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CORRECTIONAL Services Commissioner Richard Sikani has accused Electoral
Commissioner Andrew Trawen of “communicating secretly and directly” with
prisoner James Yali to enable him to nominate. The election of Yali, a
convicted rapist serving a 12-year term for raping his sister-in- law,
has outraged a broad sector of the community. Mr Sikani said Yali would
not have contested the elections if he had known Yali was going to
stand. He said he was not aware of the correspondences between Yali and
Mr Trawen. He said Yali also lied that he was ill and needed to be taken
to the Modilon hospital in Madang, and instead went and nominated. Mr
Trawen has maintained that Yali’s nomination is according to law.
We are prisoners in camp: MP
A MEMBER of Parliament camping in Kokopo said yesterday he was not given
freedom to move around freely as he likes. The MP from the Highlands
region, who asked not to be named, said by phone that MPs’ movements
were restricted and they were kept in an enclosed area without knowing
what was going on around in Rabaul or Kokopo. “Brother, I don’t know why
but we are kept like prisoners in a jail out here,” he said. He said he
did not know whether they would be allowed to go out of the camp today
to the bank or go sight seeing before travelling back to Port Moresby.
He said he could not believe what was going on in the camp and was
already under stress.
Soldiers check coffin for guns
SECURITY force personnel in Mt Hagen surprised mourning relatives
accompanying a dead body when they demanded to see what was in the
coffin when it arrived at the Kagamuga airport yesterday. The coffin
arrived on an Airlines PNG aircraft, and was checked after security
force personnel received intelligent reports that a coffin bound for
Semberingi village in Erave, Southern Highlands, will be used to smuggle
high-powered firearms into the area. However, when the coffin arrived in
Mt Hagen and before departing for Erave district in Southern Highlands
the security personnel checked the coffin to find no guns in it but the
body of a dead woman.
Pundari the man to deliver: Cr
A COUNCILLOR from Yangis local level government in the Kombiam/Ambum
district, Enga province, believes newly elected Member John Pundari is
the man to fix the district. Cr Graham Hanson said infrastructure had
collapsed and no service was reaching the area in the last decade. He
said he believed Mr Pundari knew the sufferings of the people. He said
Mr Pundari was a former deputy prime minister and would provide good
leadership for the district and province. He appealed to public servants
in the district to work with Mr Pundari to restore services and rebuild
roads, bridges, schools and aid posts.
SHP MPs must work together
THE nine new MP-elects from Southern Highlands must set aside their
political differences and work together for the betterment of the people
in the province. Wale Molosi, an unsuccessful candidate for the Imbonggu
Open seat, said in the past seven years, bulk of the people in the
province suffered as Government services rarely reached them. He said
one of the reasons for problems in the province was due to political
infighting and differences among Southern Highlands MPs. He said the new
MPs should work together to rebuild the province.
Ipatas should not be in Kokopo: Kaeok
People’s Party is not needed in the National Alliance camp in Kokopo,
Member for Wapenamanda Miki Kaeok said yesterday.
Mr Kaeok said during the campaign period, People’s Party leader Peter
Ipatas was campaigning against the NA and should not be welcomed in the
camp.
He said it would not work out well for the coalition if parties had
differences with each other.
Mr Kaeok, a former supporter of Mr Ipatas, said he was against the
People’s Party becoming a coalition partner in the new government, and
urged them to move out.
He said that in Enga province, the NA candidates worked very hard to win
four seats despite a strong anti-NA campaign by Mr Ipatas and other
political parties.
K10,000 boost for PoMGH
SUPREME Industries Ltd yesterday donated K10,000 to Port Moresby General
Hospital.
Chief executive officer Dr Alphonse Tay received the cheque in the
presence of some of the kids due for surgery.
Sanjay Shah, managing director of the Supreme Industries, said it was
the company’s humble gratitude to the community, being a responsible
corporate and business house in the country.
This year, Supreme Industries marked its 10th year of business in Papua
New Guinea after opening business in 1997.
Supreme Industries has been engaged in diversified business interest
such as stationery, mine and oil exploration supplies, computer
consumables, pharmaceuticals and beauty products.
Chief executive officer Sanjay Gosalia said their company had committed
to continue giving its support to the Operation Open Heart programme.
As part of its 10th year celebrations, the company vowed to continue
supporting other worthy projects this year.
Dr Tay thanked the Supreme Industries management, saying “such gesture
would help mend broken hearts”.
Suspect detained
A MAN from Hamu Hamu village in Gulf province has been detained for
allegedly killing another man at Hohola Two in Port Moresby on Sunday.
Police said the 28-year-old suspect was drunk, when he stabbed Joseph
Avote from Bariki village in Oro province at about 1am.
They said the victim was attacked when he emerged from his girlfriend’s
house.
The suspect chased the victim to a house and stabbed him.
Human resource a priority
The Vanimo General Hospital’s aim to prioritise human resource
development in its 2007 to 2012 corporate plan has seen six officers now
studying in various tertiary institutions in the country with more to
follow.
Chief executive officer Paul Dopsie said recently that the hospital was
lucky to have secured sponsorship from Rotary Melbourne, an Australian
based NGO that had paid in full the school fees of the two nursing
officers studying at DWU.
The board is paying half the costs of the other students school fees.
 
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