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 other wo
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K60mil for police allowances

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POLICE officers will receive their outstanding service allowance this month, according to Police Association president Lowa Tambua.
He said the outstanding allowances were owed for the years 2010 and 2015.
The allowances were for not only for members of the association but also non-members.
They are expected to receive their service allowances by the end of this month, Tambua said.
He thanked police commissioner David Manning for securing the K60 million from the State to settle the outstanding allowances. “The allowance together with other categories of allowances enjoyed by the police are captured in the first enterprise-based agreement (EBA) signed between the Police Association, the Department of Personnel Management and the Police Department in 2006,” Tambua said in a statement yesterday.
“It is a legally-binding agreement. Thus all allowances and all other employment conditions such as the Consumer Price Index (CPI)-related pay increases captured in the EBA have to be honoured.
“The CPI issue, together with the 3 percent pay rise recently awarded to the other public servants by the government are being addressed by the association.
“We are discussing with respective agencies to renew the EBA for the period from 2019 to 2023.”

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