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The silence of the free
JOHN KAUPA KAMASUAAn entry in the Crocodile Prize PNG Government Award for Short StoriesTHE fool! How was he going to dish out the best punishment to match his neighbour’s insolence and...
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Buai, marijuana, heroin? Inside PNG's criminal network
PHIL FITZPATRICKA few years ago I was sitting beside the Kikori River at Kaiam drinking a morning cup of tea when my companion, an old Simbu carpenter who I had known for some years, gently tapped me...
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The Crocodile Prize 2015295 entries now registeredPoetry 125; Essay 66; Story 50; Heritage 19; Children 14; Illustration 12; Tourism Arts Culture 5; Book of the Year 4
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A meet & greet call for writers in the National Capital District
JOHN KAUPA KAMASUATHIS is a call-out to all writers (including poets, novelists, essayists, short story writers, journalists and so on) in the National Capital District.A short ‘meet and greet’...
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Thank you, little red tent!
MARLENE DEE GRAY POTOURAAn entry in the Crocodile PrizePNG Government Award for Short StoriesTHE famous red tent. Phew! Sigh!The word Digicel was written in white right across, on top and around it.The...
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Forget your McMansions – my AR10 was heaven on earth
PHIL FITZPATRICKIT wasn’t until I reached the exalted rank of officer-in-charge of a patrol post that I had a permanent materials house all to myself. Until then I had either lived in shared...
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Is it just us - or is the whole world stupid?
FRANCIS NIIAn entry in the Crocodile Prize PNG Chamber of Mines & Petroleum Award for Essays & Short StoriesTHERE are some things that human beings - to be specific Papua New Guineans - do...
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A bamboo trap killed his son in the sugarcane garden
JIMMY AWAGLAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Paga Hill Development Company Award for Writing for ChildrenAN elderly man earned his income and cultural prestige from growing sugarcane. He had a hectare of...
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The karim lek courtship tradition of the Upper Simbu
ARNOLD MUNDUAAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Cleland Family Award for Heritage WritingKARIM LEK was a courtship custom in the Upper Simbu where young people met in the night to sit, share and express...
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The belief in sorcery as a reality: Beyond ignorance death awaits
BUSA JEREMIAH WENOGOAn entry in the Crocodile Prize PNG Chamber of Mines & Petroleum Award for Essays & JournalismSORCERY related killings are common in Papua New Guinea, so much so that the...
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Anti-mining blog distorts truth of Momis’s stance on Panguna
ANTHONY KAYBINGTHE Papua New Guinea Mine Watch blog has come under fire from the Autonomous Bougainville Government following its misquotation of a speech by President John Momis.The blog report gave a...
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The tough Gordens bus stop
PHILIP KAUPAAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryMechanical exhaust competes with acrid dust as sour brake pad aroma compromises the air all denaturing what the nose must and...
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Beyond downtown
BUSA JEREMIAH WENOGOAn entry in the Crocodile Prize PNG Chamber of Mines & Petroleum Award for Essays & JournalismWHAT lies beyond downtown is the result of greed. While we take pride at our...
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Writers to discuss forming National Capital District association
KEITH JACKSONWRITERS from in and around Port Moresby will gather at the University of Papua New Guinea at midday today to discuss the formation of a local writers’ association.The hour-long lunchtime...
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Jimmy Drekore in race to be Digicel Man of Honour
FRANCIS NIILAST Monday afternoon was a historic moment for the Simbu Children Foundation and Simbu Writer’s Association.A high profile six-person Digicel Foundation delegation, led by chief operations...
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FRANCIS NIIAn entry in the Crocodile Prize PNG Government Award for Short StoriesKEWA quit school when in Grade 6 because of a terrible misunderstanding.Until the 1970s, harsh corporal punishment,...
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ISO YAWIAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetryDawn awakes in great splendour Night fades and day flashes its' brightness It is a transition from darkness to light.Dawn bursts...
View ArticleAvoid corruption’s cancer, educate PNG kids in citizenship
ALOIS BAIAn entry in the Crocodile Prize PNG Chamber of Mines & Petroleum Award for Essays & JournalismCITIZENSHIP education is essential for preparing the young Papua New Guineans for our...
View ArticleHaiku for the Wahgi River
THOMAS OKUNAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Kina Securities Award for PoetrySee that big river?That murky swirling riverIt is our life.
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Turmoil at the airport & a chat with my ex-village in-laws
BOMAI D WITNEAn entry in the Crocodile Prize PNG Chamber of Mines & Petroleum Award for Essays & JournalismIT was still dark outside when I turned to my phone to see the time. A quarter to...
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