PNG Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey has made a last minute switch to the ruling Pangu Pati ditching his National Alliance team.
The move comes as a shock as Mr Ling-Stuckey successfully won his Kavieng Open seat in 2017 National Election under the National Alliance (NA) banner, which also boasts the Namatanai Open seat under NA strongman Walter Schnaubelt.
It is understood Mr Ling-Stuckey made up his mind to leave NA last week, one week out from the issue of writs.
In a comment to this paper, a NA official said that while they are aware of Mr Ling-Stuckey’s intention, they are still yet to receive his official resignation letter.

​By Petrus Gand 

PNG is yet the richest black nation in the pacific, corruption, oppression, bribery, and exploitation by our allies hinders our development. Our days of being controlled by colonizers have surfaced but we are still dictated through neocolonialism. Neocolonialism, as defined by Britannica Encyclopaedia, is the continued exercise of political or economic influence over a society in the absence of formal political control.

It is a further development of capitalism that enables capitalist powers (both nations and corporations) to dominate subject nations through the operations of international capitalism rather than by means of direct rule. Although it is a threat and a burden we carry on our shoulders, it leaves few windows of opportunities to guide our own affairs.

Many of the feminism theorists embark the importance of how one identifies its gender. Gender is usually identified and taught by parents. As the child grows, the environment and media also plays an immense role in self-recognition.

At the beginning, gender is learned and imparted. As a child, caregivers decide the type of outfit one wears. Fancy skirts and shirts engraved by flowers, red, purple and yellow colours are chosen for girls while brown, black and blue pants and tops are purchased for boys.  

Boys are allowed to have toys like cars and guns while girls play around with baby dolls and balls. This aids a child in realising its stance and continues to grow with the understanding. When growing up, males are allowed to do manual work while girls are allowed to wash plates, sweep and provide care for little siblings.

Commentary By  Petrus GAND
PNG’s sagacious administration has continued in threading its operations, both through protocols and policies, and has housed a concrete foundation to steadily prosper in terms of an economic and political standpoint.

Never had it been with other preceding governments, the Marape-Basil’s term has strictly unravelled life-saving strategies. The foremost step was taken to nationalize Porgera mine while having in place a gold-mint that became a new set of facets altogether. And it will eventually open-up new doors for tremendous opportunities to flood our shores when the international market gains normalcy.

By Petrus Gand 
It is the 21st century and yet our leaders are seemingly blind-folded. In recent years most of the government revenues have been spared on sports for a few minority.  

PNG even has a separate sports portfolio, accompanied by a specific Minister who is held responsible through its legislated powers. The nation’s budget is purposely allocated to facilitate its operations, just like any other imperative Ministry portfolios.

Often it is observed that much of the state’s returns are exhausted to develop youngsters via sports, as well as establishing several sporting stadiums instead of hospitals, schools and other ‘enabling environment’ where people can partake and nurture their well-being.

Countries that concentrate more on leisure activities are those that are overdeveloped, such as in the case of USA who was liberated in 1776, Australia our leading inspiration who was granted independence around 1906, and so on. They are economically sustainable and politically matured and that there is a natural tendency to amuse their citizens. Unlike PNG, since our sovereignty was born in 1975 where our politicians are imparted by corruption, resulting in limited long-term developments.

By Dr Joe Ketan
Papua New Guinea has not lived up to expectations. Windfall revenue from natural resources, in billions of US dollars, have been squandered, or stolen by PNG leaders and their foreign business partners. Our people are living in grinding poverty. 
State systems are not working. Government Ministers and Public Servants are responsible for the sad state of affairs. Getting right people to important jobs will help solve some of our problems.
We need to make things work again, by voting good men and women, a lot of them, to replace the bad and ugly. The bad and ugly have caused us much pain and sorrow. Our leaders have grown fat on the spoils of office, while our people struggle to make ends meet under extremely difficult conditions. 

 By Petrus GAND
Gratitudes to Susan Karike Huhume for her outsmarting precedency hailed when designing our national flag in 1971. It has reflected our national face throughout our political reign for decades.

Certainly, our land is known by our allied neighbours as a land of a thousand tribes that dwells on an island of gold – floating on the sea of oil – inhaling the air of natural gasses. Indeed every spectacle of our values has been showcased via our flag but something is still hindering our progress despite our wealthy status. Therefore, there is an ominous vitality for a moment of clarity where we replicate on the root factor that is handicapping us.

Statement by Dom David Kua 
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The PNC party is very busy at this stage whilst making preparations to contest the National General Elections in 2022, just a little over 6 months away before the Writs are Open, where it intends to seek the mandate of the people to form the next government.
As the Parliamentary Party Leader Hon Peter Oneil CMG MP has openly stated in his live Facebook telecast, that the PNC Party is focus on making reforms to party policies for its National Convention in February 2022.
The PNC Party is therefore not interested in seeking to destabilise the current incumbent PMJM Government as insinuated by Facebook politicians, and keyboard warriors, self proclaim political pundits and wanabes.
The Marabe - Basil government must continue to run and complete its term as it has won the right to do so.

By Brian Folock 

A Politician who does not deliver is called Political Conman. 
There could be many political conmen found in Papua New Guinea so let's do a survey to establish the real political conman. 
Social Media like Facebook has brought about great flatform to identify these political conmen as whatever goes on in every corner of the country are known throughout the nation. 
There are between 800'000 to 1 million Social Media subscribers in the country. They come from every council ward, LLG, district, electorate or province posting developments happening within where they live. 
So when these subscribers post, we know who is performing and who is not. So those politicians not doing anything are the real Political Conmen. You can simply identify them and post their names too.