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MY WALK TO EQUALITY3,500 copies sold & on forward order!Essays, Stories and Poetry by Papua New Guinean WomenEdited by Rashmii Amoah Bell Buy your copy here THE CROCODILE PRIZE...
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Payback the Loan
JIMMY AWAGLReimburse the money Borrowed from IMF Once selling the crude oilRepay the money Borrowed from USB Once selling the goldReturn the money Borrowed from ADB Once selling the copperPayback the...
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The writers: Francis Nii – the gentle man with laser-like insight
PHIL FITZPATRICKAS was Leonard Fong Roka, Francis Nii was an early contributor to the Crocodile Prize and we first met him when he attended the writers’ workshop and Prize awards ceremony at the...
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Certification constraining cash cropper access to world markets
DIANE MIRIOTHERE are many opportunities in a country that is developing and many entrepreneurs are attracted to the honeypot – good and bad.Most times, the onus is on the government to screen...
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Bizzaro at The Clinic
W D BARRY-IGIVISAThis woman, supposed to nurse my wound, threw me a packet of illicit pills, and told me to take 'em two at a time. She squeezed my hand as I paid the bill.Said "I don't do business...
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People make selves crazy by cannabis abuse, says drug dealer
NELSON KAIRIIN Papua New Guinea, it is illegal to cultivate, groom, store, consume and trade marijuana. Marijuana, or cannabis, is the main illegal drug produced and consumed in large amounts in PNG....
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Itching for money, gold digger parents compromise their daughters
KELA KAPKORA SIL BOLKININ this modern era, most parents discharge their parental duties with diligence and aspire that their children complete school and craft a career in life.But conversely, some...
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Youths dominating the streets
JIMMY AWAGLEvery street youth dominating Doing street sales Being vendors as vagrants Walk to work tirelessly Collecting enough for the dayAs sales gaining is momentum The profit is maximum Surplus,...
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Was the Manus Island gulag Peter O’Neill’s idea?
PHIL FITZPATRICKIN early 2013, when Australia’s incumbent Labor government was busily self-destructing and it looked certain the Liberals would win the upcoming election, Papua New Guinea’s prime...
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Simbu to receive KJ and Cr Ingrid - & what about a sister town?
FRANCIS NIITHE publisher of PNG Attitude and friend of Simbu and Papua New Guinea Keith Jackson AM and his family are making a special trip to Kundiawa in early March.Keith will be accompanied by his...
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Is Australia's detention regime a crime against humanity?
BEN DOHERTY | The Guardian | ExtractAUSTRALIA’S offshore immigration detention regime could constitute a crime against humanity, a petition before the International Criminal Court from a coalition of...
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As elections loom, PNG's weak economy needs urgent attention
PAUL FLANAGAN | PNG EconomicsPAPUA New Guinea’s international economic situation is much more frail than the picture presented by the O'Neill government, a recent International Monetary Fund report...
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Dual PNG citizenship kicks in next month: Australians can apply
IMMIGRATION & CITIZENSHIP SERVICE AUTHORITYPAPUA New Guinea’s foreign affairs and immigration minister Rimbink Pato has announced administrative arrangements are being finalised for dual...
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New Zealand says it’s partnering Bougainville “for the long haul”
ANTHONY KAYBINGTHE launch of the new Buka urban council office complex this week will ensure the continuing progress of the town’s facelift.The building, costing K600,000, was co-funded by the New...
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The writers: Lapieh Landu – a poet of elegance & strength
PHIL FITZPATRICKLAPIEH Landu won the inaugural prize for women’s writing in the first Crocodile Prize in 2011.In 2013 the category was retired because the women writers of Papua New Guinea had clearly...
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Seeking the long lost relatives of Tom Low (or Lowe) of Liot
KEITH JACKSONNOW here’s a challenge our readers may be able to solve. It concerns a man named Tom Low (or Lowe), his long dead father and his search for relatives.Reader Dr Mark Schubert of Brisbane...
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Paga Hill back in the news as Minister accused of baseless attack
KEITH JACKSONTHE Paga Hill Development Company is contemplating legal action against government minister Justin Tkatchenko after he attacked the treatment of squatters who were removed from Paga Hill...
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Using imagination, seizing opportunity, creating something better
SIMON DAVIDSONWINSTON Churchill’s aphorism “the empires of the future are the empires of the mind” brings into view possibilities yet to be realised. He uttered those words when space exploration was a...
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At home with my Melanesian values; no matter where I am
JOE HERMANAS we do in today’s dynamic employment environment, I recently updated my professional profile or curriculum vitae (CV).Having gone through this exercise, I realised that I’d omitted a major...
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Sister town is doable, so why can’t Simbu government embrace it?
FRANCIS NIIKeith Jackson AM and Cr Ingrid Jackson are ready to advance discussions on a Kundiawa-Noosa sister town relationship, but do Simbu Administrator Joe Kunda Naur MBE and Governor Hon Noah Kool...
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