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Economic crisis poses huge problems for higher education
BETTY GABRIEL WAKIABetty WakiaTIANJIN - Papua New Guinea’s economic problems hit pretty hard in 2017 and 2018 will be a tough year for families as prices have already increased on more than 900...
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Before mortgaging our inheritance, we should listen to elders
Sinaka GoavaPHIL FITZPATRICKTUMBY BAY - In October 1973, Sinaka Goava and his eight commissioners submitted the final Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Land Matters to the Administrator of Papua...
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Losing you never came with a manual
FLORENCE CASTRO-SALLEMADANG - It has been a while since I sent a piece to be published on PNG Attitude. I had a bit of a writer’s block as I lost my mum to cervical cancer a year ago. I wrote this...
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I see; You see - The several sides of history
PHIL FITZPATRICK“There is a crisis in the writing and teaching of Papua New Guinea history. It is created by the real gap between what is being made available through publication and the needs and...
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‘Recolonising’ the Pacific would stir security backlash
MICHAEL POWLES & ANNA POWLES | Asia Pacific ReportAUCKLAND – The Australian government’s recent Foreign Policy White Paper says Australia’s approach in the region will focus on “helping to...
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Australia abrogates responsibility in Pacific neighbourhood
PAUL KELLY | The Australian | ExtractSYDNEY -Can you name the global region where Australia’s influence is greatest? Can you identify the region now falling behind Africa in social and economic...
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After a long & adventurous life, Des Martin OL dies at 92
Des Martin awarded the PNG Order of Logohu by consul-general Magdalene Moi-HeCHRIS MARTIN & SHANDRA COPPARDSUNSHINE COAST - Dad passed away peacefully at the Buderim Private Hospital at six...
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Following years of neglect, a road brings hope to the Ambum Valley
DANIEL KUMBONENGA - People in those many isolated pockets of remote Papua New Guinea contribute resources of their own when a much-needed school, aid post, airstrip or a new road is required in their...
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Informal economy, long neglected, shows signs of turnaround
Street vendors in Lae (Michael & Lori Johnson)BUSA JEREMIAH WENOGOPORT MORESBY - Dealing with the informal economy in its entirety – all those street vendors, hawkers, kerbside buai sellers,small...
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50th Anniversary of AlotauIn 1968, the capital of Milne Bay Province, was moved from Samarai to its present location at Alotau, and the town is this year celebrating its 50th anniversary. Valued...
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Let’s concentrate on skills ahead of knowledge-based education
TANYA ZERIGA-ALONEPORT MORESBY - We should denounce knowledge-based education and concentrate on skills-based education. Let us not judge our children by their ability to memorise and regurgitate...
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The sad story of the O’Neill government’s dumbest investment
'The right moment' - a less than ecstatic Sir Moi Avei at the media conference announcing the sale of Oil Search shares‘MONI PES’PORT MORESBY - On 21 September 2017, Kumul Petroleum Holding Limited, a...
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Wantok Musik offers great opportunity for a PNG band
Tony SubamCOOPER-LILY NIKORA | Wantok Musik FoundationPORT MORESBY - The Wantok Musik Foundation in association with APRA AMCOS has announced the second intake of Tony Subam Fellowship applications for...
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Captain Beverly is PNG's first woman to captain jet aircraft
Captain Beverley Pakii (right) and crew ready for her first scheduled jet flightKEITH JACKSON | Air Niugini Media ReleasePORT MORESBY - Captain Beverly Pakii has become the first female pilot in Papua...
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Senior hospital staff ordered not to talk about medicine shortage
SCOTT WAIDE | My Land, My CountryMADANG - The CEO of Modilon Hospital in Madang and the hospital’s Director of Medical Services have been issued directives barring them from talking about a medicine...
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Of missionaries and kiaps and great partnerships
PHIL FITZPATRICKLeprosy, Leeches and Love by Val Bock, Published for The Leprosy Mission by Kingsway Publications, Eastborne, Sussex, 1981, ISBN 0860651401. My copy from The Book Bazaar, Port Lincoln,...
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Eminent journalist Sean Dorney on life with motor neurone disease
Sean Dorney with the ABC’s Zane Bojack. Sean was guest commentator for last year’s Queensland rugby league grand final when the PNG Hunters defeated Sunshine Coast 12-10MARK BOWLING | The Catholic...
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O'Neill's speech to business council was spin over substance
Peter O'Neill - failing to deal candidly with PNG's significant problemsLANCE LOTTE | PNG Today | Edited extractYou can read the complete article herePORT MORESBY – A recent address by prime minister...
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The radio station run by women to rise above the daily challenge
Radio East Sepik - powered by hard work & faith in God to brush off resource scarcity and inform the people of PNGSYLVESTER GAWI | Graun Bilong Mi (My Land) | EditedLAE - It was quite an experience...
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Weasel words in politics cover up an often dreadful reality
CHRIS OVERLANDADELAIDE - Some years ago, I read ‘Weasel Words’ by Don Watson, in a previous life the speech writer for former Australian prime minister Paul Keating.Watson's book is both an...
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