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THE HEARTBEAT OF PNG
MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2015
PORT MORESBY EDITION K1, LAE K1.50
1000 STUDENTS TURNED AWAY FROM REGISTRATION
PX CANCELS FLIGHTS AS RAINS HIT KIMBE
PETROMIN BOARD DRAWS CURTAIN ON TOLUKUMA
MPS’ GUARANTEE LETTERS NOT GOOD: PAGE 3
DELUGE AFFECTS ROADS TO AIRPORT: PAGE 9
HIGH COSTS FORCES DECISION: PAGE 19 NEW lawyers who joined the bar on Friday were challenged to be competent in order to cut back on the backlog of court cases piling up at the National and Supreme courts caused by bad lawyers who went before them.
Lawyers slack Chief Justice: ‘Bad lawyering’ leads to pile-up
BY JACOB POK THE National and the Supreme Courts have a backlog of more than 21,000 cases dating back 32 years because of “bad lawyering”, according to Chief Justice Sir Salamo Injia. The backlog continues to increase every year because
of the inability of the courts and lawyers in assisting the court in conducting cases with due despatch and efficiency, Sir Salamo said. He said the National Courts now had more than 20,000 pending cases dating back to 1983 while the Supreme Court had more than 1200 pending
cases dating back to 1994. “The hearing of cases are unduly and unnecessarily delayed for months and years,” he said during the admission of new lawyers on Friday. “When cases are heard, they are not completed within reasonable time in that they are left part-heard and unattended
to or decisions are reserve for months and years on end and list goes on.” “It is the duty of the courts, assisted by a competent legal profession that holds key to the disposition of these cases in a timely and qualitative manner.” CONTINUED PAGE 2
MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2015
MP-paying fees good but do it properly I
T IS unfortunate that the education of thousands of students enrolled in tertiary institutions is at stake due to the failure by politicians to pay their school fees. It is not a surprise to see tertiary institutions refusing to enrol students or allow them to enrol as boarding students because of the uncertainty faced by school administrations over the commitment made by the leaders to pay the school fees. A lot of the displaced children are marching into tertiary institutions around the country armed with “letters of guarantee” from their local member. But the institutions are refusing to accept the letter signed by politicians such as East Sepik Governor Sir Michael Somare as a guarantee that the fees will be paid. Consequently, students have been asked by the tertiary institutions to only register as day and not boarding students. This is already happening at the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) in the national capital as well as other institutions. We cannot blame tertiary institutions for playing hardball over the school fees issue – they need the funding to enable them to buy material and resources needed for the first semester of the 2015 academic year. While most Government and church-run tertiary institutions do get funding under the National Budget allocation, fees collected from upfront payment will enable them to settle expenses that could be vital to the start of the academic year. Budgetary funding often takes time to come through the system. It is for this reason that we appeal to our leaders – who have issued letters of guarantee to students from their provinces or electorates – to sit down with the various tertiary institutions and look for a way forward. However, more importantly, the students should not miss another day of lectures over this particular matter. It is also hoped that the tertiary institutions and the leaders will strike a deal in this financial year to process the payment of fees for the next academic year. This will ensure the institutions receive payment and the studies of the selected students will not be affected. The growing practice of issuing guarantee letters to students could also be open to abuse. The letters could be easily forged and students – who do not or would not qualify for selection under an electorate or province’s student fee support schemes – end up with the funding support at the expense of the others. We commend those national parliamentarians who have placed school fee and tertiary education fees support schemes as their priority. However, we believe there is a better way to administer these funding support schemes to ensure the fees are paid in a timely manner and for the right students (without getting them exposed to illegal activities). It is not too late to begin that conversation for a way forward. The cost of educating a child, especially at the tertiary education level, continues to increase and is now beyond the means of a lot of ordinary Papua New Guineans. Getting the support of local politicians helps reduce the burden on parents but do it properly to minimise disruption to classes and to make the fees support schemes immune to impropriety.
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PM: No more ground breaking ceremonies PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill has put a stop to any more ground-breaking ceremonies on major government funded projects in the country. The Prime Minister, who visited the electorates of Nipa-Kutubu and Kagua-Erave to launch and announce major projects in the two districts, said there was no need for ground breaking ceremonies. “We have been breaking grounds for the last 40-years and there is no more
grounds left to break. We must kick start projects and only open when projects are complete,” Mr O’Neill told people who turned out at the two districts last week. He told the people that the government for the first time was stable and ready to work hard over the five years to bring real change to the 89 districts and 24 provinces. He said the government had in place some good policies including free education, free basic health, infra-
structure development, law and order, and economic growth through SME initiatives. “In the last four years this government has honored its commitment to free education which has save close to two million children in the country,” he said. “For the next five years we will build infrastructures, more classrooms, more teachers housing, more universities and technical colleges. “We have started work.
For the last 40 years we forgot about our children.” He said the government will build new nursing colleges and hospitals to look after the young, sick and old people. “A lot of our people are dying young. The average age of our country does not reach 60 years. It is down because our health system does not assist the old and the sick,” he said “That is why the Govern-ment has started the free health policy.”
Salamo bemoans ‘bad lawyering’ FROM PAGE 1 SIR Salamo said the bulk of the cases that goes before the high courts are filed by lawyers on behalf of their clients and lawyers decide if the case is to continue to its conclusion or to withdraw it from the court. “The lawyers are indeed the gatekeepers of the court. If lawyers do not do their job properly, this directly contributes to a build-up of cases or that when cases are heard, justice is miscarried,” he said. “It is my
personal assessment that if it was not for poor or bad lawyering in the courts, the courts workload would be reduced by 30 per cent. Instances of poor lawyering are not hard to find,” Sir Salamo said. He said there were instances where cases are brought to court prematurely without exhausting alternative dispute resolutions using dispute resolution procedures and forums outside the courts. There were others where cases are prematurely or
The bottom line The giraffe has no vocal cords, it communicates by vibrating the air around its neck
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deliberately brought to court without proper consideration of their merits in order to gain some unfair advantages; cases are rushed to court without properly and fully preparing documentation in compliance with court rules of practice and procedure; cases that do not see the day of trial on the merits because far too many of them are pre-occupied with preliminary or interlocutory applications or that countless number of adjournments are sought and granted by the court
because lawyers are not prepared for the case; lawyers failed to turn up in court on time or never bother turning up in court at all with a case has been adjourned with their consent or when they are duly notified of the hearing, lawyers do not assist the court in executing court orders. He challenged the new lawyers to be competent by displaying high intellectual and practical ability their practise to assist the courts dispose cases in a more efficient and timely manner.
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HEARD of the hair saloon at Four-Mile in NCD that has its barbers fishing for customers along the road? They take a quick look at your hair – if you have any – and quickly offer their services.
THE AFRO
THOSE with an Afro needing a total makeover might want to wonder down that street. You will most likely be given a discount as the enterprising barbers will spot you from a mile away.
SHARING
KEEPING US INFORMED THIS KENNEDY BANI picture shows a seller selling newspapers at the Waigani traffic lights in Port Moresby. The first modern newspapers were products of western European countries like Germany (publishing Relation in 1605), France (Gazette in 1631), Belgium (Nieuwe Tijdingen in 1616) and England (the London Gazette, founded in 1665).
A RECENTLY arrived city resident was soon spotted. He was whisked into the shop and watched in awe as two rival barbers shared the hair clipper between him and another customer!
HUNTERS
MPs’ guarantee letters turned down BY NELLIE SETEPANO
MORE than 1000 students from East Sepik Province may not register at tertiary institutions across the country because their guarantee letters have been turned down. A guarantee letter is an open letter to particular institutions by sponsors, especially politicians, notifying institutions that students were sponsored and that fees would be paid at a later date. East Sepik students claim that 1105 of them are under the provincial government sponsorship of K2.7 million. They have letters sent to 48 institutions throughout the country. Just over 100 students
attending the University of Papua New Guinea under the higher education contribution assistance scheme (HECAS) were told they could not register last week because the university refused to entertain a guarantee letter signed by Governor Sir Michael Somare. Third year science student and spokesperson for East Sepik students, Elias Joromo, was desperate for the provincial government to make arrangements to save them from missing out on registration. The Post-Courier found that not only UPNG had turned back students, other institutions have done the same. An officer at the University of Goroka’s student services
who wished to remain anonymous said students refused to register when they did not have their complete fees. The university also gave such students an option to register as non-residential. Boarding and lodging for residential students at UOG is K10,278 while non-residential students pay K2957. The officer said the university was aware of students that travelled in from other provinces without full registration fees but with guarantee letters. They were asked by the administration to become non-residential students. He advised that students by now should know that institutions would not accept such letters anymore. The Port Moresby Business
College turned back 54 HECAS students because they did not have school fee receipts but guarantee letter from politicians asking the institution to register students. Principal John August encouraged students to register next semester when they find money. He said the institution refused guarantee letters because they were not credible anymore. This issue was raised in the last Parliament sitting. Minister for Higher Education, Research Science and Technology, Malakai Tabar, told the House that guarantee letters are not accepted because MPs in the past never kept their end of the bargain.
TOP marks to the PNG Hunters on an impressive display of rugby league in the QRL Intrust Super Cup. Their 40-18 thrashing of the South Logan Magpies in Brisbane yesterday was beautiful to watch.
FIG DOWN
THERE is a growing global movement to conserve trees around urban recreation
areas. But in Lorengau, Manus authorities thought otherwise and chopped down the last fig tree.
LOGGING
THE park opposite Lorengau post office, a scenic part of the town with its 60-yearold fig trees, now looks like a logging site denude of vegetation.
CHECK IT
IS THERE any chance the Office of the Auditor General will check the books of the UPNG? Reports from campus point to alleged financial discrepancies that only an inquiry can check.
TAKE NOTE
FORMER AROB president James Tanis says he won’t contest this year’s presidential election as constitution doesn’t allow two terms. But was his announcement aimed at incumbent John Momis?
SUMMIT
POWERFUL summit focused on women gets underway today in the national capital and ends on Wednesday. PNG’s Women Forum is hosted by the US Embassy and the PNG Government.
POWERFUL
THE summit has a number of powerful speakers including the region’s first female head of the Pacific Islands Forum secretariat. Welcome home Dame Meg Taylor (pic courtesy of Fiji Sun).
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The bottom line Household rats live for about a year, and can produce up to 84 baby rats a year
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Boram hospital funds released upon approval BY GORETHY KENNETH THE K1.2 million Boram General Hospital project funds were released in May 2014 after an agreement was signed by the hospital executives with the contractor. The East Sepik provincial administration revealed this on Friday. It said the funds were released as approved from by the Boram Hospital. East Sepik Administrator Otto Ganaii could not comment further, but the administration clarified that the funds were not released without proper authority, the documents and letters were signed by the hospital executives and that is why they released the funds. The provincial dministration said that they would not say much in the media as all information and documentation would be given to the investigating team that is currently in Wewak right now. It also said that the documents were already handed to the Ombudsman Commission for further investigations. According to the Wewak General Hospital project work agreement signed on May 22, 2014 between
BY NELLIE SETEPANO
At a glance FUNDS: K1.2 million was released to the Wewak General hospital project fund. CONTRACTOR: The builder was Pins Construction Limited. DEFENCE: The East Sepik Provincial Government said the funds were released following approval from Boram Hospital. THE DEAL: The deal was for 16 wards four toiltes, bathrooms and toilet facilities. FUNDS GIVEN: A total of K803,527.39 was released to the contractor
the Wewak Hospital and Contractor, Pins Construction Limited, the contract was signed by caretaker chief executive officer Christopher Kodoru, who signed on behalf of CEO Dr Lawrence Warangi. The agreement was for 16 wards four toilets, bathrooms and toilet facilities and immediately a sum of K803,527.39 were released for the project. The officials could not reveal any more details but advised that a full and proper report for a press release will be released soon and once all investigations are complete.
DEATH NOTICE FELICITESS PILION NAKUE DOB: 1/12/1995 DIED: 6/3/2015 This is to inform relatives, friends and schoolmates of the untimely passing of the late Felicitess. Haus krai at Bava Street, East Boroko, Post-Courierr flats Tentative Funeral dates Wednesday 11/03/15 10:00am - Funeral Service at St Joseph’s Catholic Church Boroko. -Body overnights at family home Thursday 12/03/15 - POM-Manus Job 1: 21: “The Lord gives and the Lord takes away Praise the name of the Lord” For further information contact : Kathy Moat (Port Moresby) – 71781040; Jacinta Nakue – 73639937; Manus: Campbell Christopher – 73093595
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Sir Michael shuns ESP students
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EAST Sepik students awaiting tuition fees to be paid by the East Sepik provincial government have been told bluntly that there are no funds to entertain students who want them. Guarantee letters signed by Governor Sir Michael Somare and given to 48 ter-
tiary institutions for the payment of tuition fee for East Sepik students carry no weight, says Rodney Kamus, a spokesman for Sir Michael. Mr Kamus was shown one of the letters written to the University of PNG registrar. He said there was no commitment from Sir Michael right now although
he confirmed the letter was signed by Sir Michael. Mr Kamus insisted students pay and register and the provincial government may assist at a later date. Mr Kamus did not specify how much and when the money would be made available. He said there was no such thing as a promised tuition fee of K2.7 million as
stated by the students, adding he was not sure where the money would come from. Meanwhile, more than 100 Sepik students attending UPNG could not register this week because the memo from the administration reminded students that UPNG would not entertain any guarantee letters.
FUNERAL WAR CRY RELATIVES of some of the four victims killed in a four vehicle crash in Kuli gap in the Anglimp district of Jiwaka Province last week staged a funeral war cry at Kawi along the Highlands Highway at the weekend. The procession held down traffic for some minutes. Picture: JOHNNY POIYA
Maru told to back off BY GORETHY KENNETH EAST Sepik Governor Sir Michael Somare has asked Trade Minister Richard Maru to leave the East Sepik Provincial Government out of Yangoru-Sausia politics. Sir Michael said he has just returned from East Sepik and wanted to clarify also that the State still owed him K6.8 million, money he spent from his own pocket as the intervener of a Supreme Court reference during the poltical impasse of 2011, and the State has not paid him back. The Attorney-General’s office confirmed last Friday that the State still owed Sir Michael funds but could not
At a glance REFRAIN: Sir Michael Somare has called on Trade Minister Richard Maru to leave ESP provincial government issues out of Yangoru -Sausia politics. MR WARARU: Said the K1.5 million used had not been reimbursed. MINISTER MARU: Defends the O’Neill Government but wanterd to know if the money owed to the ESP had been reimbursed or not.
disclose more details. However the Post-Courier was told the monies owed to Sir Michael also include a K1 million compensation package the State was going to pay him, which has not been paid to date. Last week former East Sepik governor Peter Wararu clarified that the national
Government still owed the ESPG more than K15 million in outstanding legal and damages claims. Mr Wararu told the PostCourier that the K1.5 million used from the East Sepik Provincial Government funds had been reimbursed and not the K5 million referred to by Trade Minister Richard Maru
in earlier reports. Mr Wararu also said the O’Neill Government had not paid more than K15 million as per a court order. In October 2011, Sir Michael tabled a special submission to the Supreme Court of PNG, challenging the legitimacy of Prime Minister Peter O’Neill’s administration, which was formed on August 2, 2011 after he (Somare) was kicked out of office. He was removed as the prime minister of the then Somare-Abal government. Mr Maru last week called for clarification, wanting to know if the money had been reimbursed to the provincial government or not.
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Highway health patrol underway
Health workers needed BY NELLIE SETEPANO
EAST Sepik Province is in dire need of 500 health workers and specialist doctors, says Boram Hospital board chairman Allan Bird. The hospital has operated with just nine doctors for a long time. “I am happy to say that we are up to 13 doctors now and four are arriving in the next few months,” Mr Bird said. He said the hospital serves 500,000 people of the province, parts of West Sepik and Highlands provinces as well. Despite its rundown state and understaffing, the hospital continues to provide help to people. Mr Bird said with the K24 million proposed for Boram rehabilitation announced by Health Minister Michael Malabag during a recent visit, the hospital would continue to improve. Giving the status of the hospital, the chairman said the hospital was in the process of rebuilding and welcomed interested health workers to the province. He added that the plans to build a nursing college
At a glance REHAB: K24 million proposed for Boram rehabilitation. STAFF SHORTAGE: The hospital has operated with just nine doctors for a long time. CHAIRMAN: Allan Bird.
would go along to improving health manpower in the province. “We lack so much health workers, not only at Boram but right across East Sepik Province,” he said. Mr Bird, who had been chairman for only eight months, said with hospital acting chief executive officer in place, Boram had restored good governance and accountability. He assured the Government that the K24 million rehabilitation funds would be parked at the hospital accounts. Mr Bird said prior to his appointment, there had been reported malpractices at the hospital for a long time and these claims had been submitted to the auditor-general. He said it was time to restore public confidence.
FAREWELL PATRICK LESLIE GOVERNMENT House last Friday farewelled Patrick Leslie, Private Secretary to Governor General Sir Michael Ogio. Mr Leslie has resigned last month to contest the Bougainville Presidential Elections next month. He will contest the Lato Constituency seat in South Bougainville.
A HIGHWAY health patrol has begun in parts of Western Province with tuberculosis given priority. The North Fly health service Program and North Fly district health services recently started a health patrol along the KiungaTabubil Highway doing TB investigations and collecting sputum from suspected patients. According to North Fly health services program media unit, the patrol team held video shows as part of its awareness on TB and HIV at each village visited at night, while counselling and testing for both TB and HIV were offered during the day. Western Province is reported as having the highest TB prevalence in Papua New Guinea, therefore, much effort is continuously directed to address the dreaded disease in that province. Villages that were visited include the north Awin villages and north and west Ningerum villages to carry out health awareness, Immunisation and other clinical services. The patrol was completed by four teams. The main focus was to carry out routine immunisation and clinical services for babies and children up to four years of age, family planning, treating outpatients, measles immunisation and TB testing.
Goilalas celebrate opening of aid post, classroom THE All Angels parish at Kerau in the Goilala mountains of Central Province recently celebrated the opening and blessing of a new double classroom and an aid post. The assistance of Digicel Foundation PNG and with financial support of the Governor of Central Province, Kila Hoada, saw
the establishment of a brand new double-classroom block and an aid post as the medical centre for the remote Aiwara area near Tapini district headquarters. A total of K630,000 was spent on projects in Goilala, which included a double classroom and ablution block at Blessed Peter ToRot Primary School in
Tapini and St Anne Primary School. It was an occasion to reflect together on the plight of the people living in the Goilala mountains. In fact, the provincial administrator broke down and wept openly because of the deteriorating state government offices and the continued absence of public servants.
Speakers at the project opening shared the sympathy of the Giolala community and appealed to locals to look after the buildings, to care for them and also to ensure they are time worthy for the sake of the next generation. Bishop of Bereina, Rochus Tatamai, appealed to the community to change their
attitude and start promoting and appreciating infrastructure development, rather than the current reality of striving to build replacement buildings and facilities because of the community’s neglect and tendency to burn down buildings whenever there is tribal conflicts and division in society.
“Burning down of facilities, especially education and health centres had been a major concern for us in recent years,” he said. “Let us leave our facilities out of our conflicts as they do not belong to anyone person or village, don’t destroy and loot them because they are public properties and are there for all to benefit.”
The bottom line Studies show that 75 per cent of people who marry partners from an affair eventually divorce
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Women celebrate BY DENYSE KALAU
INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day is a day to celebrate the achievements of women throughout the world while promoting gender equality. This year’s theme “make it happen” encourages effective action for advancing and recognising women in the world. An organisation that has taken the first step to recognise women as an important change agent is City Pharmacy Limited, with the launch of its Women in Leadership program on Friday to commemorate International Women’s Day, which was witnessed by Dame Carol Kidu, CEO of Origin Energy and chair of Business Coalition for Women, Lesieli Taviri and staff from CPL. The women in leadership program is an initiative undertaken by CPL to address gender issues which often exclude women from senior positions within the company. Under the women in leadership program, women employees would undergo a leadership training which would provide empowerment opportunities for them to realise their full potential to become leaders of the company one day. Chief executive officer Ravi Singh said CPL was committed to balance its workforce and one way of doing that was by investing in female employees through the leadership program, which the company believes would pay off in
At a glance PROGRAMS: CPL women empowerment programs include; Pride of PNG awards and Meri Seif Ples program. PURPOSE: These initiatives were designed to honor women for their achievements and courage for challenges they face in society. LAUNCH: CPL launched Women in Leadership program.
many ways. “Not only do they build the capacity of the company by equipping women employees with the knowledge and confidence they need to succeed in their workplace, these programs gives women the skills to take on leadership roles at homes and in their communities as well. “This leadership program will be the cornerstone of the company’s success. “CPL acknowledges that its female employees are important change agents in the company’s transformation and growth,” Mr Singh explained. He said the goal of the company was to one day claim that they had equal participation from men and women holding senior positions. CPL also has other women empowerment programs such as the most popular Pride of Papua New Guinea awards for women and Meri Seif Ples program. These initiatives were designed to honour women for their achievements and courage for challenges they face in society.
CEO of Origin Energy and chair of Business Coalition for Women, Lesieli Taviri.
Oil Search focuses on breaking cycle of violence A MAJOR oil and gas exploration and development company has marked International Women’s Day by presenting a cheque for K46,000 for a Papua New Guinea safe house that will
provide a refuge for women experiencing violence or threats. Oil Search Limited, which has been operating in Papua New Guinea since 1929, in its commitment to
women empowerment and breaking cycle of genderbased violence, made the presentation last week. In a statement, the company said the money was raised by Oil Search’s ‘Use
Your Voice’ campaign, which saw employees and contractors submit photos of themselves holding messages of support for the 2014 International Day to End Violence Against Women.
The Oil Search Women’s Network initiative was successful, with 1152 photos submitted by Oil Search people in Papua New Guinea, Australia and the Middle East.
The bottom line Swedish researchers have found a link between lower IQ scores and higher suicidal feelings.
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More females to contest election THE Bougainville Women Federation has announced that a total of 21 women have so far expressed their desire to contest the three regional seats in the coming June ABG Election. Federation president Hona Holan revealed this during their mock parliamentary debate at Buka Bel Isi Park on Tuesday last week. She said this is a good indication that more women are getting into politics and they are hoping to get as many women as they can into the ABG Parliament in this years’ election. Mrs Holan said the current figures for intending women candidates to contest the three regional seats include eight women in North Bougainville, seven in South Bougainville, and six in Central Bougainville. The figures for women in South Bougainville who are intending to contest the regional seat are, current MP Rose Pihei, Jempo Matene, Isabel Beta and Benedine Neras. In South Bougainville, Mary Mamatau and Miriam Labanoi have expressed their intention to contest the Konnou Council of Elders (COE) Seat in Buin District. Agnes Titus will contest the Nissan COE, Rachael Kean will contests Mahari COE, Josephine Surei will contest Peit Constituency, Rita Pearson is intending to contests the Taonita Teop COE Seat and Joan Nenoan is intending to contest the Bolave COE. Some women who have expressed interest to contest the North Bougainville Regional Seat are, current MP for North Bougainville, Elizabeth Burain, Patricia Kakapal, Lina Baii and Hona Holan. According to the polling schedule dates the issue of writs will be on the 24th to the 27th of March.
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Judge: Serve clients fairly BY SAMUEL RAITANO
LAWYERS taking oath during their admission to the courts last Friday.
New lawyer admission numbers increasing BY JACOB POK CHIEF JUSTICE Sir Salamo Injia has challenged new lawyers to be efficient and competent in their profession as lawyers and officers of the court. The Chief Justice while chairing the admission hearing of 112 new lawyers last Friday, said the current number of admission was the biggest number of lawyers admitted since Independence.
Being a lawyer of this court is indeed a high calling and reserved for the privileged few ... JUSTICE SIR SALAMO INJIA Port Moresby
He said the number adds to a growing population of
the legal profession which was close to 1,500 lawyers in PNG. “Being a lawyer of this court is indeed a high calling and reserved for the privileged few who possess high intellectual ability, high practical ability and high ethical standards,” Sir Salamo said. He added the demand by the courts for excellence in the performance of respective duties of officers of court is the characteristics or attributes of a noble and
honourable profession that is associated with members of the legal and judicial profession. “It is to ensure that the court discharges its judicial function effectively and efficiently in a manner that is fair, timely and qualitative,” Sir Salamo stressed. He said lawyers are officers of the court and play a key role in assisting the court to discharge its judicial function and challenged the new lawyers to be efficient and
competent in their practise. “You are joining the profession at a time when the people who are the recipients of judicial services are expressing concern over the effectiveness and efficiency with which the courts deliver judicial services. And they are right,” Sir Salamo said. He challenged the new lawyers to be competent and display high standard of practise to assist the court in dealing with cases in a more efficient and timely manner.
SERVING the interests of clients honestly and charging them fairly is what lawyers should be doing, says a judge of the National and Supreme Court. Judge Les Gavara-Nanu said this when welcoming new lawyers to the legal fraternity during their admission last Friday in Port Moresby. “This occasion ends one chapter of your life...your academic career,” GavaraNanu said. He said that there would be challenges along the way but their duty was to uphold the rule of law under the constitution of PNG. “It is now on you to chart your own future,” he added. He also congratulated parents and guardians who were involved in the achievements of the new lawyers. “I urge you to join offices or firms where you will have good supervision and mentoring. “You will need supervision by experienced lawyers who follow the rule of law so that you assist the courts well,” Gavara-Nanu said. He added that there were many lawyers, even experienced ones, who give reasons at the court that they have had no instructions from their clients and wanted to seek adjournments. He said that should not be the case. “The time you spend, you bill your clients and you should not charge them when you are not giving them any help,” he said.
From classroom to courtroom BY SAMUEL RAITANO A HIGH school teacher is now a lawyer. Pukama Puksy Yapa from Muniputi village in Kagua, Southern Highlands Province, was admitted to the National and Supreme Court bar last Friday with more than a hundred other new lawyers.
Despite the passing of his father last year, Mr Yapa continued his studies at the Legal Training Institute to successfully pass out as a lawyer. He and another sibling are the only two in their family to be educated. After completing grade ten at Kagua High School in 1994, he enrolled for Matriculation
studies at the University of Papua New Guinea from 1996 to 1997. In 1998 he went to University of Goroka where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Education in 2001. He taught at various schools in Southern Highlands Province before enrolling at UPNG to study law and graduated in 2014 with Bachelor in Law.
At a glance PUKAMA PUKSY YAPA: A former teacher from Muniputi village in Kagua, Southern Highlands Province, was among new lawyers admitted to the National and Supreme Court bar last Friday in Port Moresby.
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Zeming backs city authority proposal FISHERIES Minister Mao Zeming has thrown his support behind the establishment of a Lae City Authority. Mr Zeming said yesterday that Lae was a growing city that must have an authority to take charge of maintaining infrastructure and delivering its municipal services. He attended the special Tutumang session in Lae last Thursday, and his prepared remarks were incorporated into Tutumang’s hansard. The Tewai-Siassi MP said Lae’s strategic location was important to the nation and its economic growth. “It is Papua New Guinea’s manufacturing centre. It hosts the nation’s largest sea port facility. “It is the gateway to the nation’s multi-billion kina mineral and hydro-carbon projects located in our own
TEWAI-Siassi MP Mao Zeming province and the highlands region, like Harmony Gold in Morobe and PNG LNG Project in Hela Province.” But he said before the National Government’s intervention in 2012, Lae’s roads were deteriorating, garbage collection was non-existent, street lights destroyed, and
businesses struggling to cope. “All these were happening under the nose of the Morobe Provincial Government, the Lae Urban LLG, and some of the leaders who are spreading misinformation about the proposed city authority.” He said in 2012, the Government acted quickly to restore Lae city. “The government has allocated over K200 million to upgrade and seal Lae city roads. Many of you can see the result as you drive around the city. “The government is spending about K300 million to upgrade the Lae-Nadzab road and turn it into a four-lane highway. Work has already begun on stage one of this project “Phase one of the Lae Tidal Basin development project has been completed. And phase two is now underway.
This K700 million project will transform our port service and ensure business efficiency not only in Lae but everywhere else. “Over K35 million is being spent to redevelop Angau Hospital. Go to the hospital and see how we have changed the outpatient and the children’s ward. “In the future, the new Angau Hospital will be built for close to K1.6 billion in partnership with the Australian Government. Lae city needs an authority to oversee these developments, to maintain an efficient and effective municipal service in partnership with Lae Urban LLG and Ahi LLG, and the Morobe Provincial Government. “The authority will not undermine or overtake the responsibilities of these entities.”
Fairweather asks Maru for PMIZ report BY GORETHY KENNETH
SUMKAR MP Ken Fairweather has called on Trade Minister Richard Maru and the Government to produce a full report on the K30 million Pacific Marine Industrial Zone (PMIZ) project in Madang. Mr Fairweather in a statement also called on the Ombudsman Commission to seriously look into the matter because it has been about seven years and nothing has been done on the PMIZ project. “I am calling on the Government to immediately conduct an investigation into
At a glance PMIZ: The Pacific Marine Industrial Zone (PMIZ) is one of the major economic impact projects, approved by Government of PNG, among other major work programmes, put in place to support the sustainable development of the fisheries sector. AIM: The project’s aim is to promote the development of basic infrastructure and to reduce post harvest losses.
the K30 million allocated for the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone in Madang,” the Sumkar MP said. “The Ombudsman Commission should seriously investigate the PMIZ finances. “I have been calling for two years for an investigation into the use of budgeted funds up
to K30 million to crony contractors with nothing left to show. “Minister Maru and Commerce Department have a lot to answer to. This PMIZ has been a giant rip-off from the start. It is a con job and it needs a complete transparent report on where the money
went. Every budget more is allocated and nothing is done. PMIZ is just a political slush fund which is unbudgeted money,” Mr Fairweather said. “I am bringing this up because Sepik politics on funds in that province has been reported all of last week with Mr Maru in the limelight, now I am asking, can he produce the report for the benefit of the people of Madang?” Mr Maru said recently that the project was carried out by the national Government through the Trade and Commerce office, and assured a report would be produced.
Govt committed to open up missing link BY ISAAC NICHOLAS THE National Government has allocated K20 million for the upgrading and sealing of the Ialibu to Kagua-Erave road and connecting to Kirkori to complete the GulfSouthern Highlands highway by the end of this Parliament term. Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, who flew into Kagua disrtict last Thursday, announced the development funding to improve the district that has been neglected over the last 40-years although it is host to one of the country’s oil fields. “The Government now will complete the Southern Highlands Province to Kikori Highway in the two and a half years remaining in this Parliament,” Mr O’Neill said. “Next our government will start sealing the Ialibu-Kagua road and then move on to Erave afterwards connecting into Kikori.” He said after the Gulf to Southern Highlands highway is completed, the Government would build a port in Kikori for the benefit of the peo-
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ple. “With ongoing road development, soon you won’t have to travel down to Lae to collect cargo from its ports or deliver your own goods for trade,” he said. “We will be able drive down to Kikori, in Gulf Province, which is shorter and more convenient.” Kagua-Erave district is home to the Gobe oil fields for the past 15 years but there was nothing to show for in real term development on the ground. The road from Ialibu to Kagua district headquarters is so treacherous that only four-wheel drive vehicles get through. He gave another K10 million for the connection of electricity to the district which he promised to switch on by the end of the year. Mr O’Neill said the people must work in partnership with the government and take ownership of the development initiatives which involves ending tribal fights and keep peace in the district. The Prime Minister was accompanied by several ministers.
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Flights off as rains continue BY NICOLE JOANNES CONTINUOUS heavy rains in West New Britain Province have caused floods in many areas with damage to roads. As a result Air Niugini cancelled all its flights in and out of Hoskins yesterday. Flights were cancelled due to debris blocking the Kou Buluma Bridge, including part of the Buluma Village road that collapsed after a landslip, further causing a huge tree to fall blocking off the highway. Many people travelling in and out of Kimbe were stranded until midday when debris at Buluma KO Bridge was cleared, allowing for normal flow of traffic. Air Niugini’s general manager commercial, Dominic Kaumu said they will assess the weather situation before they resume normal flights. This is not the first time access has been denied by the Buluma log bridge, causing inconvenience to the community. Since its collapse in 2009, the Buluma KO bridge is yet to be fixed and provinvincial Works manager John Sitapai has confirmed that a bailey bridge will soon be constructed following its approval. At Buluma village, locals
At a glance FLOODING: Continuous heavy rains in West New Britain Province have caused flooding which has damaged roads and caused landslips. Air Niugini has announced the cancellation of flights in and out of Hoskins as a result. DAMAGE: To bridges, roads and hampered harvesting of fruit at the NBPOL plantations. cleared the road allowing the flow of traffic, but a large part of the road has been washed away. The Kumbango section of the Kimbe-Hoskins Highway was submerged over the weekend with the New Britain Palm Oil plantations including small holder blocks also under water, making harvest of the fruit impossible. The Kimbe police barracks is also under water and Disaster and Emergency officers are carrying out assessments in parts of Aling, Dagi, Morokea and Nahavio, which have been experiencing high tides and flooding. Director of Disaster and Emergency Leo Mapmani said they are still conducting assessments and the extent of the damage is yet to be established.
PART of the Buluma village road that was washed away, causing a tree to fall blocking the highway.
KUMBANGO section of the highway with the plantation under water spilling onto the road.
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Quick thoughts INVESTIGATE NHC
THE current tussle among tenants of NHC flats in Tokarara is all caused by officials in the National Housing Corporation. And the explanation sounds fishy as well which needs full investigation to see if there is any conspiracy or back door deals being involved. It sounds ridiculous for them to instruct tenants to move out and all of a sudden instruct them to move in again, claiming it was not proper for them to sleep out in the open. Innocent tenants are made to pay the price of what seems to be a back door deal, done under the NHC hierarchy’s knowledge and all this mess, so far indicates something is not right with the current administration. It’s time the Housing Minister or the Prime Minister intervene to sort out this mess by NHC officials. Unhappy Reader Boroko
RUBBISH AT VC
VISION City is a shopping Centre where customers flock to shop and use the internet, have coffee, go to restaurants, do banking and to relax. Initially, the environment surrounding the building has been conducive. I, for one really enjoy going to Vision City. It also has toilets, which are well looked after. Unfortunately, you will notice that buai and smoke sellers are selling their items inside the area right next to exit door as you come out from Vision City. This is embarrassing and I wonder what the security guards are doing. This is an eye sore as Vision City is considered be a clean place but this is opposite now. Can the management start doing something to restrict these people from selling buai and smoke inside the shopping area? Can Vision City management do something about this.
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MY RECENT letter to the editor about the same old tired faces representing the country certainly has touched a raw nerve in the netball fraternity, particularly from my same language speaking people towards the eastern part of Central Province. Comments on social media by small time thinkers have been condemning my letter. All this while others are trying desperately to convince, not only themselves but talented young players that the mid-30-somethingyear-olds selected for the 2015 Pacific Games are still the best. To add salt to injury, a dangerous trend is also being set where players left out of the international scene for years are now being recalled.
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I welcome those comments as I believe and hope they can bring about a healthy debate on issues surrounding this sport and why there has been a steady decline in standards and performance over the years. International tournaments meant to help raise the standard of the game has not had any significant impact on the form of our players, as witnessed on countless occasions. Many of our old faces have been soundly thrashed year in and year out. If we are to beat our neighbouring Pacific powerhouses like Fiji, Cook Islands and Samoa, a total revamp of the sport is a must. Administrators, coaches, umpires and players from different ethnic backgrounds need
to be engaged to uplift the standard of this sport. Junior players with talent who have been identified need to be groomed to a level where they can be called upon to represent the nation at the international level when the need arises. To the current team that has been selected for the 2015 Pacific Games, we “demand” nothing less than “gold” from you lot! Are you game? I have played the sport and represented my division in the local and national championship scene. Doesn’t that make me qualified enough to comment on matters associated with the sport? Ragela Magi Highway
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We are yet to see the current value but with the current market value of NCD properties, the increase is estimated to be significant. This review... will come into effect in 2016. National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop on the increase in Port Moresby land tariffs.
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THE NCDC advertisement on page 77 in your daily on March 6 by NCDC titled “BE WARNED”, is downright biased and insulting to the Motu Koitabuans in NCD and the people of Central and Gulf provinces. Why are these people, whose land was made the capital of the nation without their consent, being constantly subjected to this tirade of ridicule, abuse and insult, not only by outsiders, but, now by our municipal authority? NCDC through a full page advertisement was accusing them of being the bad boys for smuggling betelnut into NCD. Our Governor has stated on record that the consumption of betelnut is not banned in the Motu Koitabu villages in NCD. Villagers in NCD therefore have a right to bring in the nuts for their own consumption and sale well within the confines of their village boundaries, so why the finger pointing advert?
BETELNUT: Betelnut chewing is an important cultural practice in some regions in south and south-east Asia and Asia-Pacific. It has traditionally played an important role in social customs and religious practices. While it may be premature to deny that individuals and groups have been bringing the nuts into NCD using dinghies, must all the blame be directed at these people? Are they the scapegoats for a ban that is not as effective as what Parkop or NCDC would want? Take a drive around the city and witness for yourselves who the largest group of people selling this drug on the streets are and where they are from. On the flip side of the issue, what is NCDC doing about the purported smuggling of betelnut into NCD by some members of our discipli-
nary forces? Our good Governor has again on record admitted time and again that there are elements within our forces who are also behind the smuggling activities into NCD, but to date NCDC has taken no actions in putting an end to these activities, let alone run full page adverts warning them! City Manager Leslie Alu, himself a son of Central Province with marital connections to the Motuan people, ought to explain why he has allowed NCDC to run this biased campaign targeting his own people. Sir, you would do well to direct your officers to reword the contents of the advert. The message should be to warn “ALL” people engaged in this activity to take heed, and not single out the Motu Koitabuans or the people of Central and Gulf provinces. Enough is enough. Give our Papuan people a break! Frank Nouairi Papua Besena!
Give priority to public servants’ welfare IT IS sad to read about corruption in our dailies almost every day. Mostly corruption is facilitated by public servants who are the people on the ground. They are a contributing factor to the downfall of the service delivery mechanism in the country. To minimise corruption, the government should: 1. Have mechanisms in place to recognise and reward those hard working public servants and punish the lazy and corrupt ones. It is unethical when nepotism is involved in promotions; 2. The other underlying factor which contributes to corruption is public servants’ wellbeing. There are qualified public servants who are underpaid. For instance, univer-
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sity graduates paid less than K1000 a fortnight or not even recognised for their hard work leads to frustrations. This eventually gives way to corruption. There should be a ceiling pay for people with university degrees and diplomas, and other qualifications. This is so they contribute meaningfully and take pride in their jobs; and, 3. The ever increasing living costs in the country is another factor. There has been an increase in the prices of goods and services in the country in the last 10 years or so. The pay packet brought home cannot cater for all the needs and such leads to corruption. For instance, Kiunga in Western Province is one of the districts in
the country with very high prices of goods and services. Public servants living here cannot be paid the same as public servants in other parts of PNG. If the National Government cannot foot the extra cost then the provincial government should put in some incentives to help public servants perform in the province. The same should be done for other places with exceptionally high living costs. These simple facts and other factors which are not listed can be seen as an improvement tool to enhance public servants’ performance in PNG and also help minimise corruption in the country. Augustine A Kerapali Kiunga, WP
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In PNG internet porn is already a disease. Children and adults have caught the virus and even Christians are losing the fight against it. The government should be serious about controlling porn on the internet. Today even school children have access to these sites through mobile phones. Internet porn is the best avenue for rape, domestic violence, spread of HIV and commercial sex. Can all Christians unite and pray against internet porn? Johnson Apamumu – WNB
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This year’s Grade Nine students of Mt Hagen Park Day Secondary School have not started classes yet. Their classrooms have been dismantled over the 2014 Christmas holiday period in the hope of building new ones. The contractor who demolished the buildings is yet to be paid. The firm can’t start work unless it is paid. Students don’t have classrooms to do their schooling now. It’s going into the second month of the school year and Grade Nine students were asked to go to Mt Hagen primary and Ogulbeng primary to do their schooling. Classrooms at Ogulbeng are yet to be completed while Mt Hagen primary is short of two classrooms. Students selected to do their Grade Nine at Hagen Park Day Secondary are lost and don’t know what to do. Students expressed their frustration on March 4 by disturbing the rest of the school. Can the PEB step in and address this problem? Concerned Parent
REPLACE ENTIRE STAFF Your front page article about the missing K1.2m allocated for the rebuilding of Boram General Hospital has prompted me to write, thanks to MP Richard Maru for uncovering the rot. I fully support the work of the Member for Yangoru-Saussia
for uncovering this stolen public money, which otherwise would never be known while our Sepik people continue to suffer and miss out on development. It’s time we have the entire provincial administration staff replaced, starting from the district administrator down to the receptionist or the clerk. And it must be a thorough clean-up to put a complete end to this rot. Anyone found guilty or taking part in misappropriating this money needs tough disciplining once identified. Enough is enough. And it’s time to allow somebody from outside to head the provincial administrator’s position if our own people cannot be trusted. No wonder East Sepik Province has never progressed or seen any development for the last 40 years since independence, regardless of Sir Michael Somare and his National Alliance party being elected for two consecutive parliamentary terms from 2002 to 2007, and 2007 to 2011, before being removed forcefully. Proud Sepik
DO NOT SHIFT BLAME
The recent allegation of mismanagement of funds by the Yangoru-Saussia MP is only the tip of the iceberg of what is really happening in the administration of the East Sepik Province. The Governor must not shift the blame onto the administrator or the courts. He has been in power for the last four decades and has nothing to show. While respect is due in this regard, I must say that ESP is very much lacking in terms of real tangible developments, as Wewak and other outlying districts are still the same. The stealing of funds for the Boram General Hospital is a classic example of what goes on in the corridors of power at the local haus tambaran in the provincial capital, Wewak. Nanguan
Police in Gerehu are looking for stolen items being sold in the area after criminals broke into TST Gerehu shop. Feb 7, 2005
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Highway to be self-sustained BY HAIVETA KIVIA THE Lae-Finschhafen-Madang Highway will be a self-sustained project, says Aleena Limited. Aleena’s finance manager Manasseh Wafi said the highway will cost around K2 billon to build and the road project will fund itself. Mr Wafi said Aleena would require minimum guarantee from the national Government to raise the capital and had already locked down K2 billion with an international financier and was also looking onshore for capital. He said the investment in the agriculture sector as proposed by Aleena can generate the revenue to offset the possible loan and make the project selfsustained. “Making the project self-sustained is in the view that the highway will maintain itself because 2 percent generated from the sale of agriculture commodities from the region will be put aside for maintenance,” he said. “It will be unlike the Highlands Highway where the national Government is spending up K7 billion to maintain.” Mr Wafi said coffee, cocoa, copra, oil palm and other agriculture and commercial crops could generate up to K2 billion or more annually if the corridor was opened up by the highway. The revenue to be generated was based on Friday’s commodity market prices on the world market. He said Aleena plans to plant oil palm in the region besides cocoa and coffee, which are already being grown in the area.
THE Rumu River in the Markham plains flooding the Highlands Highway mainly along the Chivasing and Tararan villages past 40 Mile. . Picture: FRANKIY KAPIN
Naru calls on govt to help fix highway By FRANKIY KAPIN MOROBE Governor Kelly Naru has appealed to the Government for help to fix sections of the Highlands Highway in Morobe that are being threatened by the ongoing wet weather. Mr Naru appealed to the Government and the Department of Works to give immediate attention to the section of the Highlands Highway along Tararan and Chivasing villages in the Markham district of Morobe. Mr Naru, who travelled up the Highlands Highway last week, witnessed the over flooding of the Rumu River in
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Markham that has spilled to the main highway, affecting commuters as well the homes and food gardens. “It’s becoming a sorry state of affair year in year out,” said Mr Naru. “This is a hot spot continuously affected by the Rumu River floods busting its banks and the overflow spills to the main highlands highway.” Mr Naru highlighted four main points to be considered when maintaining the section of the highway, including, validating existing road maintenance contractors, PMVs to refrain from travelling at night as a precaution for passengers and pedestri-
ans during the rainy season. Mr Naru said thirdly, the Government should review and screen current contractors maintaining various sections of the highway and also to bring back competent engineers and even reviving of the provincial works engineering section. He said said he is ready to support the Works engineering division by providing land along the highway as their operational base. The Morobe Governor also called on the national Government assist in re-diverting the Rumu River. He said the situation is detrimental to the road condi-
tion and is costing a lot of tax payers’ money and the people are not getting value for their money. “The Government should come down hard on these road contractors,” Mr Naru said. He asked why is it that these roads are fixed just recently only to return to the same old sorry state. He appealed to the Government to immediately assess the damage of the section of the highway that is slowly falling apart, adding that if no immediate response is taken then we might have another chaos on the Highlands Highway.
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Fuel prices up as crude rates stabilise
ENTERTAINERS ENTERTAINMENT, whether it be traditional, modern, or contemporary, is an intergral part of public events in the country. It’s no exception in Bougainville. Seen here is a contemporary group entertaining visitors at a public event in North Nasiou last week. Picture: JACOB IENU
THE Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) has received advice from Puma Energy that the import parity prices (IPP) for the month of March will increase for petrol, diesel and kerosene. Puma Energy calculated the IPP based on the interim pricing arrangement as agreed mutually with the Government. Commissioner and ICCC chief executive officer Billy Manoka said based on IPP calculations, the prices of petrol, diesel and kerosene have increased respectively this month at the IPP level. The increase in fuel prices is mainly attributed to the stabilising of international crude oil prices.
The increase in international crude oil prices is mainly due to reduction in the international crude oil market and short-term high demand for speculative reasons. For this month, the retail fuel prices for Port Moresby will increase as follows: Petrol price will increase by 24.30 toea per litre; Diesel price will increase by 17.00 toea per litre; and Kerosene price will increase by 19.13 toea per litre. Retail prices at all other designated centres will change according to their applicable in-country shipping and road freight rates charged by the oil distributors for the first quarter of the year.
Researcher calls it quits after 11 years BY DONALD WILLIE
AFTER 11 long years, the official researching days are over for Thomas Webster. The National Research Institute director announced yesterday that he is stepping down in May satisfied with all that he had achieved but more still needs to be done. He wishes to continue on to do research on a more relaxed setting in the background rather than on the forefront, he said. Dr Webster said one of the greatest achievements during his time as director was the fact that almost all research done is geared towards
national development and not driven by disciplinary interests of researchers. With all these research coming into place, he is disappointed with the limited appreciation of research input into debate and discussion by policy makers to assist with the issues affecting the nation. “Despite the fact that we continue to contribute to inform decision making, I often feel that our work is not appreciated by people involved in decision-making,” he said. “Some of our policy reports are not taken on board and as Papua New Guineans we are concerned that we are going
to be part of the sufferings that results from not having good policies.” He also said funding allocation by the national Government was inadequate for an institution as such the NRI and he thanked all the development partners for their assistance during his time as director. Dr Webster said despite having very limited funding support from the Government, the team working in the institution had achieved a lot over the years and he thanked the researchers, describing them as talented and creative. He said communication of research information to the
public and government for debate and decision-making must be achieved, so that people better understand the research analysis and take on board those ideas in informing policy. He said the development of a system to communicate research results had captured the interest of the international community and he felt this was one that was innovated by the researchers at the institute. Another achievement highlighted was the upgrade of the facilities and support systems such as IT, communications and the financial system in the institute.
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Struggling school waiting for teachers BY DENYSE KALAU THERE is a critical manpower shortage of teachers at the Papa Primary School in the Kairuku Hiri district of Central Province. A senior teacher from the school, Joy Vaguia, told the Post-Courier that since the commencement of the academic year, the school has encountered a number of issues all relating to the shortage of staff, particularly the number of teachers. The school has been waiting for the Education Department to send two teachers to the school but the school is still waiting
for the teachers. Mrs Vaguia said few teachers are trying to cope with the high number of students enrolling at the school, which came about as a restulf of the tuition fee free policy of the government. She said despite the good initiative taken by the government to introduce the TFF policy, it does not take into consideration issues like infrastructure. She said there are classrooms and staff housing that need to be repaired, which the TFF does not cover. The lack of accommodation for teachers is a major factor affecting the arrival
of teachers into the school since the commencement of the academic year. Currently, the school has a total of 141 students, eight teachers, with six residing on campus while the other four are accommodated by the villagers. She said the lack of teachers has forced teachers to double classes. Most of them have raised their concerns that the high influx of students is just too much for them to cope with. Mrs Vaguia is calling on the Education Department or any organisation to come forward and assist the school to build new houses for teachers.
WE CAN SING, TOO GRADUATING students from the Badili Vocational Centre perform a song to welcome guests to their graduation ceremony last week
Remote village gets gets solar lighting A VILLAGE in the Rigo inland now has access to electricity following the completion of a solar project by the Office of Climate Change and Development. A team from OCCD, including the executive director Varigini Badira, launched the solar farm project recently in Daraokomana village in the Rigo district of Central Province. Speaking to more than one 250 people who gathered to witness the occasion, Mr Badira said 10 solar panels which produce 250 watts of electricity were set up to provide street lighting for the villagers who have been without electricity for the past 30 years. The project is the second of its kind to be delivered by OCCD in Central Province at a cost of more than K30,000.
Mr Badira said electricity is an important service and OCCD is aware that the remoteness of village is the reason why the village was chosen because it would take a lot of effort to bring electricity to the people. And one way of doing that is through clean energy, through the installation of solar panels. Mr Badira said the advantage of setting up a community solar farm in a remote village is the communal ownership of solar panels. If you bring solar panels together in a communal setting, the whole community will take ownership and be responsible for the protection and maintenance of the solar project, he said. Councillor Roger Kie commended the team from OCCD for setting up the solar project in their village.
Services reach remote area PEOPLE in the remote village of Mougulu in Western Province have welcomed the construction of a new staff house for its health centre. The three bedroom high post house was constructed through the North Fly health services development program or NFHSDP, in partnership with the Evangelical Church of PNG health services and local labourers. The house is about 80 percent complete, according to NFHSDP infrastructure officer, Moses Anis. “All major work on the new building has been completed, and the remaining 20 percent of works are the plumbing and paint jobs,” Mr Anis explained. He said last December, his team of three men transported all the materials by a small plane up to
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Mougulu, which is located east of the mining town of Tabubil. “All materials like posts, plywood, roofing iron, paint, cement bags and others were flown to Mougulu and work started around mid-December and now we are nearing completion and moving our focus to other remote villages in the area like Bolivip,” Mr Anis said. He said materials for a house in Bolivip located in the remote Star Mountains of the North Fly district have already been flown there. The program in partnership with Catholic Health Services will be constructing two staff houses up at Bolivip and materials for one house have already been flown there and materials for the other house will be flown there soon, depending on the weather, Mr Anis said.
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Govt delivers sawmills to rural schools BY SIBA MESA
FARMSET employees, organising chairman John Yama and ddeputy administrator Stanley Maip with of one of the sawmills.
FIVE portable sawmills and five chainsaws were presented by Western Highlands deputy administrator Stanley Maip to five high schools in Tambul Nebilyer district. These five high schools are Tabaga, Kumbaia, Gia, Mt Giluwe and Poikal, all in Tambul Nebilyer district. The five sawmills cost K325,000. Mr Maip told school representatives that the sawmills are not their private property but for the people, children and the communities and they must look after them.
“The provincial government policy next year is to have 35 students per teacher and the government will not work alone but with collaboration from the community to fulfill this policy and provide the best for the children of Western Highlands,” said Mr Maip. “We have smart children in the rural areas but they are unlucky to further their education in urban secondary schools because most are left out due to limited spaces therefore we need to create high schools and secondary schools right at their home so they can be educated well.” He said the provincial
government made commitments in December last year and it did not take long for the commitment to be a reality today with the presentation of the sawmills. He said many schools in rural parts of the province have been in existence since the colonial days and they need to be redeveloped and upgraded. Headmaster of Tabaga Primary School Mark Petret said the school is situated is a fighting zone but if they change the face of the school with new classrooms and infrastructure, more children can attend classes and they can create a fighting free zone for the locals.
MP fulfils commitment to two district schools A COMMITMENT of K300,000 made in December last year by Mul Baiyer Lumusa MP Koi Trappe to two schools in the district was honored last week. Kuip Dau Secondary School and St Arnolds Kumdi Primary School received cheques by the project officer Wesley Koke on behalf of the MP. Kuip Dau received a cheque for K200,000 while St Arnolds Kumdi Primary received K100,000 for infrastructure devel-
opments. Mr Trappe made that commitment last year while attending Kumdi primary’s grade eight graduation and assured the people that their money is in safe hands and he is in the process of delivering tangible, basic services for his people. Mr Koke, speaking on behalf of the MP, said Mr Trappe is focusing on school infrastructures in his electorate so children can get a good education. He said all schools in the electorate are in the district’s plans for
improvement. He said the MP and the Western Highlands Provincial Government are working hand in hand to bring quality education to the district. Councillor of Kumdi Kenpka Jay Kamilus said it was the first time for an MP to recognise St Arnolds Kumdi Primary School and they are grateful. He said they are grateful and will not take the assistance for granted but put it to good use to educate their children.
Petition still pending BY SIBA MESA A PETITION that was to be presented to the Jiwaka Provincial Government by relatives of late Cedrick Andrew who died in police custody was not delivered last week because there was no one to receive it. The people of Wulumbka in Kurumul expected the top management of the police or even the police minister and Jiwaka governor to receive their petition, but that did not happen. Last week, Jiwaka provincial police chief Joseph Tondop and other senior officers were attacked when they went to receive the petition from the people. This has led to further tension in the area, with police top brass
calling on the perpetrators of that attack to hand over the suspects involved. Last week, the tribesmen came in war dances and cries and painted their face with black colour, which was part of their mourning tradition. Andrew’s uncle Wanden Asip said such issues need higher authorities to deal with and they want neutral police to be present to receive the petition and not the Jiwaka police as they did not have a good working relationship with the locals. “It is a serious issue where police have taken our son’s life for just a simple thing and it is the worst ever brutal killing in which we cannot recognise his face because it was all bruised,” said Mr Asip, adding Andrew was not a criminal.
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City landowners back authority BY FRANKIY KAPIN THE traditional landowners of Lae city have been given assurance by Prime Minister Peter O’Neill that they will benefit in the concept of Lae City Authority (LCA) in the long run. The landowners, comprising the six clans of Butibam village, made their stance last week in support of the LCA. Paramount chief Mala Nathaniel said the landowners’ concerns were raised at a recent meeting with the prime minister on how they as traditional landowners will benefit from the Lae City Authority. Mr Nathaniel claimed that the prime minister has given the okay for the landowners to participate in the decisions of the LCA through the formation of the Ahi Council. Ali Isaac, chairman of the Bukam (Butibam-Kamkumung) Association, said as the years go by and the LCA is fully func-
tional, the inception of the Ahi Assembly will supercede the Ahi Council. Mr Nathaniel said the meeting with the prime minister was a success because it addressed the prime concerns of the landowners. He said the meeting’s outcome was also in line with the stance of Morobe Governor Kelly Naru and other provincial leaders who support the establishment of the LCA. “As traditional landowners, we must have our position in the Lae City Authority,” said Mr Nathaniel. Mr Isaac clarified that initially the clans were divided because they were not told how they will participate in the LCA. “We want the status change for Lae city. We support the idea of LCA and that has been supported by the PM giving us the Ahi Assembly,” said Mr Isaac. He said the prime minister has also been notified that the posi-
tion of the LCA chairman will be given to the Ahi Council. Mr Isaac said the Ahi Assembly will be similar to the MotuKoitabu Assembly but with a slight difference. Mr Isaac said another issue of importance for the government is to consider the boundaries of the LCA, knowing that Lae district currently shares a border with the Nawaeb and Huon Gulf districts. He said after discussions with the prime minister, it is now realised that the authority is service delivery oriented with direct funding despite the existing operations of the city council, district and provincial government. Clan leaders Nathaniel of Apo, John Mutu of Tumata, Tape Isaac of Agactu and Gebing Jethro of Wapigu say there are landowner issues that have not been addressed for the past 50 years but first they need to address the formation of the proposed city authority.
Deputy Prime Minister Leo Dion, Morobe Governor Kelly Naru, Toyota Ysusho, Mr Naoki Takeuchi and Takeshi Abe cutting the ribbon to mark the opening of the new logistic centre
Motor dealer opens new logistics centre in Lae TOYOTA Tsusho Corporation, trading as Ela Motors in Papua New Guinea, opened a new logistics centre in Lae on Saturday. It was a historical landmark for the company after four and a half years of planning and the actual construction of the facility. The outcome is somewhat pleasing and the company believes that the facility will play a key role in the development of Morobe and PNG as a whole. Managing director and acting CEO for Toyota Tsusho PNG Shigeru Ito said the new logistics centre is an all-in-one facility for logistics that will house three core functions which were previously spread across different sites. The new facility will have the national distribution centre for parts and Yamaha stock, a vehicle bond yard for 300 units and a holding area for up to 320 vehicles. “I believe this new logistics centre will meet the new needs of the demanding market seeing that Toyota is still the leading vehicle brand in PNG and this is the biggest investment in the history of
Ela Motors and PNG being a link to the Asian countries the dealers will have more benefits through their markets,” said Ito. The logistics centre will store all Ela Motors cars import into PNG going through customs and inspections will be conducted in the centre before it is being distributed to the other 16 outlets in PNG. Currently the national distribution centre will have 260 cars and 40 trucks at its bond yard parking, 300 cars and 20 trucks in its holding area parking and in the general parking area where it can accommodate 70 cars and six trucks he said. Ito said Ela Motors now has a leading role with the state-of-the-art facility unique to the South Pacific region and will continue to provide business into the future of this country. Ito said Toyota is associated with the development of PNG since 1963 and is always happy to work in collaboration with the wonderful people of PNG. The logistics centre is located at Lae’s East Taraka.
SETTLEMENT BURNS HOMES belonging to Southern Highlanders at Nine Mile in Lae were set on fire in an ethnic clash last week. Seen here are the settlers inspecting the amount of damage to their homes
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Classroom relief for Maililimi pupils BY NICOLE JOANNES
GOVERNOR Sasindran Muthuvel and other dignitaries at the opening of two in one classroom at Maililimi Primary School.
IT was a day of excitement for the students and parents of Maililimi community in West New Britain when they witnessed the opening of a double classroom. Students living in the area had to walk long distances to Buvussi Primary School and on many occasions students were harassed and ran into many difficulties along the way. So it was a relief to the parents and students to have school facilities built in their own surroundings. Maililimi is one of the new New Britain Palm Oil plantation estates. To get the school started, the plantation workers, block holders and the villagers contributed K50 each and built the two-in-one classroom under the leadership of then plantation manager Kume Kiage, who has since moved to Kapiura. Governor Sasindran Muthuvel, education services chairman Victor Narere,
Health Services chairman and Mosa LLG president Dacca Wagai and other dignitaries witnessed the opening of the classroom. Mr Muthuvel also committed K100,000 worth of school materials this year. He also made another commitment of K200,000 next year to assist the school to build teachers houses. Currently there are seven teachers, with only three on the payroll and the other four are being subsidised by New Britain Palm Oil Limited. Since its inception in 2011 the school has not been receiving any government subsidy from the tuition fee free policy. It has elementary up to grade five classes. Mr Muthuvel also praised NBPOL for giving three acres of their land to accommodate the school and for housing the teachers. NBPOL has also made a commitment to build a double classroom next year. Mr Muthuvel praised for Mr Kiage for his initiative.
Foreigners to lose in law review BY SHARON LOWA FOREIGNERS and foreign investors entering the country to obtain land will no longer be entertained once changes are made to the Land Act, which is being reviewed before it goes before Parliament. Minister for Lands Benny Allen revealed this when presenting land titles to the Tabaule Enterprise in the Toma Vunadidir local level government in East New Britain Province last week. He said the department is making changes to the Land Act which would restrict ownership of land in the country to nationals only. He said changes in the Land Act would not allow any foreigner or foreign investors to own land in PNG or even to apply for land, unless they are citizens and will die in the country. All land titles would be awarded to Papua New Guineans however, land can only be sub-leased to foreigners or if on agreement to go into joint ventures, he said. Almost 97 percent of the total land mass of Papua New Guinea is still owned by traditional landowners, leaving the government a mere 3 percent, the Lands Minister said. He clarified that State land that has already been taken by the govern-
At a glance LAND ACT REVIEW: A review of the Land Act will not allow foreign individuals and companies to own land in the country. They can only own land in joint ventures or if they become citizens of PNG
ment on state lease is the property of the government and will never be returned or taken back by customary landowners. Land issues and disputes have become a major issue in the country causing fights between clans, disagreements and death, he said. Mr Allen said people should stop fighting over land and keep to the truth if they know their boundaries and not move onto other people’s land. He said most foreigners enter the country with nothing and leave as millionaires as they obtain land easily and invest in the country. He said the O’Neill-Dion government is strengthening and supporting the SME concept while the Department of Lands is freeing up land and enabling Papua New Guineans to obtain land titles and venture into business activities.
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Toroama encourages business partnerships BY ROMULUS MASIU BOUGAINVILLEANS must give confidence to investors who are willing do business in partnership with locals, says veterans front man Ishmael Toroama. Mr Toroama made the call while welcoming PNG Forest Product in partnership with Topkina Shoreline Joint Venture in setting up office in Arawa, Central Bougainville. Mr Toroama urged all stakeholders especially business houses, to give confidence and encourage investors willing to invest in Bougainville in partnership with locals. The former BRA chief said he has worked with veterans and has so far made Arawa one of the safest places to do business and investors shouldn’t see it as a threat or worry about anything. While praising local business people operating in Arawa and elsewhere on the island, Mr Toroama believes that many business people have run down their own businesses by not complying with regulations and not doing the right thing for their businesses to grow.
“Businesses that supposed to go to stage three are still at stage one. We’re now into stage two of business on the island and supposed to move to stage three,” Mr Toroama said. “This is when we get investors into the region and that is where partnership is very important so that we give confidence to any investors who want to come and invest in Bougainville.” He challenged business house throughout Bougainville to grow businesses in terms of putting new and permanent buildings as most businesses are operating out of pre-crisis buildings which have been burnt and destroyed. He said these are signs that businesses are not growing. “Talking about businesses, most of you are operating out of run-down and burnt-out buildings. “I urge you to see Topkina Shoreline Joint Venture and do nice quality and permanent buildings, including repainting so that we can come up to stage three of businesses that we influence those others who would like to come and invest in Arawa,” Mr Toroama said.
ISHMAEL Toroama and other business owners at the launching of PNGFP and Topkina Shoreline Joint Venture office at 3 Rocks Tavern, Arawa.
Local govts must help in law, order THE empowerment of council of elders to curb law and order problems and uphold social justice is a prime concern of the Autonomous Bougainville Government. ABG President John Momis said each COE will be given the power to look after law and order in its jurisdiction. Mr Momis said empowering the COEs will allow them to exercise their authorities effectively in their communities and will include women and ex-combatant leaders. Despite the general peace and tranquility in communities on Bougainville there have been isolated incidents where law and order has been a problem. With the Bougainville Police Service’s lack of capacity to control the situation the ABG has responded with this idea to complement the police presence to resolving them and avoid it escalating into anything major, Mr Momis said. He said there have been instances where weapons were used to intimidate and even kill people or sorcery related cases where the people suspected of sorcery were put to death. He used as an example a recent event involving the ransacking of Chinese owned shops in Buka town and previously in Buin town where a joint venture company involving the ABG had goods carted off by looters.
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Empowering the COEs will allow them to exercise their authorities JOHN MOMIS Buka
Mr Momis urged people to be responsible and to let proper procedures take place instead of taking the law into their own hands. “We must have the commitment to prepare ourselves to meet the conditions of the Bougainville Peace Agreement, one of which is law and order,” he said. “This is so that when we reach our ultimate political future we will have the strength and the integrity to enlighten us to enjoy the freedom that the people of Bougainville have been fighting for.” The President, who has been a strong advocate of “peace by peaceful means”, said Bougainville cannot continue to risk its future by resorting destructive means that only defeats the purpose of its progress. He said the COEs will soon be renamed community governments in an effort to increase their effectivness in the communities.
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Kainantu mine plans to create jobs for locals
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BY GLORIA BAUAI THE REOPENING of the Kainantu mine in September under new developer K92 Mining, will create new jobs enough to employ 300 – 400 locals in the area and the Highlands region. Chief operations officer, Brian Leuck says the company will be hiring almost exclusively nationals, where 97 per cent of the workers will be of PNG nationality, while the other 3 per cent will be made up of expatriates. “We are hoping to hire the bulk of them from the local region. We’re not sure yet what the ratio will be but our preference of course, if they’re qualified, will be to hire them from the local communities,” Leuck says. He adds that the company will also be conducting technical training to equip locals with necessary skills to work at the site. “For the next 2 months we’ll be doing mining studies like mine planning and metallurgical work to get the mill ready again and in approximately two months, we’ll begin hiring the bulk of the people needed for the underground mining and milling.” Leuck adds that previous owner, Barrick Niugini, has done a good job in the community in terms of gaining their support and keeping them informed. “We found the community to be quite supportive of our project and we look forward to working closely with them in the future to bring economic benefits to the area.” “Having worked in other countries, I’ve heard PNG has a reputation of being a difficult place to do business but I’ve found it much easier to do business here than I expected,” he says.
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A SLOPPY site of Tolukuma Gold Mine in Goilala district.
Petromin to shut Tolukuma mine THE BOARD of Petromin Holdings Limited (Petromin) is seriously considering steps to close Tolukuma gold mine (TGM) in Goilala district. This announcement has come following the board meeting last Friday to decide the future of Tolukuma. Petromin board chairman Sir Brown Bai said in a statement that the decision is being considered as attempts to bring in a credible partner has not been successful. “High operating costs and continuous subdued gold price has been a challenge for TGM and Petromin to continue with the operation and sustain the cash support required on an on going basis. “Petromin has been losing money funding TGM for the last four years and with falling gold prices, Petromin can no longer sustain TGM,” Sir Bai said.
At a glance PETROMIN HOLDINGS LIMITED: Has announced that it is seriously considering steps to close the Tolukuma Gold Mine in Goilala District. Petromin Board chairman Sir Brown Bai said in a statement that the decision is being considered as attempts to bring in a credible partner has not been successful. REASON: High operating costs and continuous subdued gold price being a challenge. TOLUKUMA GOLD MINE: The Tolukuma Gold Mine is located in Papua New Guinea, 100km north of Port Moresby, on the Owen Stanley Range. He says the management has been advised to consult with appropriate regulators and stakeholders before a final decision is taken. “The Board is aware of regulatory issues that Petromin has to comply with and as a Papua New Guinean company owned by the State, we wish to be responsible in terms of meeting various compliance requirements.
“The process of consultation will commence with relevant stakeholders,” he said. He also adds that other companies within the industry have also been affected by the price cycle and have made some tough decisions to cut back on their operational expenditure.
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$A weakens ahead of US non-farm payrolls SYDNEY: The Australian dollar is weaker as traders await American employment figures. At 1700 AEDT on Friday, the local currency was worth 78.01 US cents, down from 78.16 cents on Thursday. Traders will be watching US non-farm payrolls data for February to see if it increases the chance of a near-term interest rate rise by the US Federal Reserve, ANZ senior foreign exchange strategist Daniel Been said.
The bottom line More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK BUSINESSES in the construction and engineering sector certainly have their hands full with major infrastructure developments taking place in Port Moresby. In this picture workmen are busy putting up a stone wall along 2-mile Hill road.
Mine to reopen under new owner BY GLORIA BAUAI
THE KAINANTU Mine that had been dormant for almost six years is expected to be reopened and commence operations in September this year under the new ownership of a Canadian private company called Otterburn Resource. Otterburn has acquired K92 Holdings after completing all transactions with Barrick Gold last Thursday in Port Moresby. The company ownership and all shares were transferred to Otterburn with the signing of an Escrow Agreement witnessed by representatives of both parties, releasing all funds for the transaction from a trust account to Barrick’s account.
This ownership transfer has come after Otterburn, later to be renamed K92 Mining, closed a US$62 million (K136.80 million) deal with Barrick Gold about a year ago, to purchase its copper-gold mine. Speaking to Post-Courier last Friday, K92 Holding’s chief operations officer Brian Leuck said the initial output of the mine would be approximately 50,000 – 60,000 ounces of gold per annum. “We hope to increase that once we develop the core deposit, which will take about two to three years to develop and we hope to ramp it up to about 80,000 – 90,000 ounces per annum after two or three years. “The current mine life or per-
mit is 10 years but if we include our inferred reserves, there is enough ore there to mine for at least 20 years and we hope for longer,” Leuck said. According to Leuck, refurbishing of the mine and mill should commence within one or two months and production is expected to commence in September. In the meantime, they await word from the mine inspector before they will be in operation. While expressing satisfaction at the success of the transaction, Leuck on behalf of the company, thanked the Mining Minister Byron Chan, Barrick Gold and the Mineral Resource Authority for their help with the whole process.
“Everyone was very co-operative so the outcome was better than expected in terms of the length of time it took and how difficult it was.” He says while the main corporate office will be in Canada, the headquarters may be at the mine site as they hope for all operation to take place from there. According to a global mining newspaper The Northern Miner, the new developer of K92 has an experienced team with an enviable record. The Kainantu Mine was sold to Barrick Gold in 2007 by Highlands Pacific at a purchase price of $141.5 million. The mine closed after about six to seven months of operation and had been dormant since.
Well disappointment cost Oil Search, Santos OIL SEARCH Limited (Oil Search) and Santos, both partners of the ExxonMobil led PNG LNG Project have reportedly suffered a setback with their gas ambitions in PNG with news that an exploration well targeting a potential large new gas discovery that could have been used for a cost-effective expansion of the project found water instead of gas, the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) reported last Friday. The impact on the share prices were not disclosed but a statement released by Oil Search has stated that drilling appraisal result on deep reservoir underneath the existing Hides field was disappointing. SMH said Oil Search shares, which went ex-dividend on Friday, lost as much as 4.2 per cent to $7.74, while Santos, which also has a stake in the well, shed 1 per cent to $7.77. The deep exploration part of
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It’s always disappointing when exploration doesn’t work out ... SPOKESWOMAN Oil Search
the well will now be abandoned and the shallower section used as a development well for PNG LNG venture. The newspaper said that had Hides Deep been successful, the discovery of gas right beneath the existing field supplying PNG LNG could have led to a cheaper expansion of the project. However, Oil Search had already flagged its focus for an expansion and switched to the P’nyang field to the west,
for which a memorandum of understanding was signed in January for development, both for local power generation and for LNG expansion. A spokeswoman for Oil Search who spoke to SMH reportedly described the Hides Deep well result as “disappointing” but not unexpected given the company had put a one-in-three chance of success at the well. “It’s always disappointing when exploration doesn’t work out, but not totally unsurprising,” she said. The spokeswoman said the failure of Hides Deep didn’t have implications for the immediate expansion of PNG LNG because ExxonMobil, the venture operator, and Oil Search had already designated P’nyang to underpin a third LNG train at the project. “Had Hides Deep been successful, it still would have required about two years for
appraisal drilling and so was not in line as a gas source for the first expansion phase,” she said. But analysts said the failure of Hides Deep still reduced options for gas supply for the PNG LNG expansion and made the task of finding gas resources slightly harder. “We are still pretty confident that gas options will derisk over 2015,” said RBC Capital Markets analyst Andrew Williams. “Does this make it harder incrementally? Yes, but there are still other options out there,” he said. Given Oil Search also has a stake in P’nyang, the news is potentially more significant for the PNG growth ambitions of Santos, which has a stake in Hides Deep but not P’nyang. Santos released a separate statement on the result of the drilling, saying it “confirms an absence of reservoir quality”.
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Trukai announces winners of Jasmine promo BY GLORIA BAUAI SIX WINNERS of Trukai’s ‘I Love My Jasmine’ promotion have each become proud owners of a Samsung Galaxy S5 mobile smart phone. Trukai Industries presented a Samsung S5 and a bale of 1kg Jasmine rice last Friday, to four of the six lucky winners who are based in Port Moresby. POM winners Emma Mell, Harriet Anderson, Jolene Kavo and Nicola Ani-Otto said they were excited when contacted by Trukai, and are thankful for the rice bale and the K2000 worth smart phone. Jolene, one of the winner’s who happened to be the first entrant, never thought she would ever own an S5 while Emma, had been saving to buy one for herself; this wasmade easier by Trukai Industries. The competition lasted only for the month of February and received great response where, according to Trukai, out of about 50 entrants, these six were chosen based on the criteria of the creative photo idea and the best caption. The other two winners based outside Port Moresby; Dominic Kalua in Lae and Juanita Nonwo in Madang, have already been contacted and will be receiving their prices as well.
Quick news MINERS LOSE OUT
SYDNEY: The latest changes to the share market’s list of top 200 companies reflects tough times facing the mining industry. In their quarterly update of the top 200 list, which is based on each company’s market value, Standard & Poor’s and Dow Jones have removed six companies. All six are resources firms, and half of those are iron ore miners.
FIJI FINANCE WOES
FIJI’S Ministry of Finance admits the government is facing cash flow issues as a result of increasing expenditure and has been using treasury bills to address it. Responding to questions by the Public Accounts Committee to justify the increasing reliance on treasury bills, Finance Ministry Acting Director Debt and Cash Flow, Pankaj Singh says government has had to raise treasury bills to meet expenditures.
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THREE of the four ‘I Love My Jasmine’ promotion winners from POM showing off their winning prize. (L-R) Jolene Kavo, Herietta Anderson and Emma Mell; at the Trukai Industries Office in Konedobu last Thursday, while Trukai Marketing general manager Andrew Daubney looks on.
PRELIMINARY consultations on the design of a Private Sector Development (PSD) Strategy for the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) will be conducted in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The current series of visits to MSG capitals is aimed at sensitising stakeholders on activities under the Secretariat’s PSD work program, with emphasis on the proposed Strategy, being supported by the EU-funded Pacific Integration Technical Assistance Project (PITAP).
PMV adds value to farming FRESH produce and cash crop farmers in the Maigari Inland Pipeline area of Ramu Mining Project in Madang, are happy that a Passenger Motor Vehicle (PMV) truck donated to them by the National Government is adding value to their livelihoods. They said last week that the truck has made transportation of their produce and access to Madang town market easier. The truck was purchased under the Women In Mining (WIM) Small Grants Project (SGP) which is a government initiative. The WIM SGP is a funding scheme where the Government for women landowner associations impacted by all producing mines in the country. Maigari Women Association is one of the recipients of the project amongst 11 other associations. Jessica Punawa is a fresh produce vendor from Ono village in the Maigari area. She travels more than an hour by road to sell her produce at Madang town market. She said since the PMV began its services, transportation of her produce to the market had been more effective and easier. She said the availability of the PMV had motivated her and other locals to produce more to sell, hence earn more. She said it used to be difficult having access to transport as it was scarce.
At a glance DONATION: Farmers in the Maifari Inland Pipeline area of Ramu Mining Project in Madang Province, received a PMV donated by the Government under the Women In Mining (WIM) Small Grants Project (SGP). Cocoa farmer Kerry Kuku who also comes from Maigari area, expressed similar sentiments. Mr Kuku last week transported five bags of coffee using PMV delivered through the SGP. Like Mrs Punawa, he said the availability of the PMV has made business easier for him in terms of access to transport. He said easy access to transport was an incentive because the cocoa business is a difficult enterprise considering the fact that his farm is located inland, an hour away from the main road. He has to pay villagers to help him carry coffee bags by foot to the main road. And at the end of the day, if there is no transport from the main road to Madang, all his hard-work would normally be a loss to his small business. The farmer said this was a disincentive. He said however there was hope now that there was transport readily available.
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DataCo to run govt restructure
T EL ECOM M U N ICAT IONS wholesaler PNG DataCo Limited has been set up as part of a restructure of Papua New Guinea’s telecommunications industry. Business Advantage PNG discusses its critical role
with its Chairman Reuben Kautu, an entrepreneur with a strong background of commercial and strategic management, developed during roles with BP, ExxonMobil and, more recently, Telikom
PNG’s subsidiary Kalang Advertising Limited. DataCo is an initiative of the government to restructure the current telecommunications assets to provide wholesale-only infrastructure and
telecommunication services to retailers, who will then onsell to end users. The underlying objective of the government is to push competition across the retail telecommunications sector by
upgrading, building, owning and operating the National Transmission Network (NTN) and making it available to ICT operators at the wholesale level only. This will eventually provide an effective wholesale infrastructure that is reliable and cost-effective for the people of PNG. Telecommunications prices are set to reduce substantially once all these changes are in place. The country is faced with vertically integrated structure currently under Telikom PNG that has its disadvantages in a competitive and changing environment. The new structure supports rationalising government investment in the costly wholesale infrastructure while allowing greater competition in the retail segment of the market, thus offering choice to the business community and the entire population. Information is the key for everyone and for the development of this country. ‘The Government … has already announced for PNG DataCo to partner with Interchange Limited to build ICN-2 cable, or the Melanesian Cable, from Port Moresby to Vanuatu via Solomon Islands.’ The structure going forward is that DataCo will be the wholesale infrastructure and capacity provider, including capacity on submarine cables, satellites and microwave. It will take one-to-three years to make the Government’s vision a reality, although some services can be transferred immediately, such as international submarine cables and other domestic cable assets. BAPNG: What is happening with PNG’s fibre optic broadband network? RK: We (DataCo) have now commenced work to connect the fibre optic broadband link from Hides to Port Moresby built by the developers of the PNG LNG project to Lae and Madang via Yonki, Kainantu, Goroka, Kundiawa, Kudjip, Mt. Hagen, Mendi, Wabag and Tari. DataCo also has plans to extend fibre connectivity to Wewak and Vanimo and to the New Guinea islands as well. BAPNG: What are your options with the ageing submarine cable between Port Moresby and Sydney? RK: The APNG-2 cable has served its time and is currently operating at 80% of its available capacity. Since the inception of DataCo, this issue became a real concern that needs to be addressed immediately. We understand the need to replace the existing cable to Sydney. We’re faced with two options in the route we take to build, considering the length of the route, the dollars required to invest and the availability of funds. The routes considered were either: to build a new cable connecting to Sydney replacing the existing cable or to partner with our Melanesian neighbours Vanuatu and Solomon to provide a cost effective solution to meet our international cable needs. Both were commercially viable options and my role was to provide these options to the government to consider and make the fi nal decision. The government will obviously consider other benefits that are associated with each option. There is also already PPC-1 cable, which runs from Madang to Guam and Madang to Sydney, which is currently under utilised, even though Telikom PNG had to buy capacity up front for a period of 15 years, of which only 10 years remain. The issue of under utilisation can be addressed by providing national connectivity to Madang, of which connectivity to Lae and Port Moresby is critical, as bulk of the international traffic and internet data is generated in or intended to be terminated in this main centres. With DataCo’s creation, we are now working to connect and provide a complete loop from Madang right through the highlands down via the PNG LNG fibre optic cable to connect to Port Moreby. This link will ensure that this traffic or internet data can be re-routed to Madang and out, increasing the utilisation on the PPC-1 Cable. BAPNG: When do you expect a decision to be made on the replacement submarine cable? RK: The Government, through the Minister for Public Enterprise and State Investments, has already announced for PNG DataCo to partner with Interchange Limited to build ICN-2 cable, or the Melanesian Cable, from Port Moresby to Vanuatu via Solomon Islands. www.bapng.com
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with the best technology at affordable pricing. February 2015 saw Cherry launch its new device produced in collaboration with Google called the Cherry One which is an Android One mobile handset. Cherry Mobile is now a regional company as it has grown and expanded across the South East Asian region with offices in the Philippines, Hong Kong, China, Thailand and Myanmar and is planning to continually grow year after year. It also has distribution in the UK, Malta, Palau, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and now Papua New Guinea. The company will continue to produce affordable handsets with the latest features that are important to today’s modern digitally connected lifestyle as the company’s philosophy is “values your lifestyle.” Rapidfones is the authorised distributor of Cherry Mobile in Papua New Guinea. Please watch out for the latest Cherry Mobile devices at your nearest Rapidfone retail shop / reseller.
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PNGLEI students at orientation. Picture right: at work placement with Pacific Industries and far right, female students of PNGLEI.
Training provider doing well BY DIANNE WAKETSI THE PNG Life Education Institute was setup to give youths or dropouts a second chance by providing them with skills training, says Principal Director Rai Gini. Established in 2011 the PNGLEI provides training and entrepreneurship in education, construction, project management, cleaning services, multi-media production and contracts. “Students are given a second chance to improve their lives and develop skills enabling them to fi nd jobs once they graduate,” Gini said, He said that since its establishment, the institute had seen many students have passed through its gates and who were now working with big companies. “Annually, 400 students are enrolled at the school under the different programs or courses provided by the school,” Gini said. He added that the school has 75 per cent success rate of students graduating and fi nding a job that will set them up for life. Gini called on any interested youths doing nothing at home to come and enrol at the institute and start their progress towards making a difference in their lives.
School plans to upgrade PAPA Primary School in Central Province has plans to upgrade its school from its current status of Primary to High School the Principal Samuel Maiabau stated yesterday. A team from Anglicare and the Australian Government visited the school last week to do an assessment on the WASH project the school is currently participating in. Maiabau said, “Papa Primary’s vision is to open a grade nine classroom next year so that students from the surrounding villages will have access to full time education where teachers and students worked together.” “Currently Red Scar High School many of our students who fi nished from here and were attending the high school were now facing problems,” added Maiabau. He added that come 2016 Papa Primary will have a serious day high school for students, as many students who are now attending Red Scar were not serious about school and were seen hanging around at the buai markets. Maiabau said the Papa community were very helpful with funding the school and have promised to fund various school projects once they received their royalty monies. He added that various projects by the school included building new accommodation for teachers, more classrooms, and better latrine facilities for the teachers and accessible water supply for the school. Maiabau thanked the community of Papa for their continuous support and hoped that they would continue to work together harmoniously for the betterment and growth of the children and the Papa community.
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Thousands celebrate Sydney mardi gras
THE Salsa Republic dancers get ready for this year’s Mardi Gras Parade in Sydney. Picture:ABC
THOUSANDS of spectators have descended on Sydney for this year’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. There were about 150 floats spanning five kilometres in the parade on Saturday night, with themes covering a range of topics including anti-homophobia in sport and marriage equality. The event is in its 37th year with more than 10,000 people – and half a tonne of glitter – involved in this year’s parade. Several high profile athletes, including former Olympians and football players, took part in the parade. The first three floats in this year’s parade centred on the success of elite gay athletes, the commitment by Australian sporting organisations to a more diverse and inclusive sporting environment, and the success of the Sydney Convicts, who last year won the Bingham Cup – the world cup of gay rugby. “This fight against discrimination in sport is part of the great civil rights struggle that Sydney’s Mardi Gras has led in Australia for 37 years,” Ignatius Jones, Mardi Gras’ senior parade creative consultant, said. “As long as even one gay or lesbian kid is afraid to play sport, one of Australia’s defining activities, for fear of being
denounced, Mardi Gras has a purpose.” This year’s parade also saw the largest number of Defence Force members ever to take part in the event. The ADF officer in charge of the parade, Squadron Leader Vince Chong, said the growing participation showed that Defence culture was changing for the better. Parade chief Michael Rolik said while the recognition of equality for the gay community had greatly improved, there were still many prejudices prevalent in society. “There are a lot of battles. We’re one law reform short from equality - for marriage equality,” he said. “But that doesn’t mean that attitudes are in sync with equality and diversity and I think our biggest challenge is really shaping attitudes, homophobia in schools, and the whole coming out process for vulnerable people ... they’re the issues.” Assistant Commissioner Alan Clarke said police were pleased with the behaviour of the crowd. “We had an extremely busy night, but overall a very successful night,” he said. “We made around 30 arrests and they were for a range of offences, but there was no seriously violent issues.” –ABC
You won’t leave country, fighters told CANBERRA: Tony Abbott has vowed would-be foreign fighters will be stopped at the border after two Sydney teens travelling to the Middle East were intercepted at Sydney airport. Two brothers, aged 16 and 17, were intercepted at Sydney airport on Friday night after a luggage search raised suspicions they intended to join the conflict in the Middle East. The prime minister said the arrests of the “misguided young Australians” from southwest Sydney were a sign the government’s tough new foreign fighters laws were working. He said to anyone thinking of fighting in the Middle East: “Don’t even begin to think that you can leave. We will stop you at the border on the way out.” Mr Abbott said it seemed the two teens had “succumbed to the lure of the death cult”, and were on the verge of doing something “terrible and dangerous”. “I’m pleased that they’ve been stopped. My message to anyone who is listening to the death cult is: block your ears.” Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said the brothers were “kids not killers”, and praised customs officials for saving them from potential death in the Middle East. Their parents did not know their sons had return tickets to an undisclosed location and were “as shocked as any of us would be”,
At a glance WARNING: Prime Minister Tony Abbott warned would-we foreign fighters they will be stopped at the border after two Sydney teenagers travelling to the Middle East were intercepted at Sydney airport
Mr Dutton said. Parents of teenage children usually had to worry about alcohol, drugs and driving, the minister said. “Now there is an added threat,” he said. The Sydney teens were issued with court attendance notices and allowed to go home with their parents. Mr Dutton would not say what was in the boys’ luggage nor whether the pair had any links to Islamic State. However, he described IS as “cancer” to which young people were susceptible. “We have to be absolutely determined to stare down this ever-increasing threat,” he said. “I would say to all parents: please do whatever you can to remain engaged with your children.” Treasurer Joe Hockey said the new terrorist threat was being supported by “poison” on the internet. “It is hammering the brains of young Australians,” Mr Hockey told Sky News.
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Aust lodges Bali Nine complaint AUSTRALIA has lodged an official complaint with Indonesia over the treatment of drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. The two Australian ringleaders of the “Bali Nine” gang are due to be executed by Indonesia in coming days. Photographs emerged on Thursday showing a senior policeman smiling as he stands next to Chan aboard a transport plane.
The complaint concerns the pictures, as well as what Canberra sees as excessive force in moving the men. Chan and Sukumaran are among 11 drug convicts due to be executed soon at Indonesia’s Nusakambangan prison island. The images were published in local media shortly after Chan and Sukumaran were moved from their Bali prison to Nusakambangan early
on Wednesday. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop complained to Indonesia’s ambassador in a phone call on Friday while Prime Minister Tony Abbott called the pictures “unbecoming” and said they “showed a lack of respect and a lack of dignity”. Treasurer Joe Hockey said the image was “incredibly insensitive, it’s almost macabre the way this has been handled by the Indonesian authorities,” the
AFP news agency reports. Indonesia’s Senior Police Commissioner Djoko Hari Utomo, who was in the pictures, told Fairfax Media he was attempting to raise the spirits of the Australians and did not know the pictures were being taken. “It was not a selfie moment,” he said. A spokesperson for Ms Bishop said she had also complained about the unusual use of military guards and vehi-
cles to transport the men to Nusakambangan. Indonesian Attorney General HM Prasetyo said on Friday the executions could be delayed by up to 10 days, according to Australian media. An offer on Thursday by Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to repatriate three Indonesian convicts in return for Chan and Sukumaran was rejected. Ms Bishop’s spokesperson
said on Friday that there were ongoing discussions “at the highest level”. Foreign Ministry spokesman Arrmanatha Nasir told the BBC that Indonesia had no law to provide for such an exchange. President Joko Widodo has said the drugs trade destroys lives in Indonesia and has adopted a hard line on convicted dealers, refusing to overthrow death sentences. –www.bbc.com
Wrongly jailed pair reunite TWO schoolgirl best friends wrongly imprisoned over a vicious attack they did not commit have been reunited, after not speaking to each other for more than 10 years. Tania Vini, 30, and Lucy Akatere, 31, burst into tears and hugged when they met on Friday. Their friendship survived their trial and a horror seven months in jail. But they fell out during a stressful five-year battle for compensation for their wrongful imprisonment. They and another teenage girl also wrongly jailed were, in 2006, five years after their release from prison, awarded a six-figure compensation sum each. Akatere, now a mother-of-four in Brisbane, flew to Auckland for the reunion, filmed for Maori Television’s current affairs show Native Affairs. The reunion features on the show tomorrow. Journalist Mihingarangi Forbes described Vini and Akatere’s reunion as “very emotional”. “Once they walked around the corner and saw each other they forgot about all the stuff they have been through. They just hugged and hugged and cried,” Forbes said. “It was lovely - it felt like it was one of those moments in journalism when you think, well something great came from this today. You get to bring two friends together for all the right reasons and they are going to walk away and their hearts won’t be so heavy any more.” Forbes said the two women talked a lot about Teina Pora, whose conviction for murder has been quashed by the Privy Council in England. Vini was aged 14 and Akatere 15 at the time of the 1999 incident for which they were wrongly convicted. The court was told during their trial in 2000, they were in a group of five girls who attacked a 16-year-old girl. The 16-year-old had been thumped and kicked and her head banged against a tree stump, the court was told. –www.stuff.co.nz
Woman killed in knife attack SYDNEY : A woman fatally wounded while on her way home in Sydney’s west appears to have been attacked with a knife. The woman in her early 40s was found injured near trees in a Parramatta park about 9.30pm on Saturday. Three people passing by alerted emergency services and the woman was taken to Westmead Hospital, where she died just after midnight. Police say there was a large amount of blood and they believe she was attacked with a knife, although they have yet to identify the weapon. The woman was attacked on a public walkway between a park and a golf course near Amos Street. She is yet to be formally identified but police believe she was on her way home when the attacker struck. A police strike force has been formed to investigate.
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Alleged killer still on run
Charges loom for mum A SURGEON whose infant son died after she left him in a hot car in a hospital carpark could be charged with manslaughter. Whanganui police have been conducting a homicide inquiry in to the January 16 death of 16-month-old Mace Caldwell. The inquiry was completed this week and the file is now with the Crown Solicitor for a legal opinion as to whether to charge the mother. The woman told police she forgot she had Mace with her while driving the 11km from her home to his daycare. Instead of dropping him at the daycare she went directly to Whanganui Hospital, where she works, leaving the infant strapped in his car seat in the back seat of her closed up and locked car. Mace was found dead eight hours later. The temperature had reached about 25C. Former Wanganui mayor and former Whanganui District Health Board member Michael Laws welcomed
news of a possible prosecution. He was the first person to report on Mace’s death, posting a message on his Facebook page after police had kept the matter secret. “New Zealand has a very cavalier attitude to child death and that there has been a view that the death of children as an accident is regrettable but non-criminal,” he said. “If charges of manslaughter are applied in this and similar cases it at least sends a message that a child’s life is worth something. At the moment the law and the way it is applied sometimes tends to suggest the opposite.” Lawyers said Mace’s death would be a difficult case. “A child is dead and that is the bottom line - it is a form of homicide,” Auckland University’s Bill Hodge said. When a person was totally dependent on care, be they an infant, elderly or infirm, and that person died because of negligence . –www.stuff.co.nz
CARS on fire in car wrecking yard in Perth suburb of Bellevue. Picture: ABC
Cars catch fire in old yard A HUGE fire at a car wrecking yard in the eastern Perth suburb of Bellevue has destroyed up to 40 vehicles. Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire at the business on Robert Street, which started just after 3:30am. Heavy smoke caused the closure of parts of Great Eastern Highway and Roe Highway but they were reopened by 7:00am after 50 firefighters brought
“It was good work by the firefighters who worked hard... ANDY HINTON Perth
the blaze under control. Department of Fire and Emergency Services district officer Andy Hinton said damage was confined
to the yard, where vehicles had been stacked four cars high. “There are structures and office space adjacent to the cars but the fire never entered any structures,” he said. “It was good work by the firefighters who worked hard to protect those exposures and a couple of dangerous goods sites with some bulk fuel on location also didn’t get involved.” –www.abc.com.au
POLICE have still not found alleged killer Beauen Wallace-Loretz who disappeared after cutting off his electronic monitoring bracelet. Wallace-Loretz, 17, is charged with murder with alleged accomplice, Leonard Nattrass-Berquist, following the death of 54-year-old Auckland man Ihaia Gillman-Harris in December. Gillman-Harris died in hospital after an alleged assault at an Epsom motel. The teens were charged with his death after handing themselves into police, but were then bailed in the Auckland District Court in January. Wallace-Loretz disappeared from his West Auckland bail address late on Thursday night. Police believe he was picked up by a friend after leaving the Avondale property, and he made a short call to Corrections after fleeing, but police declined to reveal what he had said. Police said yesterday Wallace-Loretz was considered dangerous and should not be approached. Detective Inspector Scott Beard appealed for information for anybody who knew his whereabouts. –stuff
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Women tradies encouraged GETTING more women into trades traditionally done by men is crucial to addressing the 24 per cent gender pay gap in WA, the State Government says. Despite tradespeople accounting for around one sixth of WA’s workforce, just 3 per cent of electrical and mechanical apprenticeships are taken up by women. WA Training and Workforce Development
Minister Liza Harvey said the lack of women in trades is directly contributing to the gender pay gap, which is well above the national average of 18 per cent. “We do have a disproportionate number of men in jobs earning higher incomes as opposed to women,” she said. “The one the ways to address the gender pay gap is to have more young women more into appren-
ticeships and trades where their earning capacity is higher.” TradeUp Australia is one not-for-profit organisation trying to breakdown the stereotype that being a tradie is a man’s job and educate women that they too can earn large salaries. Run by electrician Sarah Jayne Flatters, the organisation is running a new program in Perth high schools and men’s sheds, hosting
manual skills workshops to encourage more women into trades. When Ms Flatters decided to become an electrician after studying a business degree, not everyone thought it was a good idea. “My friends were like, ‘you’re too smart to do it’ and I think there is a misconception out there about what it means to be a tradie,” she said. –abc news
DIRECTOR of TradeUp Australia Sarah Jayne Flatters (far right) with workshop participants. Picture: ABC
DNA hunt for convict heritage SYDNEY lawyer who suspects he has convict heritage has travelled to Tasmania to collect DNA samples in order to solve the mystery. Norm Gibson, 76, has spent decades researching a possible genealogical link to the Scottish convict David Gibson, who was sent to Tasmania in 1804. “He actually did steal some jewellery, but certain members of the family are convinced that he just shot a cow that happened to be wandering onto some of his boss’s property,” Mr Gibson said. “After he was freed, he became a very successful farmer and lived in the Launceston area, and many of his descendants are still here.” In 1818, David Gibson and his wife Elizabeth established a farm called Pleasant Banks in Tasmania’s Northern Midlands. Governor Lachlan Macquarie is said to have stayed with the couple and named the nearby township of Perth after Gibson’s Scottish birthplace, Perthshire. Norm Gibson believes one of the former convict’s seven sons is his great-great-grandfather. He started researching the relationship 40 years ago with the hope of joining a Sydneybased club for descendants of Australasian pioneers. “To join that club, I had to prove that my ascendants went back to a certain period,” he said. But he could only trace his family history as far back as his great-grandfather, William David Gibson. “He has always said that he was a descendant of David Gibson and that he came from Tasmania,” Mr Gibson said. –abc news
NSW gets $2 bln from asset recycling fund CANBERRA: NSW has followed the ACT in taking up the Abbott government’s asset recycling initiative, securing $2 billion under the deal. The $5 billion scheme encourages states and territories to sell assets and plough the proceeds into new, economic-enhancing infrastructure. The NSW Baird government plans to reinvest the proceeds from the leasing of 49 per cent of the state’s electricity network into major road and rail projects. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said traffic queues and crowded trains are costing the NSW economy up to $8.8 billion a year. “Better infrastructure means less time spent commuting and more time spent productively at work or at home with family,” he said in a joint statement with NSW Premier Mike Baird, federal Treasurer Joe Hockey and NSW Treasurer Andrew Constance. NSW goes to the polls on March 28. Last month, the Labor ACT government secured $60 million from the asset recycling fund to support an investment into its Capital Metro light rail project.
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MH370 search continues on first anniversary THE Malaysian government has promised relatives of flight MH370 passengers the search for the missing plane will not be abandoned on the first anniversary of its disappearance. Today marks one year since the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing disappeared from radar screens, with an international team expected to release a report on the plane’s change of trajectory towards the southern Indian Ocean. The milestone is a painful one for the families of the missing passengers. “This year is very important for us. Because of the pain, suffering and torture,” Kelly Wen, one passenger’s wife, said. “I don’t know how to describe it.” Liu Jiuying, the sister of one of passengers, said she did not know how to cope. “We haven’t told my mother. We’re lying to her,” she said. On March 8, 2014, the Malaysia Airlines flight set off on its doomed journey from Kuala Lumpur with 239 passengers and crew on board, including six Australians. Two-thirds of those on board the flight were Chinese, and in Kuala Lumpur their families gathered to demand answers. “We hope the Malaysian government will meet us instead of avoiding us. I don’t know why they are doing that,” Ms Wen said. Twelve months on and millions of dollars later, the search on the ocean floor continues but not a single piece of the plane has been found. Malaysian deputy foreign minister Hamzah Zainuddin said he was committed to uncovering the truth, and that it was important to retain contact with the families of those lost. “The most important thing for us is to be with them and engaging with them and telling them the truth,” he said. Transport minister Liow Tong Lai also said his government remained committed, but added it remained unclear what the next steps would be if the deep-sea search currently underway found nothing. “The people of Malaysia remember this date. The world community will remember this date - the March 8 disappearance of MH370 - and we are together with the next of kin,” he said. “I would like to say to the next of kin that we will continue to be committed to the search.” But Mr Liow said if nothing was found in the zone currently being scoured, the team would “have to go back to the drawing board”. He said they would re-examine all available data used to determine a suspected crash zone. “We need the experts to advise
us how to move forward,” Mr Liow said. The comments echoed those made recently by Prime Minister Tony Abbott who raised doubts about an openended search for the aircraft. On Thursday, Mr Abbott said while he was committed to the current operation he “can’t promise that the search will go on at this intensity forever”. Four ships involved in the Australian-led search are now using sophisticated sonar systems to scour a huge and previously unmapped undersea region. They are focusing on a 60,000square-kilometre priority zone, with the search expected to be completed in May. More than 40 per cent of the zone has been scanned, with nothing detected on the seafloor aside from a few sunken shipping containers. Many next of kin have been deeply critical of Malaysia’s initial response to the crisis, saying that opportunities to intercept or track the plane were lost. An international team is expected to release a report today that will consider why the plane abandoned its northern trajectory and doubled back towards the southern Indian Ocean. Mr Liow said the Malaysian government needed to review the report before releasing it and he did not know exactly when it would be publicly available. He said the government “will take appropriate actions if necessary” based on the report’s findings, but declined to speculate on its contents. But he denied accusations by some family members that Malaysia’s government and national airline had not been transparent, saying authorities had regularly shared all that they know. “We are very transparent in this. I would like to emphasis that,” Mr Liow said. “I have told the next of kin: they are seeking for answers? I also am seeking for answers. I am committed to look for the answers for them.” Families were again angered by the authorities’ handling of the disaster when on January 30 Malaysia declared all on board to be presumed dead. The government said the move would allow relatives to seek compensation and otherwise move forward, but next of kin said the declaration could not be made without proof of a crash. Malaysia’s government has announced no plans to mark the anniversary on Sunday. Malaysia Airlines will hold a private ceremony for staff and the next of kin of the flight crew at their headquarters. -ABC news
THE Malaysian transport minister says the world will remember the date MH370 disappeared. Picture: ABC/AFP
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Widodo defends decision INDONESIAN president Joko Widodo has defended his decision to reject clemency for foreigners on death row for drug smuggling, but says he does not rule out abolishing capital punishment in the future. Indonesian authorities this week moved the two condemned Australian drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran to the prison island of Nusakambangan, but the attorney-general’s office said it would let all legal processes run their course before carrying out the executions. Chan and Sukumaran’s lawyers are challenging an administrative court ruling that it did not have the authority to examine Mr Widodo’s decision-making process over their clemency bids and expect the matter to return to court this week. The appeal is the latest move by both lawyers and Australian Government ministers asking for clemency for the
pair, who were arrested in 2005 and sentenced to death in 2006. In an interview to Al Jazeera, Mr Widodo defended his decision to not halt the planned executions, which have sparked diplomatic tensions with Canberra. “About 4.5 million people need to be rehabilitated because of the drugs,” he said. “Please do not only see the traffickers but also the impact of the drugs trafficking. “Please do visit the [drugs] rehabilitation centre when they are screaming due to the drugs addiction. “People must see this from both side, not only from one side.” But Mr Widodo said that his government would be open to abolishing the death penalty, if the Indonesian people wanted change. “The constitution and existing laws still allow [the death penalty] but in the future if it is necessary to change it and the people really want it, why not?” he said. -ABC news
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TOP: President Joko Widodo said he was open to abolishing the penalty if the Indonesian people wanted change. Bottom: Bali Nine pair Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan were arrested in 2005 for trying to smuggle drugs out of Indonesia. Picture: ABC/ CNN/ FOUR CORNERS
PAKISTANI authorities have renamed 107 schools after the victims of last year’s massacre at a Peshawar school. More than 60 schools in Peshawar are among the institutions now bearing the names of victims of the attack. Most relatives approved of the gesture, but one parent told the BBC he had not been contacted. Taliban gunmen killed more than 150 pupils and teachers at the school on 16 December. Since then authorities have promised to crack down on militants. Teachers have been given firearms training and are now able to carry weapons in class. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provincial government announced they would rename the schools late on Thursday. Mushtaq Ghani told the BBC it was meant as a memorial to the victims, but also as a message to the militants that they cannot stop education. “These children, teachers and other staff died because they wanted education, which the terrorists don’t want them to have,” he said. At the same time, the central government said it would confer the highest civil award for bravery on all of the victims. -BBC
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Widows break with tradition in festival of colours THE annual Holi festival, also known as The Festival of Colours, has been celebrated by more than 1000 widows in India’s Vrindavan, in a break with tradition. Traditionally widows are forbidden from participating in festivals and many move to Vrindavan, known as the City of Widows, to spend their last days. But charity Sulabh International organised Holi events in the city, bringing in over 1,000kg of coloured powder and 1,500kg of rose and flower petals. Over the past two years, founder Dr Bindeshwar Pathak has been trying to bring widows back into society, encouraging them to participate in India’s many festivals and providing for their needs. The Holi festival traditionally celebrates the victory of good over evil, with the defeat of the evil Holika and Hiranyakashipu by Vishnu in Hindu mythology. -ABC
WIDOWS daubed in colours chant religious hymns as they celebrate Holi. Picture: ABC/REUTERS
Gunmen kill five in mosque
KABUL: Gunmen have attacked a Sufi mosque in Kabul, killing at least five people and leaving six others wounded, police officials say. “A group of armed men entered (a Sufi mosque)... and opened fire, killing five people and injuring six others,” Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai told AFP after the attack on Saturday evening. Deputy interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish confirmed the details of the attack, which took place at around 7pm, and the toll. Stanikzai said an investigation had been launched to “identify the attackers and the motive behind the attack”. The rare attack on Kabul’s Sufi minority shattered a relative calm that had descended on the Afghan capital in recent weeks. Though no group claimed responsibility for the attack in its immediate aftermath, Afghanistan remains plagued by a Taliban insurgency more than 13 years after the militant group was ousted from power. NATO ended its combat mission in late December, leaving a residual force to carry on a training and support mission. -AAP news
Afghan men don burkas A GROUP of Afghan men have marched through the capital Kabul in burkas to draw attention to women’s rights. The hardline Taliban forced women to wear burkas in public during their rule in the 1990s and concern is growing in Afghanistan and among its allies that gains for women made since the 2001 US-led ousting of the Taliban are at risk. The men marched under a gloomy sky, with the bright blue burkas falling over their heads down to muddy sneakers and boots. The demonstrators, associated with a group called Afghan Peace Volunteers, said they organised the march ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8. “Our authorities will be celebrating International Women’s Day in big hotels, but we wanted to take it to the streets,” activist Basir, 29, who uses one name, said. “One of the best ways to understand how women feel is to walk around and wear a burka.” The burka covers the entire body, with a mesh fabric window to see through. Though a symbol of the Taliban’s oppression of women, it remains common in many parts of Afghanistan. The march by about 20 men drew a mixed reaction. Traffic policeman Javed Haidari, 24, looked bemused and slightly annoyed. “What’s the point of this?” he asked. “All of the women in my family wear burkas. I wouldn’t let them go out
At a glance COINCIDENCE: The demonstrators, associated with a group called Afghan Peace Volunteers, said they organised the march ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8.
without one.” A 2013 UN report noted that most violence against women goes underreported, particularly in rural areas. Several of the men said wearing a burka felt “like a prison”. They carried signs reading: “Equality,” and “Don’t tell women what to wear, you should cover your eyes”. Some men stopped to watch, laughing and heckling. Some were confused; others said women’s rights encouraged prostitution. Some female passers-by were also nonplussed. “We don’t need anyone to defend our rights,” said Medina Ali, a 16year-old student wearing a black veil that showed only her eyes and woolly gloves on a cold morning. “This is just a foreign project to create a bad image for the burka and Afghanistan. “They’re trying to make those of us who cover our faces feel bad.” An older woman, who wore a burka herself, was less affronted. “My husband and son tell me I should take my burka off,” Bibi Gul said. “But I’m used to it. I’ve been wearing this for 35 years.” -ABC news
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THE demonstrators, associated with a group called Afghan Peace Volunteers, said they organised the march ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8. Picture: BBC
Bangladesh seizes gold CUSTOMS officials in Bangladesh have seized gold worth around $1.7m (£1.1m) from the hand luggage of a North Korean diplomat. Son Young-nam, first secretary at the North Korean embassy in Dhaka, landed in the city on a flight from Singapore on Thursday night. His baggage was searched
and almost 27kg (59lb) of gold bars and ornaments were recovered. Authorities in Bangladesh say they plan to pursue charges against him. Mr Son initially refused to allow customs officers and police to examine his luggage. “He insisted that his bags cannot be scanned because
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he’s carrying a red passport and he enjoys diplomatic immunity,” Moinul Khan, head of Bangladesh’s customs intelligence department told AFP. Mr Khan said the diplomat was told that more than 2kg of gold could not be brought into the country. “After more than four hours of drama, he gave in and we
found gold bars and gold ornaments weighing 26.795kg (59lb), which is worth 130 million taka ($1.67m, £1.1m),” he added. The gold was confiscated and the diplomat was released under the Vienna Convention. However, Bangladeshi authorities have said they plan to prosecute Mr Son.
Mr Khan added: “It’s a clear case of smuggling. We believe he would have sold the gold to a local criminal racket. He is being used as a carrier.” Official figures show customs officers have seized nearly 1,000kg of gold in the past 22 months, at Bangladesh’s two international airports. -BBC news
SECURITY forces detain at least seven Myanmar activists protesting in downtown Yangon, with campaigners and witnesses saying some were beaten, in a surge in tension over spreading student rallies calling for education reforms in the former juntarun nation. Dozens of demonstrators were sent scattering after they were set upon by uniformed police officers and men wearing civilian clothes with red armbands who attacked the group with batons, according to witnesses and campaigners. “We contacted one activist leader while he was being taken away in a vehicle,” Zaw Min, of the 88 Generation democracy campaign group, said. “He told us that the protesters were beaten and arrested.” Pictures of a baton charge were shared widely on social media soon after the attack, one showing uniformed officers apparently lashing out at a female demonstrator. Those sporting red arm bands had the word for “Duty” emblazoned on them, a witness said. A police officer at the scene in Yangon confirmed that seven activists had been arrested. -ABC
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China takes pollution film offline THE authorities in China have a removed from websites a popular documentary which highlights the country’s severe pollution problem. Under the Dome explains the social and health costs of pollution, and was watched by more than 100 million people online, sparking debates. It was removed just two days after Premier Li Keqiang called pollution a blight on people’s lives. Mr Li had promised to fight it with all the government’s might. The environmental issue has dominated the current session of the Chinese
parliament, the National People’s Congress, in Beijing. The newly appointed environmental protection minister, Chen Jining, had praised Under The Dome, telling reporters it should “encourage efforts by individuals to improve air quality”. But the huge popularity of an impassioned, independent film on the issue appears to have made the communist authorities nervous, correspondents say. Standing in front of an audience in a simple white shirt and jeans, Ms Chai speaks plainly throughout the 103-
minute video, which features a year-long investigation of China’s noxious pollution problem. At times, the documentary is deeply personal. Near the start of the documentary, Ms Chai interviews a six-yearold living in the coal-mining province of Shanxi, one of the most polluted places on earth. “Have you ever seen stars?” Ms Chai asks. “No,” replies the girl. “Have you ever seen a blue sky?” “I have seen a sky that’s a little bit blue,” the girl tells her. -BBC news
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Train stabber faces death A TAIWANESE court has sentenced a man to death for killing four people and injuring 22 others in a knife attack in the Taipei underground last May. Cheng Chieh used a long fruit knife to stab fellow passengers during a Metro ride, before others overpowered him. The 21-year-old pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges. The case shocked Taiwan, where violent street crime and mass attacks are rare. Security on the underground system was stepped up following the attack. Announcing the death sentence on Friday, the Taipei court said the crime had been “brutal” Cheng had “shown no remorse”. Prosecutors had ruled out insanity and said Cheng had harboured a desire to kill since childhood. After slashing passengers, Cheng attempted to flee at the next underground station but was overwhelmed by a group of security officials and commuters. Taiwan executes those on death row by firing squad. -BBC news
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CIA chief orders overhaul CIA director John Brennan has ordered one of the largest reorganisations of the spy agency in its history. In a memo to staff, the director said that the changes were driven by a wider range of threats and the impact of technological advancements. The reforms aim to impose greater accountability on managers and to improve cyber capabilities. The biggest change is the breakdown of the division between operators and analysts. Historically, those who run operations and those who interpret the intelligence they gather have been kept separate in different divisions and offices. Under the new plans they would brought together in 10 “Mission Centres”, each run by an assistant director. There are a handful of such facilities at the moment, including the Counter Terrorism Centre, where analysts
and operators have worked side by side for the past decade. In his memo to staff, the spy chief highlighted the dangers presented by cyber terrorism, but also the opportunities that technological advancement offered the agency. He called on the CIA to “embrace and leverage the digital revolution” and announced the creation of the Directorate of Digital Innovation. Mr Brennan told reporters that the cell-like nature of the agency often meant that there was no one person he could hold accountable for a spying mission. “There are a lot of areas that I would like to have better insight to, better information about, better access to,” Mr Brennan said. Correspondents say the changes are a result of increasing concerns that the CIA’s focus on terrorism. -BBC news
MICHELLE and Barack Obama hold hands with Boynton Robinson, one of the original Selma marchers of 1965. Picture: ABC/AFP
Obama hails Selma march heroes US president Barack Obama has paid tribute to the peaceful protesters who were beaten and tear-gassed by police 50 years ago in Alabama as they marched for the right of black people to vote. Speaking in Selma at the bridge where much of the violence took place, Mr Obama praised the courage of Americans who proved that peaceful protest could lead to change. However, Mr Obama said that more needed to be done to bring about equality in
the United States. “Fifty years from Bloody Sunday, our march is not yet ended, but we’re getting closer,” he said while standing near the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where police and state troopers carried out their brutal crackdown in 1965. The event prompted a follow-up march led by civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr that spurred the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Mr Obama paid stirring tribute to the sacrifice of a generation of activists who marched so that black
Americans could enjoy civil rights and opened the road that eventually led him to the White House. “We gather here to celebrate them,” he said. “We gather here to honour the courage of ordinary Americans willing to endure billy clubs and the chastening rod, tear gas and the trampling hoof, men and women who despite the gush of blood and splintered bone would stay true to their North Star and keep marching toward justice.” -ABC news
THe gunman who shot dead a Canadian soldier and tried to storm parliament last year was protesting against Canada’s military role overseas. In a video newly released by police and made by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau shortly before the attacks, he cites Iraq and Afghanistan. He said he wanted to show that Canadian soldiers were “not even safe in your own land”. Zehaf-Bibeau was shot dead as he tried to storm parliament. The video, made on ZehafBibeau’s phone, was played to a committee at parliament. Police edited out 18 seconds of the recording. But it backs up suggestions by Canadian police last year the attacks were ideologically driven. The BBC’s Naomi Grimley says the editing was because investigations are still ongoing to discover whether ZehafBibeau was acting alone or as part of a wider network. “To those who are involved and listen to this movie, this is in retaliation for Afghanistan and because [Prime Minister Stephen] Harper wants to send his troops to Iraq,” Zehaf-Bibeau says in the video. -BBC news
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Rebels to help clear mines
THE Farc is estimated to have 8,000 fighters, half of the contingent it had in 2001. Picture: BBC
Peru recalls envoy to Chile
THE Peruvian government has recalled its ambassador to Chile over allegations of military espionage. The Peruvian foreign ministry said its ambassador would not return to Santiago until Chile gave assurances that the incident would not be repeated. Peru said last month it had evidence that three members of its navy had received money from Chile to pass on confidential information. The Chilean government says it does not engage in espionage at home or abroad. In her Twitter account, Peruvian Prime Minister Ana Jara urged Chile to release details of an internal investigation it is carrying out. “Until we get an explanation on the incident, we will withdraw our ambassador to Chile,” she wrote. Chile said it would continue to maintain a sober attitude towards the incident. “We are not going to make any comments on the latest diplomatic notes because their content is confidential,” said Chilean Foreign Minister Heraldo Munoz. “We respect this decision [to withdraw the ambassador], which is in the sphere of competence of the Peruvian authorities,” he added. The two South American nations have a long history of border disputes. Chile won the War of the Pacific, which lasted from 1879 to 1883, and has kept vast areas claimed by Peru and Bolivia. In the 1970s Chile planted thousands of mines along its northern border during a period of tension with Peru. Last year, the United Nations’ highest court defined the maritime boundary between Peru and Chile after an acrimonious dispute over a 1950s agreement. Judges at International Court of Justice (ICJ) awarded Peru parts of the Pacific Ocean but kept rich fishing grounds in Chilean hands. -BBC news
Brazil Petrobras depeens INVESTIGATORS allege private firms paid corrupt officials in order to get lucrative Petrobras contracts. Among the 54 people accused of taking bribes are a former president and the speakers of both chambers of Congress. Most politicians under investigation belong to the governing coalition. But President Dilma Rousseff has been completely cleared of any involvement in the scheme. -BBC news
COLOMBIA’S government and Farc rebels have agreed to work together to remove landmines in rural areas of the country where they have fought since the 1960s. The announcement was made in Cuba, where both sides have been engaged in peace talks for more than two years. Under the deal, Farc rebels will work alongside members of the military to remove the landmines and other explosive devices. Colombia is one of the most heavily mined countries in the world.
More than 11,000 people have been injured or killed by landmines in Colombia over the past 15 years. “The proposal for demining is a first step, but a giant step toward making peace,” said Colombian government chief negotiator Humberto de la Calle. President Juan Manuel Santos welcomed the news, which gives his government’s peace efforts another boost. “I would like to congratulate our negotiating team and acknowledge of the Farc are doing, because this is bringing us closer to the shared
objective of reaching peace in Colombia,” he said. The demining and decontamination operation will be overseen by experts from Norway, one of the countries that has been facilitating the peace negotiations. The Farc members involved in the effort will not wear uniforms or carry weapons, said Mr De la Calle. The operation was announced in a joint statement in Havana, marking the end of a round of negotiations that focused on the rights of victims. -BBC news
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SECRETARY ANDRIAS CLARIFIES ON ADMINISTRATION OF SEZ SEPIK PLANS OIL PALM PROJECT FUNDS The Department of Trade, Commerce & Industry Secretary John Andrias clarified that as section 32 Officer he is taking lead in managing the funds for special economic zone developments including the Sepik Plains Oil Palm and Pacific Marine Industrial Zone projects. “My department is receiving bad publicity through irresponsible reporting by the media. It is therefore necessary that we provide factual information to the people of Papua New Guinea on the status of these projects implemented in compliance with required processes and laws of our country” he said. The challenges involved in implementing the K50 million State funded Sepik Plains Oil Palm Project is enormous and require constant administrative presence and political intervention. One of the major challenges involves the complexity of land tenure system, and the enormity of the task of mobilizing the 82,000 hectares of customary land to supplement 18,000 hectares of state land. We also have a court case in place from opposing factions and many other challenges that require our presence at all times at the project site and regular meetings with landowners etc, hence we have established a project office in Wewak staffed by technocrats there on fulltime basis. Despite challenges faced, we are working to ensure all the key infrastructures are in place before our choice of investor and the National Government can jointly develop the 100,000 hectares mega Sepik Plains Oil Palm project. The following are key infrastructure projects that we are currently implementing besides the customary land mobilization: 1. Electricity PNG Power Limited as the mandated State entity responsible for power supply and rural electrification is taking carriage of the electricity component with over K6 million funding to deliver according to scope and specification. 2. Road Work Department of Works as the mandated competent State Authority responsible for road infrastructures is taking lead in delivering all the individually scoped ringroads totaling K10 million in and around the project site. 3. Water Supply The water supply component was scoped at over K5 million and WATER PNG Limited as the State mandated competent authority is presently on site to deliver. 4. Police Mobile Barracks The Designs for the Police Mobile Barracks have been completed and tenders will be called by the CSTB for the construction. All these facilities including schools, clinics, and police security must be in place as prerequisite infrastructures before the project commences operation. Therefore all relevant State Agencies are engaged to undertake key infrastructure developments as prerequisites for the project. Records of all expenditures are readily available in PGAS from 2013 to 2014 and Trust Account in 2015 for inspection and audit by any interested competent authority. The Project Management unit at the project site is also available to facilitate onsite inspection and audit of the prerequisite projects undertaken to date. Authorised by JOHN ANDRIAS SECRETARY Post-Courier, Monday, March 9, 2015
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Rebels pull heavy weapons PRO-RUSSIA rebels in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, say they have “fully removed” heavy weapons from the front line, as agreed in a ceasefire deal. The claim was made by the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, who added that Ukraine had not reciprocated Ukraine’s government said it would move its artillery by the end of Saturday. The European-brokered ceasefire signed in Minsk last month appears to be holding despite sporadic violations. “We have withdrawn from the contact line all arms with a calibre of over 100mm,” Mr Zakharchenko said on Saturday. “Unfortunately, Ukraine has not done that.” Observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) are monitoring the ceasefire agreed in Minsk, Belarus, on 12 February. The two sides are due to create a buffer zone between them of at least 50km (30 miles) for artillery of 100mm calibre or more, 70km for multiple rocket systems and 140km for the heaviest rockets and missiles. In recent weeks, the two sides have exchanged dozens of prisoners as part of the Minsk peace plan. The deal also recognises
At a glance CEASEFIRE TERMS: • Immediate ceasefire • Buffer zone separating heavy weapons of both sides. Before, big guns had to pull back by 15km (9 miles) • Now, minimum buffer zone of 50km for 100mm artillery and up to 140km for rockets • Effective verification by international security group OSCE • Amnesty and release of all hostages and illegally detained people • Restoration of government pensions and other welfare payments for civilians in the east • Full Ukrainian control over eastern border, after local elections under Ukrainian law and a constitutional deal on future of Donetsk and Luhansk by end of 2015. self-rule for rebel-held parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and calls for talks on their long-term status. The UN estimates that least 6,000 people have been killed since the conflict in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions erupted last April, although it says the number of fatalities could be much higher. -BBC news
THE OSCE has been monitoring implementation of the ceasefire deal. Picture: BBC
Call to double monitors in Ukraine RUSSIA and Germany have called on the OSCE to double the number of observers monitoring a truce in eastern Ukraine to 1,000. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his German counterpart Franck-Walter Steinmeier urged the OSCE to “ramp up” its mission. The group has said it has experienced problems gaining access to key areas. Meanwhile, Ukrainian government sources told the BBC they believed Russian troops were still entering the country. According to some claims, there could be at least 18,000 involved. Last month’s ceasefire agreement reached in Minsk required all foreign troops to leave the region. ‘Guaranteed access’ Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Secretary General Lamberto Zannier said his assessment was that the truce was holding, but he acknowledged “violations”. He told Reuters that the group was
struggling to roll out its current mission, aimed at ensuring the removal of weapons and the implementation of the ceasefire. “My main problem in this moment is not the numbers, it’s the access,” Mr Zannier said. “If they had more access, I could get more out of them. That is really my challenge.” The EU’s policy chief Federica Mogherini, agreed the OSCE’s presence on the ground should be increased, but said it needed “guaranteed access”. Speaking after a meeting of foreign ministers in Riga she said there were plans to provide monitors with satellite equipment to observe areas “it is not possible to reach physically”. A source said to be familiar with the investigation told Russia’s Interfax news agency the car allegedly used by the suspects was found rapidly and evidence gathered in the vehicle was used along with phone records to identify them, the source said. -BBC
Two held over Nemtsov killing TWO men have been detained over the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, the head of the Federal Security Service (FSB) has announced. Anzor Gubashev and Zaur Dadayev, both from the Caucasus region, were detained on Saturday, FSB director Alexander Bortnikov said. Russian investigators said they were suspected of organising and carrying out the murder. The killing on a bridge within sight of the Kremlin shocked Russia. The former deputy prime minister and veteran liberal politician, 55, was shot in the back four times on
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the night of 27 February as he was walking on the street with his girlfriend. He was buried in Moscow on Tuesday. Mr Bortnikov gave no details of how and where the suspects were detained, in the brief statement carried by Russia’s state-owned Channel One, but he did say the investigation was continuing. Neither of the men has yet been formally charged. The statement on the detentions was made by the head of the FSB, on Russia’s main state TV channel. The message was clear: we are taking this crime seriously. -BBC news
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Egyptian executed over Morsi clashes
NIGERIA’S militant Islamist group Boko Haram appears to have pledged allegiance to militant group Islamic State (IS), which rules a selfdeclared caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria. Jihadist monitoring group SITE said the declaration was made in an unverified audio message from Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau, posted on Boko Haram’s Twitter account. “We announce our allegiance to the Caliph of the Muslims, Ibrahim ibn Awad ibn Ibrahim al-Husseini alQurashi ... and will hear and obey in times of difficulty and prosperity, in hardship and ease,” read an English language translation of the audio broadcast in Arabic that purported to be from the Nigerian militant group. “We call upon Muslims everywhere to pledge allegiance to the Caliph.” Qurashi is better known as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the IS group. Nigerian government spokesman Mike Omeri: “[The audio] is confirming what we always thought. It’s sad, it’s bad.” “It’s why we were appealing to the international community ... hopefully the world will wake up to the THE message reportedly claims Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau now bears allegiance to Islamic State. disaster unfolding here.” Picture: ABC/AFP -ABC news
EGYPT has carried out the first death sentence handed down over the violence that followed the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi in 2013. Mahmoud Ramadan, a supporter of the deposed leader and convicted of murder, was hanged. The charge related to an incident when youths were thrown from a building in the city of Alexandria. Hundreds of people have been sentenced to death in an Islamist crackdown following Mr Morsi’s removal. The violence in Alexandria’s Sidi Gaber district broke out in the days after the army deposed Mr Morsi on 3 July 2013, following mass protests against his rule. The state news agency Mena said that 18 people were killed in the clashes. The Muslim Brotherhood has denied any involvement in the killings. Footage of two youths being thrown from a roof in the Mediterranean city was widely broadcast in Egypt at the time. One of them - Hamad Badr, who had just turned 19 - later died in hospital. His father, Badr Hassouna, told the BBC that his son had been watching a pro-Morsi protest when gunfire broke out. -BBC news
Islamic State demolishes ancient site ISLAMIC State (IS) militants have destroyed ancient remains of the 2,000-year-old city of Hatra in northern Iraq, the tourism and antiquities ministry says. An official said the ministry had received reports from its employees in the northern city of Mosul, which is under the control of the radical Islamist group, that the site at Hatra had been demolished on Saturday. It was difficult to confirm the reports and the ministry had not received any pictures showing the extent of the damage, the official said. But a resident in the area said he heard a powerful explosion early on Saturday and said other people nearby had reported that IS militants had destroyed some of the larger buildings in Hatra and were bulldozing other parts. Hatra lies about 110 kilometres south of Mosul, the largest city under the IS group’s control. Director general of the United Nations cultural body UNESCO, Irina Bokova, condemned the reported wanton destruction of the ancient city. “The destruction of Hatra marks a turning point in the appalling strategy of cultural cleansing underway in Iraq,” UNESCOsaid. “Official sources today reported the destruction of the World Heritage property of Hatra. “This is a direct attack against the history of Islamic Arab cities, and it
At a glance ORIGIN: Hatra dates back 2,000 years to the Seleucid empire which controlled a large part of the ancient world conquered by Alexander the Great. It is famous for its striking pillared temple at the centre of a sprawling archaeological site. confirms the role of destruction of heritage in the propaganda of extremists groups.” However Mohammed Nuri, an MP from southern Nineveh province, where Hatra is located, cast doubt on whether the reports were accurate, saying “until this moment, there are no confirmed reports that Hatra has been destroyed”. “Hatra is somewhat isolated, and residents are not nearby,” he said. “I have not heard of someone who physically saw the destruction taking place.” A week ago the militants released a video showing them smashing statues and carvings in Mosul’s museum, home to priceless Assyrian and Hellenistic artefacts dating back 3,000 years. On Thursday they attacked the remains of the Assyrian city of Nimrud, south of Mosul, with bulldozers. UNESCO said the destruction amounted to war crimes. -ABC news
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ACROSS 2 Hairy 7 Weird 9 Comfort 11 Strictly disciplined 14 Fanatical 16 Pinches 17 Re-establish 18 Wager 20 Sheltered side 21 Bailiff 22 Public transport 23 Intermixed drinks 26 Golf mound 28 Definite article 30 Recluses 32 German river 33 Great arterial trunk 34 Causing to diminish 36 Drug-yielding plant 37 Exuded 38 Bony
8 Flower 10 Wise man 12 Unwelcome visitors 13 Duelling sword 15 Insect 18 Preferable 19 Faithful 20 Plunder 22 Make desolate through loss 24 Surrender 25 Keyboard instruments 27 High regard 29 Part of a shoe 31 African republic 32 Metal-bearing rocks 34 Water storage 35 Dove’s call
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stars ARIES
March 20 - April 19
The Full Moon may have been late last week, but you’re still experiencing fallout from it. This is taking the form of both the sudden changes typical of this cycle and, as important, emotional highs and lows. Disruptive as these seem, pay close attention. Each offers useful facts or a valuable insight.
TAURUS
April 20 - May 19
During periods of rapid change and growth, such as you’re experiencing, sudden developments can be easily misinterpreted as worrying. While it’s true, they’ll be unsettling, that’s good. These are shaking you out of habits that have held you back for too long. Take a chance. You won’t regret it.
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CANCER
June 21 - July 21
While you’re perfectly capable of being forthright, you’ve been wounded by the blunt statements of others frequently enough that you’re always cautious. Judging by the current emphasis on the forthright Mars, not only will your words need to be direct, those discussions can’t, and shouldn’t, wait for the right moment.
LEO
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May 21 - June 20
Urgent as decisions seem, most of the pressure is from those who want to begin making plans. When it comes to you, as a Gemini, things are unsettled and likely to remain so until your ruler Mercury moves into the midheaven angle of your chart, which accents such matters, later this week.
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VIRGO
August 23 - September 22
There’s no logical reason for the ups and downs you’re contending with. Actually, the odds are good you’re still dealing with the fallout from last week’s Virgo Full Moon, which brought both tricky situations and unsettling feelings to a head. Tackle these slowly and you’ll soon put them all to rest.
LIBRA
September 23 - October 22
Ordinarily, you dislike making decisions until you’re sure exactly what you’re dealing with. Since recent ideas, events and offers were as perplexing as they were exciting, such assessment would take ages. Your only alternative, therefore, is to plunge in, and simply ensure plans are flexible so you can change them later.
SCORPIO
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Although Jupiter’s the planet of good fortune, nobody mentions the disruption that can be triggered while the necessary changes are taking place. Still, if you think back to events since mid-July of last year, when it moved into Leo, what’s come your way more than compensates for any chaos you’ve experienced.
October 23 - November 22
There’s a difference between things not going as you’d hoped, which has already been the case and will be this week, and there being serious problems. Worrying as these are, they’re forcing you to review certain arrangements before they’re finalised. This seems a nuisance now, but you’ll be relieved you did.
November 23 - December 22
It would be difficult to overstate the promise indicated by brilliant planetary activity involving your ruler Jupiter, this week and last. Ironically, often the resulting events are as unsettling, at least in the short term, as they prove to be rewarding in the long run. Knowing that, embrace the unexpected with enthusiasm.
CAPRICORN
December 21 - January 19
Thrilling as recent developments have been, the conservative Capricorn side of your nature is wary. While usually this cautious side is a strength, at the moment it could keep you from taking these stunning offers seriously. Once you begin to learn more, you’ll realise they’re even better than they seem.
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January 20 - February 17
PISCES
February 18 - March 19
Be prepared to say exactly what you want now and over the next few days. The current planetary setup suggests the likelihood that even seemingly impossible ideas could, somehow, be fulfilled. Still, superb as what’s coming seems, you’ll need to think things through, and be ready to take advantage of it.
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True, the powerfully positive link between Jupiter and your ruler Uranus took place a few days ago. However, this cycle began last year and extends until mid 2015. Ironically, you may be unable to spot those turning point events, at least now. When you look back, however, they’ll be crystal clear.
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KEMBLA GRANGE 1_12.00 Zanbagh Mdn Plate 1000m (Apprentices can claim) 3-y-o. 1 _ 70X Aethon (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Hyeronimus 2 _ 66X0 Hostwin Pegasus (10) . . . . . . . . . . . J Ford 3 _ Khreshchatyk (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim Clark 4 _ 26X2 McHawi (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J Parr 5 _ 33X Beauty Is b (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tommy Berry 6 _ 5X Foreign Secretary (1) . . . . . . . . . Ms K O’Hara 7 _ Lavalliere (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S Clipperton 8 _ 3 Little Red Shoes h (13). . . . . . . . . . . . . .C Reith 9 _ Miss Catbird (5) . . . . . . . . . . Erhan Kacmaz (a2) 10 _ 8X Queen Misty (4) . . . . . . . . . Ms W Costin (a) 11 _ 377X Typical Woman (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EMERGENCIES 12 _ 0X Lipread (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 _ 0X Friendly Donna (12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2_12.36 Coco Cobanna Mdn Hcp 1200m (Apprentices can claim) 2-y-o. 1 _ Beauty Hero (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J Ford 2 _ 9X Brazen (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 _ Captain Jazz (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 _ Delawar (3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 _ 4 El Corazon (1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Hyeronimus 6 _ 3 Eschiele (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S Clipperton 7 _ Lighthouse Keeper (13) . . . . . . . . . .Tommy Berry 8 _ X353 More Than Fabulous (12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 _ 66X Artistic Beauty (14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 _ Princess Aria (8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 _ Sheilarized (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EMERGENCIES 12 _ 3 Surf City (6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 _ 5 Cartier Rock (15). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Avdulla 14 _ Local Affair (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Reith 15 _ 0 Lauren’s Magic (16) . . . . . Erhan Kacmaz (a2) 16 _ 0 Dawnie Perfect (5) . . . . . . . . . . . J A Cassidy
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3_1.12 Allez Wonder Mdn Hcp 1200m (Apprentices can claim) 1 _ Duchilli (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 _ Once Again (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 _ 633X Blinkin’ (8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Reith 4 _ X4X7 Cosmic Rush (12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 _ 4X7X La Bella Rouge (9) . . . . . . . . . . Scratched 6 _ 36X7 Touchdown (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T Angland 7 _ 8X Anticlimax (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S Clipperton 8 _ Extensible (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 _ 08X Makkari (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Spriggs 10 _ 8X Willow Song (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J R Collett 11 _ 803 Dashing Bella (13) . . . . . Brodie Loy (a1.5) EMERGENCIES 12 _ 3X68 Celtic Kiss (14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 _ 9543 Strangerinparadise (1) Erhan Kacmaz (a2) 14 _ 700X Reiby Roulette (11). . . . . . . . . . . . J Penza
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4_1.48 Hot Danish (Bm64) 1600m (Apprentices can claim) 1 _ 4111 Rush To Judgement dm (3) . . . . . . . J Ford 2 _ 1038 Under The Lights tc (8). . Brodie Loy (a1.5) 3 _ 8511 Brustar tmh (7) . . . . . . . . . .K Jennings (a2) 4 _ 1411 Free Billy d (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J Penza 5 _ 3484 Idyllic Scenery (2) . . . . . . . . . . J A Cassidy 6 _ 7461 Bel Barrage tdm (1) . . . . . . . . Ms K O’Hara 7 _ 39X5 Red Dubawi th (9) . . . . . . . . . . . B Avdulla 8 _ 0X78 Majestic Reign th (6) . . . . . . . . . . Tim Clark 9 _ X846 Dunrossil mh (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5_2.24 The Links Shell Cove Hcp (C2) 1200m (Apprentices can claim) 1 _ X5X3 Segregation d (5) . . . . . . . . . . S Clipperton 2 _ 27X0 Cassano tdm (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . G Buckley 3 _ 9326 Back In The Game c (12) . . . . . . Scratched 4 _ 2X11 Cat’s Wish (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mitchell Bell 5 _ 35X8 The Big Rig t (13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 _ 000X Song And Laughter mn (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 _ 1314 Pareure dm (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 _ 66X6 Show Me The Rock dm (9) . . Ms K O’Hara 9 _ 9113 She Brings mb (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . B Avdulla 10 _ 2616 Vision And Verse m (10). . . . . . Scratched 11 _ 6X35 Vale Da Pinta ch (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EMERGENCIES 12 _ 8X43 King Caleb (8). . . . . . . . . Ms W Costin (a) 13 _ 80X1 Basking (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6_3.02 Appearance Mdn Plate 1400m (Apprentices can claim) 1 _ 4X Dr Sykes (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim Clark 2 _ 3X43 Jimarni (12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J Penza 3 _ 35X9 Chief In Command h (8). . . . . . . T Angland 4 _ 2X4 Disgraceful (9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J A Cassidy 5 _ 97X5 Honcho (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J R Collett 6 _ Jeu Sur (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Avdulla 7 _ 77X0 One Touch (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 _ 57X6 Really Reilly (13). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Reith 9 _ 3 Super Force (6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mitchell Bell 10 _ 67X3 Danical h (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 _ 2 Halimede b (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tommy Berry 12 _ 93X5 Linsang (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . S Clipperton EMERGENCY 13 _ 890X American Pie (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1 _ 00X Red Riley h (8) . . . . . . . Jason Devrimol (a2) 2 _ 042 Mr Meow (12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B P Ward 3 _ Atalanta’s Dream (6) . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Murphy 4 _ 60X8 Vicissitudes (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Cavallo 5 _ 468X Bahmino h (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Lever 6 _ 34 Juste Impromptu (14) . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin May 7 _ 4X67 Allira h (10) . . . . . . . . . Nick Heywood (a2) 8 _ 207X Azusa (7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S Pollard 9 _ X80X Fourtenbob (15) . . . . . . . . . . . . S Guymer 10 _ 9533 Miss Rihanna (11). . . . . . . . . . . R Bensley 11 _ X0X8 Strada Delight (1) . . . . . . Ms K Nisbet (a) EMERGENCIES 12 _ 8374 Lochte h (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Heagney 13 _ 8847 Vivacious Vixen h (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 _ 0773 Rebel Gold bh (9) . . . . . . . . . . . B Murphy 15 _ 0993 Lil Rosie h (13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5_3.52 Actew Agl Plate (C1) 1600m (Apprentices can claim) 1 _ 4225 Bonzar b (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B P Ward 2 _ X047 Hushed Tones (9) . . . . . . . Ms K Nisbet (a) 3 _ 4060 Nachise d (13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . R M Saxton 4 _ 7554 Polyphemus m (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . J Kissick 5 _ 3X03 Starcrazy (12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 _ 9699 Layla’s Boy h (10) . . . . . . Carly Frater (a3) 7 _ 0000 Target Time (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 _ X366 Truce Seeker h (1) . . . . . . . . . . M Heagney 9 _ X560 My Mate Nick h (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 _ 5936 Bond Of Faith h (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 _ 0670 Moretales (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EMERGENCIES 12 _ 8X46 Woonona Ryder (5) . . . . . . . . . Kevin May 13 _ 89 Caterpillar (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
59 3.50 59 9 59 5.50 59 2.60 59 31 57.5 9 57 16 57 13 56.5 21 54.5 6 54.5 21 54.5 54.5
16 21
6_4.32 Ntnl. Mailing & Marketing-Bm55 2000m (Apprentices can claim) 1 _ 4815 Hey Porter tcmh (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 _ 6205 Noverre Man tmh (10) . . . . Patrick Murphy 3 _ 8266 Brown Bob dm (8) . . . . . . . . . . R M Saxton 4 _ 0469 Better Believe dm (9) . . . . . . . . . B P Ward 5 _ 4453 Funny As m (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S Guymer 6 _ 0161 Babylon Note (12). . . . . . . . . . . . . J Kissick 7 _ 3458 Valilake m (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R Bensley 8 _ 7757 Heebites d (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 _ 7892 On Our Selection tdh (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 _ 6327 Legal Tender mh (3) Jason Devrimol (a2) 11 _ 4500 Enjayded (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 _ X768 Dellie Delzao (2) . . . . . . Rachel Hunt (a3)
59.5 2.80 59 5.50 56.5 6 56 8 55.5 9 55 5.50 55 8 54.5 9 54 9 54 9 54 26 54 51
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1 _ 2202 Miss Idyllic (14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D Dunn 2 _ 36 Tiz My View (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J Mott 3 _ 256X Hello Hornsby (13) . . . . . D W Stackhouse 4 _ 9X3 Pearl Star (9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Melham 5 _ 4 Shining Star (6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L Nolen 6 _ Jill’s Charm (8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J Winks 7 _ Petite’s Reward (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 _ Princess Arrow (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J Duffy 9 _ Sebring Sally (12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Craig Williams 10 _ Very Choosy (1) . . . . . . . . . . .Ms J Beriman (a) EMERGENCIES 11 _ Misty Waters (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J Noonan 12 _ Miss Francesca (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 _ Effortless Miss (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S W Arnold 14 _ New York Celebrity (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . M J Allen
57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 57
4.60 6 15 4 11 21 17 21 11 11
57 57 57 57
15 17 15 11
2_12.19 City Jeep Patriot Mdn Plate 1200m (Apprentices can claim) 3-y-o and up. 1 _ 4232 Absolute Treasure (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 _ 3X2 Flash Black (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D Dunn
58.5 58.5
3 _ 322 Runsati (7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ms C Bruce 4 _ 343 Sun Sequalo (6) . . . . . . . . . . . Jamie Bayliss 5 _ 645 Mister Teejay (12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scratched 6 _ 4242 Aglaia (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D Moor 7 _ 62X Ahhhh (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L Nolen 8 _ 2423 Euchre Star (13) . . . . . . . . Jye Mc Neil (a2) 9 _ 3X3 Gilt Edge (14) . . . . . . . . . . . . Craig Williams 10 _ 0X38 Spun Hard (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EMERGENCIES 11 _ 37 Diamond Dossie (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 _ 5 Tessabelle (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . M J Dee (a3) 13 _ 7X6 Montezuma (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 _ 37X4 Royal Riches (11) . . . . .Jake Bayliss (a3)
58.5 58.5 58 56.5 56 56 56 56
6 9 9 11 7 13 15
56.5 56 58 58
13 21 26 6
3_12.55 City Jeep Compass (Bm70) 2040m (Apprentices can claim) 3-y-o.
2_2.00 Queanbeyan City Travel Mdn 900m (Apprentices can claim) 4-y-o and up.
1_11.43 4tracks4kids (Rs0mw) 1000m (Apprentices cannot claim) 2-y-o.
7_3.42 Brazilian Pulse Plate (C1) 2000m (Apprentices can claim) 1 _ X862 Night In Venice th (4) . . . . . P Hammersley 2 _ 6X86 Rapa Nui (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G Buckley 3 _ X998 Turf Speedie th (3) . . . . . . . . . . T Angland 4 _ 4921 Happy Soul (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . J R Collett 5 _ 2138 High Seas (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Avdulla 6 _ 3551 Magic Archer m (2) . . . . . . . . . Mitchell Bell 7 _ 4517 Master Agar (12) . . . . . . . . . . . S Clipperton 8 _ 4612 Ruling Dynasty (5) . . . . . . . . .Tommy Berry 9 _ 5215 Four Diamonds (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . J Penza 10 _ 4X53 Our Sassy Girl dm (7) . . Ms J Taylor (a2) 11 _ 95 General Zabeel (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C Reith 12 _ 3X08 Princess Maher (11) . . . . Ms W Costin (a) EMERGENCY 13 _ X809 Filly Wonka (13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 _ 06 Given Every Chance (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . A Layt 3 _ 2X Hav A Nip h (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Bloomfield 4 _ 4330 Triple Bolt h (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B Murphy 5 _ 5292 Double Warning (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 _ El Estafadora (6 . . . . . . . . . . . .) Rachel Hunt (a3) 7 _ Hariir (13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B P Ward 8 _ My Foolish Notion h (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 _ 23 She’s Nice (12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Cavallo 10 _ 8242 Still Missing (11) . . . . . . . Carly Frater (a3) 11 _ 5 Verbal b (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R Bensley EMERGENCIES 12 _ 0095 Duchess Royale (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 _ 0 Sitibaru (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 _ 68 Brockton Punch h (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11 5
1 _ 9X08 Chill Party (2) . . . . . . Patrick Moloney (a2) 2 _ X631 Allergic m (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Schofield 3 _ 7221 Ramsden Street d (7) . . . . . . . . . M J Allen 4 _ 5741 Another Martini d (1). . . . . . . Ryan Maloney 5 _ 4219 Ready Street (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D Gauci 6 _ 1 Silent Interest (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jack Hill 7 _ 2983 Fullforward (4) . . . . . . . . . . H Coffey (a1.5) 8 _ 592 Hakuna Matata b (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 _ 276 Prosperum (3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F Alesci
60 5 57 3.50 57 3 56 6 56 15 55 13 54.5 15 54 13 54 26
4_1.31 City Jeep Wrangler (Bm78) 1000m (Apprentices can claim) 1 _ 423X Lucky For You mb (8) Patrick Moloney (a2) 2 _ 728X Lonrockstar db (3) . . . . . . . . M J Dee (a3) 3 _ 1023 Override cd (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 _ 6511 Pretty Possum dm (4). . Jason Collins (a3) 5 _ 0376 Such Hope m (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J Winks 6 _ 0800 Kuaima dmn (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jack Hill 7 _ 1638 Neat Feat cdmn (9). . . . . . Ms J Payne (a3) 8 _ 286X The Four Lads dm (7) . . . . . . . . . . . J Mott 9 _ X124 Antarctic Missile d (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 _ 1963 Lateva dmn (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Pegus EMERGENCY 11 _ 1518 Sahara Night d (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
61 13 60.5 6 59 4.60 59 9 58.5 9 57 26 57 9 57 13 56 3 55.5 54.5
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5_2.09 City Jeep Cherokee (Bm64) 1000m (Apprentices can claim) 3-y-o. 1 _ 120X Symphonix dmb (5) . . . . . Jye Mc Neil (a2) 2 _ 962X Good Offa dm (2) . . . . . . . . . . . C Schofield 3 _ 2395 Lock And Load (4) . . . . . . Ms J Payne (a3) 4 _ 36X4 Kungsleden b (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 _ X170 Second Base (8). . Damien Thornton (a1.5) 6 _ 53X1 Secret Blend (10) . . .Patrick Moloney (a2) 7 _ 1345 Squeaky Squirrel dm (6) Jason Collins (a3) 8 _ 99X3 Lexgetreddy b (11) . . . Ms J Beriman (a1.5) 9 _ 130X Shacarde (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D Dunn 10 _ 23X1 Ready To Fight d (9) . . . . . M J Dee (a3) EMERGENCIES 11 _ 10 Harlem Star d (13) . . . . . . . . . . . . Jarrod Fry 12 _ 1564 Our Freckles m (12) . . . . . Ms N Beriman 13 _ 8X61 Theycallmethehoff dm (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . .
61 3.50 60 13 59.5 21 59 13 59 11 59 6 59 15 58.5 6 58 13 57.5 59 56.5 57
17 21 26
6_2.43 City Jeep Grand Cherokee-Bm64 1600m (Apprentices can claim) 3-y-o and up Fillies & Mares. 1 _ 2517 Coup De Beel (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 _ 9X82 Darney Gub mn (4). . Patrick Moloney (a2) 3 _ 5371 Chloe Anna dm (11) . . . . Jye Mc Neil (a2) 4 _ 6813 Deeming n (9). . . . . . . . . . Ms J Payne (a3) 5 _ 2203 Hot Augusta m (14) . . . . . . . M J Dee (a3) 6 _ X941 Love Field m (7) . . . . . . Regan Bayliss (a2) 7 _ 40X6 Savannah Moon dm (1) . . H Coffey (a1.5) 8 _ 1 Tintaglia (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 _ 0X61 Choix De Maia m (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 _ 21 Cloudburst (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D Dunn EMERGENCIES 11 _ 761 Belle Eclipse m (13) . . . . . . . . . . . . V Duric 12 _ 5651 Dubyago (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J Mott 13 _ 6471 Fortress Madonna (12) . . . . . . .A Mallyon 14 _ 51 The Donchess (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
61.5 13 61 4.60 60.5 13 60 7 60 13 60 6 60 15 59 8 58.5 17 58.5 8 58.5 59 59 59
15 15 11 15
7_3.19 City Jeep Grand Srt8 (Bm84) 1200m (Apprentices can claim) 1 _ 5X1X Written Up dm (8). . . . . . . . . . M J Dee (a3) 60 5 2 _ 2321 Gallant Harmony cdmn (7) Regan Bayliss (a2) 59 2.80 3 _ 2992 Ventic dm (3) . . . . . . . . . . Dylan Dunn (a3) 58.5 7 4 _ 600X Hai Lil tcdmn (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . S W Arnold 58 15 5 _ 6253 Stratcombe tdmn (1) . . . . D W Stackhouse 58 11 6 _ 527X Sir Berus m (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.5 17 7 _ 2522 Trevinder tn (6) . . . Damien Thornton (a1.5) 56 6 8 _ 7710 Running Bull dm (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.5 7 9 _ 7X14 Chosen Moment tcmn (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 15 10 _ 469X Let’s Be A Star dm (9)Ms J Beriman (a1.5) 54 21 EMERGENCY 11 _ 5212 Bay Of Biscay dmb (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 26
8_3.59 City Jeep Dont Hold Back-Bm84 1200m (Apprentices can claim) 1 _ 266X Proverb dm (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J Winks 2 _ 6X09 Zedi Knight cdmn (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 _ 4050 General Jackson tdn (9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 _ 510X Red Corner dm (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 _ 1156 Reldas cbn (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D Dunn 6 _ 9X07 Taddei Tondo m (12) Patrick Moloney (a2) 7 _ X096 Horacio dm (10) . . . . . . . Jye Mc Neil (a2) 8 _ 700X Double Dee dm (5). . . . . . . . . . . B Melham 9 _ 9954 Kievann cdm (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R Fradd 10 _ 13X2 Shades Of Bella dm (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EMERGENCIES 11 _ 5X66 Beckon dm (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 _ X544 Soosa Rama cn (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60 60 58.5 58.5 58 57.5 56 55.5 55.5 55
9 21 21 11 2 11 21 13 9 13
54.5 54
15 9
9_4.39 City Jeep Hcp (70) 1200m (Apprentices can claim) 3-y-o and up Fillies & Mares. 1 _ 2919 Cobblestones d (11) . . . . . . . M J Dee (a3) 62.5 2 _ 0X06 Celeritas cmn (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D Dunn 60.5 3 _ X947 Jemerica dmn (14) . . Patrick Moloney (a2) 60.5 4 _ 637X Millie’s Mann dm (2) . . Ms J Beriman (a1.5) 60.5 5 _ 5214 Highest Note d (10) . . . . . . . . . . . M Pegus 60 6 _ 6286 Nicamorae m (8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V Duric 60 7 _ 4714 Trustam dm (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 8 _ 5368 Dashing Shadow m (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.5 9 _ 15X2 Catherine Louise m (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.5 10 _ 11X4 Face Forward cn (7) Damien Thornton (a1.5) 58 EMERGENCIES 11 _ 2341 Winspot dm (3) . . . . . . . . . . . Ms S Wynne 58 12 _ 2152 Corcovado db (13) . . . . . H Coffey (a1.5) 58 13 _ 1873 Pouvoir n (12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.5 14 _ 2417 Spritely Girl d (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.5
13 11 9 13 9 7 9 13 8 5 13 11 15 17
Results SYDNEY — TRACK GOOD (RANDWICK) 1-GUINNESS REISLING STAKES 1200m: 2.60 fav ENGLISH (B Shinn) 1, 7.00 OTTOMAN (J B Mc Donald) 2, 9.50 FIREWORKS (B Avdulla) 3. All started. 2-UNSW TODMAN STAKES 1200m: 4.60 VANCOUVER (Tommy Berry) 1, 4.40 FURNACES (J B Mc Donald) 2, 1.75 fav HEADWATER (B Shinn) 3. All started. 3-WENONA GIRL QLTY 1200m: 7.00 GRIANTE (J Bowman) 1, 4.60 I LOVE IT (B Shinn) 2, 201.00 SLOTS (T Angland) 3. All started. 4-GIRVAN WAUGH R’DWICK CITY STKS 2000m: 31.00 PHRASES (J R Collett) 1, 6.00 SELF SENSE (T Angland) 2, 6.00 PAJARO (Tommy Berry) 3. Scr: Burbero, Phantom Brew. 5-ASPIRATION QLTY 1600m: 19.00 ADORABEEL (S Clipperton) 1, 26.00 ENTERTAINS (J B Mc Donald) 2, 21.00 INTIMATE MOMENT (K Mc Evoy) 3. Scr: Danesiri. 6-GIRVAN WAUGH RANDWICK GUINEAS 1600m: 2.90 HALLOWED CROWN (J Bowman) 1, 3.90 SWEYNESSE (J B Mc Donald) 2, 2.50 fav SHOOTING TO WIN (B Shinn) 3. Scr: Scissor Kick, Kermadec 7-CANTERBURY STAKES 1300m: 3.30 fav COSMIC ENDEAVOUR (J B Mc Donald) 1, 4.40 CATKINS (J A Cassidy) 2, 12.00 CRITERION (J Bowman) 3. Scr: Fontelina. 8-HYLAND COLOURS CHALLENGE STKS 1000m: 5.00 MIRACLES OF LIFE (J Bowman) 1, 12.00 VA PENSIERO (J R Collett) 2, 3.20 fav RUBICK (K Mc Evoy) 3. Scr: Soldi Domani. 9-XIRRUS FIREBALL STAKES 1100m: 61.00 NAYELI (B Shinn) 1, 7.00 PEEPING (S Clipperton) 2, 1.90 fav KURO (J Bowman) 3. Scr: Mossfun, Traveston Girl.
MELBOURNE —TRACK GOOD (FLEMINGTON) 1-FESTIVAL OF RACING 1000 1000m: 3.40 READY FOR VICTORY (Nicholas Hall) 1, 3.00 fav HEATHERLY (Damian Lane) 2, 7.00 CLAUDIA JEAN (M J Walker) 3. All started. 2-MRS MAC’S FAMILY BAKERY SPRINT 1200m: 6.00 SINO EAGLE (L Nolen) 1, 7.50 SENTFROMTHESTARS (Chris Symons) 2, 4.20 AFLEET ESPRIT (M J Walker) 3. All started. 3-SAINTLY HCP 1400m: 5.00 ORIENT LINE (Nicholas Hall) 1, 4.20 eq fav HI WORLD (C Schofield) 2, 7.50 MAASTRICHT (D Dunn) 3. Scr: Tan Tat Diamond, Star Fortune. 4-TAB REWARDS STAKES 1400m: 10.00 AMORINO (Craig Williams) 1, 10.00 AERONAUTICAL (D Whyte) 2, 4.00 GRACIOUS PROSPECT (M J Walker) 3. Scr: Decircles, Harare. 5-ROY HIGGINS QLTY 2600m: 7.00 CRAFTY CRUISER (B Melham) 1, 5.00 MARTINVAST (D Dunn) 2, 16.00 RAWNAQ (M J Walker) 3. Scr: Thubiaan. 6-FRANCES TRESSADY STAKES 1400m: 3.10 fav MADAM GANGSTER (Craig Williams) 1, 7.00 GIRL GUIDE (D Dunn) 2, 26.00 NADEEM LASS (C Schofield) 3. Scr: Politeness. 7-AUSTRALIAN GUINEAS 1600m: 8.00 WANDJINA (B Prebble) 1, 4.80 ALPINE EAGLE (D Whyte) 2, 8.00 STRATUM STAR (B Rawiller) 3. Scr: Rommel, Testashadow, Rod’s Opinion. 8-ATA / BOB HOYSTED HCP 1000m: 4.40 fav CHLOE IN PARIS (Craig Williams) 1, 8.00 PERON (L Nolen) 2, 4.80 FLAMBERGE (V Duric) 3. All started. 9-THE HONG KONG J.C. TROPHY-BM90 1800m: 7.00 POST D’FRANCE (B Melham) 1, 6.00 eq fav HARVEYS TRUE HEART (Dale Smith) 2, 6.00 eq fav CARLO BUGATTI (S R King) 3. Scr: Priority Road, Bec Said No Credit.
BRISBANE —TRACK SOFT (SUNSHINE COAST) 1-PAST ROOS ASSOCIATION HCP 1200m: 7.50 DRAM OF RED (Timothy Bell) 1, 6.00 MONTANA STAR (G Colless) 2, 12.00 LIBELULA (J Byrne) 3. Scr: I’m Belucci. 2-DEVCON BUILDING PLATE (C6) 2200m: 9.00 HIGHLY GENTLE (J Byrne) 1, 2.50 fav VODNIK (M Mc Guren) 2, 7.00 SUPERCOACH 54.5 carr 52.5 (A B Collett) 3. All started. 3-HMR PROJECTS PTY LTD (BM80) 1600m: 31.00 MARKOUT (J L Taylor) 1, 3.50 fav EIGHT’S A PARTY (B E Grylls) 2, 9.00 COSMONAUT (A B Collett) 3. Scr: Home To The Bride, Brother Love. 4-CREATIVE STONE HCP 1600m: 7.00 WHATALOVELYDAY (M Cahill) 1, 19.00 HENRYVONHUFEISEN (Ms T Harrison) 2, 8.00 UMGENI (B E Grylls) 3. Scr: All On Our Own. Scratched at barrier: Tale Of Fortune 5-ALEX SURF CLUB (RS0MW) 1400m: 16.00 LOVE SHUTTLE (J Lloyd) 1, 21.00 EVERYBODY HAPPY (Sairyn Fawke) 2, 3.00 fav KALANDULA (M Mc Guren) 3. Scr: Indiana Heart, Zettfidaa. 6-HOT 91.1 HCP (C6) 1200m: 3.00 fav HE DON’T CARE (D J Browne) 1, 9.00 PASSATORIO (J Byrne) 2, 31.00 CHALUPA (J L Taylor) 3. All started. 7-NTNL CONSTRUCTION MGMT HCP 1400m: 3.50 eq fav THE PEAK (D J Browne) 1, 18.00 HI SON (Travis Wolfgram) 2, 5.00 GULLY COMMAND (A B Collett) 3. Scr: Finishing Card. 8-RCQ CONSTRUCTION (RS0MW) 1400m: 12.00 LOYALIST (A B Collett) 1, 7.50 FELTRE (R Mc Mahon) 2, 21.00 CASINO BENJO (Justin P Stanley) 3. Scr: Prince Dan, Get On Down, Snitziola, Court Order.
ADELAIDE —TRACK GOOD (MORPHETTVILLE) 1-BOOK EVENT @ MORPHETTVILLE HCP 1000m: 2.05 fav COMPRENDE (D Tourneur) 1, 9.00 C’EST BEAU LA VIE (Ms C Lindop) 2, 5.00 DON’T DOUBT MAMMA (M J Dee) 3. Scr: Parting Shot. 2-STEVEN BYRNES BUCKS DAY (BM90) 1000m: 2.60 SWINGING ARMS (Jake Toeroek) 1, 2.20 fav RIFLEMAN (M J Dee) 2, 4.40 STRATUMSPHERE (Jordan Childs) 3. Scr: Rock Out, Chandlery. 3-DRINK DRIVING? GROW UP HCP-68 1400m: 3.20 fav STAR FORTUNE (M J Dee) 1, 4.80 BRINKLEY BLISS (Jake Toeroek) 2, 6.00 THERMOGENIC (D Tourneur) 3. Scr: Night Breeze. 4-WILLIAM HILL (BM80) 1400m: 9.00 FLIRTATIOUS DREAM (D Tourneur) 1, 4.40 RAFFINATO (J Holder) 2, 21.00 ARJAE (Todd Pannell) 3. Scr: Baremin. 5-PROJECTION GRAPHICS MDN PLATE 1250m: 6.00 DEANNA JEAN (J Potter) 1, 4.00 HUSSON’S SHOUT (D Tourneur) 2, 2.70 fav LOQUETEUX (Jake Toeroek) 3. Scr: Karadoc Kid, Golden Class, Choisigold, White Jade. Scratched at barrier: Sub Atlantic 6-DARLEY HCP (78) 2400m: 4.80 SIX FOOT (Ms C Lindop) 1, 7.00 SKY RAIDER (Jordan Childs) 2, 6.00 LETSGETSIDEWAYS (Jake Toeroek) 3. Scr: Host Me, Callmedan. 7-FARMERS UNION ICED COFFEE (82) 1400m: 3.00 fav DEFIANT ANGEL (Josh Cartwright) 1, 5.00 DR DAPPER (Ms C Lindop) 2, 26.00 HERE TO THERE (Ms M Vance) 3. Scr: Devon, Set On Stone. 8-CARBINE CLUB (BM90) 1950m: 4.40 SHAMARDASHING (Jordan Childs) 1, 4.40 GO DREAMING (Ms C Lindop) 2, 5.50 PRINCE OF CAPERS (M J Dee) 3. Scr: St Gabriel, Ocsmepop. 9-MOET & CHANDON HCP (68) 1250m: 8.00 CON’S GOLD (Eran Boyd) 1, 2.20 fav SPOILSPOT (D Tourneur) 2, 21.00 RIGHT IDEA (J Frew) 3. Scr: Mattan
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SPORT RESULTS PORT MORESBY ROAD RUNNERS Saturday March 7 The Rock, Konedobu 3.0 KM: 1 Milton Iakosi 14.47, 2 Paulus Opus 24.36, 3 Graeme O’Flaherty 25.49, 4 Andrew Crompton 28.27. 6.0 KM: 1 Buda Awowari 44.49, 2 Michael Sullivan 45.09. 8.0 KM: 1 Jethro Meana 31.53, 2 Ben Williams 39.47, 3 John Ulelu 45.47, 4 Phil Hulcombe 47.23, 5 Richard Chamei 50.07, 6 Simon Schwall 53.36, 7 Callum Skeet 55.30, 8 Simon Nutley 65.13.
RUGBY LEAGUE Intrust Super Cup (QLD Cup) Hunters 40 d South Logan Magpies 8 Wynnum Manly Seagulls 18 d Ipswich Jets 16. Norths Devils 24 d Sunshine Coast Falcons 18 Central Queensland Capras 22 d Burleigh Bears 14. Tweed Heads Seagulls 42 d Redcliffe Dolphins 28 Easts Tigers 20 d Northern Pride 12 Townsville & Districts Mendi Blackhawks 30 d Mackay Cutters 16
National Rugby League (NRL) WORLD CUP LADDER GROUP A 1 New Zealand 2 Australia 3 Sri Lanka 4 Bangladesh 5 England 6 Afghanistan 7 Scotland
W 5 3 3 2 1 1 0
L 0 1 2 1 3 4 4
NR 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PTS 10 7 6 5 2 2 0
NRR 3.09 1.6 -0.15 0.18 -1.2 -1.88 -1.42
GROUP B 1 India 2 South Africa 3 Pakistan 4 Ireland 5 West Indies 6 Zimbabwe 7 UAE
W 4 3 3 3 2 1 0
L 0 2 2 1 3 4 4
NR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PTS 8 6 6 6 4 2
NRR 2.25 1.46 -0.19 -0.82 -0.51 -0.6 0-1.69
AUSTRALIA’S Glenn Maxwell hits out during the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup cricket match between Australia and Sri Lanka at the SCG..
Maxwell leads Aust to win CRICKET
GLENN Maxwell shapes as the key man in Australia’s World Cup campaign after his record maiden century helped secure a thrilling and vital win over Sri Lanka at the SCG on Sunday night. Australia now control their own destiny to a certain extent through the quarter and semi-final stages, but the 64-run victory posed as many questions as it answered for Michael Clarke’s men. First-choice spinner Xavier Doherty (0-60), who could be required again if Australia progress through to a semi-final in Sydney, was blasted off the park. So too were spearhead Mitchell Johnson (2-62) and Shane Watson (1-71), although the all-rounder’s dismissal of Angelo Mathews (35 off 31) was the dismissal that eventually broke Sri Lanka’s gallant pursuit of a World Cup record chase of Australia’s 9-376. Sri Lanka’s innings finished at 312 with 22 balls to spare. However, the real turning point came when a flying Dinesh Chandimal was forced to retire hurt after hammering 52 off 24 balls and combining an electric 80-run unbeaten stand with his skipper Mathews. All-time great Kumar Sangakkara (104) led the charge by becoming the first man in history to score three consecutive World Cup hundreds, and he received able assistance from Tillakaratne Dilshan (62) who in the sixth over dispatched Johnson to the boundary on every ball. Overall though it was a good night for Australia, as Australia leapfrogged Sri Lanka into second place in Pool A. It means Clarke’s side will face a lesser light from Pool Be in their quarter-final in Adelaide, rather than the might of South Africa, and their semi-
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final – should they make it - will be at home at the SCG, rather than the cauldron of Eden Park in Auckland. Importantly, skipper Clarke (68 off 68) spent time in the middle and hit form in a brilliant and crucial 134-run partnership with Steve Smith (72), that lifted the hosts from the early losses of David Warner and Aaron Finch. Then for the second game running superstar Maxwell took centre stage to etch his name in the record books and deliver Australia their highest ever total against Sri Lanka. Man-of-the-match Maxwell smashed his 102 in just 53 balls, and at the time when he passed triple figures, the brilliant all-rounder was only one ball shy of equalling Irishman Kevin O’Brien’s World Cup-record of a ton off 50 balls. Watson had a career renaissance at No.6 scoring a backs-to-the-wall 67 off 44 to play a superb support role to Maxwell in a match-defining 160-run stand. As usual, Maxwell pulled out every shot in the book and invented some more, as he blasted 10 fours and four sixes on his way to 102 off 53. Most see the freakishly talented Maxwell as a free spirit, but the emotion on his face as he finally passed three figures for the first time in his international career was palpable. Watson sensed the enormity of the occasion as he jogged to meet Maxwell. They embraced, and when Maxwell finally raised his head from Watson’s shoulder he had to wipe away tears. Maxwell has been out in the 90s on three occasions before and last week fell on 88 off 39 against Afghanistan when he was on track to absolutely obliterate James Faulkner’s record of hitting a ton from 57 balls. “I was just happy to finally get that monkey off my back,” said Maxwell.
Newcastle Knights 24 d NZ Warriors 14, South Sydney Rabbitohs 36 d Brsibane Broncos 6, Parramatta Eels 42 d Manly Sea Seagulls 12, West Tigers 19 d Gold Coast Titans 18, Sydney City Roosters 28 d North Queensland Cowboys 4, Penrith Panthers 24 d Canterbury Bulldogs 18
SP Port Moresby Rugby League 9s Friday Pool A: Keakolo Malagana 24 df. SSG Roosters 12 Paladin Blue - 8 drw Royals - 8 Pool B: Irupara GK - 28 df. South’s Two – 8 Defence Green - 18 – Hawks one 4 Pool C: Koiari Nagavas 8 drw Butterflies 1 – 8 Paladin Gold 6 df. Tarangau 1 -4 Pool D: Butterflies 2- 6 df. Konebada Offcuts – 4 Defence Gold 18 df. Hawks 2-10. Pool E: Paga Panthers 2- 14 df. Bese Bulldogs 6 Dobo Warriors 1-10 df. Tarangau 2 – 4 Pool F: SSG Roosters 1 – 6 df. Vanagi blacks 4 Dobo Warriors 2-10 df. Rabi raiders 8 Pool G: South’s 1 -10 drw Hohola one -10 Bang 36 10 df. K Hunters - nil Pool H: Hohola 2- 6 df. Pago Panthers - nil Goldie Snipers 20 df. Bige Warriors 14. Saturday Pool A: Paladin Blue 22 df. Keakolo Malagana 8 SSG Roosters 2- 8 df. Royals 6 Pool B: Irupara GK 32 df. Defence Green - 4 Hawks 1-20 df. South’s 2- 4 Pool C: Koiari Nagavas 16 df. Paladin Gold 10 Butterflies 1 -8 df. Tarangau 1- 4 Pool D: Defence Gold 12 df. Konebada Offcuts 10 Butterflies 2- 16 df. Hawks 2-12. Pool E: Bese Bulldogss 6 drw Dobo Warriors 6
Paga Panthers 2- 10 df. Tarangau 2-8 Pool F: Vanagi Blacks 10 df. Dobo Warriors 2-6 Rabi raiders 10 df. SSG roosters 1-8 Pool G: Bang 36- 18 df. South’s 1 -10 Hohola 1- 14 df. K-Hunters 8 Pool H: Bige Warriors 10 df. Paga Panthers 1 – 8 Hohola 2 -6 Goldie Snipers – nil Sunday Pool A: Royals 14 df. Keakolo Malagana - 12 Kone Storms Blue 24 df. SSG Roosters 8 Pool B: Irupara GK 10 df. Hawks 1-nil Defence Green 26 df. South’s 2-4 Pool C: Koiari Nagava 22 df. Tarangau 1- 10 Paladin Gold 12 df. Butterflies 1 – 4 Pool D: Konebada Offcuts 12 df. Hawks 2-6 Butterflies 2 -24 drw Defence Gold 24 Pool E: Tarangau 2-12 df. Bese Bulldogs -4 Paga Panthers 2-12 df. Dobo Warriors 1-8 Pool F: Vanagi Blacks - 14 df. Rabi Raiders -8 SSG Roosters 1-16 df. Dobo Warriors 2-12 Pool G: South’s 1-14 df. K-Hunters 4 Bang 36- 6 drw Hohola 1-6 Pool H: Goldie Snipers 12 df. Paga Panthers 1-nil Bige Warriors 8 df. Hohola 2-4
SOCCER National Soccer League Bomana, Port Moresby Lae City Dwellers 4 d Oro 0 FC Pom 3 d Admiralty 2
Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium, Lae Madang 1 d Besta United 0
English Premier League Tottenham 2 d Queenspark Rangers 1 Premier League Standings: Week 28 Pos Team Pts P W D L 1 Chelsea 63 27 19 6 2 2 M/City 58 28 17 7 4 3 Arsenal 54 28 16 6 6 4 M/United 53 28 15 8 5 5 Liverpool 51 28 15 6 7 6 Southampton 49 28 15 4 9 7 T/Hotspur 47 27 14 5 8 8 Stoke City 42 28 12 6 10 9 Swansea City 40 28 11 7 10 10 West Ham Utd 39 28 10 9 9 11 Newcastle Utd 35 28 9 8 11 12 Crystal Palace 30 28 7 9 12 13 W/Bromwich 30 28 7 9 12 14 Everton 28 28 6 10 12 15 Hull City 27 28 6 9 13 16 Sunderland 26 28 4 14 10 17 Aston Villa 25 28 6 7 15 18 Q/P Rangers 22 27 6 4 17 19 Burnley 22 28 4 10 14 20 Leicester City 18 27 4 6 17
GS GA 57 22 59 27 53 30 47 26 42 30 39 20 44 38 33 34 33 37 39 34 32 43 31 39 26 36 33 41 26 37 23 39 15 38 28 47 25 47 24 44
CRICKET World Cup
New Zealand 188/4 36.1 d Afghanistan 186 all out by 6 wickets
Ireland 331/8 49.3 d Zimbabwe 326 all out. Ireland won 5 runs Pakistan 222 all out 33.3 d South Africa 202 all out. Pakistan won by 29 runs
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Penrith upset Bulldogs
CherryEvans to move to Titans RUGBY LEAGUE
JAMES Segeyaro was a standout in Penrith’s win over Canterbury. RUGBY LEAGUE
A NERVOUS Penrith have held off a stunning late rally from Canterbury to seal a 2418 win and open their 2015 NRL campaign with a nailbiting victory. Ivan Cleary’s side were on course for a dominant victory after racing out to a 24-0 lead only for the Bulldogs to score 18 unanswered points in the final 10 minutes in front of a crowd of 18,814 at Pepper Stadium. In a game played in sweltering conditions, it was the
Panthers’ young guns who stole the show with local juniors Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, George Jennings and Bryce Cartwright playing starring roles. Watene-Zelezniak and Jennings both crossed in the first half to give their side a 14-0 lead at the break with Jamie Soward finding the target with two sideline kicks and a close-range penalty. The mercury pitchside was nudging the mid-30s at kickoff and it was the hosts who looked more comfortable in the conditions as their mo-
bile forwards dominated the Bulldogs’ bigger pack. Kiwi winger Watene-Zelezniak pounced in 12th minute after good link-up work between Moylan and Dean Whare to open the scoring. Jennings, who is the younger brother of NSW and Australian centre Michael Jennings, then latched on to a cut-out pass from Soward 10 minutes before the break for a try on his NRL debut. The hosts continued to dominate after the restart with James Segeyaro outpacing the Bulldogs defence to score in the corner
after classy back-rower Cartwright kept three Bulldogs players at bay to offload to the flying hooker. Roared on by a big crowd the Panthers continued to press in attack and Watene-Zelezniak doubled his tally when he hauled in a Soward bomb and muscled his way past Curtis Rona. The Bulldogs had struggled to get a foothold on the game throughout and bench forward Tim Browne’s try off a James Graham try looked nothing more than a consolation. But quickfire four-pointers
from Rona and Brett Morris set up a grandstand finish as the Bulldogs tried desperately to take the game to golden point. However, the Panthers’ defence held firm on back-toback sets to claim the two points. PENRITH 24 (D WateneZelezniak 2 G Jennings J Segeyaro tries J Soward 4 goals) bt CANTERBURY 18 (T Browne B Morris C Rona tries T Hodkinson 3 goals) at Pepper Stadium. Referee: Ben Cummins, Gavin Reynolds. Crowd: 18,814.
Newcastle Knights charge home RUGBY LEAGUE
NEWCASTLE officials will this week up the ante in their bid to convince centre Dane Gagai to turn his back on Wayne Bennett and a poten-
tial move back to Brisbane at the end of the season. Gagai played a matchwinning role to get the Knights home against the Warriors on Saturday as Rick Stone kicked off his return to top
grade coaching on a positive note. With Knights CEO set to meet with Gagai’s management early this week, the young centre underlined his worth and outstanding potential scoring two tries
including a crucial second half effort to get his side back into the match. He then potentially saved another with a late intercept to cap off a great game. But while Stone lauded
Gagai’s contribution, it was his side’s desperate on-line defence that left him most satisfied. Even with 12 men for 10 minutes early in the second half with prop David Fa’alogo in the sin-bin.
MANLY halfback Daly Cherry-Evans waited until after full-time of his side’s humiliating loss to Parramatta to inform his teammates he would be joining the Gold Coast Titans next season. Cherry-Evans, who was far from his menacing best in the 42-12 loss against the Eels on Friday night, informed his teammates and club officials that he would be leaving the club at the end of this year after signing a four-year deal with the Titans believed to be worth almost $5 million. Coach Geoff Toovey was unaware of the pending announcement before the match, admitting he was disappointed with the news that only compounded a tough night for the Sea Eagles. “He just announced it to the boys after the game,” Toovey said. “It’s disappointing but at least he’s got his future settled and we can get on with playing some good football. “We’re very disappointed obviously but it gives some clarity around the matter and we can move forward ... He just wanted to make sure the players knew before it got out there.” A Semi Radradra hat-trick caught the eye as the Eels slipped past the Sea Eagles with little trouble. “He didn’t really want it to be out there now either. That’s the type of bloke he is. He didn’t want any fuss about it. He made sure he told his teammates first and wanted them to know his decision and understand his decision and hear it out of his mouth first.” Fullback Brett Stewart took some positives out of the announcement, saying the club could finally move on from all the speculation, albeit hopeful Kieran Foran would stay at Manly. “It’s obviously a big loss for the team and a big loss for the club but finally we can put it to bed and all the speculation can be ended for one of them,” Stewart said.
Watmough’s Eels thrash Manly RUGBY LEAGUE
THERE was closure on Saturday night for Anthony Watmough. While Choc is clearly still close with his former Manly teammates — he winked and joked with most of them as they left Pirtek Stadium late last night — Watmough said it was now time to focus on the next chapter of his career out west. Parramatta fans would have arrived wondering just how their club would perform without superstar Jarryd Hayne — but they left knowing they’ll be more than OK, especially with workaholic
Watmough. There was plenty of bad blood stirred up in the lead-up to this clash between the Sydney powerhouses, and Watmough certainly played his part in whooping up the hate with his “toxic environment” comments about the Sea Eagles. Manly players gave Watmough a good old-fashioned facial with his first carry. James Hasson launched his left knee into Watmough’s ribs with his first hit-up in the second half, which forced the Origin enforcer to his haunches and later from the field. But as Watmough said last night: “I think we can both move
on now, it’s out of the way, it’s done, it’s dusted, I did spend so many years there, but this is a new chapter in my life, and it’s a good start to the chapter with this win. “It’s good to see the fans turn up and not get booed. “A lot has been said about this game, there was a big build-up, but we can put it behind us now and concentrate on moving forward with Parramatta. “It was great fun. A lot of my good mates still play with Manly, I was there for 13 or 14 years, but it’s good to get off to a great win with Parra.” Watmough looked in a world
of hurt as he clutched his ribs after Hasson’s wild knee. But he defended Hasson, and said it was more a case of him being winded. “I didn’t know what had happened, my ribs still feel like they’re pushed to the back of my spine, but I’m fine,’’ Watmough said. “There was no malice in it, and hopefully he (Hasson) doesn’t get into too much trouble for it.” Watmough is a good buy for the Eels. He’ll give them plenty of good times like NFLbound Hayne, who received one of the biggest cheers at half-time when presented in front of the crowd.
ANTHONY Watmough says he expected more from the Sea Eagles on Friday night.
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Yagas scores match winner
Dwellers hit Pom in style SOCCER
FC Pom Neil Hans (no.14) follows through on a powerful acrobatic shot at the Admiralty goal-mouth at Bomana on Saturday. INSET: FC Pom striker Harry Jenkins (left) protects himself. BY PETER SEVARA JR. SOCCER
BIRTHDAY boy, Ayrton Yagas header in the second half saved the day for FC Pom in round seven of the Telikom National Soccer League. Yagas’s goal from a wellplaced Neil Hans free-kick from the right flank proved to be the match-winner in their 3-2 win over Admiralty at the Bomana CS oval on Saturday. The rangy defender celebrated his 19th birthday with an eye-catching goal that was only bettered by a Harry
‘Sapea’ Jenkins screamer in the first half. While the battle was between POM FC’s Lamb Vincent, Joshua Niebo, Jenkins and Admiralty’s Rodney Mobiha, Eliud Fugre and Michael Foster, POM FC power left-footer Neil Hans undisputedly stood out above all. The Madang man was in superb form to take out the Telikom man of the match award for his assists in their three goals effort. The city slickers took an early lead into the first half following a header from former international Andrew Lepani from a Hans corner
kick in the 13th minute. Then Jenkins blasted a volley to the Manusians goal-mouth eight minutes later from a cross kick from Hans. All was not lost for Posman Kisakiu’s men as they pulled back one through Foster lobbing a loose ball over goalkeeper Charles Lepani after Mobiha crashed into him while attempting to connect a cross kick from Roland Bala. POM FC defender Abel Redenut soon relegated POM FC back into red alert after accidently scoring an own-goal in a frenzied attempt to clear the ball to level the scores at 2-2
at half-time. The Port Moresby outfit took control of the second-half despite a glaring opening for Foster and then Mobiha went begging. Admiralty were just overwhelmed with poor ball control all over the park giving away possession as easy as handing it on a golden plate. Knowing both had just need a point to win sparks flared with Hans shattering the sunny day at Bomana with power blasts at points in the match. Then the breakthrough came from another Hans touch that found Yagas to have Admiralty goal-keeper John Bai
in knots for the winner. Admiralty now remain winless with three draws and three losses at the end of the first round. FC POM starting 11: Charles Lepani (GK), Roland Bala, Abel Redenut, Cyril Muta, Ayrton Yagas, Lamb Vincent, Andrew Lepani, Philadelphia Vela, Augustine Karava, Neil Hans, Harry Jenkins Admiralty starting 11: John Bai (GK), Agi Moses, Christopher Moses, Clement Willis, Billy Ndramen, Poakot Poesi, Kapret Tingut, Eliud Fugre, Nigel Yohang, Rodney Mobiha, Michael Foster.
LAE City Dwellers have now sent warning signals with their pulsating 4-0 belting over Oro in the Telikom National Soccer League at Bomana on Saturday. Again it was former Hekari duo led by skipper Raymond Gunemba (2’, 34’) and Nigel Dabinyaba (9’, 42’) who served up a powerful message to their city counterparts in the first match in the nation’s capital. Gunemba after the match said it was great to see that they have progressed after struggling in the opening two matches. “We had a tough time but the players who are mostly new to this level are improving and gaining confidence with every match,” he said. He said the win over Oro is just a bonus to their ongoing development to be consistent in this level of football. “We kept to our game plan and we settled in well with our mid-fielders doing the job well,” he added. Gunemba made special mention of raw recruit Obert Bika. “He has come from Busumau Village without much experience but he has caught on fast and is one of several unknown talents that we have,” he added. Bika set up the opening goal with his cross from the rightflank for Gunemba to head the opening goal within minutes of the opening whistle. While Gunemba and Dabinyaba kept their two-prong attack up front, the mid-field manned by Troy Gunemba and Jethro Mautaya (until replaced by Esa Nasa) took control as if it were their LFA Park. Dwellers starting 11: Ronald Warisan (GK), Bewa Willie, Lee Wabing, Valentine Nelson, Mosi Milubwa, Jethro Mautaya, Troy Gunemba, Obert Bika, Jeremiah Norman, Nigel Dabinyaba, Raymond Gunemba. Oro starting 11: Enoch Maliwolo, Campbell Misirait, Ivan Sevese, Brett Sabua, Junior Sato, Ian Yanum, Patrick Aisa, Mante Baki.
Birthday to remember BY PETER SEVARA JR. SOCCER
PORT Moresby Football Club (FC Pom) defender, Ayrton Yagas celebrated his 19th birthday in style after scoring the winning goal against Admiralty at Bomana on Saturday. The lofty teen from Madang said it was a nice birthday gift as it was his first ever goal since playing in the semi professional Telikom National Soccer League. Weighing in at 67 kg’s and standing in at a height of 185cm, the Begesin youngster was a head above the rest when teammate Neil Hans careered a curler from a free-kick from the right flank. Yagas was head and shoulders above the Admiralty defence as directed a header from 15 meters out past a bewildered goal-keeper John Bai.
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“The goal felt really good. It was my first ever goal since I joined the club last year. To make it even better it’s my 19th Birthday today (Saturday) and it’s the winning goal,” Yagas said. Currently a Year 12 student at the Port Moresby International School (POMIS) Yagas said it is difficult juggling sport with his academic studies but it all came down to time management. Coming from a strong background of basketball with both parents representing PNG, Yagas said he had no regrets choosing another sporting path in life. “No regrets. I am enjoying myself here. I grew up playing basketball but I traded it for soccer as I grew older and right now I have no regrets.” Yagas said. He played for Port Moresby School of Excellence before joining the University Club in the
Port Moresby Soccer Association (PMSA) competition. His representative experiences include vice captain for the PNG Under 17 team for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Cup in New Zealand in 2011.
Arton Yagas celebrates his 19th birthday with the winning goal for FC Pom.
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Hunters great start FROM BACKPAGE
BESTA captain and central defender Otto Kusunan (red shirt) tussling for possession of the ball with Madang flanker Sammy Hiob at the Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium in Lae on Saturday. Pictures: FRANCO NEBAS
Madang continues rise BY HAIVETA KIVIA SOCCER
BESTA PNG United has a lot of soul searching to do after going down 1-0 to Madang in the Telikom National Soccer League meet in Lae on Saturday. After starting the season with a smashing 4-1 win over Oro. The writing and the picture on the wall was that the Papua
New Guinea academy side would do better this season. But, the side has faded away in recent weeks to end round one on a sour note. In the match, Madang flanker Hanson Topio used his speed to get past two defenders from a good through ball from skipper Max Sengum before slamming the ball past, approaching, Besta goalkeeper Vagi Koniel. But, Madang were also
clearly off their mark and had to thank their goal keeper Lashan Manasseh and towering defender Don Maongi for keeping them in the game. When Maongi was beaten, there stood Manasseh as a deterrent to Besta and that was the way it remained for the rest of the game. Manasseh looked beaten on three occasions searching for the equaliser, but he managed to get his finger tips to the ball
to prevent a goal in a feature performance. Besta striker Papalau Awele from a free kick caressed the ball over the wall and it was headed for the back of the Madang net but Manasseh flew to his left and tipped the ball over his goal. Awele also chipped the ball at the 70th minute but Manasseh’s long reach had its mark again. He again stood in the way of several attempts
to frustrate the Besta coaching staff more than anything else. Besta’s best chance came from right defender Fidelis Namuesh creating an opening down the flank but the finishing touches from his striker let the team down. Madang’s midfield of Alwyn Komolong, Darren Steven and Sengum had the edge over Besta’s chief play maker Freddie Steven, to see out the win.
FROM there it was all the Hunters, with heavy defence from the causing turnovers and giving more possession to the talented PNG team. The next try was simply magic from the Hunters with several offloads in traffic before Amean dived over untouched in the corner. Laka converted from the sideline to level the scores at 12-12. The Hunters were playing with confidence and again burst down the right side running the ball on the fifth tackle in their own half. Puara Jr offloaded to a flying Thompson Teteh who made a searching run up field before offloading to Laka who turned it inside to Bland Abavu to score the first of his two tries to take the lead 1812 with 12 minutes left in the half. The Hunters weren’t finished with however with a scrum packing down right on full time and a smart inside ball from Israel Eliab to a determined Teteh, twisting and turning and beating several defenders to score in a display of blistering speed, strength and determination. The Hunters took the lead into the break 22-12 over a South’s Logan side, which seemed unable to stop the constant attacking raids from the Hunters. The Hunters started the second half in similar fashion maintaining possession with Eliab stepping to the fore after impressive lead up work by his inside men to beat two defenders and race 30 metres to score in the corner. Eliab showed he is NRL material with sheer size, pace and agility making him a handful for the opposition and a constant threat throughout the match. The SP Hunters will now head back to Kokopo and eagerly await the Redcliffe Dolphins for their opening home match of the season this Sunday at Kalabond Stadium in Kokopo (2.30pm). Tickets are on sale at Agmark Hardware in Kokopo from today.
Snipers subdue Panthers BY PETER SEVARA JR. RUGBY LEAGUE
A RECENT team in the nines circles, Goldie Snipers took out Paga Panthers Team One 12-0 in round three of the MRDC Port Moresby Rugby League Super Nines yesterday at the Murray Barracks oval. The Goldie River-based team now has two wins and one loss in the tournament that began on Friday and will end this weekend. Skippered by former 1RPIR Taurama Barracks rugby union speedster Bill Kua, the team never looked phased, until the urging of match fitness in the dying stages, pushed them in a tight corner defending their hearts out. Snipers opened the scoreboard when Kua glided in between defenders and passed out wide to a
PAGA hooker Pembo Pakeya tackled by Goldie Snipers five-eighth Rodney Kissi in the POMRFL Super 9s at the Murray Barracks Oval yesterday. Clarence Tofinga who stuck out his long left arm to latch onto the ball before leading a foot-race with several Panthers panting behind him to score a try he himself converted for a 6-0 lead. Paga with a watchful coach
Richard Wagambie on the sidelines did as much as they could through Geno Korate but little space to operate as the trained officers kept them in check. Korate in the later part of the matches found spaces in blotches but with little success until Snipers halfback Boas Kitoro took a long look at his awaiting runners before stepping in himself between defenders and ran 30 meters untouched to the tryline to score and convert his own try for a 12-0 lead. Snipers held onto the lead in the second half despite a late surge by Paga for a well deserved victory. PRL competitions manager Meke Maino said the point’s ladder will be available today for teams to know who will compete in the knockouts by this Saturday before heading to the finals and presentation on Sunday.
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Impressive start
SP Hunters centre Thompson Teteh was in superb form scoring two tries at South Logan Magpies homeground, Davis Park yesterday.
RUGBY LEAGUE THE SP Hunters have started the season in emphatic fashion racking up 40 points against a hapless South’s Logan at Davies Park, Brisbane yesterday. Starting the game with eight debutants the Hunters took time to adjust, conceding fi rst points after a mix up at the back between new fullback Stargroth Amean and winger Edward Goma, letting a bomb bounce for South’s to pounce on to score and convert in the opening five minutes taking a 6-0 lead. The Hunters bounced back quickly, surging up field through the heart of the Logan defence before a smart offload by Wartovo Puara Jr setting up lock Adam Korave to score next to the posts to level the scores. Play seesawed with the Magpies dominating possession to dive under the posts from dummy half to score and convert 20 minutes into the match.
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