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Identity loss and recovery: A tale from the Bougainville war
ED BRUMBYLost in His Land by Winterford Toreas. Pukpuk Publications: Amazon/Kindle. 2014. 126pp. ISBN10:1503051846; ISBN 13:978-1503051843. Available from Amazon: USD 3.04 (Kindle); USD 5.70...
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JOHN KAUPA KAMASUAAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryA beautiful gift, a powerful gift Is within you, somewhere, each one of you - if you dare to explore A gift to reach...
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Great progress in malaria control but no room for complacency
MANUEL HETZELLOCAL newspapers in Papua New Guinea recently reported the good news that the country was making progress in the fight against malaria. And indeed, PNG has made immense progress in the...
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Welcome to Australia's club: PNG staring into deficit abyss
ROWAN CALLICK | The Australian | ExtractsPAPUA New Guinea has joined the list of countries severely damaged by the collapse in oil and gas prices.It faces a spiralling budgetary deficit unless it...
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Port Moresby City
FIDELIS SUKINAAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryA journey worth making To see a city grow New development, new look, new day dawning Shops, bigger, better, convenient, all...
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The weird world of seismic – stress, mud, dirt & heat
PHIL FITZPATRICKScenery and Seismic in Papua New Guinea by Barry Taverner, Self-published, 2014, ISBN: 978-0-9941501-0-3, 8½” x 12”, 133 pages. $40 plus postage, order directly from the author at...
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LAPIEH LANDUAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryDo you have a mother? Do you have a daughter? A sister or a friend maybe? For you not to stifle?How do your eyes meet?Do her...
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Things that might have been: PNG as an Australian state
PHIL FITZPATRICKONE of the more bizarre ideas in the run-up to self-government and independence was that Papua New Guinea should become a state of Australia.The idea had particular currency in...
View ArticleA losing battle
DALE DIGORIAn entry in the Crocodile Prize PNG Government Award for Short StoriesSNAP!The past sixteen years of his young life flashed before his eyes as he realized that the rope had actually...
View ArticleStone cold love
LAPIEH LANDUAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryMy ever-‐wandering heart Lingers into limbo Lingers into despair Lingers into loneliness Lingers into attempt As I lay near...
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Monovi Amani appointed Bougainville’s new chief secretary
KEITH JACKSONTHE Autonomous Bougainville Government has appointed high flying Mortlocks man Monovi Amani, 52, as chief secretary and head of the Bougainville public service.Mr Amani is currently the...
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Simbu Children Foundation celebrates 10th anniversary in style
FRANCIS NIITHE home-grown charity, Simbu Children Foundation,has just completed 10 years of its invaluable voluntary work for sick and the disadvantage children of Simbu Province.And SCF members,...
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On the occasion of the first church wedding in Menyamia
ISO YAWIAn entry in the Crocodile Prize PNG Chamber of Mines & PetroleumAward for Essays & JournalismTHERE are many remote places in Papua New Guinea worth visiting. Here you can discover much...
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Seeking closure, Bougainville confronts its civil war ghosts
CATHERINE WILSON | Inter Press ServiceTHIRTEEN years after the peace agreement which ended a decade-long civil war in Bougainville, trauma and grief continue to affect families and communities where...
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Charity’s paradox: Why are they all black and we are all white?
PHIL FITZPATRICKIN 1956 my family migrated from England to Adelaide in South Australia. We were classic ten-pound Poms (that being the cost of passage).We spent several months in a migrant hostel,...
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A mockery! Governor Kool’s unpopular disability cash hand-out
JIMMY AWAGLAn entry in the Crocodile Prize PNG Chamber of Mines & Petroleum Award for Essays & JournalismPEOPLE with disabilities in Simbu have described as a “mockery” and say they were...
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JIMMY AWAGLAn entry in the Crocodile PrizeKina Securities Award for PoetrySubscribe 50 free SMSAbundant, create message from the phone bookScrolled through the contactsForward the lovely text message...
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An unexpected but educational night in the Boroko lock-up
ROWAN CALLICK | The AustralianMY first night in jail was uncomfortable but educative. And unexpected.It had novelty value for the other inmates, too, since the cell was in Papua New Guinea where,...
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PNG Attitude’s 2014 – that was the year of Attitude that was
KEITH JACKSONJANUARY 2014 marked the eighth anniversary of PNG Attitude, which had travelled some distance since its tentative start on 26 February 2006 under the masthead, ASOPA People.In its...
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A dog lover’s story
CHARLENE DINIPAMI NIIAn entry in the Crocodile Prize PNG Government Award for Short StoriesI like any kind of dog. Huge bulldog, long lean greyhound, German shepherd, small, short-legged, as long as...
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