Douglas Tomuriesa, Pope Francis and James Marape

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  Opposition Leader Douglas Tomuriesa said he is disappointed and embarrassed over the way His Holiness Pope Francis was treated by Prime Minister James Marape over the last three-days during the Papal visit, and the lack of courtesy and respect shown by the Prime Minister. He said the Prime Minister continuously declares PNG as a ‘Christian country’ and prides himself on being a religious individual but he was surprised when the Pope was continuously snubbed by the PM over the weekend since the Pope’s arrival on Friday. “The Pope is the head of the Catholic church, the largest Christian church in the world and he is also a head of state. “PNG not only being a Christian country, but a country that prides itself as a ‘friend to all, enemy to none’, the PM should be according the Pope with the highest level of respect,” Tomuriesa said. The Opposition Leader pointed out that on Friday, the Prime Minister did not welcome the Pope at the airport, a tradition he had accorded to many othe...
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Probing GBV, Sarv hard: Cop

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By MIRIAM ZARRIGA
POLICE Commissioner David Manning says investigating cases of gender-based violence (GBV), family and sexual violence (FSV) and sorcery accusation related violence (Sarv) in Papua New Guinea is challenging.
Manning said less than one per cent of perpetrators were convicted and this clearly showed a lot more needed to be done.
“From 2018 to 2021 there were 25,036 perpetrators of GBV who were interviewed by police with only 189 convicted,” Manning said at the launch of the documentary “Strongim Sindaun Bilong Femili” at the Apec Haus on Tuesday.
The commissioner said poor conviction numbers was due in part to reluctance of victims to speak out against perpetrators because of intimidation.
Manning said this lack of cooperation and other factors impeded police.
He added that his office was working to address the issue and this would include training more officers to deal with this type of offence.
He said the force would continue to take steps to improve its capacity to handle GBV and Sarv cases.
“Over 1,000 officers have been trained to handle GBV, FSV, and Sarv,” he said.
“We have over 100 officers specifically trained in handling FSV cases.”

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