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Strong turnout for ASOPA – but support still needed
PAUL MUNROPNGAA representatives were pleased by the turnout and level of support shown at last Sunday's open day at part of the site of the former Australian School of Pacific Administration (ASOPA) on...
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Democracy in disarray: PNG’s malaise as a sign of the times
CHRIS OVERLANDTHERE seems to be growing evidence that there is something wrong within the world's democracies. Exhibit A - the rise and rise of Donald Trump.Despite the best efforts of the political...
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Getting rid of O’Neill only the start of a very long road
PHIL FITZPATRICKTHERE are always two sides to a story, or so the saying goes.It’s reminiscent of that law of physics that says for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.Both pieces of...
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Morobe students call on their MPs to support cause for change
WARIME GUTIMOROBE students at the University of Technology organised a forum on Saturday with all nine provincial MPs and the Morobe Governor invited to attend the event in Duncanson Hall on campus.The...
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Prison - despair, regret & pain, but not the end of the world
ALEXANDER NARATHREE long and perfectly timed clangs of the 9pm bell split the still night to be followed by a commanding voice from the guard house ordering silence.The lights had blacked out about an...
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A cryptic slice of verse leads to a journey of exploration
RASHMII BELLTHE late journalist and humourist Molly Ivins once commented that satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful but, when aimed at the powerless, is not only...
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Huge new loan increases debt as public servants' pay cut
MICHAEL J PASSINGAN | PNG Blogs | EditedPRIME minister Peter O’Neill’s planned new $US500 million loan is going to be one of the most expensive borrowings in Papua New Guinean history. And it comes at...
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PNG languishing but no interest from its 'good neighbour'
DANIEL FLITTON | The AgeLET me tell you a story; see if you can guess how it will end. It's about a country where defiant student protests have galvanised national attention, delivering the prime...
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A guide to Australian culture, as told by a Manus asylum seeker
ANDY HAZEL | Junkee“GROWING up, I watched Skippy when I was a child,” says writer Behrouz Boochani. “I saw Australia the movie with Nicole Kidman too, that was okay. I enjoy listening to Kylie Minogue,...
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An open letter to prime minister Peter O’Neill
LUCAS KIAP | Interim Chairman, PNG Anti-Corruption Movement for ChangeDEAR Mr O’Neill - I have a simple request: that is you step down from the office of the prime minister of Papua New Guinea.I am of...
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Zurenuoc shamed: Court rules removal of carvings unlawful
KEITH JACKSONIN a win for the wonderful culture and traditions of Papua New Guinea, the national court yesterday declared the removal of 19 masks and a totem pole from parliament house in 2013 were...
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Teaching verses from a Simbu classroom of 30 years ago
PETER KRANZMY WIFE Rose says the following classroom verses were devised for English lessons by an imaginative teacher at her primary school in Simbu 30 or more years ago.They have stuck in Rose’s mind...
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RAYMOND SIGIMETDispela nait i no gutpela tumas Bel bilong mi nogat hamamas Mi silip long bet wantaim aiwara Mi tanim tanim olsem kanu antap long solwara Oloman! Tanim tanim lo nait igo tulait buruk Em...
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Amazing Grace: a story of horror, tragedy & survival
MARLENE DEE GRAY POTOURAAn entry in the 2016 Crocodile PrizeWHEN she opened her eyes, Grace Kunseisaw that her right leg was stuck into a fire escape door and that door wouldn’t open. She pulled with...
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WARDLEY D. BARRY-IGIVISAAn entry in the 2016 Crocodile PrizePete knows that he is not a count- ry on his own, and that he can’t manipulate our politics. So he is trying to be a dic- tator pulling off...
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Silent tears
ALEXANDER NARAHORACE Marco Maino was 26 when he left on a windy September afternoon in 1996.Regina was proud of him but her heart moaned with anxiety and a feeling of emptiness gripped her at the...
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MICHAEL DOMOoooh lewa! Harim pairap b’long solwara ia Solapim has b’long nambis istap Na hat win emi tromoi kokonas igo ikam Mekim het bilong en i seksek Olsem ol meri i danis long ples singsing.Ooooh...
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Misogyny & homophobia – curses of modern PNG men
PHIL FITZPATRICKA RECENT article (‘As women lead the protest, PNG men let them down....’) looked like developing into an interesting debate about the place of women in Papua New Guinean society.The...
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People losing confidence in PNG’s parliament & institutions
SIR MEKERE MORAUTATHE National Parliament is in danger of becoming a rubber stamp for the decisions taken by the prime minister, surrounded by a small group of unelected advisers, high-priced foreign...
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Democracy notebook....
Tracking daily developments in the struggle for a Papua New Guinea worthy of its peopleThursday 2 JuneIT’S not competence, nor the people’s will, nor ethics, it’s the money, according to vice minister...
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