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New PNG museum ampitheatre honours Nora Vagi Brash
MINISTRY OF TOURISM, ARTS & CULTUREA new amphitheatre at Papua New Guinea’s National Museum and Art Gallery has been named in honour of PNG’s pioneering woman writer, Nora Vagi Brash,What was 12...
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Maurie Saxby AM (1924-2014): A passionate & inspiring life
PETER COMMERFORDDR Maurice Saxby, affectionately known to most of us as Maurie, would have celebrated his 90th birthday on Boxing Day this year.Maurie, in spite of his slight stature, was a giant in...
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How iphones and ladies wear are destroying the planet
PHIL FITZPATRICKONE of the defining features of the human race as a species is its unmitigated arrogance. This is aptly demonstrated in the concept of land ownership and its corollary assumption that...
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The evening Mr Paraka came to the settlement to give a speech
BUSA JEREMIAH WENOGOONE Thursday afternoon recently I woke up to an abrupt sound coming from a speaker. It was urging my community to attend an important forum.I learned later the purpose of the forum...
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PNG police & army involved in Boroko shootout
LIAM COCHRANE | ABC PNG CorrespondentPAPUA New Guinea's police and army have formed a joint taskforce to investigate a shootout between the two forces that left four men in hospital with gunshot...
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ASOPA under threat: Help preserve Australia’s PNG connection
PAUL MUNROYOU may not have heard that there’s a campaign being run in Sydney to prevent the heritage-declared Ten Terminal building at Middle Head being leased for the commercial development of an aged...
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Pacific continues to face serious problems with corruption
JENNY MEYER | Radio New Zealand InternationalPapua New Guinea continues to be perceived as one of the world's most corrupt countries in this year's Transparency International Corruption Perception...
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I write anyway! A tribute to the Crocodile Prize
PHILIP G KAUPAAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryI ink my first phrase Stare at it with uncertainty And ask myself is it catchy? Blank space stretches hungry for words...
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Tourism sector exceeds targets for visitors, revenue & employment
Ministry of Tourism Arts and CultureTHE Papua New Guinea tourism sector has exceeded its targets for foreign visitors, tourism revenue and employment in the industry in 2011 and 2012.“The first report...
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Bougainville China Corporation is a disaster for Bougainville
LEONARD FONG ROKATHE current Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) took power after elections in 2010 and has scrambled for available resources to trigger an economic recovery based on Asia-friendly...
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Exiting a hotel in the Pacific
MICHAEL DOMAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryMy home is not your tourist attraction, No supermarket for colourful trinkets and toys. Our bows and arrows still kill game...
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Death of an infant: Pain for parents is God’s mystery
BOMAI D WITNEI accompanied my Parish Priest Fr Michele and a catechist to celebrate mass for the gift of life of a two days old infant who passed away.Four girls stood at one of the side doors of Mary...
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The challenges of fighting corruption in Papua New Guinea
SAM KOIM | Devpolicy BlogMY story is not unique. Stories like mine are unfortunately replicated across far too many countries.I have dedicated the last few years to combatting corruption in PNG. My...
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GEORGE KUIASAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Cleland Family Award for Heritage WritingSEVERAL months after the baby’s birth in the 1960s, he got sick and his parents took him to the aid-post in the...
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Resilience
LAPIEH LANDUAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryFor Mark Landu MarkesoSo here you are, ready to leave With your bilum and laden valise Crew cut and whitened teeth Tall and...
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Bishop Arnold Orowae on the scourge of sorcery in PNG
BISHOP ARNOLD OROWAE | President, PNG Catholic Bishops ConferenceTHE provincial police commissioner and his policemen have confronted the people of Teremanda in the Enga Province and saved three...
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MICHAEL DOMThey think shareholdings We think sharing. They speak of levels We speak of links.They know salaries We know subsistence. They dream of riches We dream of richness.They say primitive We say...
View ArticleHow boozing has changed PNG for the worst
BUSA JEREMIAH WENOGOWHEN I moved to Erima three years ago I began to dread the weekends.In Erima and other settlements in Port Moresby, weekends usher in a period of uncontrollable boozing. It is one...
View Article40 years of missed opportunity for 5 minutes of beer & lamb flaps
GARY JUFFAWE cannot blame the disciplined forces of Police and Defence now for the years of neglect and poor political leadership. Nor can we blame the people who loot or plunder. Their sin is nothing...
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PHILIP G KAUPAAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryA hobby Nay, habitFor hunger Nay, pleasurePeer push Nay, ignorant foolsIs it hazardous? Yes, very dangerousCancer...
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