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DWU continues to help government develop public servants
DAVID WAPARTWENTY-five public servants from various government agencies started classes at Divine Word University in Madang this week.They will be on campus for two weeks for the residential component...
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Blogging for social change in PNG: The PNG Attitude connection
DEV CAPEYIn pursuit of his Master’s degree at Auckland University of Technology last year, Dev Capey submitted a thesis entitled Blogging for social change in Papua New Guinea: A case study...
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Drama on the high seas as student saves mother and baby
DAVID WAPARYOUNG mother Grace Tambor could have died but for a final year rural Health Extension Officer (HEO) student from Divine Word University who delivered a first born child on the high seas...
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PNG businesses suffer high costs from crime and violence
WORLD BANK GROUPA World Bank Group report says that eight in ten businesses in Papua New Guinea suffer substantial losses and security costs as a result of high rates of crime and violence, slowing...
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When one is a majority: Belden Namah in his most lonely place
SONJA BARRY RAMOI | Facebook“WE will stand like the rock and soar like the eagle. Eagles do not flock, they soar alone and are respected by all below. They are the epitome of a leader.”So said PNG...
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The Simbu literary initiative: how we did what we’ve done so far
FRANCIS S NIITHE Simbu Writers Association’s initiative to host an annual literary competition for secondary school students was endorsed at the Head Teachers’ Annual Conference in Kundiawa last...
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Those AFP guys in Moresby – doing a good job for Australia & PNG
PETER TURNERI am not inclined to adopt a position on the valid questions posed by PNG Attitude commenters regarding measuring the results of the Australian Federal Police deployment in Papua New Guinea...
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Through a Father’s Eyes
DAVID WAPARIt was 24 years ago when mama conceived you From a shapeless mass of flesh and fluid You grew into an infant where she and I Welcomed into this world on fifth JulyYou were everything to us...
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Diddie Jackson, award winning PNG poet, talks about her craft
The Crocodile Prize offers annual awards to recognise Papua New Guinea’s best writing. Reporting for the ABC’s Correspondents Report, LIAM COCHRANE caught up with one of this year’s winners, Diddie...
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What would it take?
ALTHEA MASIThis poem is dedicated to all my sisters in Papua New Guinea, inspired by what is happening to females who are subjected to violence, sexual harassment and bullying. I just hope one day soon...
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Bougainville's ambiguity: Desire for autonomy & the PNG challenge
LEONARD FONG ROKATHERE may be a war of words occurring around the transitional mining legislation passed through Bougainville's parliament last week, but the good news is that we now have our own law...
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Media reporting that Rio is threatening to quit Bougainville
BARRY FITZGERALD | The Australian | ExtractsRIO Tinto is likely to quit its 53.8% stake in Bougainville Copper (BOC) after the listed subsidiary was stripped of its mining rights to the abandoned...
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Rio Tinto offers a more nuanced view of its Panguna intentions
KEITH JACKSONCHAIRMAN of Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL), Peter Taylor (pictured), has been reported by Radio Australia as saying parent company Rio Tinto may yet return to Bougainville.In an earlier...
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Pan Aust says it will own 80% of Frieda mine – I beg to differ
GABRIEL RAMOITHE Frieda Mine project is Papua New Guinea’s largest reported copper, gold and silver resource. The value of the copper alone, not counting , gold and silver, is about $US75 billion and...
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How Australia & the US gave away the people of West Papua
GAN DONKERIN 1953 I was posted to Hollandia (now Jayapura) as a Dutch East Indies Army Signals Intelligence (Sigint) Officer. We needed to know if Australia and the United States would support us (the...
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21st century so very far away: PNG’s tragedy of remoteness
GEORGE KUIASSO here I was at Mirsey health sub-centre in the Ambunti area of the upper Sepik. There was no oxygen, the hydrocortisone and salbutamol had run out and even the manual foot pump for...
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From the Kundiawa News 50 years ago today
COMPILED BY KEITH JACKSONDOOLAN ACTING DC: SHOCK TRANSFER!Former Kundiawa District officer, Mr LJ Doolan, has been transferred to Goroka as Acting District Commissioner. This surprise move has come on...
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Joint negotiations continue on Panguna mine re-opening issues
BEN JACKSON | Bougainville 24BOUGAINVILLE Copper Limited (BCL) has told representatives of Panguna mine-affected landowners that it welcomes direct dialogue between parties as well as collective...
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Crocodile Prize founder says aim is to foster PNG’s creative talent
ABC AUSTRALIA PLUSTHE Crocodile Prize was first awarded in 2011 and has been a nurturing force for Papua New Guinea's writers. KEITH JACKSON, co-founder of the Prize, told the ABC’s LIAM COCHRANE how...
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