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Beware the Papuan magani jumping syndrome - it sucks
DAVID EPHRAIMPAPUA New Guinea has a cultural problem which I’ll call the ‘Papuan Magani Jumping Syndrome’From the prime minister himself to his ministers, advisors, bureaucrats, media, business,...
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Is PNG culture relevant in modern-day diplomacy and foreign policy?
SAMUEL ROTHCULTURAL diplomacy may be an old-fashioned soft power tool in this modern era of diplomacy and globalisation.Foreign policy seeks to maximise benefits and minimise costs to nations and it...
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PNG economy: Is monetary policy on a very slippery slope?
PAUL FLANAGAN | DevPolicy BlogON 30 September, Papua New Guinea’s central bank (BPNG) released its six-monthly monetary policy statement. This was a mixture of good and bad news.I mentioned in a blog a...
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On dictating to the reader & accepting criticism for my writing sins
LEONARD FONG ROKAI feel that September’s 2014 Crocodile Prize writers’ seminar held at the National Library’s American Corner did some justice to me as a struggling Bougainvillean author. And visiting...
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“Someone has to stop it”: PNG’s tragic witch-hunts
DANA MACLEAN | The DiplomatIN the past decade in Papua New Guinea, hundreds of men, women and children have been accused of witchcraft or sorcery, and publicly tortured and murdered by vigilante mobs....
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Kefano helps Fr Franco celebrate 50 years of priesthood
BOMAI D WITNESUNDAY 28 September was a day the parishioners at Saint Mary Help of Christians Parish, Kefamo, will not forget for a long time. For this was the day they celebrated the life and journey...
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Identifying the causes of violence: avoiding extremism in PNG
FIDELIS SUKINAAn entry in the Rivers Prize forWriting on Peace & HarmonyTHE world is a place of diversity but one thing is for certain, we all have our own views and these can lead to struggles...
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Tertiary institution places susceptible to bribery & foul-play
PNG MATHS BLOGACCORDING to Papua New Guinea Education Secretary, Dr Michael Tapo, precisely 21,430 students sat the Grade 12 national examinations this year.But only 4,500 places are available across...
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My love for Simbu gives peace
JIMMY AWAGLAn entry in the Rivers Prize forWriting on Peace & HarmonyI need to afford what I love Since needs and wants are still out of love That I will still pursue till I secure Then I only...
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Assistance required to complete a history of the Simbu
KEITH JACKSONPAPUA New Guinean writer Mathias Kin (pictured) has been doing fine work researching the history of the Simbu people, especially the impacts of the Australian colonial administration on...
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Creating the path for peace and harmony in PNG
PHILIP G KAUPAAn entry in the Rivers Prize forWriting on Peace & HarmonyShare the burden of a mother Take her as a sister, a daughter Love one as wife And let polygamy reign no more Humiliate lust,...
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Kids have so much to offer: but not exploitation & petty crime
BUSA JEREMIAH WENOGOIT is common in Papua New Guinea to see kids and youths on the road filling potholes and demanding payment from the travelling public.Anecdotal evidence show this practice first...
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Sime Darby commits to employment & training in PNG
SIME DARBYSIME Darby Plantation has said that Papua New Guinea communities will continue to benefit from employment opportunities if the company acquires a majority shareholding in New Britain Palm Oil...
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Tales with mum
PAULUS RIPALOOKING through some of my memorabilia, I found some material I wrote long ago when I had pretensions to being a writer.One item, a poem, was written after my mother’s death in 1983 soon...
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The priesthood wasn’t for me, however it has guided my life
BOMAI D WITNETHE history of missionaries in Papua New Guinea can be traced to before even the early political and administrative colonisers. They travelled the oceans, mountains, hills, gorges and...
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Jubilee rejects claims of bias & dishonesty in Panguna report
KEITH JACKSONTHE chair of the Sydney-based Jubilee Australia, Luke Fletcher, has rejected criticism by Bougainville President John Momis that a recent report by the organisation was biased and...
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Governor Gary Juffa slams removal attempt by logging interests
RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONALTHE Governor of Papua New Guinea's Oro Province, Gary Juffa MP, has described as illegal an attempt by members of the Provincial Assembly to oust him.Reports emerging...
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Bougainville warlord threatens landowners over payment
COLUMBUS KANANGKERU’AAVIROI *CHRIS Uma, the self-styled General of the Meekamui Defence Force and self-professed raskol, is living up to his moniker by trying to extort a million kina from Siokate...
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BUSA JEREMIAH WENOGOAn entry in the Rivers Prize forWriting on Peace & HarmonyMy original mind where are you? I can only hear you in whispers.In your inaudibility I have sought peace and harmony in...
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Maisin people fight against illegal land grab in Collingwood Bay
LESTER SERI | PNG ExposedMY people - the Maisin people - along with our neighbouring communities in Collingwood Bay have been fighting to protect our customary lands from illegal land grabs for logging...
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