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A call to rally behind the Port Moresby Writers’ Association
JOHN KAUPA KAMASUAA group of established writers and editors at the University of Papua New Guinea have put their weight behind the concept of the Port Moresby Writers Association. It is anticipated...
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MICHAEL DOM“AKingMay moveA man”ButOnly fools and godsCould accept the oddsDoubtThat the future to be writtenIs in the hands now writing ThisFor tomorrows children will erase our inkingWith the...
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Writers from across PNG are 2015 Crocodile Prize winners
PHIL FITZPATRICK & KEITH JACKSONWRITERS from seven provinces feature in the nine prizes awarded in this year’s Crocodile Prize – Papua New Guinea’s national literary awards.And one of the winners,...
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Traditions of the Bena Bena people of the Eastern Highlands
KERRY KIMIAFATHE Bena Bena language group of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea is found towards the north-eastern side of the provincial capital Goroka.It shares the border with Madang Province...
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BCL says it’s still focused on a return to exploration
KEITH JACKSONIN its half yearly report to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Bougainville Copper Ltd has said it remains focused on returning to active exploration and progressing studies to...
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Knowing where you’ve come from to understand who you are
PHIL FITZPATRICKTHERE is a popular adage that it is the victors who write history. Having one’s history subverted is one of the ignominies that the defeated must bear.If you don’t think this is true...
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All the days of my life
FLORENCE CASTRO-SALLE (nee Sabadi)I wrote this poem for my husband, Aaron Salle. We were married a little over a week ago five years after we met and after two beautiful childrenAll the days of my...
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Literature & art make us who we really are, says prize winner
KEITH JACKSONTHE winner of the SP Brewery Award for Illustration in the Crocodile Prize, Emmanuel David Amakure Landu, 23, has a dream.“My dream is to become an architect, but not just any ordinary...
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Ex-ASOPA teachers reunite: 50 years on & still good friends
ED BRUMBYMORE than 20 members of the ASOPA cadet education officers’ class of 1964-65, along with partners, will descend on Sydney in early September to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their 1965...
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Open defiance: The new threat to the rule of law in PNG
BUSA JEREMIAH WENOGOEACH time I venture into the Gordons Market or walk past the Erima blackmarket near the flyover bridge, I ask myself if the conduct of our people is a sign of a deteriorating rule...
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Writing 'links the human mind with the voice of God’
KEITH JACKSONECONOMIST Busa Jeremiah Wenogo, 30, winner of this year’s Crocodile Prize for Journalism, tells it like it is from his home in Port Moresby’s Erema settlement. And 'like it is' is often...
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Will outlawing guns solve PNG’s crime problems?
SEAN JACOBSIT’S often thought, in both developing and developed states, that stricter gun laws are a solution to reducing gun crimes and the broader problems of law and order. Tragic public shootings...
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National Research Institute asks ‘where’s the LNG money?’
KEITH JACKSONWHEN Papua New Guinea’s liquefied natural gas project was established, the PNG government promised a massive doubling of the nation’s GDP.But since its first shipment of gas in April last...
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Heritage writer will use Prize award to support literacy in Suau
KEITH JACKSON“I am shocked and in disbelief,” said Ronnie Dotaona when he heard the news. “It’s an honour for me, as a rookie writer in the Crocodile Prize, to win this prestigious writing...
View ArticleO'Neill rejects fiscal crisis warning & attacks ANU economist
GREG EARL | Australian Financial ReviewPAPUA New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has rejected warnings that the country faces a budget crisis despite the beginning of a long awaited LNG project...
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Beer daddy - have a beer but be a man
PHILIP KAUPAMum cried one night why, there ain't no fight? she cried by herself I couldn't get helpDad come home, we're alone without you, we can't doDad it’s me I’m with mum here you keep looking at...
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Most commented & most liked pieces in July’s PNG Attitude
KEITH JACKSONEARLY next month Jimmy Drekore will leave Simbu’s misty mountains and jet down to Queensland to attend the annual Brisbane Writers Festival. Bob Cleland and I arranged the trip, which...
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Writing: a personal walk reinforced by coming together
JOHN KAUPA KAMASUAPEOPLE write for many reasons. For Papua New Guinean writers, especially those who have participated in the Crocodile Prize, I’m sure the first reward was seeing their work being...
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Book of the year winner seeks emergence of “crocodile pride”
KEITH JACKSONAUTHOR Baka Bina, winner of the Ok Tedi Mining Book of the Year for 2015, believes in sharing the credit.“Man of Calibre was a collaborative effort between Ed Brumby, my wife Emily Bina...
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The legend of the origin of the Bulolo people
KELLY SALUMEIN the big forest of Bulolo in Morobe Province there lived seven brothers. Their parents had passed on when the last born was just six years old. But they lived happily enough.Early one...
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