The dancers in this troupe were selected from villages around Kiriwina (mainland Trobriand Islands) to raise funds for the Trobriand Islands Cultural Show to be staged next month.
The initiative was from the Kiriwina local level government president Jennifer Rudd and her 33 ward councilors, who decided to do something which would boost their tourism industry.
The plan is to raise at least K100, 000 in both Alotau and Port Moresby. -Pictures by ELIJAH D ELIJAH
Highlights from Sunday's bemobile Cup grand final between Rabaul Gurias and Enga Mioks.
The Gurias took out the Auld Mug of Papua New Guinea rugby league 24-14. Pictures by AURI EVA of The National, Papua New Guinea's No. 1 daily newspaper
Leader of the Opposition Sir Mekere Morauta has renewed his challenge to Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare to inform Papua New Guineans for which forest areas he co-signed carbon credit certificates in favour of an Australian-based company Climate Assist last year.
Sir Mekere said it was a very serious issue that demanded a full explanation by the Prime Minister.
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“People need to know what he has sold, to whom, for how much, and where the money is.”
Official documents bearing the PNG National Government crest show that Prime Minister Somare signed certificates for Climate Assist together with the suspended Executive Director of the Office of Climate Change Dr Theo Yasause and Director of Climate Assist Mr Gregory Thomas Corby.
A certificate was signed on 12th June 2008 with Series Number A33, 000,001 to A39, 666,666 with the beneficiaries named as Climate Assist (PNG) Ltd and the Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability Office (PNG).
It commits 6,666,665 metric tonnes of carbon credits with a maturity date of 01 January 2012 when the current Kyoto Protocol will end.
Sir Mekere said that the Prime Minister must tell the nation whether he signed this document or not.
“Is it a forgery?
“If it is not, he must tell the public why he has done this and which resources belonging to which landowners he has committed.
“Those landowners and the general public need to know.”
Another document obtained by the Opposition shows that the Ruthven Street Business Banking Centre of the Westpac Bank in Toowoomba
According to a letter written on 24th September 2008 to Mr Edwin Price, Executive Manager of Climate Assist by a senior manager at that Westpac branch, the certificates were issued on 22nd September 2008, each for 39 million metric tonnes of carbon credits, with Series Numbers C1 to C39 and B1 to B39.
The letter bears the common seal of Climate Assist PNG, an official stamp of the Westpac branch and is witnessed by a Justice of the Peace.
“Prime Minister did you issue these additional certificates to Climate Assist?
“If you did not, who did?
“With authority from whom?
“And whose resources do they pertain to?”
Sir Mekere said that it was incumbent on the Prime Minister to tell the truth to the nation.
“He is yet to answer the 20 questions I asked him some months ago on climate change and related issues.
“He cannot continue to ignore or evade questions on important national issues, hoping that in time people will simply forget.”
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Opposition Leader Sir Mekere Morauta today said that the decision by police last week to prevent the Salvation Army and the PNG Council of Churches from holding a march and rally in support of the United National “Stand Up, Take Action” campaign represented a very worrying trend.
“Why would anyone in authority prevent this rally from taking place?” Sir Mekere said.
“All that these church and civil society representatives wished to do was to express their concern about poverty and
“What is wrong with that?
“We should be encouraging such debate.
“But it seems the Government wants no public discussion of anything.
“Where is Michael Somare?
“This is not the Michael Somare that
“Where have our democratic rights and freedoms gone under this Somare-NA Government?
“This is yet another example of the trend of this Government of turning PNG into a Mugabe-type regime.
“The important institutions of state, like the police, are fast being turned into compliant tool kits by the government for its political interest.”
“Section 46 of our Constitution expressly provides for freedom of expression; Section 47 provides for the right to freedom of assembly and association; Section 57 provides for enforcement of these guaranteed rights and freedoms.
“Is it not the job of the Police to uphold our Constitution and our laws? “Their action to disallow the Churches’ rally is a violation of the Constitution.”
Sir Mekere said that a similar incident occurred last week, when police prevented a peaceful March from being held in Madang, to protest against the
“The march had been approved by the provincial police authorities, but apparently a government minister complained to police headquarters, who overturned the decision and banned the march.”
Sir Mekere said the police hierarchy should remember they were not the political servants of the government.
“The police force is an independent constitutional authority.
“But it seems the police are now completely at the bidding of the government, stifling debate and preventing citizens from expressing their views.”
“What are the government and the police scared of?
The reason given for not approving the Madang march was that due to recent unrest over the position, power and conduct of some Asians, protest marches had been banned throughout the country.
“What nonsense!
“In whose interests is the country being governed?
A foreign power?
Foreign business interests?
Illegal immigrants?
“Certainly not for Papua New Guineans.”
Sir Mekere said that Captain John Kerari of the Salvation Army had made a very forceful point when questioning the decision to ban the church rally when he said: “we do not want to be seen as humbugs; we were planning on a peaceful rally with prayer and singing.”
Sir Mekere urged all Papua New Guineans to speak out and to insist on protection of their constitutional rights.
Rabaul Gurias today took out the bemobile Cup rugby league grand final with a 24-14 win over Enga Mioks at the Lloyd Robson Oval in
In front of a capacity crowd, the men from the land of tubuans, dukduks and volcanoes gave a football lesson to the younger and less-experienced Engans in a game which was controlled by Australian refereeing legend Bill Harrigan.
The Gurias raced to a safe 14-0 lead at halftime, and although the Mioks staged a strong second half renaissance, time was not on their side.
Rabaul was first to score in the 13th minute when prop Rodney Pora powered over near the posts, and with the extras from halfback Rolly Matalau, took an early 6-0 lead.
Matalau followed this shortly after with a penalty goal to push his side further to 8-0.
Enga was in sixes and sevens in the first half, allowing agro to creep into their game, which Rabaul capitalised on with another try to reserve forward Sam Ponda just before the halftime hooter, goaled by Matalau, to lead 14-0.
The Gurias shot to a seemingly-unassailable 20-0 lead in the 45th minute with a corner try to winger Boas Ruru, which was goaled by Matalau.
The Mioks’ never-say-die attitude showed after that as they scored tried through winger Miok Anjo in the 49th minute and prop Esau Siune in the 60th minute, which was goaled by halfback Mai Tom, to trail 20-10.
Rabaul, with machine-like efficiency, drove the final nail into Enga’s coffin with a 71st minute try to Ruru to complete his double.
The Mioks had some consolation on the hooter with a try to winger Jason Tali, however, it was all too little, too late.
Gurias’ hooker Sakias Kabange capped off a memorable day by being named man-of-the-match.
Governor General Sir Paulias Matane, who happens to be from the land of the Gurias, presented the inaugural bemobile Cup to Gurias’ captain George Moni as a prelude to celebrations.
The cup was delivered by helicopter to the paddock to be unveiled by its designer, 13-year-old
A capacity crowd jam-packed the Lloyd Robson Oval to witness yesterday’s grand final.
