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There are many difficulties in re-opening Panguna says Momis
TROY TAULE | PNG LoopPRESIDENT of the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG), Dr John Momis, says the ABG does not know whether Panguna will ever re-open.He said that there are many difficulties...
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The band-aid isn’t working: More good radicals needed in PNG
MARTYN NAMORONGAn entry in the Crocodile PrizePNG Chamber of Mines & PetroleumAward for Essays & JournalismI was on the Tanim Graun television show featuring law and order when fellow panelist....
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FIDELIS SUKINAAn entry in the Crocodile Prize Paga Hill Development Company Award for Writing for ChildrenONCE long ago lived two best friends, Sam and Nelson. Brothers for life, people called them,...
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Christians in Goroka gather at Stations of the Cross
BOMAI D WITNEAn entry in the Crocodile PrizePNG Chamber of Mines & PetroleumAward for Essays & JournalismTHE Catholic, Lutheran, United Church and Anglican churches got together on Good Friday...
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Do not look at my disability; look instead at my ability
JOE KUMANAn entry in the Crocodile PrizePNG Chamber of Mines & PetroleumAward for Essays & JournalismMONICA James and Junior Dua are two 18 years old teenagers with profound hearing impairment....
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Inked for life
ROSEWITTA GEWAAn entry in the Crocodile PrizePNG Chamber of Mines & PetroleumAward for Essays & JournalismAS someone once said, ‘To escape fear, you have to go through it, not around it’.Some...
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Is it time to recognise gay rights in PNG?
PHIL FITZPATRICKWAY back when the Kennecott company was exploring the Star Mountains for what would become the Ok Tedi mine, the only hotel in the district was in Daru.Most of the kiaps at the...
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Keeping the cold chain
CLIVE HAWIGENAn entry in the Crocodile PrizePNG Government Award for Short StoriesRITA’s hands trembled as she opened the blue cooler box. Heart pounding against her chest, negative thoughts flashed...
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285 shades of red
DERRICK DUSAVAAn entry in the Crocodile Prize PNG Government Award for Short StoriesAAAH, screw it. It was four o’clock and I needed to be on campus by six for the start of moots at the law school. But...
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Thugs, guns, trucks & steam: Crime along the Okuk Highway
PAUL WIIAn entry in the Crocodile PrizePNG Chamber of Mines & PetroleumAward for Essays & JournalismTHE Okuk highway is a vital transport link connecting the coastal townships of Lae and Madang...
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Sepik Crocodile transforms in her quest for Simbu man
JIMMY AWAGLAn entry in the Crocodile PrizePNG Government Award for Short StoriesHOT tears stream from the Sepik Crocodile’s eyes like Wewak’s afternoon rain. Miserably she strolls back to her hideout...
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University of Goroka captures & shares Melanesian beauty
BOMAI D WITNEAn entry in the Crocodile Prize PNG Chamber of Mines & Petroleum Award for Essays & JournalismTHE night of Monday 30 March was a special time at the University of Goroka, when...
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Please meet the reader, writer & mountain climber
PAUL WAUGLA WIIAn entry in the Crocodile PrizePNG Chamber of Mines & PetroleumAward for Essays & JournalismTHOSE who read a lot are more than likely to become good writers. In my case,...
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Australia's dwindling moral authority in PNG
MARK EVENHUIS | Asylum InsightPAPUA New Guineans often express disgust at the cheap, unhealthy cuts of meat dumped on the PNG market by Australia. While many relish lamb flaps (fatty sheep spare ribs)...
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Mama Salome
MARLENE DEE GRAY POTOURAAn entry in the Crocodile PrizePNG Government Award for Short StoriesIn Papua New Guinea, we call our aunts,‘mama’, and even people who are older and closer to us (not even...
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PNG Attitude’s most commented & liked pieces in March
KEITH JACKSONAND so we report another interesting month’s activity in PNG Attitude. Lots of entries to the Crocodile Prize (the total crept up to nearly 400)March proved quite a buzz for Crocodile...
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‘Shameful ignorance’: Momis sustains attack on Australian NGO
KEITH JACKSONMIDSTREAM in recontesting the presidency of Bougainville against eight contenders, John Momis has found time to again take the fight up to Jubilee Australia, the organisation he alleges...
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What can Bougainville achieve as a political community?
RAYMOND KOMIS GIRANAAn entry in the Crocodile PrizePNG Chamber of Mines & PetroleumAward for Essays & JournalismBOUGAINVILLE is embarking on a great adventure. It is already an autonomous...
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Is Papua New Guinea an unsustainable nation?
PHIL FITZPATRICKCHIGOZIE Obioma is a Nigerian writer. In his just published debut novel, The Fishermen, he makes the interesting observation that Nigeria is an unsustainable country.Among other things,...
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Betel nut ban is promoting lawlessness in Port Moresby
BUSA JEREMIAH WENOGOAn entry in the Crocodile PrizePNG Chamber of Mines & PetroleumAward for Essays & JournalismTUESDAY’s front page Post-Courier headline, ‘Buai thrives’ would have had...
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