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The Blame Game: DSIP Funds

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 District Services Improvement Program (DSIP): is it an effective means of devolved funding to better reach the people or is it a members’ personal slush fund? Is DSIP funding (or the withholding of it) a way for the executive government to reward or penalise Members of Parliament at whim – and does it become a handy scapegoat for penalised MPs who haven’t delivered nor were ever going to? PNG Echo explores these questions. An urgent application to the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea has been lodged by Belden Namah (and/or the Opposition) and will be heard on March 14. Continue reading The Blame Game: DSIP Funds→

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Wewak police charged with rape: Kudos to O’Neill

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By PNG Echo. Wewak Police Commander, Sakawar Kasieng and three of his officers have been charged with the rape of a teenage girl that occurred during a police raid of a village at Dagua. An arrest was effected in an early morning raid by  the Police Mobile Squad deployed from Port Moresby, according to PNG Edge.  The four police officers, including Commander Kasieng, were up before the Wewak court for mention yesterday on charges of rape, unlawful wounding and arson.  The four are reported to be  at the Kreer Heights police station lock up and have been denied bail. Background Continue reading Wewak police charged with rape: Kudos to O’Neill→

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