IVAR ANDERSEN & KLAS LUNDSTRÖM | The Jakarta Post FOR DECADES, THE STRUGGLE for West Papuan independence has been fought from the vast rainforests along the border between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. But there has been little progress, and...
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Information instead of arrows to liberate W Papua
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Compensation at all costs - the new highwaymen
KELA KAPKORA SIL BOLKIN THE FOLLOWING LETTER WAS WRITTEN by Jeffery Kopeap of Pulim Village near Mendi in the Southern Highlands Province. His pet cat had been run over and killed by a truck belonging to Traisa Transport Limited, which...
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How the girls mainly didn't make it to the Chimbu Ball
PAT DWYER | The ASOPA Files IN 1963, GOVERNMENT OFFICERS in Kundiawa spent a month erecting tents, painting the club and boasting about bringing girls and girlfriends from various nambis locations to the Chimbu Ball. Not to be outdone, I...
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A chief's discovery of the ‘Tribe of the French’
MARIE-FRANCE ETCHEGOIN | Nouvel Observateur/Worldcrunch FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS, Mundiya Kepanga, a chief of the Huli people, has been visiting France, finding things to bring home with him to his native Papua New Guinea. His last find – three...
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That .357 Magnum & a .22 Browning drove me South
BOB DAVIS | The ASOPA Files AFTER MORE THAN 13 years in the Territory Situation, in 1976 I decided to head South. Like many others, my first postings were in the bush after which I steadily worked my way into...
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Monica helping to change people’s lives in PNG
AusAID VOLUNTEER AND PROJECT MANAGER TRAINER, Monika Vnuk, is changing the lives of Papua New Guineans through her work with the Australian Volunteers for International Development (AVID) program. Working at the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research over the...
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Getting ready for Chinese money on the Okuk Highway
TERRY SHELLEY The Okuk Highlands Highway is a disaster. It features horrific road conditions and very unfriendly bystanders. There has been a population explosion over the past 2-3 decades and, to many rural youths (and seniors, for that matter), the...
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On health patrol in the New Ireland province
LEAH BOONTHANOM | Australian Doctors International MY PLANE DIPS INTO KAVIENG late at night, soaring through a sudden tropical downpour and landing in a laid-back island paradise. New Ireland is remote and its white coral beaches, exotic marine life, World...
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Sunshine Coast Council pitches in for PNG playground
View News (Sunshine Coast) QUEENSLAND KIDS AREN’T THE ONLY ONES lapping up outdoor fun at playgrounds provided by the Sunshine Coast Council. Community programs portfolio councillor, Jenny McKay, said youngsters in Papua New Guinea are also climbing, swinging, spinning and...
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Louise is committed to improving healthcare in PNG
Nursing Careers Allied Health PAEDIATRIC NURSE AND health administrator Louise Devereux RN (right) says that international volunteer work was always on her list of things to do. A few years ago she spent six months volunteering in Papua New Guinea...
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Garnaut action suggests goodbye is better than sorry
KEITH JACKSON IN A SURPRISE DEVELOPMENT, instead of attempting to heal his rift with the Papua New Guinea government, banned businessman Ross Garnaut has decided to spit the dummy and resign as chairman of Ok Tedi Mining Ltd. Last November,...
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Crossing the flooded rivers to reach Panaras
LEAH BOONTHANOM | Australian Doctors International AFTER MESSI WE HEAD FOR Panaras Health Centre, several bumpy hours and rising rivers away. Where necessary, we jump out of the 4WDs and wade across rivers by foot, so the vehicles can better...
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Fiji's Frank Bainimarama disappoints us again
JENNY HAYWARD-JONES | The Interpreter (Lowy Institute) FIJI'S MILITARY LEADER, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, has done it again. He surprised everyone last year by opening up what appeared to be a genuine process of consultation on a new Fiji constitution and...
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New Irelanders smile in the face of adversity
LEAH BOONTHANOM | Australian Doctors International OUR FINAL STOP IS Piliwa Health Centre on Djaul Island. Getting there involves a one-hour banana boat ride from Lamusmus across the brilliant blue ocean. We chase a pod of playful dolphins and in...
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Taiwan-leaning Solomons welcomes mainland Chinese
Island Sun (Honiara) THE BUSINESSMEN FROM MAINLAND CHINA had not expected to be officially welcomed so warmly on their recent visit to Honiara given that the Solomon Islands and the People’s Republic of China do not have diplomatic relations. Indeed,...
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Culture clash – reconciling 50 shades of grey and brown
PAUL OATES THE TITLE OF A POPULAR BOOK proposes there are ‘fifty shades of grey’ in a presumed continuum between black and white. To add a little colour to the conjecture, let’s consider 50 shades between red and green. What...
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Expats: Saving themselves more than serving us?
GANJIKI D WAYNE | Supported by the Bea Amaya Writing Fellowship FIRST A CAVEAT: This is a very general statement. Not every expat is in this boat. And I mean no offence to any person. It's possible that people from...
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BHP slams PNG government over Garnaut ban
Business Spectator MINING GIANT BHP BILLITON has hit out at the government of Papua New Guinea over an immigration ban which saw Prof Ross Garnaut resign from his position as director of Ok Tedi Mining Ltd, The Australian Financial Review...
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Martin Hadlow takes up top media job in Singapore
KEITH JACKSON VETERAN ASIA-PACIFIC COMMUNICATOR and former PNG and Solomon Islands broadcast manager, Martin Hadlow, has taken up his new position as Director-General of the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) in Singapore. Previously, Hadlow was an Associate Professor...
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The sad story of Margaret – caught in the cultural bind
PETER KRANZ YOUNG MARGARET is part of our lives. She is my wife Rose's niece, Rose having looked after her for some years whilst Margaret was a baby. When we were living in Moresby, Margaret’s parents came to see us...
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