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Tracking daily developments in the struggle for a Papua New Guinea worthy of its peopleSaturday 2 JulyOIL Search's $3 billion bid to acquire InterOil is now subject to a rival offer from an unnamed...
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Momis: PNG government equal equity in BCL a threat to peace
KEITH JACKSONTENSIONS between Bougainville and Papua New Guinea escalated this afternoon after the president of the Autonomous Bougainville Government, Dr John Momis, condemned “a disgusting and shady...
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Cook Islands look like a good model for Australia–PNG relations
SIMON JACKSONIT PROBABLY hasn’t crossed your mind, but the Cook Islands is a place definitely worth a visit.I travelled there from Auckland but there’s also a direct flight from Sydney these days.The...
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PNG’s violated women do not deserve to be treated as Cassandras
RASHMII BELLIN Greek mythology, Apollo in his romantic pursuit of Cassandra (daughter of the king of Troy) gifted her with the power of prophecy. Eventually Cassandra refused him and, when she did,...
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It’s a pity PNG’s parliament didn’t establish an upper house
PHIL FITZPATRICKI WROTE this on the day that Australians were trekking to polling booths throughout the land to elect a new federal parliament.It was a long and boring election campaign but the outcome...
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It’s a man’s world
GREGORY BABLISThis poem is about gender equality, or rather inequality, and is a reminder of the unique struggles that women face in male-dominated societies.No woman no more The days of your youth and...
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Child prostitution & forced labour: PNG hammered in US report
GIFF JOHNSON | Radio New Zealand International | Edited extractPAPUA New Guinea has received the worst possible ranking in a just-released United States government's report on human trafficking.The...
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The uniting of forces: Once upon a time at Murray Barracks
ALEXANDER NARAIT WAS almost four years ago, November 2012. The afternoon sun setting behind Brigadier Hill cast its last red yellowish rays through a thick line of rain trees that guarded the soldier’s...
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Mining threatens the mighty Sepik River with utter ruin
GLEN BARRY | EcoInternetA PROPOSED large-scale copper and gold mine in Papua New Guinea will irreparably harm the relatively pristine Sepik and Frieda Rivers, and devastate the region’s primary...
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PNG may escape seabed mining: Nautilus Minerals facing collapse
Act NowCANADIAN mining company Nautilus Minerals is facing a severe financial crisis that threatens its plans for experimental seabed mining in Papua New Guinea and the future of the whole...
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Inquiry into university unrest dismissed as a 'whitewash'
Radio New Zealand InternationalOPPOSITION MP and former attorney general, Kerenga Kua, says the commission of inquiry into unrest at the nation's universities is likely to be a whitewash.Classes at...
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PNG’s 2015 agriculture exports less than half 2011 levels
DAVID JAMES | Business Advantage PNG | Edited extractsPAPUA New Guinea’s agriculture export income in 2015 was less than half of 2011 levels, according to recent Bank of Papua New Guinea data.Income...
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Much-loved Adventist leader Geoffrey Pomaleu dies at 54
KENT KINGSTON | South Pacific Adventist RecordGEOFFREY Pomaleu, the leader of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Papua New Guinea, has died after collapsing at a camp for pastors’ children.Pastor...
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Rattled, ineffectual UPNG bosses let down students & nation
KEITH JACKSONTHE Administration of the University of Papua New Guinea has continued to disgrace itself by abandoning classes for the remainder on 2016 and ignoring the real culprits behind violence at...
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Oil Search bid for InterOil falters as Exxon appears on the scene
GRETCHEN FRIEMANN & BRIDGET CARTER | The Australian | Edited extractsUS ENERGY giant ExxonMobil is expected to officially wade into the race for the Papua New Guinea-focused InterOil next week in a...
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A reconciliation process for university students in PNG
JOE KUMANTHERE have been a couple of months of student unrest in almost every university in Papua New Guinea over an issue of great national importance.At the University of Papua New Guinea, the...
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UPNG takes the easy way out & punishes boycotting students
Post Office BoxTHE vice chancellor of the University of Papua New Guinea, Albert Mellam, has proven himself to be incompetent at conflict resolution.From the initial stages of the boycott, Professor...
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A Good Man Died Today
WARDLEY D BARRY-IGIVISAAn entry in the 2016 Crocodile PrizeIn memory of the good men who, of all days, died todayiA good man, like all good man, died today. It can’t happen on any other day. Sundays...
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If we’re smart Panguna, Frieda & Ok Tedi can transform PNG
GABRIEL RAMOITHE decision by Rio Tinto to vacate Panguna and to transfer its 53.8% shareholding in the mines to the national and the Bougainville government is welcomed although it cannot by...
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Rio Tinto should toe the line on global mining principles & ethics
JOHN MOMIS | President, Autonomous Region of BougainvilleIn this article Dr Momis criticises the “greedy irresponsibility” of Rio Tinto following the global mining giant’s decision to end its majority...
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