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Get used to it, the world is just one giant selfie….
GARY JUFFATHE world is one giant selfie…. That’s the conclusion I reached some time ago when I saw a post by a friend on Facebook. Yes, Facebook, the social media network for communicating and posting...
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Japan gets serious in the Pacific: Abe’s K480 million gift to PNG
JIJI PRESSJAPAN’S prime minister Shinzo Abe has said Japan will provide ¥20 billion (K480 million) in official development assistance to Papua New Guinea over the next three years.Abe’s pledge came as...
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A scary dream
TOM KAUPAI had a dream the other night that I was sitting by a beautiful creek. And I watched the water flowing slowly down the stream. I saw all kinds of plants growing near the river. There were...
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PNG & West Papua must unite: We are a Melanesian brotherhood
FELIX BARAKAWEST Papua is culturally part of the diverse Melanesian society in the south-west Pacific. Melanesia is not a country but a "culture area" - a term used by anthropologists to refer to a...
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The new Papua New Guinea: Where the intimidators drive Toyotas
SAM KOIMTHE white 5-door Toyota LandCruiser (registration BDV653) and the unmarked blue 10-seater camped camping in front of the gate of my home on Friday evening from 7:30pm.At 11pm, other policemen...
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A simple word at the right time – and something good happens
EDITED BY KEITH JACKSONIT'S amazing what can happen when you least expect it. From a simple word at the right time.This year in Pittsworth, Queensland, Rotarians Aub Schulstad and Trevor Shields got...
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Books
ESSY JOYCEBooks ... books!You are my friendsYou talk to meYou make me happyYou make me sad … And you make me angry tooBooks … books!You are my friendsI love youSometimes you become my enemiesI hate...
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Move over, big momma
MARLENE DEE GRAY POTOURAI looked around and couldn’t see any empty seats. Big momma occupied three quarters of the double seat in the bus. It was obvious that all the passengers did not want to share...
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Queen Alexandra
CAROLINE EVARIAlexandra, Queen of the forest Your beauty is compared to none As you soar in style amongst othersYou are admired by many You carry dignity and identity on your wings You represent the...
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School demands students pay K250,000 reparation for sports death
JIMMY AWAGLTHE Rosary Secondary School at Kondiu in Simbu Province began its third term on a dramatic note when students were told to show up with K100 before normal classes would resume. The students...
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The Odd Tumbler
AKILINO POWESIUThere’s a belief that, the will to receive is essentially a desire for creatures to enjoy, corresponding to the abundance and pleasure that comes from the Great Spirit. Creatures great...
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The man with the light brown eyes
CAROLE N CHOLAIIT was his eyes. Light brown eyes.I'm smiling now thinking about them. They were the perfect colour. When the sun shone from behind him, it looked like it shone right through...
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Ethics, courage & giving the real leaders a chance
ALBERT SCHRAM | ExtractsI am pretty bad at compromising my principles, and rather persistent at defending them. My wife however is even worse, and she does not make such a noise about it either....
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PNG loses Rosa Kambuou, distinguished plant scientist & geneticist
DAVID PUTULAN | PNG LoopFAMILY, friends and former colleagues have gathered at picturesque Lido village in Sandaun Province to farewell Rosa Kambuou, one of PNG’s prominent female scientists.Rosa, the...
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Father Christmas attitude is destroying enterprise in PNG
FELIX BARAKAFATHER Christmas is a personification of British folklore. A legendary old man with a long white beard who, dressed in garish red clothing, bring presents to little children. The concept...
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The story of Oa grasshopper & Kaipa caterpillar
IRIANI WANMAONCE upon a time in a garden there was a little green grasshopper named Oa and a little green caterpillar named Kaipa. Oa and Kaipa were best friends. Kaipa was much slower than Oa so Oa...
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A proud Papua New Guinean
KERRY LINAIf I was a bird of paradise I would rise up to the sun Fly above the tree tops where other birds would see me I would show off my beautiful feathers I would dance and show off my beautiful...
View ArticleState the obvious - you never know where it may lead
JOANNE WAYANGHAVE you ever been asked a question and you automatically give your answer without thinking, only to realise five seconds later that it was an obvious question or statement?We seem to...
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Mightier than the sword
LORRAINE BASSEDedicated to the late Ian BodenAlone you stand in life’s memory lane Sometimes for the world Sometimes against the world Enemies came with their swords You defeated them with your inkHow...
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Students call for amendments to the Bougainville constitution
LEONARD FONG ROKABEFORE 1988 and Bougainville’s crisis era, politics was something belonging to the middle aged or older men.But there is evidence in the post crisis period that youth is marching into...
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