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PNG Prime Minister and Tari-Pori Member-elect, James Marape, says he will be heading to Wewak, East Sepik Province to set up camp when he returns from the Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji.  He says Wewak has been chosen for Pangu Camp to honour the founding father of the nation Late Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, as he is rested there. Mr. Marape says if Pangu is invited to form the next government, the party has plans to improve the voting system and other structures of government going forward. “All my current coalition partners have given indication of the support to remain in Government. But we respect their choices. Pangu will give respect to their choices.” “They have all choices to make, even up till government formation time. But we will not wait on anyone.” “For me, as I come back from the Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Fiji, I will straight relocate into Wewak and we will setup camp there.” “For any members who want to join us, certainly most welcome to join us but I will be

There’s been a breakthrough in discussions between Papua New Guinea and Australia in relation to ease of travel down south. A new Australian Visa Processing Facility will be set up in Port Moresby immediately, which will process visas within a 14-day period. That’s captured in the 29th Australia-Papua New Guinea Ministerial Forum Joint Communique, released after the forum in Canberra today- Friday 17th February 2023. Ministers agreed to establish a joint ministerial working group to oversee this work. The working group will include Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong, as well as PNG’s Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso and Foreign Affairs Minister Justin Tkatchenko. NBC News / PNG Today Photo: Supplied  Also read  PNG Water Police onlook out for four Missing Fishermen

Readers, please join me welcoming Pamela Samuels Young , author of Buying Time , who’s guest blogging here today! Evoking John Grisham with a dash of Terry McMillan, Buying Time is a scandalous tale of blackmail, murder and betrayal. Waverly Sloan is a down-on-his-luck lawyer.  But just when he’s about to hit rock bottom, he stumbles upon a business with the potential to solve all of his problems. The stakes get higher when Waverly brokers the policy of the cancer-stricken wife of Lawrence Erickson, a high-powered lawyer who’s bucking to become the next U.S. Attorney General.  When Waverly’s clients start dying sooner than they should, both Waverly and Erickson—who has some skeletons of his own to hide—are unwittingly drawn into a perilous web of greed, blackmail and murder. You can hardly believe it! The new year is already here and last year’s resolutions are still undone. Don’t fret. Today is a new day, which means you have a fresh opportunity to pursue your passion. Have you be