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PNG's EMTV Vocal Fusion are great success

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I met Schneider Yasi, minutes after he was crowned winner of PNG’s most successful singing completion, the EMTV Vocal Fusion battle of season 3 and season 4 on Sunday 8 th May 2017 in Port Moresby, PNG. He was shocked that he scooped the major prize, a brand new vehicle but he very down to earth, humble and intelligent young man. No wonder the public voted for him. I have covered all the Vocal fusion grand finals, a total of four and I have found the winners to be very humble, and friendly at what they do. The concept by EMTV for vocal fusion has provided a platform for many aspiring singers in PNG to expose their singing talent and a shot at the young music industry in PNG. Vocal Fusion is a great creation, by PNG. Let’s work for more platforms to expose raw PNG talents. Here is a copy of my article published in The National on May 10, 2017. Cheers. Prize surprises EMTV’s vocal fusion winner http://www.thenational.com.pg/prize-surprises-emtvs-vocal-fusion-winner/
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Is the nomination fee of K10,000 excessive?

The Supreme Court will determine if the K10,000 nomination fee proposed by the PNG parliament is lawful according to the Constitution. Is the increased fee excessive? Does it restrict citizens constitutional right to stand for public office? Does the fee only allow the elites to stand for public office and thus disadvantage those that do not have adequate funds? This are some of the issues the court will look at in April. The Ombudsman Commission who filed the case wants the matter determined before the writs are issued by the Electoral Commissioner on April 20.  Speaker joins as second intervener to election fees case By CHARLES MOI ( http://www.thenational.com.pg/speaker-joins-second-intervener-election-fees-case/) SPEAKER of Parliament Theo Zurenouc has been included as a party in a court case relating to Parliament’s two proposed laws to increase fees for election nomination and petition. In a reference filed by the Ombudsman Commission (OC), it seeks court clarification o
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Port Moresby facing a huge fire risk as APEC looms in 2018

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Firefighters struggle By CHARLES MOI http://www.thenational.com.pg/firefighters-struggle/ FIREFIGHTERS struggled with low water pressure yesterday in Port Moresby as they battled to put out a fire that burnt down a fast-food shop at the Boroko Shopping Centre. Boroko Fire Service Station commander Superintendent Leo Ovia told The National that they endured difficulties with low pressure to bring the fire under control. “We got a call and responded, but because of the situation (low water pressure), we had to get backup from another unit from town fire station,” Ovia said. Ovia said when he arrived at the scene, firefighters from the Boroko Fire Station and town were struggling to contain the fire due to low water pressure. “When the water pressure was restored, we had to get another truck again from Waigani because we had to contain the building from the back,” Ovia said. He said firefighters from the Waigani Fire Station fought the fire from the back of the building.
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Leader warns of civil unrest on Manus Island - the home of Australia's offshore Regional Processing center

 Click link for more http://www.thenational.com.pg/refugee-accused-raping-10-year-old-girl-manus/ Refugee accused of raping 10-year-old girl in Manus March 9, 2017 The National National Article Views: 111 By CHARLES MOI MANUS MP Ronny Knight has warned that there could be civil unrest on the island after police arrested and charged a refugee for the alleged rape of a 10-year-old girl. Knight blamed Foreign Affairs Minister Rimbink Pato, the Australian Government, Wilson Security and Broad Spectrum – the company managing the Regional Processing Centre on Manus – for allowing the refugees to roam freely on the island. “How can you do (rape) that to a 10-year-old child,” Knight told The National on Tuesday. “My message to them (the Australian Government) is that you broke your agreement in the first place that none of these refugees would interact with the community.” “They’re not looking after them, they’re not monitoring thes
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K10,000 Nominaion Fee for Elections

Interestingly the Court ruled that the Supreme Court does have the power to intervene when a proposed law is still being discussed by Parliament. In this case the Court decided the evidence was not sufficient for the Court to intervene.More on (http://www.thenational.com.pg/proposed-bills-given-nod/) Proposed bills given nod March 6, 2017 The National National Article Views: 54 By CHARLES MOI TWO proposed laws to increase fees for nomination and election petitions will go ahead in Parliament unimpeded, according to the Supreme Court. The proposed bills are the K10,000 (from K1000) nomination fee and the cost of lodging an election petition of K20,000 (from K5000). Chief Justice Sir Salamo Injia, Deputy Chief Justice Sir Gibbs Salika and Justice Colin Makail in a unanimous decision on Friday said the third and final reading should be allowed to reach its logical conclusion. “We are not satisfied that this court should intervene and halt the Pa
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20 asylum seekers return home - March 2 (2017)

 Thanks to Kurdish Iran journalist Behrouz Boochani who is detained in the centre, the outside world can know the struggles the asylum seekers face on Manus Island in PNG (more on The National website 20 asylum seekers return home ) By CHARLES MOI TWENTY asylum seekers from the Regional Processing Centre on Manus Island returned to their countries last month due to continued pressure from PNG Immigration and the Australian Border Force, a detainee says. Kurdish Iran journalist Behrouz Boochani, detained at the centre, told The National yesterday that more asylum seekers were expected to leave this month after they succumbed to pressure from the officials. “The immigration used a lot of different ways to push them to go back, which means they did not go back according to their own decisions,” Boochani said. He said tactics carried out by the officials included threats of deportation and monetary incentives if an asylum seeker agreed to return to his home country. He said
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Courts power queried - The National (28/02/17)

http://www.thenational.com.pg/courts-power-queried/ By CHARLES MOI PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill argues that the Supreme Court does not have the power to intervene in Parliament’s deliberations on the proposed increases in poll fees. The proposed bills before Parliament are K10,000 (from K1000) nomination fee and the cost of lodging an election petition of K20,000 (from K5000). Lawyer Tiffany Twivey, representing O’Neill, told the Supreme Court in Waigani yesterday that the proposed laws were before parliament which meant that the parliamentary process was privileged and protected. Twivey said the Supreme Court was not allowed to interfere in the Parliamentary process due to Section 115 of the Constitution on Parliamentary privileges. Twivey said a court, in trying to ascertain the constitutionality of a law, was a separate power compared with a court trying to interfere with the lawmaking process. She said there was no remedy for the court to grant an interim relief
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