Oh the irony! Students breaking the law to insist on the rule of law.

By PNG Echo. Let’s be blunt: the students – or the militant minority, have got exactly what they want. Page four of yesterday’s Post Courier foretold it all: According to reporter Nellie Setapano, an illegal forum had been overseen by Students’ Representative Council President, Kenneth Rapa and attended by less than 300 students where a strategy was formed to deliberately defy and provoke police. The stated aim of the militant ones was to get themselves arrested in order to gain public attention, sympathy and support. But even with this pitifully poor turnout, it was reported that a large number of Continue reading Oh the irony! Students breaking the law to insist on the rule of law.

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Whistle a happy tune – your future depends on it

By PNG Echo From the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I comes a song that goes like this: Whenever I feel afraid, I hold my head erect, And whistle a happy tune So no one will suspect I’m afraid. The result of this deception is very strange to tell, For when I fool the people I fear I fool myself as well. The latest press release from the Office of the Prime Minister puts me in mind of this song. It’s all about perceptions, confidence and the positive effects that flow from the display of confidence. Accentuate the Continue reading Whistle a happy tune – your future depends on it

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