Two Mile Hill settlers in Port Moresby allowed to file claim against the state

 Acting Judge Pauline Bre has refused the states application to dismiss a 16 year old case for claims against the state.

Peter Null and 313 others took the state, the National Capital District Commission and a former acting police commissioner, now deceased Fred Sheekiot to court.

They alleged unlawful raid and destruction by police and NCDC officials to their dwellings and properties  on 30 November 2006 at Pruth Street, 2 Mile Hill, National Capital District.

The state then filed an application to dismiss the case for non compliance with section 5 notice just when the matter was going for trial in 2023.

It argued the section 5 notice was addressed to the Attorney General then Fred Tomo but it should have been addressed to the Head of Department or the Secretary of the Justice Department or the Solicitor General.

The state further argued that the Attorney General is not an office lawfully recognized to receive a section 5 notice.

Another argument by the state was that the claims against the state presented in a letter did not provide details of tortfeasers- an individual or entity that has been found to have committed a civil offense that injures another party.

After careful considerations on submissions and law, Acting Judge Bre said the section 5 notice was sufficiently served to the acting Attorney General Fred Tomo.

Acting judge Bre also considered the long period it had taken to settle the issue.

She said it is unjust and an abuse of process for the state to raise preliminary issues of Section 5 notice at the very late stage of the proceedings.

She also said details of individuals or entities found to have committed an offence should have been raised earlier.

Acting Judge Bre was set to hear the matter in late 2023 when the issue was raised and trial vacated.

The claims by Peter Null and 313 others at Two Mile Hill in Port Moresby will now go to trial with a date to be set.

How Tokaut Tokstret podcast on YouTube grew

 How to trigger and attract views and subscribers on YouTube is pretty basic but one has to have the art to craft it.

Watch this podcast by TokautTokstret 

He had less than 100 subscribers. 

But just within two weeks or a month his subscribers shot to nearly 1000.

See 👇👇👇👇 screenshot.

Registering 1000 subscribers is in fact one criteria met for YouTube monetisation.

The other is to have 4,000 watch hours in a year.

Now Tokaut Tokstret podcast had 33000 views for this episode only. If this stats indicates a full one hour watch on this podcast, they had went over 4,000 watch hours.

Ticked, Tokaut Tokstret would be invited by YouTube to monetise content.

Now let me get back to the crux of my post. See why just one YouTube post attracted so many views and subscribers. Tokaut Tokstret was able to control the interview very well.

The discussions attracted interest from viewers. 

It was of high quality stuff. You can read comments from viewers.

If the target audience, was East Sepik Province people, well crunch the potential interested viewers.

Kudos to GG at Tokaut Tokstret podcast

Susan Joseph still needs legal representation

 A female and former employee of the Ok Tedi Mining Limited taken to court for alleged defamatory social media posts against her former employer is still to seek legal support from the public solicitors office.

Susan Joseph told the court today she followed up with the public solicitors office last Friday and was informed her request for a lawyer was still in the process.

Justice Derek Woods has advised her to go back to the public solicitors and inform them that the matter was mentioned in court today.

Lawyers march to promote rule of law

Justice Woods said it can take sometime to engage a lawyer unfortunately.

The Ok Tedi Mining Limited had taken Susan Joseph to court seeking injunctive orders against making defamatory remarks relating to her separation of employment with the company.

Ms Joseph has alleged her separation of employment was a result of her complaints about sexual harassment.

The matter was referred to mediation for both parties but a solution was not reached and they would participate in a second round of mediation.

Ms Joseph has not filed any defence yet and Justice Woods has cautioned her time has expired for her to file a defence and Ok Tedi can take further action.

Her main challenge in filing a defence is not having access to legal representation.

Pure Water for homes

 It's K74 for  a new purchase  and K24 for exchange just to refill. In fact you swap hand in your used water cooler holder and get a new one.

Check out the gas stations in Port Moresby for your family's benefit.

Now that's an incredible go to price. Water is life.

Water is life

 This statement is uncontestable. 

Water, energy and air makes the world go round.

Shut them and the world perishes.

In Papua New Guinea having access to purified clean drinking water at homes is a challenge.

Only a few who live in urban areas connected to a water supply plant have access to clean drinking water or for shower and laundry. 

But hang in there.  The rise in production of purified water bottles has made it possible for even ghetto dwellers to drink clean water.

This new kid at the market- Poro Purified Water is retailing at K1 .00 📣📣📣📣👇👇👇👇💪

That's a huge price reduction from Coca-Cola bottled water that retails at K3.00

So there's competition in selling water which is fantastic.

No one has monopoly.

The greater art of business and survival really cuts the throat as competition  starts.

Look at finance, aviation, media, retails,  fast food takeaway outlets, hoteliering and security firms to name but a few.

One has to be on top in business and it's challenges to manoeuvre through the tough seasons.

If not we'll just need to close doors. So diversification is critical to keep you afloat.

Australia and PNG Prime Ministers walk part of Kokoda track

 The Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea holds a significant history of war that cements the bond between Australia and Papua New Guinea decades on.

It was in 1942 the Australians and local PNG Fuzzy Dizzy Angels fought side by side to stop the advancing Japanese forces. 

In politics this historical war event bonds Australia and PNG as brothers, sisters and friends. 

After a three days visit to Papua New Guinea, Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese departed Port Moresby Thursday morning (26 April, 2024).

He becomes the first sitting Australian Prime Minister to partially walk the famous Kokoda track from Kokoka to Isurava and commemorated the first ANZAC day dawn service there.

Although Albanese’s visit was supposed to be low key, his counterpart James Marape said would be remiss of PNG not to afford the chief leader of a close friend a great honor.

It began on Tuesday evening when Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was hosted to a pre- ANZAC Day dinner at Papua New Guinea’s Parliament house by Prime Minister James Marape.

Mr Marape acknowledged Mr Albanese and his Australian people as brothers and sisters, a country PNG cannot take for granted.

He said Australia stood side by side with PNG through thick and thin and due respect must be reciprocated when their leader visits.

Both Prime Ministers took the historical Kokokda Track and ended with a first ever ANZAC day dawn service at Isurava before arriving in Port Moresby and Albanese departed for Australia just after 9am Thursday morning.

Mr Albansese posted on his social media LinkedIn : 

"Courage. Endurance. Mateship. Sacrifice.

Words that adorn the Memorial at Isurava on the Kokoda Track where I was honoured to commemorate Anzac Day at a moving ceremony, together with PNG Prime Minister James Marape.

It is heartening to see so many Australians who have made the journey to be here.

We paused to remember the sacrifices of those who fought to defend this land.

Anzac Day asks us to stand against the erosion of time, and to hold on to their names. To hold on to their deeds.

We will remember them.

Lest we forget."

In a typical Australian country fashion wearing akubra hats and stockman boots, Mr Albanese emerged from his vehicle walked on the red carpet and greeted PNG officials before chatting a bit longer with PNG Foreign Affairs Minister Justin Tkatchenko and then ascended to his waiting Royal Australian Airforce plane.

While in the country he said walking side by side and step by step with Mr James Marape is an important symbolism of walking together for a better future and reigniting the Kokoda Spirit during war

He said Australia is committed to helping PNG to develop the social and economic sectors and improve security in the Indo Pacific Region.

Australia and the United States have been concerned about the influence of China in the region recently.

Mr Albanese said both countries have to shape the future today as partners, neighbours and friends.

He has been the Australian Prime Minister to visit PNG every year, invited James Marape as the first Pacific Island leader to address the Australian Parliament and Mr Albanese has promised to be back in PNG to commemorate 50 years of Independence next year.

Where do you get a quality food at wee hours in the morning

 Check this young Central Province lad whose passion for cooking has inspired him to do late night cheffing outside an entertainment centre.

Yep. He is based at the Armani Club at Gordon's in Port Moresby.

Here is his slight menu in picture and this is from what you as a customer may ask based on your budget.

He can consider it though his package would be K35.

This one 👆👆 costs K20.

It's got a nice lamb meat that was marinated and cooked well. There's less fat from what you find at other late night road markets.

His got pieces of potato, some ginger and fresh water crash.

His hours of cheffing starts around 10pm and ends early the next day.

Have you read veteran journalist Malum Nalu's blog

 Have you surfed Malum Nalu's blog.

Well his blog created in 2008 has millions of views and is monetised.

Yes, no 💰 is needed to monetise it. Literally you make no payment to open the blog and start earning.

You just need your writing skills and that passion to craft content attracting readership.

One you meet certain criteria set by Google Adsense you can embed the code to your blog and start earning USD.

In 2015, Malum cashed $3000 and that's about K10, 000 for his Christmas.

The money was paid direct to his PNG Bank account.

Yes that's the fact about the Google Adsense payment gateway by Google.

The money you earn from YouTube monetisation can also be paid out to you the same way.

So don't be discouraged, keep writing to earn.

As far as content strategy is concerned.

Expand your thoughts on a topic and discuss or expound on it, be focused that you incline to hook that readers interest, then deliver the punch that should have a lot of suspense to get the reader continue reading till the end.

Avoid click baiting. Target quality readership who like reading thesis.

Let your writing be your passive income.

Don't be discouraged now if the earnings are not that good. Imagine the future. Keep writing.

How to start your blog on blogger is easy.

Open a GMAIL account and go to www.blogger.com

You choose your blogspot name eg malumnalu and your blogspot web address becomes www.malumnalu.blogspot.com

 Now start putting content. You can upload pictures and videos.

Then you go to settings and click monetisation. There you activate Google Adsense which should be opened under the same email as you started your blog.

If your email is different, simply copy the code and embed in an HTML widget, you should see Google ads within 24 hours.

Visa On Arrival for Filipinos

 Papua New Guinea and Philippines will commemorate 50th anniversary of being friends next year 2025.

This bilateral friendship is expected to reach new heights with new and diversified cooperation agreements.

The latest one being high on agenda at a policy consultation meet in Manila in the last week is Visa On Arrival scheme for Philippines passport holders.

Currently they arrive in PNG by applying online for a tourist or business visa.

PNG has waived visa schemes with Japan, Indonesia, Israel, China and the Melanesian Spearhead Group countries.

Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo said they expect the bilateral friendship to reach new heights.

This is how we live at settlements in Port Moresby

A family or a person can rent a room for as low as K150 per fortnight.

This room can cater for father, mother and children.

They sleep, cook, eat in there.

Toilets and shower can be shared with other tenants who also rent a room in the building or around that property are which has a common square for relaxation. The rooms can three metres by three metres.

Access to water and shower facilities can be a pain compared to renting a house or unit.

A three bedroom unit can cost around K4000 a month and that's just out of reach in rental budgets for many employees.

The government has a ministry and a company called the National Housing Corporation formerly called the National Housing Commission.

Their primary role is to build affordable housing for people and collect rents.

But lately it had come under immense criticism for it's failure to build and provide affordable and decent housing to Papua New Guineans.

The NHC has however been making headlines for all the wrong reasons.

A particular one is changing of people appointed to be managing directors.

Been in and out of court for sometime.

May be if a government can find a solution to addressing housing woos in Port Moresby or any other centre for that matter, that government would have it's name indelibly etched in people's hearts.

Who's going to address the serious housing woos now?

Journalist becomes a lawyer

 During my journalism studies at the Divine Word University in Madang my lecturer now Dr Kevin Pamba PhD said after journalism do law.

He said studying law after journalism blends well.

Congratulations to Maivo Lafanama.

Business partners for advertising

 Hello esteemed friends and potential business partners.

I am looking for sponsorship to support content development and sharing.

We'd like to promote citizen journalism but people have to be compensated for their effort in writing and contributing pictures.

How does it work.

I would like to engage writers who contribute to my blog under various genres.

Commentaries, features, business articles, sport, exposing PNG champions etc

But we pay them for contributing stories and pictures.

When you advertise with us at minimum K10 per day.

You help us pay these writers or contributors.

So you can book a space with us for K10  x 30 days. That's K300 a month.

We will promote our content in social media.

How does it work.

You design your advertisment based on size we provide the we will create HTML and embed to the blog and it will be online.

It's expires to be live on site when the payment term expires.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Contact email pngmediaproduct@gmail.com

Whatsapp+67571853522

Kundu Club and Pokies

 Kundu Club at Five Mile in Port Moresby should be investigated by lawful authorities and it's licence revoked.

Why?

Here are what's happening.

Patrons are just smoking anywhere in the club openly without a concern from guards that they have to go to a designated smoking zone area.

The bad air with aircon is affecting non smokers.

The guards are drunk when on duty.

I saw a guard forcefully remove someone enjoying himself at a table when the guard wants another person with his beer and girlfriend to enjoy the place.

We should have regulatory organisations monitor and penalize owners for the sake and promotion of everyone's health.

This is serious. We got to act now.

Revoke Kundu Clubs licence. Get them to tow in line.

No smoking in the club. Use a designated area.

Vodafone celebrates one year of operations

 Data communications access through smart mobile phones is expected to expand further as more people in rural areas are using them.

Vodafone PNG Chief Executive Officer Pradeep Lal has told Business Advantage they are establishing a robust nationwide network.

He says there is massive opportunity ahead, as surging data use in Papua New Guinea encourages more customers to switch to smart phones.

Vodafone arrived in the country in April 2022 and it has since stamped its mark expanding its reach.

CEO Pradeep Lal says they are on track to roll out 770 towers across 22 provinces and their aim is to create a resilient network spanning the entire country.

Vodafone is also in talks with Digicel and Telikom to co-locate their communication infrastructure.

This, Pradeep Lal told Businees Advantage would cover the unconnected and ensure a comprehensive national coverage.

The Vodafone CEO says  telecommunications is poised to revolutionalise numerous other sectors with the PNG economy as connectivity becomes an important driver in an increasing digital economy.

A research by the Development Policy Centre published last month says data pricing in the country has dropped since 2022.

The Vodafone CEO says they do not incline to engage in a pricing war however they anticipate a gradual decrease in prices through gains in the economies of scale influenced by business growth and expanding customer bases.

What CapCut can do amazes me

 Stop wasting your time and being ignorant like me. Step into it now.

Yes I am digging into CapCut a video editing software available for use on smart phones and even on desktops.

When my 13 year old son was promoting CapCut I went nah...it belongs to kids or lazy producers who only depend on automation and templates to bring their imagery production ideas to life.

Now I am so wowed and amazed by what CapCut can do. Seriously it rocks and very user friendly. You can do what you want effortlessly.

For example doing voice to text on screen. Damn top. Just to name but a few.

Looking into the future with accessibility and affordability of data improving, anyone into digital content creation will benefit immensely using CapCut.

So I encourage PNG citizens to dig into it. Use it. 

Start producing and monetise your content. Let's grow together. 

With CapCut you can do anything with audio, video and photo.

Let's go, it's exciting time. 

Start today, reap in future.

PNG female caught with meth again while in court

 Port Moresby police have reported that a 19 year old female appearing in court for methamphetamine charges was arrested again inside a court at Waigani.

The accused Cecelia Kumbakor appeared before Magistrate Paul Nii and as the magistrate was presiding over the case realized Ms Kumbakor was behaving abnormally.

The magistrate then instructed police to search Ms Kumbakor.

In a statement police say a detective present in court searched the accused Ms Kumbakor and found a bong and some ear buds in her possession.

Police say the bong and ear buds are common implements used by people who smoke and inhale the methamphetamine drug.

Divisional Commander for Northern and acting Commander NCD Central Assistant

Commissioner Peter Guinness said Ms Kumbakor together with a male and two other

women were previously arrested and charged with possessing and consuming

methamphetamine.

Assistant Commissioner Guinness said Kumbakor was released on bail while her

accomplices were detained at Bomana Prison awaiting their court appearances.

The four were present in court yesterday when police found the methamphetamine

implements in Kumbakor’s possession.

Police say the discovery caused a furore inside the court room compelling Magistrate Nii to suspend the court hearing.

ACP Guinness said this particular incident is a wake up call for police, the court and the

legal fraternity.

He said police and the court must now seriously reconsider granting bail to people who are addicted to illicit drugs.

Ms Kumbakor was later charged and detained at the Boroko cells.

Three Papua New Guineans and an Italian were found guilty by the National Court in Port Moresby early this year for attempting to smuggle the drug into Australia from Port Moresby.

When finding the four guilty, Justice Panuel Mogish said the methamphetamines trade is a lucrative and well coordinated international trade.

My online store on Gumroad

 Dear esteemed readers 

I have opened an online store on Gumroad.

This is where I endeavour to sell digital content. 

Greatly appreciate your subscription and where my product meets your needs, I will be grateful for your purchase.

Thank you

Content development strategy on Linkedin

 This is a good free tip.

Do you know LinkedIn is a powerful social media platform that you can achieve so many things.

You can secure jobs, find business customers, earn some money etc

There is a stark contrast between Linkedin and other platforms.

LinkedIn is more focus on sharing about what we as a team can do-it focuses on leadership.

If you know how to develop content you should be in the most successful place.

Can you monetise Facebook content in Papua New Guinea

 This is a gold question content makers in Papua New Guinea want straight answers to because there is an exponential growth in customers using social media Facebook.

Well from the outset, the short answer is you can't monetise digital content on Facebook if you reside in Papua New Guinea.

That is very sad.

But Meta the owner of Facebook approves monetisation if you live in Indonesia.

Indonesia is not far from PNG and so people who live near the border might try getting over to Indonesia (Jayapura) and see if your content can be monetised.

You have to be eligible having 5000 subscribers. 

Uploaded few contents and reaching some required minutes of watch time.

The Secretary for the Department of Information and Communications Technology Stephen Matainaho says have are having a dialogue with Meta and Google to enable monetisation of Facebook content in Papua New Guinea 

Social media users in PNG now stand at over 800,000 and there are over three million internet users.