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Growing up in the barracks with our unsung national heroes
JULIE MOTA KONDIA contribution to ‘My Walk to Equality’, the first anthology of PNG women’s writing, to be published on International Women’s Day in March next year. Details hereMY mother gave birth to...
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Nine species of ‘walking shark’ at greater risk of extinction
MICHAEL SLEZAK | The Guardian | ExtractsBIZARRE ‘walking sharks’ are at a greater risk of extinction than previously thought, with new information about their distribution leading researchers to expect...
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Lae Diocese: from a goldfields church to 30,000 parishioners
VATICAN RADIOTHE Catholic Diocese of Lae celebrated its golden anniversary last month with a celebration at St Mary’s Primary School.The joyful milestone was punctuated by various cultural...
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Identity
VANESSA GORDONA contribution to ‘My Walk to Equality’, the first anthology of PNG women’s writing to be published on International Women’s Day in March next yearTHE DAY I was born, I kick-started my...
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At least I did try
ROSLYN TONYA contribution to ‘My Walk to Equality’, the first anthology of PNG women’s writing to be published on International Women’s Day in March next yearSitting on an ancient stone On my palm is...
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Sport is just not me, but other people love it apparently
PHIL FITZPATRICKI HAVE never really understood sport, especially the organised kind like football and cricket. It all seems a bit silly and frivolous.And yet millions, maybe billions, of people swear...
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PNG one of world’s most ‘fragile’ nations says report
JACKSON GOTHE-SNAPE | SBS | ExtractsTHREE of the world's most fragile countries are on Australia’s doorstep, according to a new report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development that...
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The Golden Sun - a national ode
JULIE MOTA KONDIA contribution to ‘My Walk to Equality’, the first anthology of PNG women’s writing, which will be published on International Women’s Day on 8 March next yearI originally wrote this...
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Tales from the kiap times – Hunting magpie geese
BOB CLELANDIF YOU look at a map of Australia with Papua New Guinea to its north and put your finger on Cape York and run it north across Torres Strait, then the wide mouth of the Fly River and a bit...
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'Desperate' economy dogs Day 1 of resources talkfest
COMPILED BY MARTYN NAMORONGPAPUA NEW GUINEA’s environmental and economic woes linked to its reliance on the extractive sector dominated yesterday’s first day of proceedings at the PNG Mining and...
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There'll be no early relief to PNG budget problems
KEITH JACKSONA PROMINENT economist and expert on Papua New Guinea’s economy, Paul Flanagan (pictured), says the collapse in PNG's revenue is likely to continue in 2017 with an estimated additional...
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Copy-paste on Facebook is no substitute for a reading culture
JORDAN DEAN“Papua New Guinea lacks a reading culture. Being predominantly an oral culture is no excuse for the times we live in. For mass consumption, therefore, the country's educated elite, the...
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The challenges of walking to educational equality in Simbu
ROSLYN TONYA contribution to ‘My Walk to Equality’, the first anthology of PNG women’s writing, which will be published on International Women’s Day on 8 March next yearTHE Oxford Advanced Learner’s...
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Lack of investment in agriculture - oversight or conspiracy?
JEFFREY FEBIEVERY year, the Papua New Guinea government avoids making a firm commitment towards improving the agriculture sector.So what is it that’s keeping the government from making a firm budgetary...
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My grandmother's legacy is alive & well in our family
JULIE MOTA KONDIA contribution to ‘My Walk to Equality’, the first anthology of PNG women’s writing, to be published on International Women’s Day in March next year.THERE was that certain glow of...
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There’s the salt of the earth - & then there’s the exploiters
PHIL FITZPATRICKMY WIFE and I have never really been interested in making money. We have both worked in fields that are more concerned with helping people.Sue is a registered nurse specially trained to...
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Melanesian respect for leaders doesn't entitle them to be corrupt
PETER S KINJAPMANY current Papua New Guinean parliamentarians are highly respected individuals in their own areas, successful in business, education or public service. With such backgrounds, they...
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Yu Husait
VANESSA GORDONA contribution to ‘My Walk to Equality’, the first anthology of PNG women’s writing, to be published on International Women’s Day in March next year.“YU HUSAIT?”Who are you to dictate my...
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Sir Nagora says PNG must diversify economy not add taxes
KEITH JACKSONFORMER head of Papua New Guinea’s Internal Revenue Commission, ambassador to the United States and now eminent businessman, Sir Nagora Bogan, has advised the PNG government to exercise...
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Police brutality on street & market vendors must stop
BUSA JEREMIAH WENOGOTHE NEWS that a woman vendor in Port Moresby was physically abused by police officers - who can only be described as criminals - has once again brought to light the harsh reality of...
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