Sixteen Years, Two Prime Ministers: Who Ran PNG's Economy Worse?
by PAUL L. KEBAIJA O'Neill squandered a boom; Marape doubled the debt. Sixteen years on, PNG's vast resource wealth still isn'...
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Saturday, November 07, 2026
Friday, November 06, 2026
Refinancing is not repaying: the bad 2018 bond and the Treasurer's alibi
by PAUL L. KEBAIJA Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey wants Papua New Guineans to see the K2.25 billion bullet payment due in 2028 as a mess left be...
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The questions Dr Eric Kwa has never answered, the false prophet/AG now seeking a positive media spin to run for office.
by MIKE J. PASSINGAN The coverage now casting Justice Secretary Dr Eric Kwa as an honest, God-fearing servant of the law leaves out four rep...
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Thursday, November 05, 2026
Maladina's leak problem is a secrecy problem
by JAMES WAUGLA Jimmy Maladina has found something about Papua LNG that alarms him more than missed deadlines or deferred tax. Someone outsi...
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Treasury’s own debt plan contradicts the Treasurer’s fix
by PAUL L. KEBAIJA Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey wants Papua New Guineans to believe the K2.25 billion bill due in 2028 is somebody else's ...
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JAMES MARAPE'S KUMUL TAB
by PAUL L. KEBAIJA The Prime Minister counts an option on a further 2.5 per cent of Papua LNG among the State's gains from last week...
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Tuesday, November 03, 2026
ONCE A TEST PLAYING NATION, NOW A CHEERLEADING SQUAD.
by JAMES B. WAUGLA Samoa put 64 points on the Kumuls in front of a sold-out Santos National Football Stadium on 24 October and conceded six....
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The Justice Minister's "stability" law protects the Prime Minister, not the country
by MICHAEL J. PASSINGAN The Minister for Justice used the grievance debate on 16 October to celebrate a law. Parliament, he said, has amende...
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Monday, November 02, 2026
Isaac Lupari’s Papua LNG fiction, and the record that should have kept him out of KPHL.
by PAUL L. KEBAIJA Isaac Lupari says the State's stake in Papua LNG will not cost the National Budget a toea. In a statement reported by...
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Sunday, November 01, 2026
Connect PNG: billions committed, payments flowing, investigation report withheld
By MICHAEL J. PASSINGAN Peter O'Neill used his grievance on 16 October to put numbers on the Government's favourite programme. Conne...
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Friday, October 30, 2026
Smaré Speaks for the Developers, Not for Gulf
by PAUL L. KEBAIJA Anthony Smaré has declared the Gulf–Central benefit split "fair to both provinces". He is in no position to jud...
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Ministers turn the grievance debate into a praise and worship session
by MICHAEL J. PASSINGAN The grievance debate is the part of the parliamentary week that belongs to backbenchers. It exists so members can ra...
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From 2027 to 2032: Masere’s Moving Deadline.
by Michael Joseph Passingan Papua New Guinea has been promised a clean, biometric electoral roll for twelve years. The National Identificati...
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