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The politics of fear: A vote winner

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PNG Echo I can’t remember having any one particular conversation about it, but over time, I have come to know Manus Island vicariously, through the eyes of a local – as a lovely, lazy, tropical idyll populated by friendly, relaxed and gentle people. It was before the Australian Detention Centre opened there. Yet, ironically, in the latest reports coming out about the riots in Manus, it is the ‘locals’ who are being blamed for the breaching of the perimeter fences and for the vicious attack on the inmates How can this be reconciled? Let’s face it though, the reports have Continue reading The politics of fear: A vote winner→

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So who’s telling the truth? DSIP funds again

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By PNG Echo                 Finance Minister, James Marape, has denied the claims of Sam Basil that Wau/Bulolo is being discriminated against in the distribution of DSIP funds (along with the electorates of all Opposition MPs) because of political affiliations. ( (Post Courier 28 February 2014) Just last night on social media, Sam Basil claimed that he had received only K3million of DSIP funding with a second payment of K3 million being inaccessible because it was deposited in the wrong account. There has also been an ‘urgent’ appeal to the Supreme Court, lodged by the Continue reading So who’s telling the truth? DSIP funds again→

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