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Learn to challenge yourself to remain positive in challenging situations.

Positive thinking is like a fuel to the car. It keeps you energized throughout your work. When you are inspired in your work, everything seems to fall into place. Success only comes to those who dare to attempt. You will never plow a field if you only turn it over in your mind. Challenging work only comes to those who can handle the pressure. Real courage is when you know, you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. Greatness is sifted through the grind, therefore you don't despise the hardwork now for surely it will be worth it in the end. All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent, if you choose; but when it's necessary, speak - and speak in such a way that people will remember it. Don't let how you feel make you forget what you deserve. Don't be ashamed of a scar. It simply means you were stronger than whatever tried to hurt you. It's through adversity that you find the strength you never knew you had. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. Believe in yourself. Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.As long as they are well-intentioned, mistakes are not a matter for shame, but for learning. It's not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life; it is how you handle what happens to you. Happiness is the real sense of fulfillment that comes from hardwork. Secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, but live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Congratulations to James P. GORE, our very own Son of Chuave, Simbu Province.

Mr. GORE have being appointed now as a Director to the Board of Bank of Papua New Guinea.

Mr.Gore is the Managing Director of Gore Consuting and Founder of MSME for Papua New Guinea.

Thank you to Prime Minister James Marape and his Cabinet for the trust and confidence in this appointment.

Vitis Foundation Chairman Dr Sergey Mossine is a naturalized citizen of Papua New Guinea. natralized citizen of Papua New Guinea.

He is a Doctorate in Engery and Thermodynamics and is committed to the development of communities and the improving of lives.

Dr Mossine is married to Mrs Vikki Mossine who hails from Rigo in the Central Province. They both have four (4) beautiful children.

Below is Dr Sergey Mossine's observation:

For 30 years living in PNG, I was a witness of several countries rise from extreme poverty to huge wealth. As I mentioned before, I lived more that 1 year in Malaysia and totally visited Malaysia for business more than 25 times, since 1988 till 2020 – in my early visits, Malaysia was undeveloped like PNG: villages made from bush materials, the capital city Kuala Lumpur was nice but small, rundown roads, poverty, land mostly empty due to disputes between landowners, minerals are given away to Western companies – then new leadership came to power in Malaysia, Dr Mahatir and his party, they made 3 major reforms which push economy up – first reform was land reform, all land was nationalized, no more landowners, all land belong to State and easy available for development – second reform was nationalization of all resources industries (crude oil, gas, gold) – Petronas was formed to extract oil and gas and sell on world market, all money is going into budget – third reform was uplifting of work force by setting up major economic projects funded by Government (Proton factory, power generations) and by sending thousands of young Malaysians to developed countries for study for 6-7 years – young people got qualification and the same time they became exposed to advanced life style and modern economy - Malaysian government paid for this education program because mineral industry was nationalized and Malaysian government had a lot of money. All these young people came back to Malaysia and they changed Malaysia.

Another good example is Dubai – it was poor country with local population was growing camels and goats, Dubai city was small low quality city, budget money was misused and crude oil was given away to Western companies. But everything changed when new sultan becomes leader – in 15 years, Dubai became one of richest country – even climate and geology of this place are bad: desert climate, everywhere sand, no rivers, no lakes, no forest – sand from the sea beach and inside whole country, very hot during summer, sand storms – but smart leadership brought this country to prosperity just in 15 years. I travelled through Dubai city – it is made from skyscrapers 50 levels, 100 levels, 150 levels, 200 levels – each skyscraper costs $1bln and more to build, but hundreds of them in Dubai city – and most of these huge buildings belong to Government – they also have Housing Corporation and it is very rich. It is amazing place and local population is very lucky, they have good leaders who are real patriots and they love own people – you are born in Dubai, Government put $10,000 on your account; you want to marry, Government put $15,000 on your account; then you can get free accommodation which is built by Government using budget money. We visited area of Government Housing projects – every house is not a house but villa 2-3 levels with 10 rooms and more, and this villa is given to citizens free, paid by Government. Government brought 10mln of foreigners to develop Dubai (local population 1mln) but foreigners come temporary, what ever they build and create stay in Dubai. We also visited the areas of agriculture projects in Dubai – in one area they have big plantations of corn – to grow corn, they dig 1m deep tranche, bring the soil from Indonesia, attach water pipe and they grow corn. In another area it was oil palm project – they dig 3m x 3m hole, bring soil from Indonesia, attach water pipe and huge oil palm plantation is ready. They have many other agriculture projects: figs, dates, oranges, lemons, grapes etc. You can see that it is very difficult to grow anything in Dubai, many expenses, many hard work to compare to PNG – we can just throw seeds and corn will grow, but we do not have industrial plantations.

Another good example is China – I travelled to China first time in 1985 and since that time I travel to China every year because most of our production materials are from China and I mostly go to the same city Linyi in Shandon province, and I saw the transformation of this city and whole China for last 20 years. When I came first to Linyi, I was shocked by poverty and low living standards: 2-3 story old buildings, villages look like in old movies, pit toilets in restaurants, bad hygiene, low wages RMB300 (K100) per month, nobody could speak English, 2-3 families in 1 house, plenty beggars. Then new leadership in China decided that it is bad for the country to have so many poor people – Government decided to put money to the pocket of every Chinese – they start from banking reform, they 3-4 banks before, more than 1,000 banks were established in China – minimal wages started to rise until RMB3000 (K2000) – qualified workers (doctors, engineers, nurses, welders etc.) have K4000-K5000 per month, and everything is much cheaper in China (electricity 10t per 1kWh, chicken K4 per 1kg, pork K5 per 1kg, vodka 1L K5, beer 500ml 80t, cucumbers 1kg K2, tomato 1kg K2, bread 500g K1 etc.) – Government used the monetary emission (up to 40% of development budget) and refinancing from large number of state own enterprises in every sector of economy They also decided to create local financial source to refinance Chinese economy from people’s money – especially it can be seeing very clear in accommodation, every Chinese city was re-build and look like New York, hundred of millions of flats and houses were built using people savings and bank loans – many banks create big competition between banks, every bank looks for customers, this is modern banking orientated to provide the financial support to country’s development and improve life of people. I remember I open my private account in Chinese bank, I am just foreigner, tourist without work permit or special status, what I provide to Chinese bank was just my PNG passport, then bank lady asked me what foreign currencies I want to have, then I fill the application forms, then after 10min my account was opened with 4 currencies (RMB, USD, EUR, AUD), she gave local efpos card and VISA debit card, and leaflet with password for online banking – she did not ask the permission from Central bank, from Finance Minister, even branch manager – banking services are regulated as public services in favor of population and business, to control the greed of bankers – unlimited operations with cash, plenty machines which give cash and receive cash, there is limit to get cash from machine but you can go to any bank and you can withdraw or deposit any amount with very small fees. China like any other country is fighting ‘money laundry’ but on smart way, without destroying its banking system.

Papua New Guinea is a rich country – warm climate, plenty water, big land, big population, forests, seas, rivers, many minerals – many countries do not have even half of it. If all our empty land will be developed, and all unemployed population becomes employed then just think how rich we could be.

God bless people of Papua New Guinea.

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PAITA MAKES HONORABLE CALL TO STEP ASIDE FOR INVESTIGATION

PRESS RELEASE
14th of December 2021

I, Honourable Rainbo Paita, MP, Minister for National Planning and Monitoring wish to announce to the general public that I am stepping aside from my ministerial portfolio forthwith.

This comes after a video was circulated on social media as well as the mainstream media of me discharging a rifle.

After learning from Post Courier’s front-page report on the 13th of December 2021 of the incident, I wrote to the Prime Minister advising him of my intention to step aside and allow a thorough investigation without fear or favour by the concerned authorities in the spirit of good leadership.

I also wish to inform the public that my official vehicle was shot upon by criminal elements at Waigani in September 2021, which was reported to the Police hierarchy. This incident has prompted me to take necessary precautionary measures to protect myself. As such, I was advised by my Close Protection Officer (CPO), who is also a certified trainer, of the need for me to acquire basic rifle handling skills. This is so that in the event that we were attacked and my CPO is critically wounded, I would be able to use my CPO’s rifle in self-defence.

I want to put on record that I have a firearm licence. I also want to put on record that the video footage was of a private training session between me and my close protection officer (CPO) on a private property outside of Port Moresby. I did not discharge the firearm into a crowed place to cause public disorder nor jeopardise public safety.

However, due to the many concerns raised since the video has surfaced in the public domain, as a Senior State Minister in the PANGU led Government, I welcome the police investigation into any unlawful conduct. I take responsibility of my actions and do not wish to bring disrepute to the Government and the Ministry of National Planning and Monitoring.

Therefore, to preserve the integrity of the office that I occupy, I am stepping aside from my Ministerial Portfolio as the Minister for National Planning and Monitoring forthwith, until the investigation is completed.

I sincerely apologise to the people of Papua New Guinea, our Development Partners, Investors and my beloved people of Finschhafen for any embarrassment that I may have unintentionally caused.

I thank Prime Minister for he's wisdom in respecting my decision. Against most advices, I wish to step aside in the public interest of allowing police to investigate any intention or motivate of criminality.

I apologize to my people of Finschaffen, Morobe and the people of Papua New Guinea.

God bless our efforts to serve our People.

Hon. Rainbo PAITA, MP
Member for Finschhafen

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WHAT MAKES JOHN ROSSO STANDS OUT FROM THE REST? AND WHY HE WOULD BE CHALLENGED IN 2022.

SYLVESTER GAWI WRITES

First of all, Lae is home to a multi cultural, diversified and cross section of people from all throughout Papua New Guinea and from all walks of life.

Despite being the industrial hub and garden city in PNG in its heydays, Lae was also dubbed as the pothole city riddled with craters and a waterway during rainy season.

Lae's municipal service provider - the Lae City Council - was operating without proper accounting mechanisms and no asset registry. Bogus claims, nepotism, bribery, mismanagement and misuse of public assets and funds were prevalent.

Lae City was mismanaged to a point that it didn't even have one rubbish bin or a city council rubbish truck picking up household garbages.

The city council was getting paid money from the provincial government (about K6 million per annum) for road maintenance and city cleaning but nothing to show. Money was squandered on cronies and fraudulent claims.

Who would want to go against a system where Lae's top criminals were on payroll and getting paid handsomely every month?

Since being elected into parliament, John Rosso took the bull by its horn. He pushed for an audit of the council's accounts and negotiated for the culmination of the Lae City Authority Act 2015 - an administrative arm that will provide good prudent management of public assets and funds.

Audit reports and findings brought to light gross abuse of the Public Finance Management Act and massive theft of public monies through payment of bogus claims to cronies and those in authority. The Lae Main Market itself was a cash cow for those in authority - funding their trips, pokies, drinking spree and even numerous hire cars etc.

The Lae City Council account was in red with over K30 million owed to service providers including Nambawan Super and the Internal Revenue Commission.

Fast forward three years later with good prudent management of revenue collected by LCA, the once bankrupt LULLG will now have K20 million by 2022 in its operating account.

What happens to those who had been benefiting from the council before John Rosso was elected? They are rallying behind certain candidates to have John Rosso ousted in 2022 so that they can go back and feast with public funds.

Before John Rosso was elected, Lae City has K15 million to spend every year - that's K10 million DSIP and K5 million city council revenue. Now Lae will have an annual budget of K50 million by the issue of writs in 2022.

John Rosso's key allignment in the PANGU Pati led government paved way for more attention to be given to Lae by the National Government.

The Unitech to Tent City road which had been a waterway for decades is now sealed under the Marape-Basil government. It was committed by the then PNC government never got funded until Rosso and others got into power.

Several other major roads including the 9-mile to Yalu road are now being funded after years of commitment by the O'Neill government.

Thankyou to Morobe Governor Ginson Saonu, IRC Commissioner General Sam Koim and Prime Minister James Marape for the 20% GST revenue returns agreement which is now fixing all our suburban roads in Lae. Street roads that had never seen any upgrade for decades.

Being the Minister for Lands & Physical Planning, John Rosso reclaimed almost 90% of sporting fields and recreational areas that were stolen through fraudulent means. All these are now placed under trust of the LCA for our children.

Land grabbers whose fake titles that were forfeited will challenge John Rosso in 2022. They are using gullible Morobeans and the population at large to stand against Rosso.

The line has been drawn, it's going to be dinau moni, lamb flaps, carton beer against a system to good prudent management for a better Lae.

Those crony service providers who never got paid by the previous council will be funding anti-Rosso campaigns. Some candidates will be using churches, Sunday schools and many gullible followers to launch their attack.

They will complain about every petty issues behind the comfort of their smartphones. None of them will walk the talk.

In the last days, the devil will walk and talk as the saviour. Do not be deceived hardworking taxpayers, never let the lion enter the chicken house.

Everyone wants to have a share of the millions of kina Lae is generating. Do you want to be fed with bones and garbage like the last 40-years?

Make a choice, make a stand for your children.

FOREIGN BUSINESS OWNERS FINED FOR OPERATING CASH REGISTRY.

Foreigners who operate retail businesses in Papua New Guinea should not work at the cash registry or as shop assistant, Chief Migration Officer Mr. Stanis Hulahau warned.

“I want to educate our people so they must report to authorities if they see foreign nationals operating cash registry and working as shop assistant,” Mr Hulahau says. “This jobs are reserved for Papua New Guineans and are not allowed to be performed by a non-citizen.”

Mr Hulahau says foreign nationals are required to work in specialised skilled jobs and in senior managerial positions at retail outlets and that were the requirements and conditions set under their entry permits. They should not be engaged as security guards, cashier, shop assistant or cleaners.

“It frustrates me to hear reports that foreign retail owners are working as cashiers. They have been doing that for sometimes and taught they would profit from the lack of compliance from government authorities. They would not this time under my watch,” Mr Hulahau warned.

He made this remarks after Immigration enforcement officers and Police apprehended seven foreign nationals over the weekend at retail shops at 9mile, Erima and Boroko in Port Moresby who were sitting at the cash registry and serving customers. All 7 were fined K5,000 each for breaching their visa conditions under the Migration Act.

“I am happy that people are starting to come out and report issues concerning foreign employment, visa discrepancies and over stayers. Our people are frustrated and willing to report but they need authorities to take action and that is what I am exercising under my leadership,” the CMO says.

The foreign nationals apprehended were cautioned, fined and released. The Migration Act prohibited foreign nationals to occupy jobs reserves for PNG nationals. Mr Hulahau reminded foreign nationals that their visa was issued for specific jobs and they should not come down to perform roles nationals can do.

CLRC CHAIRMAN CALLS FOR REVIEW OF PANDEMIC ACT

The Constitutional and Law Reform Commission Chairman and Wewak MP Kevin Isifu, has called for a review of the National Pandemic Act of 2020.

Mr. Isifu when speaking on NBC East Sepik recently, says that this Law was never drafted by the CLRC, and no proper consultation was carried out into the Law, that is why it is infringing on the rights of Papua New Guinean's.

He also says that the Country's Constitution is supreme and must be respected at all times when Parliament intends to pass new Laws or make amendments to existing Laws.

''I wish to let you all know that some provisions in the Pademic Act is not right and I also wish to let you know that Acts of Parliament such as Pandemic Act are small laws the big law is our Mama law, the Constitution is our supreme law.

''All Acts of Parliament including the Pandemic Act must work in harmony with what's in the PNG Constitution if they do not work in line with the Mama law and continue to infringe on the rights of my people, then that law (Pandemic Act) is deemed to be illegal,'' said Kevin Isifu.

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BSP END of THE MONTH LOAN CAPITALISATION FEE...
(BSP's Broad DAY Light Robbery)
I wish to enlighten my deepest frustration and concern inregard to "BSP END of THE MONTH LOAN CAPITALISATION FEE!"
As I sighted my friends Loan Statement received from BSP Bank Paiam dated 22nd of October, 2021, there were 5 times so called "END of the Month Capitalisation FEE" in which the LOAN Debt increment has drastically increased from the past few months leaving the customers "LOAN DEBT" to an unbelievable significant amount of EXTRA money being owed by BSP Bank from a simple customer . (LOAN Statement Attached)
VALID CONCERN POINTS;
1. After an additional loan fee of K700 imposed by the BSP bank, why does the bank collecting every "END of the Month Capitalisation FEE?"
2. The END of the Month Capitalisation FEE deduction in which the BSP Bank is imposing is very high and it's been deducting every END of the month which is a clear indication of a "ONE BIG TIME DAY LIGHT ROBBERY" inflicting pain to a simple poor BSP customer.
3. Is the END of the Month Loan Capitalisation FEE legal in a Banking World?
4. Can the Ministers concern look into this matter and do something for the sake of us the poor citizens of this country when we are all currently facing financial difficulties?
Finally, I appeal to the government of the day to intervene by taking some form of actions to relieve this heavy load of BSP Banks cruel and unreal LOAN FEES which is killing us the good citizens of this country!...