Koim: It’s crying time again – Case dismissed

By PNG Echo Just hours ago, the National Court of Papua New Guinea handed down its decision on the Judicial Review of the disbanding of the Taskforce Sweep brought by Chairman Sam Koim. The court found for the Prime Minister, NEC, Attorney General and Independent State of Papua New Guinea, represented by Mal Varitimos, Tiffany Twivey-Nonggorr and Nicolas Tame, and against Koim on all counts except the defense objection as to the competency of the plaintiff’s proceedings. As the judgment found that the court did not have power to review the NEC’s decision to disband the agency and that the Continue reading Koim: It’s crying time again – Case dismissed

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Anti-corruption? I don’t think so

By PNG Echo While corruption is a problem in PNG, the anti-corruption movements it has spawned are proving to be an even greater one. The recent launching of a Facebook site, PNG Anti-Corruption Movement for Change (PNGACMC) gave its founders pause for thought (at least it should have) as they provided a forum for black hatred expressed in the form of threats of extreme sexual violence and torture by one contributor against another. The threats were so horrific and disgustingly graphic that one person wrote it was …the worse thing she had ever read on Facebook. The founders and leaders Continue reading Anti-corruption? I don’t think so

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