Invaded
PATRICIA MARTINThe rugged endless terrain crawls mercilessly,Winding and meandering carelessly,Through time and age;Challenging the cause and destiny of the inhabitants along its path.The beauty...
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I am a time traveller, not a transitional person
JOHN KAUPA KAMASUAI am thinking that I am a time traveller not a change traveller.Commentators may say that Papua New Guinea is a country in transition, that we have not learned anything from our...
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Money
GEORGE KUIASMoney can buy costumes but not beauty Money can buy idols but devotion Money can buy books but not wisdom and knowledge Money can buy bed but not rest and sleep Money can buy medicines but...
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GREGORY JAZE AVIRASurrounded by oil and floating on gas, lies my country so rich and diverse. Aliens they come to dig up my earth, for whose benefit my mind ponders. Millions of kina rush in, yet so...
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Abbott can’t find time for Pacific counterparts: much on his mind
KEITH JACKSONTHE flawed decision by Tony Abbott not to attend next week’s Pacific Islands Forum shouldn’t be taken as a slight by regional leaders so much as an expression by Australia’s prime minister...
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In praise of the Commonwealth Games
PETER KRANZWELL you can say a lot about the Commonwealth games. A hangover of empire. Colonialism's last gasp. The Englanders’ desperate attempt to hang on to a memory of past glory.But try saying that...
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The frog’s mistake
OBZ TAUNAUnder the sun, mother-nature reflected herself by the open fields of vonu-swamp,when the stars fell from the night sky and breathe life into the sons’ of the earth The swamp beget a frog,...
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Creative Nation 3: The writers of the 2014 Crocodile Prize, E - G
COMPILED BY KEITH JACKSONTODAY our Creative Nation series offers a short profile of those Crocodile Prize entrants whose first names start with the letters E, F and G.In addition we link to an example...
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The judgement
DOREEN BAULONII sat, with an anticipating look For there in black and white He held the names in a book Of all that won the raceMy works, I thought were best Yet, according to his judgment Was rated...
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Lest we forget those PNG soldiers who served Australia
TRISTAN MOSSAS Papua New Guinea marked its Remembrance Day on 23 July, in Australia the service of thousands of Papua New Guineans in the Australian military went unnoticed. At Remembrance Park in Port...
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The legend of Sissano Lagoon and how it came to be
FELIX BARAKASISSANO Lagoon on Aitape’s west coast in the Sandaun Province is a fertile source of sea food for the coastal villages of Warapu, Arope and Sissano.The area also has long historical links...
View ArticleI will remember you
IMELDA YABARAI will remember you, every day,no photos or keepsakes, But I will remember you make no mistake.How can I forget? When my heart has carved, an image of your face.When my nose picks up your...
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Creative Nation 4: The writers of the 2014 Crocodile Prize, H - I
COMPILED BY KEITH JACKSONTHE Crocodile Prize reaches it culmination each year in the period around Papua New Guinea’s independence day, 16 September.This year marks the 39th year of PNG’s political...
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Walking along a deserted road
PAUL WAUGLA WIIAlong a deserted road she walked, Her feet trod, plodded and drummed along the path Trodden by thousands…or was it millions?How was she to know how many, before her, have travelled on...
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Busy afternoon at the station as Parakagate approaches climax
KEITH JACKSONIT turned into a big Friday afternoon down at the Boroko Police Station in Port Moresby.First, at two o’clock, believing themselves to be under imminent threat of arrest, Task Force Sweep...
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Creative Nation 5: Writers of the 2014 Crocodile Prize, J
COMPILED BY KEITH JACKSONTHE Crocodile Prize is Papua New Guinea’s national literature contest. It was established in 2010 to encourage Papua New Guineans to write and also to ensure the people of PNG...
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An analysis & prescription for PNG’s economic management
SIMON DAVIDSONTHE O’Neill government has made a very unpopular decision to borrow K3 billion from the USB bank to finance the government’s 10% equity stake in Oil Search Limited. The prime minister...
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We must beware of the pitfalls that threaten our cultures
MICHAEL DOMWHILE I support the notion of holding on to our cultural roots, we do need to be conscious of those archaic mentalities that may at times bring us down.One such is the dual notion of the...
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Godfrey Wippon, from broadcast journalist to PNG faith healer
LIAM COCHRANE | ABC PNG CorrespondentTHE beach was already packed with worshipers when we arrived: men in shirts and ties; women in colourful dresses, all singing and clapping.As I set up the camera, a...
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Illegal cartels make millions through Port Moresby’s buai ban
KELA KAPKORA SIL BOLKINTHE buai (betel nut) ban in Port Moresby has not reduced supply into the city. The quantity of buai in Port Moresby is about the same but prices have sky-rocketed.This has put...
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