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Manus asylum seeker escapes - now seeks asylum in Fiji
MICHAEL GORDON | Fairfax MediaAFTER fleeing Manus Island, a young Iranian refugee has made a desperate plea for asylum on the grounds he fears persecution if he goes back to Papua New Guinea."This is...
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UPNG staff association will start 5-day salary protest tomorrow
KEITH JACKSON | Sourced from EMTV & PNG TodayUNIVERSITY lecturers and staff will stop performing some work functions – including teaching - tomorrow to protest failure to pay a 7.5% salary increase...
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‘Be Bold For Change’ – PNG’s women writers are already there
KEITH JACKSONTHE theme for International Women’s Day to be celebrated on Wednesday 8 March is for women to #BeBoldForChange– and, through contributions to the anthology, My Walk to Equality, nearly 50...
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Shout out to PNG women who want to make it in politics
KEITH JACKSONTHE United Nations Development Program (UNDP) will run a six-day workshop and practice parliament for Papua New Guinean women in Port Moresby from 6-11 March.For some years, UNDP has been...
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PNG in 2017: a year of redefining democracy?
BAL KAMATHE Papua New Guinea national elections, due in June this year, promise to be momentous. Like many democracies, the people have always looked forward to the opportunity of choosing their...
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IMF analysis shows PNG has overstated economic growth
PAUL FLANAGAN | PNG EconomicsUntil last week, Papua New Guinea was the only country in the East Asia-Pacific region, and one of only a handful of countries worldwide, refusing to release its 2016 IMF...
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On the Kukukuku trail - the blooding of a young kiap
CHRIS OVERLANDMY first patrol, in late 1969, involved walking from Kerema to Kaintiba Patrol Post. Along the way, I was to join Catholic priest Father Alex Michelob who would teach me the art of...
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Kiaps & police – the great expendables of colonial politics
PHIL FITZPATRICKGEOFF Smith was in the shower when the business end of a Biami war arrow penetrated the thin saksak wall just above his head.By the time Smith (pictured on the cover of my book...
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Return of election fever – candidates line up for the riches
JOHN K KAMASUATHE hype is back! It’s an event that happens every five years to galvanise communities and regions in Papua New Guinea.And also polarise them - along political party lines, traditional...
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Man and Woman? One!
VAGI SAMUEL JNRA warfare in words have we known Trenched and wretched in the global front A headline tossed in the midst of ignorance Gender this, gender that! Are we clowns?The colour of our hands...
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The writers: Jimmy Drekore – humanitarian, philanthropist, poet
PHIL FITZPATRICKIN 2011 we first encountered the irrepressible exuberance of Jimmy Drekore. He had inundated us with poetry towards the end of the Crocodile Prize competition and he came down from...
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The writers: Martyn Namorong – PNG's influential social observer
PHIL FITZPATRICKMARTYN Namorong is well-known in Papua New Guinea (and Australia) as a fearless social commentator. When he publishes something on his blog or on Facebook, appears on television, speaks...
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JEFFREY FEBIYu smile nogut tru Smile ya luk osem nupla flawa Mi bekim smile bliu kwikwan Smile blo mi klostu winim SunMitla holim pass hatwan Mi tin mi harim lewa bliu kus Klostu yu stopim win mi pulim...
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Bougainville government begins to strategically plan its future
ANTHONY KAYBINGTHE Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) is embarking on measures to improve the efficiency, transparency and accountability of the Bougainville public service.ABG chief secretary...
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Women get it - walk to equality must be a joint project with men
WINNIE KIAPHer Excellency Ms Winnie Kiap has been High Commissioner for Papua New Guinea in the United Kingdom since 2011. Ms Kiap is also chair of the Commonwealth Secretariat Board of Governors. She...
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ASOPA Class of 1966-67 plans its second (and last?) reunion
TONY MIKUS2017 marks 50 years since the graduation of the 1966-67 education officers’ class of the Australian School of Pacific Administration (ASOPA).Between 1949 and 1973, ASOPA was the primary...
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See no evil – Australia’s cosy relationship with PNG corruption
CASEY MICHEL | The Diplomat | ExtractIF YOU speak with officials in Australia, they’ll tell you that internationalised grand corruption — the nexus of shell corporations, offshore services and...
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The writers: Lapieh Landu – a love of nation despite its flaws
PHIL FITZPATRICKLAPIEH Landu, seen here with her co-winners, won the Dame Carol Kidu award for women’s literature in the inaugural Crocodile Prize of 2011.The award was based on three works: her essay,...
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Labour Department should be stopping illegal workers
BALAHO KLOSTU*THIS photograph was taken yesterday at 8.30 am. It shows workers erecting fencing at the Four Mile (Port Moresby) police traffic station and yard. The blue fencing you see was being...
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The writers: Emma Wakpi – eyes on dysfunctions haunting society
PHIL FITZPATRICKWHILE the author of the winning short story in the 2012 Crocodile Prize never again graced the competition, the author of the winning essay, Emma Wakpi, continued to offer some great...
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