Crush
DESMOND AIGILOFeet are afloat; legs are lanky; balance is forgotten; here she comes.Sweaty palms clenched; heart battering sternum; here she comes.Eyes draw water; excitement exceeds; here she comes;...
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Unexpected loss. Sir Michael Somare’s defeat at the United Nations
DANIEL KUMBONMRS Renagi Renagi Lohia wept bitterly. Sir Michael Somare had just lost his bid for the largely ceremonial role as President of the 46th United Nations General Assembly.Mrs Lohia was only...
View ArticleConsultants
JIMMY DREKOREConsultants or conmen depends On experience and knowledge one lends Never entertain those without track records Surely you’ll fall victim paying them handsome rewards Unless you’re fully...
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Sorry, neither god, glory nor gold had anything to do with it
PHIL FITZPATRICKWHEN I first went to Papua New Guinea in the 1960s as a young kiap there was absolutely nothing noble about my motivations or intentions.I was not enthused by any youthful zeal to help...
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PNG whistle-blowers silenced by lack of appropriate laws
KELA KAPKORA SIL BOLKINWHISTLE-BLOWING is action taken by current or former members of an organisation to reveal illegal, immoral or illegitimate practices to people or organisations that might be able...
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The struggles & the storms of a Yuri way of life: Part 2
JOE KUMANIT is a normal rite of Yuri culture that, before warfare begins, the community forces someone to declare ownership of the fight or to become the cause of the fight, otherwise it is believed...
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Harry West OAM, one of the great kiaps, dies in Sydney at 92
KEITH JACKSONONE of the most senior district administration officers to serve in colonial Papua New Guinea, Harry West, died in Sydney yesterday.Harry’s humility and a gentle manner belied his...
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Madang’s ‘Robinson Crusoe’ cave – straight from the movie
REILLY KANAMONA faint squeak emanated from the overgrowth. Through the drooping bush vines and some thick scrub I could see a dark slit within the mountain of rocks.An alluvial trench revealed the...
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The Takuan beauty of Lake Loloru
PAULINE KARALUSBOUGAINVILLE is blessed with natural resources that are scarcely found elsewhere, from its evergreen forests to the white sandy beaches.These blessings are potential tourist attractions...
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The blight of violent rape against defenceless women
DANIEL KUMBONTHERE are several important women in my life - my mother, my wife, my daughters. My mother was somebody’s daughter and so is my wife. She was loved dearly by her parents and relatives as...
View ArticleThe glow of hope
JIMMY DREKOREThe little glow thrown onto the dried kunai a gust of smoke generates followed by a raging flame under dried twigs the fire startsDripping clothes shivering bodies rattling jaws freezing...
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The Crocodile Prize: It’s time to be brutally frank
PHIL FITZPATRICKI left Papua New Guinea in the mid-1970s and didn’t return for over 20 years.When I went back, I flew into Port Moresby and then on to Mount Hagen and Mendi to the border region between...
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Forgive and forget
CHRISTINA GOGLAUIN 2008, up in the lands of the Womkama in the northern part of Simbu Province, lived beautiful lass Tolshi and handsome young man Niman. Tolshi was in Grade 7 at Womatne Primary School...
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Calls to scrap live broadcasts of State of Origin matches in PNG
NEWS LIMITEDSTATE of Origin contests have long been famed as arenas epitomising physical aggression and tribal combativeness. However, that aggression is spilling over the sidelines with horrifying...
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PNG stuns Ireland in World Twenty20 cricket qualifier
PETER DELLA PENNA | ESPNICC World Twenty20 qualifier, Belfast: Ireland 123-9 (20 overs): Porterfield 57 not out, Gavera 3-17; Papua New Guinea 124-8 (18.5 overs): Vala 32, Kane 3-19. PNG won by two...
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The curious affair of ONGU: A study in public confusion
ROB PARERThe back storyIN 1963 the Indonesians kicked the Dutch out of Netherlands New Guinea. Paranoia reigned supreme from the West Sepik through to Port Moresby and Canberra.The Australians built...
View ArticleBelieve
PETER SEVARA JRPAEA Hiki’s dream of playing for the Kulf Mesiri team is almost impossible. “That man is one idiot” Paea hisses after training flicking his head towards the coach. “He is always one side...
View ArticleMy clan, my custom
REILLY KANAMONI called her Ina (mother) even though she is my aunt My uncle is my dad (papa) My father’s big brothers are my (mamu) grandfathers My father’s elder sisters are my (Sasi) grandmothers In...
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Dream unfulfilled: the political career of Enga’s Malipu Balakau
DANIEL KUMBONONE evening in 1989, Papua New Guinea’s Minister for Communications, Malipu Balakau, was shot dead in front of his Mt Hagen home.His aim to become the first prime minister from the...
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Budget aid a policy failure in PNG says leading academic
LISA CORNISH | Devex | ExtractsBUDGET support makes up 17% of total aid to the Pacific, double the global average.Matthew Dornan, research fellow at the Australian National University’s Development...
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