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Services & chaplaincy in one of Anglican's remotest villages
ANGLICAN COMMUNION NEWS SERVICEAN Anglican chapel dedicated to Saint Francis will shortly be dedicated in the village of Pivo – one of the most remote villages served by the global Anglican Communion....
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Manus rape claims challenge Australia’s commitment to rule of law
BAL KAMA | Dev Policy BlogTHE hasty transfer of three Australian employees from the Manus Island detention centre back to Australia after allegedly being involved in a rape and drug abuse incident some...
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Allegations of misuse of trekkers' fees by Kokoda Track Authority
RORY CALLINAN | Fairfax MediaA row over the Kokoda Track's supervision has escalated with trekking companies alleging the track's management authority had not only failed to look after local landowners...
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Hunt is on for 33 slave ships off coast of Papua New Guinea
MARK TOWNSEND | The GuardianA fleet of at least 30 fishing trawlers crewed by slaves is being hunted off the coast of Papua New Guinea as the true extent becomes apparent of the trafficking of Burmese...
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Crocodile Prize 2015: A wondrous journey of discovery
PHIL FITZPATRICKForeword to the Crocodile Prize Anthology 2015THIS is the fifth year that the Crocodile Prize Anthology has been published. It is also something of a milestone because literary...
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O’Neill says aid money wasted on middlemen; calls for rethink
AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATIONAUSTRALIAN aid money to Papua New Guinea is being wasted on "middlemen", such as lawyers and consultants, PNG prime minister Peter O'Neill says.Mr O'Neill said PNG...
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As we approach our fortieth year, the people deserve good leaders
DANIEL KUMBON A much travelled Port Moresby resident wondered what strangers might think of Papua New Guinea when they read an article headlined ‘PNG on the brink of anarchy’ in large red letters on a...
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The would’ve, could’ve, should’ve been story of PNG
RASHMII BELLAMID her freshly sautéed gnocchi being consumed on the steps on the Colosseum, a dear friend was interrupted by my panicked email message. Despite being on the other side of the world,...
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The Crocodile Prize – is this the end of five wonderful years?
KEITH JACKSONWE have experienced the good fortune of seeing the Simbu Writers Association step up to organise what will be a very fine Crocodile Prize awards event in Kundiawa next month.I trust that...
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USA to celebrate 40 years of PNG independence over 40 days
KEITH JACKSONFROM tomorrow the United States embassy in Port Moresby will commemorate the fortieth anniversary of Papua New Guinea’s independence in a creative 40-day countdown to Independence Day on...
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The Padwallop of Pekpekpik – a morality tale
PHIL FITZPATRICKSYDNEY Grabitall was a career public servant. He had begun his working life in the diplomatic service eventually securing a comfortable sinecure as an under-secretary in what he...
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Croc Prize bigmen to discuss life beyond Phil & Keith
JIMMY AWAGLPAPUA New Guinea literature is blooming like an orchid tended with care by PNG Attitude, the Crocodile Prize and Pukpuk Publishing, each of which has offered so much.Now it is time for Papua...
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The Crocodile Prize Anthology 2015 is now on sale Philip Fitzpatrick & Keith Jackson (eds)Pukpuk Publishing, August 2015, 388 pages, ISBN-10:1515182630Available here from Amazon (paper $US9.17 +...
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Dawn in a village
JIMMY AWAGLA cool morning in a dim light The hanging clouds black and greyBefore the sun’s rise Birds and insects aliveSinging morning tunes Awakening night dreamersDew glistening on green leaves...
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Laik harim sitori? An afternoon in the Hohola police cells
PETER KRANZIT was due to an unfortunate misunderstanding over Papua New Guinea’s traffic regulations that I came to spend an afternoon in the police cells of the Port Moresby suburb of Hohola....
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You are sighted; I am blind!
JOE KUMANThis poem, offered here in English in Tok Pisin (Pidgin), reflects a comparison of life between Papua New Guinea’s rural and urban areas. But there is more to it. It is also a reflection of...
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Nurturing a literate, inquisitive & questioning intellectual culture
CHRIS OVERLANDTHOSE people who read my forays in PNG Attitude may have realised that I am a keen amateur historian.One of the lessons of history is that human advancement depends very critically upon...
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Post-independence PNG – snake oil & the benefits of chaos
PHIL FITZPATRICKInside the Crocodile: The Papua New Guinea Journals by Trish Nicholson, Matador, Kibworth Beauchamp UK, 2015, 288 pp, ISBN: 978 1784624422. Full colour version $A23.79 from The Book...
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Ok Tedi updates plans for temporary suspension of mining
KEITH JACKSONMINING operations are continuing at Ok Tedi Mining Ltd at Tabubil in the Western Province while river levels still allow shipments of concentrate to the coast, fuel supplies upriver to the...
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'Frightening': PNG budget in disarray as deficit soars
ROWAN CALLICK | The Australian | ExtractTHE midyear update in Papua New Guinea’s budgetary position is “a frightening document” says a leading Australian expert on the country’s economy.The outlook...
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