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Who’s dragging the line?
Police say they cannot complete investigations and ensure cases are prosecuted if there is no cooperation from witnesses and assistance in gathering evidence and other information. That may be true but to what extent? Isn’t it law enforcement’s job to gather evidence and build cases? Who should be doing the most of the leg work here, the people lodging the complaint, the victim’s family, the one’s disadvantaged or the state body actually mandated to maintain law and order?
Incident free New Year
This has to be one of the quietest New Year celebrations in Port Moresby and the rest of the country for that matter. Apart from isolated and sporadic cases, mostly minor in nature, of crime or offences committed, most people and revelers took police advice and celebrated at home or in their neighbourhoods without much issue continuing the trend of a rather trouble free festive period.
Where did it come from?
While we’re on the New Year’s celebrations. We are wondering where these firecrackers and fireworks and related items are coming from. Many of these items are a safety risk and pose a danger to public and police have said so but how are they are being sold to people? If shops and business owners are selling these items, do they have the necessary clearance from the authorities? Judging from the number of explosions, bangs, cracks, flashes and what not on New Year’s eve, and all through the night, a huge number of these items must have been sold.
French still keen
Despite wanting the UK to remain in the European Union, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he wanted a strong relationship with post-Brexit Britain. Other EU countries are expected to make similar announcements over the first quarter of 2020. Really, what choice do they have? There was a referendum and the majority of Brits want out. The media, naysayers and critics are just going to have to concede Prime Minister Boris Johnson is doing what he said he would.
5G benefits but …
While the advent of 5G tech in PNG is set to boost business by enabling faster services like banking and communication there are practical limitations on the ground. For one, most people in this country do not have smart phones and the ones that do will have to upgrade their current phones. The 5G compatible phones now on the market are very expensive. Sometimes it’s good to slow progress down until everything is in order.