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Boka Kondra drives rejuvenation of PNG’s film industry
OALA MOI | Ministry of Tourism, Arts & CultureLED by Minister for Tourism Arts and Culture Boka Kondra, Papua New Guinea’s commercial film industry is set for a rebirth after decades of resting.Mr...
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The wonderful tourism experience of the Kupe Trail
LEONARD FONG ROKAAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Award for Tourism, Arts & Culture WritingTHE Kupe trail survived many changes to Bougainville, cutting across the heart of the Bougainville’s...
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I remember Bougainville well. Back then I was a redskin
MATHIAS KINI flew out of Aropa on Air Niugini sometime in December 1988. I was a third year metallurgy student doing my practical training in beautiful Panguna. The mine was huge - the second biggest...
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Cheating on the job deprives people of decent health services
GEORGE KUIASAn entry in the Crocodile Prize PNG Chamber of Mining & Petroleum Award for Essays & JournalismAS officer-in-charge, I was tasked to fill in the Health Services Improvement Program...
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The amendment to Life that has women stepping out
LAPIEH LANDUAn entry in the Crocodile Prize PNG Government Award for Short StoriesTIMES sure have changed. It is a whole new depiction of my growing up listening to my parents talk about 'their time'....
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Foreign minister Julie Bishop visits Goroka & reads to kids
BOMAI D WITNEAUSTRALIAN foreign minister Julie Bishop accompanied by Eastern Highlands Governor Julie Soso and other dignitaries visited the children at the Buk Bilong Pikinini library at the...
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Father John Glynn's diary: Thoughts on doing it tough
FR JOHN GLYNNMY three months in Ireland was a good break, but it was too long to be away from Port Moresby. But it was good to find that our NGO, WeCARe! continued to thrive without me.It has been a...
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Sincere condolences, & remember W Papua’s continuing tragedy
GARY JUFFAWORLDWIDE this week we have seen some of the most horrific acts of violence. In Sydney Australia two innocent people and a perpetrator were killed. And in Peshawar Pakistan, in a mind-numbing...
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PNG’s ‘paradox of plenty’ &'resource curse' outlined in UN report
Massey University | New ZealandTRANSFERRING massive mining industry profits into improving the health, education and wellbeing of a struggling population is a key challenge for Papua New Guinea, says...
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Ganige river festival supports strengthening of law and order
MATTHEW LANDU | University of GorokaTHE people of Ganige in the Kerowagi District of Simbu hosted a three-day river festival in late November that featured traditional singsings, local brass and bamboo...
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Why are the churches empty? Is it modernisation or just laziness?
FIDELIS SUKINAAn entry in the Crocodile Prize PNG Chamber of Mines & Petroleum Award for Essays & JournalismWHEN I was small, my mum would take me to church on Sundays after which we’d meet...
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Till we reach Honiara
LEONARD FONG ROKA‘MY son, Parisii, your baby is partially out but it’s under life threatening circumstances,’ the bush nurse Kerekere whispered. ‘Alert the young men and try bringing the mother and the...
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I’d die for something
MARIE MONDU TABELAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryI saw the tallest tower today. Dark steels watching the bay. Blank gazes, a sad spirit, thousand words running through...
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Is it time to do away with politicians altogether?
PHIL FITZPATRICKI’VE often had cause to wonder whether your average businessman or woman is as bright as they like to make out.I’m biased, of course, because the older I get the more I’ve become...
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Two special poems from an exceptional Samoan poet
FAUMUINA FELOLINI TAFUNA’IWHEN I was at a gathering at the University of Goroka, there was a point where four women were on stage - Mama Daisy and three academics.'Mama' Daisy Samuel is from Lower Bena...
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The story of Nukuma, with special thanks to the flying bishop
GEORGE KUIASAn entry in the Crocodile PrisePNG Chamber of Mines & PetroleumAward for Essays & JournalismNUKUMA (nuku=top/head and ma=people) is named for five large villages with common...
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More than distribution - Anthology strikes a rich literary seam
STEVEN ILAVE SNRIN September, Keith Jackson wrote in PNG Attitude: “More than 800 copies of the Crocodile Prize Anthology costing over $8,000 are now being distributed free of charge throughout Papua...
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Urban dweller
JIMMY AWAGLAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryI assume life in the city is better I will migrate for better I moved to town and cities I find employment opportunities I saw...
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The important cultural ritual of the Sepik crocodile etching
EMMANUEL MAROSIAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Award for Tourism, Arts & Culture WritingTHE afternoon was hot and airless. We strolled along the beach as the waves rolled in and gently splashed our...
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DALE DIGORIAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryWelcome to PNG; we stand for Freedom, Fairness, Equality and ChristianityNo child is left behind *chuckle* Oh wait! Not you;...
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