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The week that was – ending 18 November 2013

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By PNG Echo Welcome to the first of a regular feature of PNG Echo where we look back on the more interesting things that happened in the week passed – the week that was. Although, it was ‘the week that wasn’t’ for the recently convened ‘Social Media Activists’ group.  A most welcome addition to the PNG political scene, this new group is having trouble harnessing its considerable passion and channeling it into effective protest. Last week’s planned protest was quickly abandoned when the government (which they were planning to protest against) ruled their gathering illegal.  That they never envisaged this Continue reading The week that was – ending 18 November 2013→

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COI Finance Department: Lest we forget

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By PNG Echo ‘Cabal’ (Wikipedia) “… is a group of people united in some close design together, usually to promote their private views or interests… often by intrigue … The use of this term usually carries strong connotations of shadowy corners, back rooms and insidious influence.”   Corruption: systemic, systematic and contrived The findings of the Commission of Inquiry into the Finance Department (COI) stands, now, more than five-years-old, as a damning indictment of the inefficacy and lack of will of PNG’s criminal investigating agencies and those with the power to direct them. Had the findings of this Inquiry been Continue reading COI Finance Department: Lest we forget→

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