POST PNG TO DELIVER EMERGENCY KITS TO 9 PROVINCE

Source: PNG LOOP

Post PNG Actng Chief Operating Officer Andrew Maino (second from left), Education Secretary Dr.Micheal Tapo (first from left), UNICEF Country Representative Baba Danbappa (first from right) with POST PNG PNG Employees at the presentation.

UNICEF today presented over one million US dollars’ worth of non-food emergency items to the Department of Education for school children in 9 provinces. The “pre-positioned’’ emergency supplies are part of the Education Department’s ‘Education in Emergencies’ (EiE) program that UNICEF supports. UNICEF Country Representative Baba Danbappa said that the supplies will be given to schools that may be affected during emergencies. “The objective of prepositioning these supplies is to ensure that a child’s learning is not disrupted during an emergency,” said Danbappa. He said the supplies contained: School in a box (SiB) – teaching and learning materials, School in a tent (SiT), Early childhood development (ECD) kits – items include play materials, building blocks and educational tools, Emergency family kits (EFK) –items include fleece blankets, pots, soap, plates, and spoons. On hand to receive the supplies was the Education Secretary Dr Michael Tapo who thanked UNICEF for their assistance in delivering basic education to all parts of the country. He said 13 provinces had already benefitted from this support from UNIICEF in 2013 and he looked forward to their continued support into the future. The 9 provinces that will receive the supplies are: Milne Bay, Central, NCD, Enga, Jiwaka, Hela, Southern Highlands, Gulf and Western provinces. The supplies are expected to be delivered by Post PNG next year to each province.

DUMB FUCK

Heard of the saying, “kill two birds with one stone,” most people would say that they know this. The main idea that most would say in terms of interpretation of this would be that doing two things at the one time only by a person. That is the perception by persons the world over of this saying. However, it is quite amusing that a few people do not have the same perception and are not in the same category like 99% of all people. We can class these people as people with low IQ or simply dumb fucks. Dumb Fucks think like elephants, thus their interpretation of the above saying would be taken literarily, that is they would perceive the saying as a person killing two birds with one stone. How dumb can we get? Dumb Fuck! Now with the recent looting of a shop in Port Moresby, the root cause of why the problem escalated to such a state is simply because we had “dumb fucks” who perceived that what the disgruntled soldiers wanted was to loot shops. The Dumb Fucks took the soldiers message or communications literally thus interpreted the main idea stemming from the soldiers speech to loot. Refer back to killing two birds with one stone saying and picture how it is seen literally. Hence, we can deduce from the simple analysis that “DUMB FUCKS” are at most times responsible for problems created. It is their elephant brains which stirs anger, resentment, revenge, hostility and outright fucking war. The simple solution is to eliminate DUMB FUCKS by way of segregating them from civilized intellectual beings, that way they can be managed and manipulated to think along the same lines as most human beings. Remember think first,analyse then response or act if you do not do that then

SOUTHERN COLONIZERS VIEW ON THE BANANA REPUBLIC

Just hours after Brigadier General Gilbert Toropo delivered a cautiously upbeat address to the parade marking the end of his first year as Commander of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF), a handful of his troops threatened to undo any progress he had made. In the early hours of Saturday morning, police shot and injured a group of unarmed soldiers who had arrived at a police station in Boroko, a suburb of Port Moresby, to force the release of some of their mates, arrested for being drunk and disorderly outside a nightclub near Murray Barracks military headquarters. After the police and troops established defensive roadblocks against each other around the barracks and police station in Boroko, opportunists took advantage of the tension and confusion to loot several supermarkets. Serious disorder threatened to reignite on Sunday and Monday as crowds gathered around Port Moresby's shopping centres, partly fueled by rumours on social media that a soldier had diedand that the army had instigated or sanctioned looting. With Prime Minister Peter O'Neill facing a leadership tribunal over alleged misconduct and nearing the end of the grace period in which a no-confidence motion cannot be brought against him, the talented but erratic Belden Namah just dumped as leader of PNG's opposition and a still-influential Sir Michael Somare having recently moved to cross benches, it's tempting to wonder if such clashes were politically driven. O'Neill hadhandpicked key PNG Defence Force leaders, Namah has strong ties with the same generation of officers (having served jail-time as an army captain for helping eject Sandline mercenaries in 1997), and Somare maintains militarylinks of his own. But most signs suggest the protracted strife has so far been more unplanned than manufactured or deliberately stirred. Enough has been published on the modern PNGDF and the Royal PNG Constabulary, their colonial predecessors and long relationship of close cooperation but deep antipathy, to 'write histories of their histories'. Although they've regularly served together in call-outs and states of emergency since the mid-1980s, and currently work alongside each other in several special resource-security and public-order operations in the highlands, they've also clashedfrequently and sometimes spectacularly. And while each arguably serves a balancing function that prevents the other from becoming too dominant, both the police and military commit acts of indiscipline individually more frequently than together. So why does Australia keep trying to strengthen two such troubled organisations? Well, mainly because it's in our direct interest to do so. With around three-quarters of all Pacific Islanders coming from PNG, the country'sproximity across our direct approaches, and given Australia's regional security responsibilities, promoting stability across this part of our inner arc will remain 'non-discretionary'. This is irrespective of how next year's Defence White Paper balances our regional and global priorities. So it will remain important to improve the professionalism of both forces, maximise the degree to which they are strategic assets rather than a liabilities for PNG, and ensure they are potentially effective regional partners for the ADF (as both were in RAMSI). And here, recent events point to some signs of progress as well as the limits of our influence. The weekend clash appears to have arisen less from the often unhappy First Battalion, where ADF-NZDF and PNGDF training efforts focus, than from recently graduated soldiers. Most personnel remained under effective command after the initial incident, and both forces acted independently to suppress looting right after the confrontation. Police-military tensions won't just evaporate, and the mood in Port Moresby tends to be more combustible in the lead-up to Christmas ('tis the season to be angry).  Difficult challenges facing the two forces may also deepen as social and economic change continue apace — so things could get worse. However, a really dangerous, politically driven crisis doesn't seem imminent — yet. Continuing and enhancing already significant security cooperation will be in the interest of both countries.

POLICE REASSURANCE TO PORT MORES BY RESIDENTS

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The National, Thursday December 11th, 2014

 POLICE have reassured residents of Port Moresby of their safety and security in the aftermath of tension between the constabulary and military.
National Capital District-Central Assistant Police Commission Jerry Frank urged people to stay calm and carry on with their daily activities as normal.
He warned criminal elements hoping to take advantage of any civil unrest that police would be on to them quickly.
Shops in the city, which closed down after a threat on Monday on a possible uprising, have reopened for business.
Only one supermarket which was raided by opportunists last Saturday, needs about two weeks to do a proper stock-take to find out how much goods and items were removed before reopening.
Frank said police were “on top” of the situation to ensure the safety of business and public safety was guaranteed.
“The situation has been contained. There will be police presence everywhere,” he said.
“Because of the weekend’s incident, extra manpower has been called in.
“Residents are encouraged to enjoy the festive season and take part in activities staged in the city annually.”
He said police would not tolerate disorderly behaviour and drunkenness.
He said business houses should operate normally without any fear because their closure would affect residents and the economy as a whole during the festive season.
Police operations in the NCD and Central will be launched this week to cover the Christmas and New Year period.National Capital District-Central Assistant Police Commission Jerry Frank urged people to stay calm and carry on with their daily activities as normal.He warned criminal elements hoping to take advantage of any civil unrest that police would be on to them quickly.Shops in the city, which closed down after a threat on Monday on a possible uprising, have reopened for business.Only one supermarket which was raided by opportunists last Saturday, needs about two weeks to do a proper stock-take to find out how much goods and items were removed before reopening.Frank said police were “on top” of the situation to ensure the safety of business and public safety was guaranteed. “The situation has been contained. There will be police presence everywhere,” he said.“Because of the weekend’s incident, extra manpower has been called in.“Residents are encouraged to enjoy the festive season and take part in activities staged in the city annually.”He said police would not tolerate disorderly behaviour and drunkenness.He said business houses should operate normally without any fear because their closure would affect residents and the economy as a whole during the festive season.Police operations in the NCD and Central will be launched this week to cover the Christmas and New Year period.

PEACE TALKS BETWEEN THE TWO ARM FORCES

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The National, Monday December 8th, 2014

 By MALUM NALU

SENIOR police and military officers have promised they will ensure that public safety and security are maintained.
This follows a stand-off in Port Moresby on Saturday between police officers and soldiers, which saw the closing of roads and looting of shops, causing panic and chaos among city residents.
A team comprising senior officers from the two disciplined forces has been formed to investigate the incident – what caused it, how many officers were injured and the identities of those involved.
Seven months away from the opening of the Pacific Games in Port Moresby, the two disciplined forces agree that the incident had painted a very negative picture overseas of the two forces in charge of national security. When asked at a press conference on the status of national security looking forward to the Games, Police Deputy Commissioner (Operations) Jim Andrews said the disciplined forces would work together to make it a success.
“I’d like to assure the community in the National Capital District and PNG that the Pacific Games will go ahead as planned,” he said.
“It will be a joint operation. Police will lead, the Defence Force and CS (Correctional Services) will come in to run the Pacific Games.”
Defence Force Acting Chief of Staff Colonel Vagi Oala agreed that such incidents involving members of the disciplined forces painted a bad picture of the country abroad.
“That’s the reason why we are not taking it (standoff) lightly here,” he said.
“We’re taking this kind of approach (investigation) to do a combined effort and bring those who are responsible to justice.
“That’s what we are really working towards at the moment - to try and restore normalcy, daily routine of the public and ourselves.”
Members of the public on their way for their Saturday shopping were forced to take detours to avoid the trouble at Taurama and Boroko. Police set up roadblocks and advised motorists to stay away from the area.
Andrews said they would have to await the report from the investigation today or tomorrow before confirming the cause of the fight and the number of people injured.
“It is the work of the task force team that I’ve set up early this morning. It is their duty to investigate,” he said.
“The team is made up of senior members of the police and the PNGDF.  We should have their investigation report either Monday (today) or Tuesday (tomorrow).
“At this point, I’ll not say anything about injuries or whatever.”
Andrews said the looting of shops at Boroko and 3-Mile was done by opportunists who took advantage of the situation.
Oala said the soldiers involved were juniors including some who had just recently graduated.
“Yes, there were some injuries, but as I said, to what extent, we haven’t really confirmed that yet,” he said.
“They are very junior ranks. I know some of them are from the recent one (batch of recruits.) Let’s get the investigation going and we’ll let you know. “

PETER O' NEIL AND HIS BANANA REPUBLIC

The standoff between a small faction of the Royal Papua New Guinea Defense Force (PNGDF) and the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary Force (Police) on Saturday, 6th of December 2014 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, highlighted the lack of respect and command within both discipline forces. The issues to the root cause of this lies deep, however I will try at best to highlight what I think is a major cause to all this.

J-Mart Supermarket at Taurama Foodland was looted on Saturday. 

The lack of respect for command in the army was evident when even the Commanding officer of PNGDF Brig. Gilbert Toropo from Southern Highlands could not even control his men at a roundabout circle (next to PNG Motors) on the Hubert Murray Highway in Port Moresby. He was directly standing in the centre of the roundabout, which is about 4 meters wide in diameter when the soldiers a few meters away from him (standing adjacent to the Murray Barracks single quarters) were attempting to stop a police vehicle with intentions to burn and cause serious injuries to a lone senior police officer and his family. Luckily, for the police officer, he and his family escaped through quick thinking and reactions from him. The vehicle almost overturned, at Murray Barracks residential gates on the Hubert Murray Highway, the load leading to Boroko but it was by luck that the police officer escaped the clutches of death. Standing some meters away was the top military man in PNG who, the public witnessed at hand how he was shunned and was not even accorded the courtesy or respect of command as the events unfolded. Whilst these were taking place, opportunitists’ were looting the J-Mart shopping centre at Taurama Foodland.

Turning our attention to the police, they are no better then the army, they have been involved and are despised by the civilian population for breaching human rights, murdering and causing serious harm to the civilian population. There structure of command is all over the place with factions supporting a political appointed commander whilst others are supporting the legitimate commander on merit. They are the most despised people in Papua New Guinea.

The problems of lack of command and dysfunctional systems in both disciplinary forces have come about because of one man’s greed to steal and remain in Power. Peter O’ Neill the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea is the man behind all these problems. He has strategically placed his people without due regard to good governance principles in core areas. As such, it was envisaged that such problems would burst when it has reached a boiling point where it can no longer keep a lid over the trail of lies, betrayal, and political maneuvering done for the sake of remaining in power and stealing the country’s wealth. It has been shown evidently by the conduct of the disciplinary forces as well as the public’s show of outrage over how they perceive the country to be going.

The solution is for Belden Namah to use the army now, during this standoff to topple this greedy government. The time is right with 100% of the population supporting the army as such if Namah strategically plays his card right he may possible get hold of our beautiful country to set our paths straight for prosperity.

THE GREAT PNG HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME BY THE O’STEAL GOVERNMENT (PART 1)

(L-R) BSP CEO Robin Flemming,Trade Minister Richard Maru and PM O'neill

The O’ Steal Government has done it again, with one of their scheming plans to steal from the people of Papua New Guinea. The First Home Ownership Scheme (FHOS) a partnership with a leading commercial bank in PNG has seen K200 million of taxpayer’s money being given to the bank to facilitate this scheme. This was done after an agreement was signed on the 3rd of September 2014. The scheme intends to provide an avenue whereby ordinary Papua New Guineans can acquire homes in urban areas. On the cover of it, the scheme seems too good to be true however looking at it realistically it is most likely that 0.01% of the population will get about 1% of that money allocated for the scheme before it is scraped. The reasons why I say a minority will benefit and will only get a tiny slice of this is because; Firstly, the terms of the scheme as provided on the banks website provides that a person as to be; 1. A PNG Citizen 2. A first home buyer 3. Be an employee of the private sector or public service 4. Provide 10% equity 5. Minimum of K200,000 Maximum of K400,000 Statistics would show that most Papua New Guineans are in the average to low income earning range as such either are living in settlements, village (within or close to the city) or with relatives that own homes. There income can only cater for sustaining their daily living needs. Apart from other obligations such as school fees, medical fees, bride price and other needs, it is usually financed through loans. With all money being depleted through this, how then can you expect a PNG citizen who has no home and earns a meagre income that can hardly sustain him to acquire such loan? Simple mathematics would equate the 10 % equity that a person has to provide upfront before he/she can be considered for the loan to be at K20,000 if a person who is thinking of getting the minimum amount allowable or K40,000 for the maximum amount. In reality, not to many people may utilize this scheme. Thus, the question we ask now is that whom was this scheme intended for? Secondly, the government as been embroiled in so much scandal and as survived all scandals because of it having the money power. Its policy of providing homes to Papua New Guineans is a tactful and cunning scheme devised to steal cleverly from the people again to finance their plans of remaining in power and stealing more from the people. Thirdly, Papua New Guineans have had enough of this stealers and it is envisaged that the coming elections will see the removal of power from the stealers who currently are in control. There removal would mean the scraping of this policy. Thus, the question we ask is, what will happen to the K200 million? BSP says “Through the support of the National Government steps are being taken to establish a long-term deposit base which addresses liquidity and market risks associated with long-term lending such as housing finance.” Bull crap is what I can say. See Part 2 next week