How to make money in Papua New Guinea using the Internet

I have used capital letter  ' I' for internet in the heading because that is the formal use of it.

It is a connection of connected network of computers around the world.

For PNG its introduction has surely changed a lot of things in the way we do business and communicate. 

Internet was introduced in about 1997 and limited number of people accessed it through Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL)  via landlines mainly.

It had actually picked up exponentially in terms of use and literacy in about 2010.

Today about two million Internet users are in Papua New Guinea, that's according to the Minister for Information and Communications when he applauded the acquisition of Digicel Pacific by Telstra, an Australian company.

Social media users of Facebook account for about half of the Internet users.

So while we have increased accessibility and its affordable, well in the last 12 months internet data price was slashed when the Coral Sea cable 2 linking Sydney was launched.

Overseas commentators feel cost was still high compared to other Pacific countries though.

Well, I have deviated and lets get back on track.

The Internet is at your finger tips with access through smart phones, laptop or desktop.

I will point you to one accessible and affordable means of making money-just through writing.

Yes just through writing and so your thoughts and ideas are a gold mine.

BLOGGING

Through www.blogger.com you can host a blog or website for FREE and and start uploading what you think in writing with pictures or videos.

Get people to read your content by browsing your website.

You can build a social media page to promote your content so you get people to read your stuff.

When you have some traffic say 5,000 go to Google Adsense and register to be a publisher.

Visit this site https://www.google.com/adsense/new

Once you are a publisher, you will be will be prompted to copy a code and embed in your blogger site.

There are widgets there you will use.

Once that is done, you should see Google ads appear on your site randomly.

So people pay Google to place these ads and they send to websites at selected regions that this ad is targeting and if anyone clicks on your advert, you receive 68% of the money.

The more clicks you get on these ads the more money you make.

Adsense will send you a six digit PIN from Singapore once you reach $20 and you can activate your publisher account.

You can enter your Papua New Guinea bank account details.

Once you have reached USD $100 the money is wired straight to your nominated PNG account usually on the 21 of each following month.

And you start earing income from your mobile phone or computer right at your home or office.

WORD PRESS WEBSITE

For the Wordpress website, you can also monetise it with Google Adsense.

But you need to register a domain name costing less than USD $20 and and buy a business plan that is renewable every year costing K1,200 (USD $300)

Use your visa debit cards.

I have recently received my PIN from Adsense in Singapore and focusing now on creating content for my audience and hope I can earn some money.

What we can do is you focus on a particular type of content for your niche market, so as I.

We read each others content and we all earn a little to sustain our lives.

You can use the same publisher account on various websites and your YouTube account.

There are many other monetisation platforms you can find on the Internet but I am sharing this one as it has worked for me and I will not be selfish to keep it secret.

Many PNG websites have already monetised their sites and earning money, so why not you do too?

Let's bring in foreign currency and grow our economy.

All the best.

Melbourne Cup 2021: PNG find out who the experts are tipping and where the upsets to come from

For you all who knows little about horses and punting like me

This is for us. I am looking at these tips. May you score luck!

Is it a case of Incentivise or bust this Melbourne Cup day? 

The biggest day on the racing calendar is almost here. Who are you backing on Melbourne Cup day?

TAB racing guru Nick Quinn has gone through the form and has you covered with some early specials from all the races.

See who he likes below and all our expert tips for the big race.

THE BANKER

SPIRIT OF GAYLARD

(Flemington, R9 No. 6)

NAMED after the late racing identity Rob Gaylard, Spirit Of Gaylard resumed from a spell with an impressive win at Bendigo before losing no admirers last start when finishing just out of the placings in the Drummond Golf Vase won by Forgot You.

Spirit Of Gaylard was an emergency in the Victoria Derby but failed to gain a start, which could be a blessing in disguise for connections as this looks a lovely race for him on Melbourne Cup Day.

Drawn nicely in gate six and with star jockey Jordan Childs in the saddle he looks a good bet for punters later in the day.

EACH-WAY

GROOVY KIND OF LOVE

(Flemington, R4 No. 9)

ULTRA-consistent mare who has finished in the placings 10 times from 11 career starts.

Comes into this race on the back of a strong last-start win at Ballarat.

World-class jockey Damien Lane takes the ride again and on an open program she looks a nice each-way play.

TUGGING AT THE HEART STRINGS

JOCKEY Harry Coffey is an absolute inspiration, and he is set to ride in his first Melbourne Cup.

Coffey, a determined jockey who lives with cystic fibrosis, is set to steer longshot Port Guillaume, for brothers Ben and JD Hayes.

And no matter where the horse finishes, Coffey is already the biggest winner on Cup Day.

Coffey also has a ride in race 5 in which he will partner Ocean Beyond for Group 1-winning trainer Daniel Bowman.

Twilight Payment crossing the line first in last year’s Melbourne Cup. Picture: Getty Images

TAKE WEDNESDAY OFF

NORMALLY landing a trifecta in the Melbourne Cup would lead to many happy returns.

But this year, with Incentivise one of the shortest Cup favourites in history, you might need to shoot especially straight to enjoy the same spoils.

We are going to take our trifecta requiring Incentivise winning, then a group of runners for the placings.

First: Incentivise

Second: Twilight Payment, Spanish Mission, Grand Promenade, Sir Lucan, Floating Artist, Tralee Rose, Persan, Pondus, Delphi, Explosive Jack and Great House

Third: Twilight Payment, Spanish Mission, Grand Promenade, Sir Lucan, Floating Artist, Tralee Rose, Persan, Pondus, Delphi, Explosive Jack and Great House

This would cost $110 for 100 per cent of the trifecta, but the good thing about the flexi betting option is that you choose how much you spend.

So an $11 outlay would result in you collecting 10 per cent of the trifecta if successful.

WHO TO BACK IN THE MELBOURNE CUP

Gilbert Gardiner

1 Spanish Mission

2 Grand Promenade

3 Pondus

4 Incentivise

Brad Waters

1 Incentivise

2 Tralee Rose

3 Grand Promenade

4 Twilight Payment

Glenn McFarlane

1 Incentivise

2 Spanish Mission

3 Verry Elleegant

4 Tralee Rose

Andrew Rule

1 Incentivise

2 Verry Elleegant

3 Spanish Mission

4 Sir Lucan

Patrick Carlyon

1 Spanish Mission

2 Incentivise

3 Grand Promenade

4 Twilight Payment

Ben Dorries

1 Incentivise

2 Verry Elleegant

3 Tralee Rose

4 Selino

Ray Thomas

1 Incentivise

2 Verry Elleegant

3 Grand Promenade

4 The Chosen One

Stephen Brassel

1 Incentivise

2 Spanish Mission

3 Grand Promenade

4 Floating Artist

Nick Quinn

1 Incentivise

2 Spanish Mission

3 Tralee Rose

4 Explosive Jack

Chris Vernuccio

1 Incentivise

2 Spanish Mission

3 Grand Promenade

4 Verry Elleegant

Simon Moy

1 Verry Elleegant

2 Incentivise

3 Grand Promenade

4 Tralee Rose

Protest against vaccination despite Manning declaring it illegal

Residents in the Papua New Guinea capital Port Moresby have taken to the streets to protest against mandatory vaccination.

This is despite the protest being disapproved by Police Commissioner David Manning who is also the Covid-19 Pandemic Controller.

He issued a statement on Friday that any protest would be deemed illegal and persons sponsoring it or misinforming people that vaccination was mandatory would be prosecuted.

Journalist Miriam Zarriga has posted on social media for people to avoid the streets leading to Goodwit Street where the Australian High Commission is.  This street leads to Parliament.

Police have beefed up presence on the streets.

Last week a protest against vaccination was held in Lae.

There were reports of cars being damaged as well.

Water and sanitation program rolls out in New Ireland: Covid conscious response

 The people of New Ireland expects a water and sanitation program to be rolled out throughout the province.

This would come under the provincial government's subsidy office.

Governor Sir Julius Chan says good good sanitation and hygiene is now the focus of his government  because of the period of uncertainty and increase in deaths from Covid-19.

Last Thursday Sir Julius travelled to Sumuna on the beautiful island of Djaul when he made the announcement and launched a WASH program.

New Ireland government media said in a statement delegation who accompanied Sir Julius was given a rousing welcome by the Chiefs of Tikana local level government.

CEO for Government Subsidy Mactil Bais  said a total of 15 toilets will be built all over the Island of Djaul to kick start the Wash program. 

She made it clear that it would not be a handout project but one that needed partnership between the people the Government.

 

“We will supply the necessary materials but we expect you to assist with labour and timber. We have to get rid of this handout mentality because it is making our communities unproductive,” said  Bais.

Social media blamed for misinforming people about 'mandatory' vaccination

 

Papua New Guinea Pandemic Controller David Manning has issued  a statement on Friday that a purported peaceful march set for November 1 against mandatory vaccination has not been approved.

Manning stressed vaccination is not mandatory but voluntary.

This has been voiced by the Prime Minister James Marape as well but apparently businesses and government departments are placing rules that otherwise impute vaccination to be mandatory for entering a work place or building.

Manning said: "We are in a pandemic that is affecting the globe. PNG is no exception," 

He has blamed social media for  misinforming people.

" Vaccination is not mandatory and remains a personal choice," Manning said.

 

He said whoever is caught spreading this false information causing pubic tension will be arrested and dealt with accordingly.

 

"Under the National Pandemic Act 2020, I as Controller, have issued a number of measures aimed at mitigating the spread of the COVID-19 virus. One such measure includes the ban of gatherings of more than 20 persons. This planned protest march is therefore not approved and against the efforts of the PNG government in stopping the spread of the virus."

Manning said the decision to decide specific measures for provinces rests in the provincial administration apparatus set up to tackle the pandemic.

The NCD Provincial Health Authority, the NCD City Manager and the Office of the NCD Metropolitan Superintendent as a body is entrusted with deciding measures specific to the NCD and this includes whether to have a lock-down or not. This body, together with the National Control Centre, also approves events and activities within the city. Accordingly, this body, nor the NCC  have approved this planned protest march for Monday.

Manning said the protest if staged would be illegal.

" Organizers of this march will be identified and dealt with. NCD police have been directed to stop any gathering of more than 20 people around the city," he said.

Help donate to Jenny from Enga

 Almost a week ago Jenny Wato from Enga suffered tremendous loss of property and personal belongings when they were set ablaze by a violent group of people.

She was innocent.

She was caught in between violence by two groups and just because her properties were within the violent zone-she copped it.

Jenny and her partner could not defend their property.

The community could not.

The state could not protect her neither.

The trauma and suffering were enormous.

She cried when she spoke to a television camera.

She lived at Garden Hills for nearly 30 years and off course she was popular.

Today the Garden Hills Estate community went for a donation drive appealing to residents to donate what they can to help Jenny bounce back.

This is comforting.

This is the true gesture of our Melanesian culture.

We hope anyone who reads this and want to donate can contact the person whose detail is on the poster.

Your little help goes a long way to help a fellow Melanesian.

Who protects Papua New Guinea citizens from being attacked?

 A woman from Enga. Jenny Wato lost a property worth about K 3 million following a violent incident that gripped the Garden Hills Estate in Port Moresby on Saturday, 23rd October, 2021.

The front of her shop leased to a Pakistani national

The violence lasted for six hours without any intervention from police.

The violence stemmed from a confrontation between youths from the Garden Hills settlement and the estate over hold up and thievery of a portable bluetooth speaker by settlement youths.

In the ensuing days and moments as things got heated up, each group attacked each other and two men from the settlement were killed, allegedly by a police officer who lives at the estate.

His nephew was the victim of the holdup and theft of a bluetooth speaker on Friday.

Port Moresby police are investigating all circumstantial facts surrounding the incidents.

It is unfortunate two lives have been lost.

For Jenny, an innocent citizen who lived at the estate for 30 years, she has practically been reduced to zero as far as her assets and bank account is concerned.

She has lost a store, and a fully furnished three bedroom upstairs home with a bottom split two bedroom units.

She told the media the property earns her around K12,000 a month

The stand off lasted for six hours and calls were made to police but for the six hours, there was no response to the scene.

Papua New Guineans should be asking whether the government can protect its citizens from any harm.

This is a red flag. 

Reports of women being sexually abused during the six hour violence have not come out but that happened.

The government had surely failed its citizens.