Don Polye – the Engan.

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By PNG Echo  Well is he really?  Engan, that is. Polye lived the majority of his life in Mt Hagen.  Perhaps that’s why his elevation to the position of MP for Kandep sticks in the craw of so many.  Because, in an electorate that’s riven with internecine violence, Polye’s rise to power has hardly been a unifying force  – quite the opposite. He has the dubious honour of an attempted assassination on his life during a political rally in Kandep in 2007. It’s clear that this ‘true son of Enga’, is not loved by all.  Election shenanigans The gunman may Continue reading Don Polye – the Engan.→

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Despicable behaviour – The week that was, ending 16 December 2013

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Scram, Schram. Last Thursday, December 12, Minister David Arore directed Sir Nagora Bogan, Chancellor of Unitech, Lae, to terminate the employment of Albert Schram, the very popular (with students), Vice Chancellor. While I have not been following the saga closely, my immediate misgivings are the increasing expressions of xenophobia by a nervous O’Neill government.   Indeed, last week, PM O’Neill labelled me a “foreign journalist,” while denying he was referring to me but addressing my criticisms just the same. Mr O’Neill, where I was born makes me ‘foreign’ to all countries but one, but never mistake that for disinterest. I Continue reading Despicable behaviour – The week that was, ending 16 December 2013→

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