Hela provincial candidate Alfred Kaiabe, who is challenging the win by Anderson Agiru.
“It is difficult when the declared member has gone into hiding,” Kaiabe told the court.But Makail said: “The onus is on you, as the petitioner, to go looking for him.
“If it means climbing Mt Everest, go for it.
“If you are unsuccessful, put it in your evidence and I will give you an alternate order,” Makail said.
Makail had also ordered a two-week extension for losing Koroba-Lake Kopiago candidate John Kelewa to serve documents on declared member Philip Undiali and also to publish them.
But with the documents totalling 70 pages, cost of publication was now a concern for Kelewa’s lawyer.
This week, Makail also ordered the election petition against Treasurer Don Polye to be published in The National and the other local paper.
Polye had been ordered to meet the cost of publishing the advertisement.
The court was told that petitioner Luke Alfred Manase had been unable to serve the documents.