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Four years ago – have things changed?

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By PNG Echo I have forgotten how stunned the audience was after giving my speech at Bordeaux University, France, four years ago. Have we become so inured to the problems in PNG that we’ve normalized them?  Link to a video of the speech. 4 Years Ago Today I said: I am currently in France and have given a paper at a French University on the socio-economic effects of the extractive industry on the people of PNG and their (your) response to environmentalism. Taking into account my audience, the paper had to cover some very basic information. Many knew nothing at Continue reading Four years ago – have things changed?→

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People in glass houses…: A timely reminder by Hon Mao Zeming

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By PNG Echo. The Hon. Mao Zeming, MP, the Deputy Leader of the People’s National Congress Party (PNC) and Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources, has questioned the motives of one of the Grand Chief, Sir Michael Somare’s, children – the former MP for Angoram and Minister for State Owned Enterprises under his father’s government, Arthur Somare.   While the cameras roll, said the Hon Zeming, commenting on Somare Junior’s reported intention to stand outside ASC in Australia, I wonder how eager he will be to discuss his own ministerial record and the charges that were leveled against him in Continue reading People in glass houses…: A timely reminder by Hon Mao Zeming→

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