July 2007
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Uncle Steven…
The man that burnt down his own house!!…
“The bank queue”
I dread going to the bank,
I really – really dread going to the bank.
There’s always a queue,
Always a very – very long queue
Eastern Highlands counting finished…
Over the past 24 hours the winners of Eastern Highlands Province Open and Regional seats have been declared. For the latest results check out the PNG Electoral Commission website. It’s not totally up to date but will certainly provide a good insight into how things are moving along…
One of the other volunteers in Goroka…
Marcel is a VSO volunteer and a physiotherapist currently working at Goroka General Hospital. Check out Marcel’s Blog here but only if you can read dutch!…
Absolutely unbelievable!
Convicted rapist James Yali has become the first person in PNG to be win a seat in Parliament while serving a prison sentence. Although he was not released to campaign, he still garnered enough votes to beat 27 other candidates to retain his Rai Coast seat…
Digicel…
Digicel is a mobile phone carrier that was recently given license by the PNG Government to begin operations here in PNG. It is estimated that Digicel has invested close to K1 billion to date and the company has been busy installing telecommunications towers all over the country…
The two ShareIT Volunteers…
First day on the job for the two ShareIT volunteers: John MacKenzie and Karl Goetz.
It was very much an induction day for the two of them and I ended up inviting them back to my place for lunch. Henry, our IT Officer also joined us and I snapped a photo of the group at the front gate of home on our way back to the Hospital…
Papua New Guinea…
.the country of delays within delays within delays!…
PNG Politics is…
corrupt, chaotic, complex and at times violent. Today is Monday and it’s a Public Holiday in PNG – Remembrance Day. A long weekend! Yeehaaah…
Election markets…
We live just around the corner from the National Sports Institute (NSI), this is the location where vote counting is taking place for the whole of the Eastern Highlands Province (EHP)…
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