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Stagnant CPI score reflects failure to deal with forest crime

On 17 Feb, 2025 By ACTNOW

Eddie Tanago, Campaign Manager

Papua New Guinea’s rating as highly corrupt in the latest global assessment published by Transparency International reflects the complete failure to tackle widespread forest crime

Transparency International recently released its 2024 Corruption Perception Index which reveals PNG is still languishing in 127th place out of 180 countries with a CPI score of just 31 out of 100, the worst in the Pacific region.

Stagnant CPI score reflects failure to deal with forest crime

On 17 Feb, 2025 By ACTNOW

Papua New Guinea’s rating as highly corrupt in the latest global assessment published by Transparency International reflects the complete failure to tackle widespread forest crime says community advocacy group ACT NOW!

Cybercrime law used to criminalise expression as government proceeds with restrictive media policy

On 12 Feb, 2025 By Eddie Tanago

Source: CIVICUS Monitor

Increased DSIP for 2025 despite poor transparency and accountability by DDAs

On 05 Dec, 2024 By Eddie Tanago

The 2025 National Government budget has seen an increased of budget allocation for district support improvement program (DSIP).

This is despite the fact that DDAs are lacking transparency and accountability in their operations and expenditure.

ACT NOW! analysis has shown that there is lack of DDA contact details, DDAs lack proper development plans and bad records of acquitting funds.

Transparency Gap: DDA contact details and future challenges

On 12 Nov, 2024 By ACTNOW

Transparency Gap: DDA contact details and future challenges

On 12 Nov, 2024 By Cathy Tukne

A concerning analysis by community advocacy group ACT NOW has revealed that almost all District Development Authorities (DDAs) in Papua New Guinea are failing to make crucial contact information available, hindering governance, accountability, and service delivery.

Despite each District receiving K20 million annually for service and infrastructure improvements, as of July 2024, the analysis reveals most DDA’s do not have a named Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and lack an email address, postal address and phone number or website.

Prime Minster must act to stop widespread illegal logging

On 02 Oct, 2024 By ACTNOW

Prime Minister James Marape has spoken of the importance of preserving Papua New Guinea’s tropical rainforest in a meeting with the United Nations General Secretary and in his address to the UN General Assembly last Friday

Yet, community advocacy group ACT NOW says his government is doing nothing to stop widespread illegal logging and in particular the abuse of agricultural clearing licences.

Appalling lack of transparency as majority of Districts fail to submit financial acquittals

On 24 Sep, 2024 By ACTNOW

While the government has been dramatically increasing the amount of funding pumped directly into each District, there is an appalling lack of transparency about how those public funds are being used.

Appalling lack of transparency as majority of Districts fail to submit financial acquittals

On 24 Sep, 2024 By ACTNOW

While the government has been dramatically increasing the amount of funding pumped directly into each District, there is an appalling lack of transparency about how those public funds are being used.

As of July 2024, analysis of media reporting by community advocacy group ACT NOW reveals just 24 out of 96 Districts have lodged their financial acquittals for 2022 or 2023 and none of those acquittals are publicly available. This is despite each District now being given K20 million a year in service and infrastructure improvement grants.

Laundering of tropical timber: Time to investigate forestry officials

On 18 Sep, 2024 By ACTNOW

Anti-money laundering laws don't just apply to the financial proceeds of crime; the laws apply equally to any property that is generated through criminal behaviour, including illegally felled timber.

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