Category Archives: Political Opinion

The Somare accounts.

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By PNG Echo. You asked for it – here is is.  Another nail in the coffin of the Grand Chief’s aspirations to cover up the Singapore dealings.  When he asks that advise he says he’s going to of his lawyers, I wonder what they’ll tell him? What we know so far is that 3 cheques made out to Sir Michael Thomas Somare were deposited in Singapore bank account No 0374026963 Dated 16.08.10 and was for $US280,000 – it was deposited on 16.08.10 Dated 01.09.10 for $US280,000 – it was deposited on 02.09.10 Dated 12.11.10 for $US224,000 and was deposited on Continue reading The Somare accounts.→

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An ill wind blows in Bougainville

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By PNG Echo A cold political wind is blowing on the islands of Bougainville that’s fuelling a cold war. This wayward wind, which was downgraded to a tropical breeze at the cessation of hostilities in the bloody civil war on Bougainville at the end of the 1990s, has never been tamed but held in check by a peace agreement signed by most of the warring parties. The Promise The keystone of the accord was the promised plebiscite for an independent state, to take place within 20 years of the agreement. The promise effectively took the wind out of the sails Continue reading An ill wind blows in Bougainville→

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