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Pikinini Buk helps to improve reading & writing culture in PNG
BOMAI WITNEYOU will commonly observe in Papua New Guinea’s urban areas that many people carry a newspaper in their hands.Then, on Sundays, you will see Christians carrying a bible in their hands or...
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My first long journey posed some unexpected problems
ALEX JOGEDURING the Term 2 holidays in July 2013, there was a National Youth Conference hosted by our denomination in Lae City.The youth leader told us that everybody who wished to attend the...
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Dr Barry Reed – working for better dental health in PNG
SIMON WALKER | Newcastle Herald (NSW)MANY people know how to put a smile on people's faces, but putting smiles on a nation is a challenge of another magnitude.Rising to that challenge is Novocastrian...
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A happy nation is a productive nation but greed breeds misery
FIDELIS SUKINAAn entry in the Rivers Prize forWriting on Peace & HarmonyYOU’VE all heard the saying that money is the root of all evil. Well, we could reframe that to say that greed, a sure sign of...
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Sime Darby bids for majority shareholding in New Britain Palm Oil
BUSINESS ADVANTAGE PNGTHE board of Papua New Guinea’s second largest employer, New Britain Palm Oil Limited, is likely to recommend shareholders accept a K5.09 billion (US$1.74 billion) takeover bid...
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DWU missioning marks transition of students to world beyond
DAVID WAPARONE could feel the warmth of love and oneness as families, friends and sponsors of Divine Word University’s final year students gathered for the Sixth Missioning Ceremony last Friday.As with...
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Essential drugs for rural clinics left to rot in Lae’s sun & rain
KEITH JACKSONIT'S rather sad to see how often medical drugs crop up as a source of scandal and conflict in Papua New Guinea.In recent times there has been the controversy surrounding the appointment of...
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Pigs possess the intrinsic value to address social issues
JIMMY AWAGLAn entry in the Rivers Prize forWriting on Peace & HarmonyPIGS are widely domesticated as pets in Papua New Guinea as well as being important for social and commercial purposes....
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MARTINEZ WASUAKLove, it is immeasurable Love, it confuses and sometimes it is sightless Love, it brings death and it also gives life And Love pours out many issues of lifeLove, when it collides with...
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Maybe it’s about time Mt Wilhelm had a name change
CHRIS OVERLANDOTTO Von Bismarck was a giant figure in German history and it was quite a good political move by the early colonists of Papua New Guinea to name a distant mountain range in his honour.But...
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Dead because of a buai
DIDDIE KINAMUN JACKSONAn entry in the Rivers Prize forWriting on Peace & HarmonyA mother’s love A mother’s struggle To fend and feed To love and care To raise and hold To survive and give Not just...
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New law tries to establish balance in PNG’s informal economy
BUSA JEREMIAH WENOGOTHE enactment of the Informal Sector Development and Control Act 2004 brought into force a landmark law which attempted to regulate the unregulated segment of the economy. The...
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My grandpapa’s advice
MICHAEL GEKETAAn entry in the Rivers Prize forWriting on Peace & HarmonySeeing within an irrepressible warfare Foreseeing anxiety; prophesying doomed life It got my bubu frantic So with...
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Enduwa Kombuglu
MICHAEL DOMThanks to Chris Overland, I think it’s time this one was published. Written on the shuttle bus en route from Brisbane to Noosa, July 2014 - MDOoo Enduwa Kombuglu, San emi save holim het...
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PNG governors say they want greater provincial autonomy
JOHNNY BLADES | Radio New Zealand InternationalTHE mood for gaining autonomy is strong among the governors of Papua New Guinea's 20 provinces.The governors have been meeting this week in Kavieng, New...
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Papua New Guinea be the change
FIDELIS SUKINAAn entry in the Rivers Prize forWriting on Peace & HarmonySmile, it takes less muscles than a frown, Sing a song whilst sitting around the hauswin, Harmonies, sweet melodiesShare a...
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Maintaining a polygamous relationship the old fashioned way
ROSLYN TONYAn entry in the Rivers Prize forWriting on Peace & HarmonyMY name is Yokond and I belong to the Kulkane-Endiuk- Mondakane clan in Upper Simbu. I have two wives, Waugla and Yaundo. Waugla...
View ArticleThe story of how the killer giant Usieyalba met his match
ATTE MANGREA long time ago in Dumun village there lived three brothers, Kiagi, Bamulka and Koki, with their dog Kota. The brothers were hunters.Whenever the brothers went hunting they were careful to...
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ROSLYN TONYAn entry in the Rivers Prize forWriting on Peace & HarmonyGrandpapa was quick to pre-empt the future So if you breached the rule of nature By slaughtering a boar for your shame He’d say,...
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The cultural purpose of ‘bo’ (sugar cane) in the Sikaku tribe
JIMMY AWAGLAn entry in the Rivers Prize forWriting on Peace & HarmonyIN the Kuman language of Simbu Province sugar cane is bo and the crop, which is suitable to almost any conditions, is found...
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