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A nation of educated minds is a nation of gold
JIMMY AWAGLAn entry in The Crocodile Prize PNG Chamber of Mines & Petroleum Award for Essays & JournalismEDUCATION is like a seed sowed on the land that can become a valuable asset.It is a...
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CAROLINE EVARIAn entry in The Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryA poem dedicated to my mother. Imbia means mum and nai’ye means best friendImbia! My Imbia! Your beauty stands constant...
View ArticleThe meaning of nationalism in post-colonial Papua New Guinea
FELIX BARAKAAn entry in The Crocodile PrizePNG Chamber of Mines & PetroleumAward for Essays & JournalismWHAT does nationalism mean to the people of Papua New Guinea? In 1975, as PNG was about...
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IVY KARUEAn entry in The Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryTell me something deep, tell me something beautiful, colour the world around us with your voice, every tone its own shade. Paint...
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Your opportunity to support the PNG anti-corruption effort
EFFREY DADEMO | Act Now PNG!IN light of the recent political events, the sidelining of various senior police officers and more importantly the disbanding of anti-corruption Task Force Sweep, Papua New...
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Wiring up the Wantoks: PNG's own Silicon Valley
JEMIMA GARRETT | Pacific Beat | Radio AustraliaINDIGENOUS entrepreneurs in Papua New Guinea have taken their first steps towards setting up their own version of Silicon Valley.The move is part of a...
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JIMMY DREKOREAn entry in The Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryI’m behind bars Staring at the stars you on my mindI sit on the floor Staring at the door Hoping you will enterI write your...
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Shadrach: RaitAPP whizz kid puts PNG on world stage
BENNY GETENGAn entry in The Crocodile prize PNG Chamber of Mines & Petroleum Award for Essays & JournalismLIFE is filled with inspiring stories of quiet and unsung geniuses and in Papua New...
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Laif i sot tumas
DAVID WAPARAn entry in The Crocodile PrizeKina Securities Award for PoetryMi save ting laif i olsem flawa We i save soim kala lo moning aua Tumoro, taim win na san i kam nau Bai yu lukim lip blong...
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Sam Koim, weak-kneed Aussie politicians & rumours of treason
KEITH JACKSONON Thursday, with anti-corruption protests in full swing in Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby’s rumour mill was running in overdrive and belching the smoke of conspiracy theories.One of the...
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The 'lost generation' of Bougainville: the women speak up
SABINE ELVY | World Vision InternationalTHE Autonomous Region of Bougainville seems like a true paradise: turquoise waters, palm trees and smiling faces. But this area has a troubled past. Civil war...
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IVY KARUEAn entry in The Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryMy soul was awakened by the sound of your voice, I responded to your call like I had no choiceand there as I gazed in your deep...
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The problem I see with the Panguna women’s groups
LEONARD FONG ROKAFROM the 1960s until the early 1980s, women in Panguna were a silent population until, in 1987, the late Perpetua Seroro was elected as chairperson of the militant New Panguna...
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CAROLINE EVARIAn entry in The Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryWe sit and stare at each other Seconds and minutes go by My heart burdened, I watch her nervously Her brown eyes stare...
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Death of Bro Brendan Crowe, apostle of the Goilala students
FR ROGER PURCELL MSCBROTHER Brendan Crowe (de La Salle) died on Tuesday 10 June in Melbourne, Australia, aged 71. He spent many years in Papua New Guinea and leaves behind a great legacy of work,...
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My adorable brother, Emmanuel Dunnen Are
DOMINICA AREAn entry in The Crocodile Prize PNG Chamber of Mines & Petroleum Award for Essays & Journalism‘I feel that writing about him is a wonderful way of honouring him and celebrating his...
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When two tribes go to war
ALANA ROSENBAUM | The AgePETER Hanagipo (pictured) never asked his clansmen to avenge his beating. Driving home from the assault and bleeding from the mouth, he pointedly avoided his village, knowing...
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The Story of Lakes Yaundo and Pinde
DAMBE KAWAGEAn entry in The Crocodile Prize Buk bilong Pikinini Award for Writing for ChildrenA long time ago lived an old couple in a village near the foot of Mt Wilhelm called Womatne. The man‘s name...
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Seeking advantage: PNG’s new trend of political nepotism
DAVID KASEI WAPARAn entry in The Crocodile PrizePNG Chamber of Mines & PetroleumAward for Essays & JournalismEVERY five years, we hear of new trends in election manipulation. Whether it’s...
View ArticleFormer patrol officer Barry Creedy dies in Sydney
WARREN READ | Ex-kiap websiteBARRY Creedy passed away several minutes before 9am last Wednesday 25 June in the intensive care unit at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. He was 74.He succumbed to...
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