The real, inspiring & frustrating story behind the Croc Prize
KEITH JACKSON THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PICTURES that ought to speak a thousand words – but I’ll give you a thousand words anyway, as well as telling the story behind the picture. The story began about this...
View ArticleAn anthology of literature coloured by national events
PHIL FITZPATRICK This is the Foreword to the Crocodile Prize Anthology 2012 which will be launched tonight at the ceremony announcing this year’s seven award winners in the Crocodile Prize national...
View ArticleTop team heralds a renaissance in PNG writing
KEITH JACKSON THE CAUSE OF WRITING AND READING home-grown literature in Papua New Guinea was advanced significantly last night with the election of the first leadership team of the PNG Society of...
View ArticleLittle change in 20 years, so where is Development?
SIONI RUMA ANOTHER TOYOTA LANDCRUISER ROLLS UP. “Wei do-aia’gui” (Wei, can we get on?), Sepe calls. “Ehonu”! (It’s full) replies an offsider, releasing an empty Big-Rooster lunch pack. Small Sepe runs...
View ArticleIn memory of Kure Whan & all the manki mastas of PNG
PHIL FITZPATRICK The following might be politically incorrect but I don’t really care…. WE WERE IN A BAD WAY when we walked out of the Murray Valley in late 1970. The valley is high up in the rugged...
View ArticleBest of the best: The Crocodile Prize winners for 2012
PHIL FITZPATRICK Steamships Prize for Short Stories - Charlotte Vada PNG Society of Writers, Editors and Publishers Prize for Poetry - Michael Dom PNG Chamber of Mines and Petroleum Prize for Essays...
View ArticleNo end in sight to Papua New Guinea’s anti-gay laws
KATHY NOVAK | SBS PETER O’NEILL’S NEW GOVERNMENT, in power for just over a month, is promising a host of reforms in Papua New Guinea. But one thing looks unlikely to change. Homosexual acts have been...
View Article100 candidates launch challenges to PNG election
Radio Australia MORE THAN 100 CANDIDATES who failed to win seats in Papua New Guinea's national elections are challenging the results in court. Some of unsuccessful candidates are claiming that PNG...
View ArticleFr John Lamani, Pacific media leader, dies in Honiara
MARTIN HADLOW FATHER JOHN LAMANI CMG, an influential media manager and journalist in the Solomon Islands, has died at his home in Honiara. Father Lamani, publisher of the Solomons Star, passed away...
View ArticleUK scientists help PNG villagers to protect rainforest
University of Sussex SCIENTISTS FROM THE University of Sussex have been awarded United Kingdom government funding to help villagers in Papua New Guinea protect their precious rainforest. The...
View ArticleChina's economic downturn is of concern to PNG
Radio Australia | ABC PAPUA NEW GUINEA IS CONCERNED about the state of the Chinese economy as imports in the Asian powerhouse fell in August, prompting anxiety that China may not meet its 2012 growth...
View ArticleCulture, national interest & identity in foreign policy
SIONI RUMA TODAY THERE IS AN UNDERSTANDING that the foreign policy of leading Western powers cannot be understood through considering nation states as selfish actors pursing narrow self-interest. Since...
View ArticleO’Neill: Scooping a K6 billion loan for a K500 million deficit
SAMUEL ROTH | Foreign Affairs Commentary THE UNITED STATES GOES TO THE POLLS in November when President Obama’s leadership will be challenged by Republican Mitt Romney. Will the non-white president...
View ArticlePNG celebrates 37th anniversary of independence
Global Travel Industry News AS THE SUN SET on the afternoon of 15 September 1975 the Australian flag came down for the last time from Hubert Murray Stadium, in Papua New Guinea’s capital of Port...
View ArticleEsso Highlands commences LNG drilling at Hides
Comtex News Network ESSO HIGHLANDS LIMITED has commenced drilling operations of the PNG LNG project at the Hides natural gas field in the Southern Highlands Province. The drill wells will produce...
View ArticleFighting the scourge of babies born with HIV/AIDS
ANNA AWASA IT’S MORNING AT MINGENDE RURAL HOSPITAL in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. In a light, airy room halfway down the corridor two women have just given birth. Both mothers are well, their...
View ArticleRe-opening Panguna must follow dictates of the people
LEONARD FONG ROKA THE PEOPLE OF PANGUNA – site of the now ghost copper and gold mine, no more than a huge hole in the ground - have seen environmental carnage and the influx of aliens. Today they know...
View ArticleAussie & Kiwi anaesthetists give medical help to PNG
Radio New Zealand International AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ANAESTHETISTS are volunteering their time in Papua New Guinea over the next fortnight to provide much-needed surgery for local children. The...
View ArticleBalance sheet off track against every development goal
AusAID Papua New Guinea Annual Program Performance Report, 2011 THE MOST PRESSING DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE for Papua New Guinea continues to be its ability to translate the economy’s narrowly based growth...
View ArticleCompressed energy: the 2012 Crocodile Prize events
PHIL FITZPATRICK I COULDN’T GET A FLIGHT OUT of Hervey Bay on the day before the first annual general meeting of the Papua New Guinea Society of Writers, Editors and Publishers and the Crocodile Prize...
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