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Providing students will the skills they need to get that first job
JOHN KAUPA KAMASUAYOUTH unemployment is one of the serious national development issues facing Papua New Guinea.For a number of years now, I have run a program on career development at the University of...
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The most commented & liked articles in July’s PNG Attitude
KEITH JACKSONBY early July, the Crocodile Prize judges had settled down to the arduous task of deciding which of the hundreds of entries in the national literary contest were deserving of the largesse...
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Crocodile Prize: Sil Bolkin wins Chamber of Mines Essay Award
KEITH JACKSONKELA Kapkora Sil Bolkin, to give him his full handle, consistently produces the goods whenever he sits down to write.Taking his subject matter from everyday life, he offers keen insights...
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From the Kundiawa News 50 years ago today
KEITH JACKSONWith the newsletter circulating well over 100 copies a fortnight, subscriptions starting to build and copies being sold as far afield as Goroka, the Kundiawa News managed to attract its...
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When the city takes the village: A squatter in my homeland
VINCENT LAUADad and I stood under the scorching sun holding a carefully folded Arabian blanket still with the price tag on it.The smells of vehicle fumes and food from the Asian kai bars seared our...
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Thank You
DIDDIE KINAMUN JACKSONIf thank you was somethingYou took out from the bosom of your heart to giveI would do it a hundred times overJust to show how grateful I amYou offered your hand of support I can’t...
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Diddie Kinamun Jackson wins Kina Securities Poetry Award
KEITH JACKSONAT the heart of much Papua New Guinean writing is music and the expression of this musical soul is seen with no greater clarity than in the nation's poetry.Poetry is a literary form where...
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Helping outside the spotlight: the AFP mission in PNG
DAVID CONNERY | Australian Strategic Policy InstituteWHILE the nation’s attention is on the difficult operation being undertaken by Australian Federal Police officers in the Ukraine, it’s worth...
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Me and the Lone Palm Tree
LEONARD FONG ROKAI wonder why the sway Those morning dews that fall victim That scent of the bush in the air, and The cry of the birds that it brings… That soothe my soul Those scurrying rollicking and...
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Agnes Maineke wins the People’s Award for Short Stories
KEITH JACKSONTHE Crocodile Prize short story award in the name of the People emerged from a precipitate and last minute decision by long-term sponsor Steamships to renege on its prior commitment to the...
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100 days to go until 6th BSP PNG Games launch
BUSINESS ADVANTAGE PNGTHE countdown is on, with only 100 days to go until launch of the Sixth BSP PNG Games.Taking place on Lae’s home soil from 16– 29 November, the Games will see over 9,000...
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A plea for Papua New Guineans to stand up for what is right
SAM KOIMSOME people in this country are highly educated, have a wealth of experience and are well-placed in strategic positions.Yet they allow themselves to be politically patronised against their...
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Croc Prize winners’ profiles display the great diversity of PNG
KEITH JACKSONTHE winners of this year’s awards in the Crocodile Prize capture the great diversity of Papua New Guinea and its people.From an 82 year-old former Governor-General to a 25 year-old health...
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Love, bitter yet sweet
DAVID KASEI WAPARI trail you with bilums one over the other A mile or two and the burden should be over Vegies and all, weighing almost a tonYou proudly lead the way Axe on shoulder, you happily chewed...
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National Book Week in Simbu: ‘Write your way into the world’
JIMMY AWAGLSIMBU Province has come a long way in driving the importance of books for young students. Books are for anyone and everyone. But anyone who ignores books is missing the opportunity to tap...
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The two choices facing our leaders: let them choose correctly
FELIX BARAKAPAPUA New Guinea gained its independence in 1975 and that ended the years of Australian colonial administration. Gaining its status as an independent state, the administration of the nation...
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RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONALTHE head of Papua New Guinea's anti-corruption unit, Taskforce Sweep, has filed contempt proceedings against the head of the finance department.Sam Koim claims that his...
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A right to use but not destroy – the kiaps & Panguna
BILL BROWNIn the late 1960s, with the Australian government pressing CRA to get on with mining in Bougainville and CRA still assessing feasibility, the district field staff – the kiaps – were caught in...
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Why can’t we all live peacefully?
JOHN KAUPA KAMASUAThis article was written as a tribute to my father’s memory on the second anniversary of his death. He passed away on 17 August 2012THE day my father died, a part of me died with him....
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2014 has proven to be a high tide for the Crocodile Prize
MICHAEL DOMTHE Crocodile Prize is Papua New Guinea’s one and only national literary contest. In fact as one of its organisers has observed, ‘Only one out of 22 provinces is not represented in the...
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