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Tracing the footsteps of their Taiwanese grandfathers
By MALUM NALUIt is a very little known and sad story of World War 11 in Papua New Guinea, that many of the Japanese soldiers were in fact Taiwanese.The Takasago Giyūtai (Taiwanese Volunteers) were...
View ArticleChinese company awarded inflated contract to build Pacific Games Village
By MALUM NALU A Chinese company, China Railway Construction Engineering (CRCE) PNG, was awarded a contract worth more than K263 million to build the 2015 Pacific Games Village at University of PNG,...
View ArticleTkatchenko: 'Nothing sinister about Pacific Games contract'
By MALUM NALU Sports and Pacific Games Minister Justin Tkatchenko says said there is “nothing sinister” about the awarding of a K263 million contract to China Railway Construction Engineering (CRCE) to...
View ArticleGovernment asked to explain extra K73 million for Pacific Games
By MALUM NALU A concerned advocacy Group, Good Governance Advocacy Forum (GGAF), has asked why Papua New Guinea is paying out a massive K73 million in additional costs for the 2015 Pacific Games...
View ArticleConcern about massive sums being squandered on Pacific Games and NCD
By TERRY SHELLEYPresidentGoroka Chamber of Commerce and IndustryAt a recent meeting of the Goroka Chambers of Commerce it was decided that we should make a public statement regarding our...
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Koki youths told: ‘Crime doesn’t pay’
By MALUM NALU National Capital District police metropolitan commander, Andy Bawa, has urged youths at the notorious Koki Market to turn away from a life of crime.He laid down the law on Tuesday at the...
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Koki gets a new lease on life
By MALUM NALUThe historic, but now infamous Koki Market in Port Moresby, is set to get a new lease on life, thanks to NCD police and Moresby South MP, Justin Tkatchenko.A new cop shop has been set up...
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Manus landowners want a fair go on asylum deal
By MALUM NALUA landowner clan on Manus has called on the government to clearly spell out what specific benefits they will receive out of the asylum seekers agreements signed between Australia and Papua...
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PNG money laundering
JAMES THOMAS Today TonightAugust 26, 2013, 6:18 pmHuge amounts of Australian taxpayers' money, supposedly supplying aid to our third-world neighbour Papua New Guinea, is being lost to...
View ArticleClose Manus until deal sorted, says PNG MP Ron Knight
From AAP A PAPUA New Guinea MP has called for the Australian-run Manus Island detention centre to be closed until after the federal election. Manus Island MP and vice-minister for trade Ron Knight...
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Corruption in PNG (Part 2)
JAMES THOMAS Today TonightAugust 27, 2013Billions of dollars in foreign aid going to PNG are being siphoned off by corrupt politicians and officials, and into Aussie companies.The Australian property...
View ArticleNo immediate prospects of investment in PNG: FNPF
Fiji NewsTaken from/By: FBC NewsReport by: Shanal SivanThe Fiji National Provident Fund has indicated that there are no immediate prospects of investment in Papua New Guinea.This follows FNPF's...
View ArticleA$20m aid money disappears into Kokoda ‘mists’
By MALUM NALU A massive A$20 million (K43 million) of Australian tax payers' money supposed to have been spent on the Kokoda Trail since 2008 has seemingly disappeared into the surrounding 'mists',...
View ArticleA comedy of errors along the Kokoda Trail
By MALUM NALU In 2010, the Australian government allocated A$3 million (K6.46 million) on a 'Village Livelihood Project' along the Kokoda Trail, a failed project that has not seen a single project for...
View ArticlePrime Minister rejects TV report on PNG money laundering
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill today categorically rejected an Australian television report alleging AUD1.7 billion of Australian taxpayers’ money, supposedly supply aid to PNG, being stolen from PNG’s...
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Busamang village group in the big city
By MALUM NALUA women’s church group from Busamang village in Salamaua, Morobe province, is in Port Moresby on a special mission to raise funds for several projects in their village. Busamang, the...
View Article23 MPs face Ombudsman Commission referral
Source: The National, Thursday August 29th, 2013 By MALUM NALUTwenty-three Members of Parliament are walking the tightrope over unanswered questions about election funding during the 2012 general...
View ArticleK500,000 limit for party donations
Source: The National, Thursday August 29th, 2013 By MALUM NALUPOLITICAL parties can only receive a minimum of K500,000 donations from individuals orbusiness houses for their election campaign,...
View ArticleExpert: Bougainville referendum must be held between 2015-2020
By MALUM NALUConstitutional lawyer and Bougainville expert, Anthony Regan, says no definite date has been set for a referendum on independence for Bougainville.However, a referendum must be held in the...
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The tragedy of war on Bougainville
By MALUM NALUThey once were on opposite ends of the spectrum, fighting each other in a bloody, decade-long civil war that took away the lives of thousands of people, but on Thursday, former...
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