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PNG hits economic bumps as Chinese economy corrects
BUSA JEREMIAH WENOGORECENT news about the devaluation of Chinese the yuan against the United States dollar should seriously concern the Papua New Guinea government given that China is one of our...
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Do you know who I am? The secret life of the PNG woman
RASHMII BELLMY train of thought has an incredibly annoying habit of steamrolling my brain just as I’m mid-task in the tedious duties of everyday life: tasks once started that, for my own blood pressure...
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Reflection on 40 years of independence: What next for PNG?
FRANCIS HUALUPMOMIIT is well known that Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia without bloodshed –something we must be proud of and thank God for. Uniting a country with such diverse...
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Lt Barney Nelson – my friend who fought in PNG in World War II
DANIEL KUMBONWHEN I met him in the United States, Barney Nelson, a jovial 72-year old, told me where his friends were killed in New Guinea.Lt Barney Nelson was a veteran of the war in the Pacific – and...
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How you can help us get the Anthologies throughout PNG
KEITH JACKSONFOR the second year running, the Papua New Guinea Association of Australia has provided a significant grant to assist publish the Crocodile Prize Anthology.And we want our readers to help...
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Helping our friends: PNG’s aid program in the South Pacific
JAMES BATLEY | Dev Policy BlogTHE origin of Papua New Guinea’s aid program in the Pacific can be traced back to an announcement by former prime minister Bill Skate in 1997 of a grant scheme to assist...
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Spies, crooks, gourds & lithium, but stock thriller comes together
PHIL FITZPATRICKSolid Oil by Russell Hunter, Cambridge Books, Cambridge Maryland, 2014, 290pp, ISBN: 978-1-61386-238-4, Paperback US$18 from Amazon BooksI seem to have read quite a few books over the...
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PNG: A land of milk & honey that few are enjoying
GARY JUFFAI am informed that there is rising anger from some in the Papua New Guinea government towards me and a few people who are ringing alarm bells about our bleak future.It is a future of drought...
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FLORENCE CASTRO-SALLETHE drumming on the tables was getting louder. It was a sweltering afternoon and the corrugated iron roof didn’t help much as it radiated heat throughout the dining room.Come on...
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PNG after 40 years: a regret to both pessimists & optimists
CHRIS OVERLANDFRANCIS Hualupmomi (PNG Attitude, 18 August) chose to take a "glass half full" view of Papua New Guinea’s progress since gaining independence in 1975.He has some grounds for doing so,...
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It seems so bad here: Is there a hope for a better tomorrow?
PAUL WAUGLA WIITHE city of Port Moresby is undergoing an expansion unrivalled in the history of Papua New Guinea.The last time I was in Moresby, back in 2010, the O’Neill government was embarking on...
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Civil aviation readies itself for a big shake-up in PNG
OXFORD BUSINESS GROUPTHE aviation sector in Papua New Guinea is set for a major shake-up, with government plans to privatise a stake in the national flag carrier, Air Niugini, later this year. This...
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Clan wars increase hinder development in PNG highlands
INTER PRESS SERVICE | ExtractTHE charred foundations are all that is left of the homes that made up Kenemote village in the mountainous Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea.For the past four...
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The true inside story of the saga of the PNG flag
HAL HOLMAN | Extract from The Phoenix Also RisesIn this month’s Una Voce, the journal of the PNG Association of Australia, there is an article, ‘The PNG Crest and Flag’ by Geoff Littler. There is much...
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PNG: where foreign aid barely scratches the surface
ELLEN WHINNETT | Herald Sun (Melbourne)SHE is an orphan girl, 16, maybe 17 years old. Her adoptive father brought her to this little cottage inside the grounds of the Goroka Hospital, in Papua New...
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There ain’t any money in writing
JIMMY AWAGLWriting is an ambition I write about anything Wherever my interest goes Call myself poet, essayist or novelist But there ain’t any money in writingI am a writer Exploiting my intellect...
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PNG’s grand chief reflects on how he helped build a nation
SIR MICHAEL SOMAREGrand Chief Sir Michael Somare’s address to the 2015 Waigani SeminarIN celebrating the past, let me thank the creators of this forum that was born eight years before our nation.While...
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Momis condemns outbreak of sectarian violence in Buka
ANTHONY KAYBINGBOUGAINVILLE President John Momis has condemned a recent outbreak of violence in Buka Town in which local people attacked and ransacked a business house.“As both Bougainvilleans and...
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One of world’s worst places for women gets an abuse hotline
SAMANTHA COWAN | Take PartA slap on the cheek, a punch in the gut, getting slashed with a machete: finding a woman who hasn’t experienced intimate partner abuse is tough in Papua New Guinea.Until just...
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