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John Momis rejects claim of instability & impropriety
KEITH JACKSONBOUGAINVILLE President John Momis has rebuffed a claim that his government is causing instability within the autonomous province.The claim was raised by former Bougainville Revolutionary...
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The Nautilus story: The reboot of seafloor mining in PNG
KIP KEEN | MinewebBACK in 2012 Nautilus Minerals was in the thick of developing a seafloor mining project in Papua New Guinea with the brief blessing of the state. The PNG government had come aboard as...
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Votes exchanged for cheap baubles compromise our democracy
DAVID EPHRAIMIN democratic societies, the right to vote is an important right that cannot be traded.It is seen as an important human right to decide who will lead a society at political, social and...
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As polygamy became misery, a mother took bitter revenge
JIMMY AWAGLAn entry in the Crocodile Prize PNG Government Award for Short StoriesAROUND late 2000, there lived a successful family along the gorge of Anji village in Enga Province. The geography of the...
View ArticleBrothers in arms
DALE DIGORIAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryFrom the day I first met you, I felt the connection Through the love, laughter, concern and affection Best friends we were...
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Yuri country: a far away government & a perplexed people
BOMAI D WITNEAn entry in the Crocodile Prize PNG Chamber of Mines & Petroleum Award for Essays & JournalismTHE Yuri tribe of Simbu’s Gumine District inherited from their ancestor, Alai’mbia,...
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When the cock crowed
MARLENE DEE GRAY POTOURAAn entry in the Crocodile Prize PNG Government Award for Short StoriesTHE gun in my hand was smoking; the body at my feet was warm.‘You will not get out of this,’ said Inspector...
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Exchanging the bilums: wedding symbolises national unity
BOMAI D WITNEAn entry in the Crocodile Prize PNG Chamber of Mines & Petroleum Award for Essays & JournalismTHE idea of nation building can be promoted and realised in different ways in Papua...
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The wisdom of the elders – a diminishing & discounted resource
PHIL FITZPATRICKON several occasions in the mid-1970s I trekked on foot into the Petermann Ranges in Central Australia with a group of elderly Pitjantjatjara men.We left our Land Rover at the foot of...
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Ningiraga & Yuahahu & the pain of unfaithfulness
ISO YAWIAn entry in the Crocodile PrizeCleland Family Award for Heritage WritingIN precolonial times, before the contact of western civilisation on Papua New Guinea, there was a village called Pima in...
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DALE DIGORIAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryWho are we but the result of an incomplete evolution? That group that drew back from the rising sea rather than step forward...
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When Kari sang
MARLENE DEE GRAY POTOURAAn entry in the Crocodile Prize PNG Government Award for Short StoriesSabina’s theory was that modern day churches were a scam. She believed preachers made money from naive...
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To preserve our languages & culture we must be bold
CORNEY KOROKAN ALONETHE threat of the world's languages fading away and dying is an age-old reality. It is not unique to the 21st century.This fate will befall hundreds of Papua New Guinea’s languages....
View ArticleHow civilisation came to Papua New Guinea
ISO YAWIAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryI used to hear the stories of old The dictated versions of our long history The narrators instructed me to hold in my heart And...
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Tsutsu: the Buka foot washing ritual of welcome & respect
RAYMOND KOMIS GIRANAAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Cleland Family Award for Heritage WritingTSUTSU, which means cleansing by water in the Buka languages, is one of the traditional practices common to...
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DALE DIGORIAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryFree education, you say? Political stunt much, I say! Entice the shallow-minded idiots, they sayFree education, you say? A...
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Paitim garamut tede long lukautim taim behain
GARY JUFFA | Sharp TalkI am encouraged by the vast improvement in the use of social media by Papua New Guineans who have realised the power of this medium for communication, education, awareness and...
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BCL joins planning committee for Bougainville reconciliation
KEITH JACKSONBOUGAINVILLE Copper Limited has accepted an invitation to join the province’s belkol (reconciliation) events committee.The committee will organise a forthcoming belkol ceremony, an...
View ArticleA breath of an alien charism
RAYMOND KOMIS GIRANAAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryIf the aliens had a communist wish list The past 30 years would have Crossed all the boxes Warm dry days would follow...
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West Papua: Juffa will need to convince the powerful nations
CHRIS OVERLANDRIGHT now, it seems that Gary Juffa is almost the only politician in Papua New Guinea who has realised the potential of social media to reach his own and the wider electorate.His fears...
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