PNG Gossip Newsletter - 26 Dec 2013

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Neo Melanesian

"Pidgin English"

Tok Pisin English
belisi calm / peaceful
bung maket market
bung wantaim unite
bungim painim meet
bungim wantaim pack (vb)
daun / tamblo / tambolo down
dua door
dua i go ausait exit (n)
fran front
gaden garden
hap san i kamap / or es east
haus marasin pharmacy
haus marit married quarters
haus moni bank (n)
insait inside
long bek backwards
nem name

Webster's Online Dictionary
with Multilingual Thesaurus Translation

       

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Remember that this mailing list is mainly for people who have an interest and already know a little bit about the people and geography of Papua New Guinea. The PNG Kina, which is mentioned from time to time in this newsletter, is currently worth around

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Want to find out more about Papua New Guinea? Try searching at -- http://www.michie.net/pnginfo -- and -- http://www.michie.net/png_faqs or try the PNG Business Directory located at -- http://www.pngbd.com -- and the PNG Tourism Directory -- http://www.pngtd.com. Both are excellent places to look for information about the country.
For those who are not so familiar with the geography of Papua New Guinea I suggest taking a look at -- http://maps.google.com -- and then clicking on the "+" to zoom in to the area of interest. Go to the following link for a quick start to a map of Port Moresby. -- http://www.michie.net/pnginfo/pom-map.html

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PNG News Links

PNG sorcery-related killings described as 'silent epidemic' -- http://giaman.com/pg/?e1f007

UMC Energy Says PNG Site Survey Proceeding to Plan -- http://giaman.com/pg/?6e7e5a

Pacific Games Council optimistic over NZ/Aust vote -- http://giaman.com/pg/?d67aca

Sport: Pacific Games Council happy with progress in Port Moresby -- http://giaman.com/pg/?d4aa2f

High Arctic signs a new contract in PNG -- http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20131220-907580.html

PNG parliament's speaker justifies removal of cultural artefacts -- http://giaman.com/pg/?337247

PNG is deepening its engagement within APEC -- http://giaman.com/pg/?aec392





Misc. Links

History made as PNG league player recruited directly to Penrith -- http://giaman.com/pg/?b7fbe4

Pacific Islands Tuna Industry Association -- http://www.pitia.org/board.html

PNG -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea





PNG Images

WWII: Rescue at Rabaul 'PBY Blister Gunner' -- http://giaman.com/pg/?9cda16

Outdoor Sculpture Garden in San Francisco -- http://giaman.com/pg/?6dd68f





PNG Blogs

Bougainville mine -- http://giaman.com/pg/?5157d9

Hunting tree kangaroos in the mountains -- http://giaman.com/pg/?4b3ca3


News Items

New e-ID card

The National Research Institute says it is working to address the public's concerns their privacy will be breached by a new government electronic identification card system.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?ed34b6





Cricket Funding

The Barramundi's coach has called on the government to invest significant funding into cricket. The PNG men's team won the inaugural South Australian Premier League Twenty20 title at the weekend, an event featuring a number of top internationals from around the world.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?8cfb5b





Ombudsman Commission

The Ombudsman Commission (OCPNG) is reviewing its laws to assume prosecution powers so that it can investigate and prosecute, Chief Ombudsman Rigo Lua said.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?0f674f





Bankless Banking

Branchless banking, mobile banking, mobile "wallets", innovations in financial services are seeing thousands of poor and low-income people use their mobile phones to enter the financial system for the first time; to open accounts, get paid, save money and begin to move out of poverty.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?7dcbcb





Newcrest Mining

New Ireland Governor Sir Julius Chan is calling on the owner and operator of the giant Lihir gold mine to pack up and leave New Ireland. He said this during a recent press conference, adding that the province was sick of the deceit, arrogance and incompetence the mining company has demonstrated since it took over Lihir.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?20b391





Civil Servant Pay Rise

Civil servants will get 7.5% pay increases annually for the next three years under an agreement signed in Port Moresby recently. The agreements represent significant improvements in the terms and conditions of public servants over the next three years starting in 2014.

-- http://www.thenational.com.pg/?q=node/61752





Air Niugini

Air Niugini's Chief Executive Officer, Simon Foo said 2013 was challenging with new initiatives for the airline such as acquisition of new aircraft and cabin fitting and upgrading for some of their aircraft. He said the airline has also improved a lot on its on time performance. We are happy and moving in the right direction", Foo said.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?9a0158





Drought Inaction Frustrates Church

An official of PNG's Lutheran Church says he's increasingly frustrated with the lack of action on a serious drought which has reportedly led to several deaths on an island in Madang province.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?107f3d





Bridge Linking Provinces Damaged

The Bora Bridge, linking the road between Lae, Madang and the Highlands Highway was damaged recently.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?74d87a





Medicine Funding Withdrawn

Australia has withdrawn funding for a program that supplies medicine to PNG health centres due to safety concerns. In June, the PNG government removed crucial quality-control criteria and later awarded the contract to a local company linked to a Chinese supplier of sub-quality drugs.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?dd236d





Investigators Promise Swift Action

The man in charge of a police team heading to Wewak in Papua New Guinea to investigate the alleged rape of an 18 year old girl by local policemen says they can take swift action once they're on the ground. The investigation will also look into the alleged beating and detention of the president of a women's group who, with members of the girl's family, went to lay an official complaint.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?01792a

Governor of PNG's East Sepik appeals for calm in Wewak -- http://giaman.com/pg/?ea7085





Bougainville Rebuild

President John Momis of the Autonomous Bougainville Government appealed for Filipino expertise and capital to help rebuild his resource-rich island-province ravaged by almost a decade of civil war.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?d2e313





Coffee Farmers Needed

The managing director of one of PNG's main coffee exporters says the industry needs more famers.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?007233





Manus Sex Video

A PNG politician says asylum seekers detained on Manus Island have appeared in a pornographic film with local girls. The island's outspoken MP, Ronny Knight, says the detention centre is 'out of control' and he will show the clip to Australian officials.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?236a76





Fears for Gay Refugees

Amnesty International REFUGEE advocates have raised fresh concerns about LGBTI asylum seekers on Manus Island. Homosexuality remains illegal in PNG, with same-sex relations punishable with up to 14 years jail. Since July when then- Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, introduced a policy of resettling all refugees arriving by boat in either Manus Island or Nauru, the population at the Manus facility has tripled to over 1000 people.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?2cb470





Heavy Landing Craft

Australia will gift a heavy landing craft to Papua New Guinea next year under increasing military and maritime ties. The vessel, at about 150 feet long, have a crew of 13 and can carry a typical load of 175 tons up to 1,300 nautical miles, powered by two GE diesel engines.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?749117





'Financial Scheme' Terrorists

Prime Minister O'Neill's Office has received reports that PNG is a victim to 'Financial Scheme' terrorists. According to a media release, the PM's Office has been made aware of the presence of fraudulent Agents and Marketing Representatives of International Media and Publishing Companies in the country.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?4c3856





Australian Federal Police

The final contingent of Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers has arrived at Jackson International Airport. The 10 officers will be working alongside their counterparts in community policing operations in Port Moresby and Lae under the PNG-Australian Policing Partnership (PNG-APP).

-- http://www.thenational.com.pg/?q=node/61745





APEC Funding

PNG Government's agreement to accept Australia's involvement in the 2018 Asia Pacific Economic Countries (APEC) meeting may mean serious breaches to the national interests of the country. former PNG ambassador to the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu Brain Yombon Copio said that this was a sign of incapability of the government which had voluntarily put its hands up to play host to this high profile regional meeting.

-- http://giaman.com/pg/?608597





Coming Events

Note: please verify any date mentioned as dates change and events can sometimes get cancelled. Of course I may also put down a wrong date.

Today - Boxing Day - 26th December 2013

New Year - 1st January 2014

Remembrance Day - 23rd July 2014

Independence Day - 16th September 2014

New Year's Day - 1st January 2014

National Day of Repentance - 26th of August

Christmas Day - 25th December 2014

Boxing Day - 26th December 2014

Full Pacific Games - PNG 4th July to 18th July 2015 -- http://giaman.com/pg/?081f78

5th Melanesian Festival of Arts - July 2014

Pacific Mini Games - Vanuatu 2017

2018 - APEC summit to be held in Port Moresby.

Do you have an event that you want advertised? - Use the submission form located at -- http://www.pnggossip.com/misc/ctc.html





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Created 26 Dec 2013
Updated 6 Jan 2014


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