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Media Statement from Anthony Wagambie Junior- ACP and Commander NCD/Central  A stand off outside the Sir John Guise Stadium calumniated into a violent attack in which supporters of rival candidates clashed with bush knives and other offensive weapons.  Police , PNGDF and Correctional Services personnel responded immediately.  A cluster of makeshift tents set up outside the Stadium and along the fence line of Vision City mall were removed by the security forces. In the process of doing so, knives, clubs, and other non lethal   offensive weapons  were found and confiscated.  What happened outside of the counting centre?  This altercation and violence has put the lives of the innocent public in danger. We must understand that while the election process is taking place , people must be free to move about their normal activities without the fear of violence.  Detectives at the helm of the investigations have confirmed that two men were  wounded in these attacks.  A footage of the marauding

The ongoing saga between Puma Energy and the Bank of Papua New Guinea continues to threaten Papua New Guinea’s energy securities. And, the government will not allow this to continue. A meeting has been organized with Puma’s executives in Singapore to discuss the issue. PNG PM Marape Prime Minister, James Marape left the country over the weekend accompanied by the Minister for Petroleum and Energy, Kerenga Kua, and the State Solicitor for this appointment. A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office has revealed that the Minister for Inter-Government Relations, Soroi Eoi, will be acting Prime Minister for the next two days as Deputy Prime Minister, John Rosso is also out of the country.  Meantime, on January 5th, the country’s only supplier of aviation fuel, Puma Energy suspended its supply of aviation fuel citing issues faced accessing US Dollars.  Its Country General Manager and Director for Puma Energy Group of Companies, Hulala Tokome clarified that due to unsolved foreign currency

Readers, please join me welcoming Stuart Archer Cohen , author of  The Army of the Republic who’s guest blogging here today! This book (Picador Trade Paperback; October 2009) is set in a dark alternate America – one that we have seen actual glimmers of over the past few tumultuous years. It is run by a corrupt government with designs to privatize public resources, and to silence dissent with a ruthless secret security force. But as the plans of greedy politicians and their corporate cronies begin to see the light of day, and dissenters are abducted and silenced, the citizens can no longer ignore the writing on the wall. Why I Wrote The Army of the Republic Like a lot of novelists, I usually write about things that won’t leave me alone.  You have to really be interested in something to spend a few years with it every day, pursuing it around a dozen curves and into a hundred dead ends, only to have it disappear just when you think you’ve got it. The idea of revolution had been kicking a