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Political rhetoric soars while agriculture suffers from neglect
Erap food security station: despite government boasts, dying a slow death from neglectJULIE BADUI OWA | My Land, My CountryLAE - The recent flooding of an important agricultural station in Morobe...
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In her destiny to achieve: The long journey of Alphonse Huvi
Alphonse Huvi (right) donates her precious Devare High School Anthology to a staff member of the Unity Library in BukaRASHMII BELL & CAROLINE EVARIBRISBANE & PORT MORESBY - A recent...
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THE 2019 CROCODILE PRIZE. EACH AWARD WINNER RECEIVES K5,000The first two categories in the 2019 Crocodile Prize national literary contest have been announced, and there are more to comeLink here...
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Soft power & China’s influence in the Pacific islands
Richard Herr - "A perception that Canberra has drifted away from the regional consensus on climate change, development priorities and economic relations"RICHARD HERR | Australian Strategic Policy...
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The PNG roots of Australia's most celebrated architect
Eight month old Glenn Murcutt in Salamaua with his liklik papaLUKE SLATTERY | Australian Financial Review | ExtractYou can link here to the complete article by Luke SlatterySYDNEY - Glenn Murcutt...
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Papua LNG Agreement: Now more deficiencies are exposed
The $13 billion Papua LNG deal gives every impression of ripping off the people of PNGSIR MEKERE MORAUTA MPPORT MORESBY - The Gas Agreement initialled by prime minister Peter O’Neill for the Papua LNG...
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Pacific scores well in media freedom index, but reality far worse
DAVID ROBIE | The ConversationYou can link here to a longer article by Dr Robie on press freedomMELBOURNE - When Pacific countries reflect on the state of their media today, marking World Press Freedom...
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The Not Forgotten
HERICK AENO | Crocodile Prize | An entryin the Cleland Award for Heritage LiteratureThe cold mountain rain has slowed down to a drizzle, the heavy clouds opening for an almost full moon to project a...
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Events marked World Press Freedom Day in Asia-Pacific region
Professor David RobieNEWS DESK | Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media WatchAUCKLAND - The head of an Auckland-based Pacific media watchdog says New Zealand “takes media freedom for granted” and could...
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The Kokoda shame: A continuing tale of a Trail of Woe
Rashmii Amoah Bell and Tracie Watson, general manager of Adventure Kokoda, which imposes standards Rashmii believes all trek companies should observeRASHMII BELLBRISBANE, DECEMBER 2018 - His question...
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In camp with the opposition: My small shot for the country I love
Martyn Namorong - "This is my small shot for the people I've met and the country I love"MARTYN NAMORONG | Linked InPORT MORESBY - On Thursday at 9 am, I got a call to go into camp at the Sanctuary...
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Engan people caught between a rock & a hard place
BRYAN KRAMER MPPORT MORESBY - Tomorrow the members of parliament in the Alternative Government camp at the Laguna Hotel will commence the process of electing a candidate that will be named as the...
View ArticleArchival film from the early 1960s: Images of Kavieng & Rabaul
LES PETERKINNEWCASTLE – This short video is derived from a great deal of film I shot in Papua New Guinea in the 1960s and which has now been digitised by the Australian Archives and I have edited into...
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A billion reasons: The future of the Sustainable Development Fund
SHANE MCLEOD | The Interpreter | Lowy InstituteSYDNEY - In the three years Sir Mekere Morauta was prime minister of Papua New Guinea, from 1999 to 2002, he pursued an ambitious reform agenda.Some parts...
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Government of the Good; or same old crooks with a new face
Sir Puka Temu (left) at the media conference where he Mirisim and Tomuries quit - "We have made the bold decision to leave because of our principles"KEITH JACKSONNOOSA – Yesterday morning Papua New...
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O’Neill misled Abel in desperate attempt to cling to power
Charles Abel (right) with an extremely ill governor John Critten - a sad attempt to show PNG's governing party still had the numbersBRYAN KRAMER MP | The Kramer ReportPORT MORESBY – Is it game over...
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The main issues behind the decline in quality of PNG education
DANIEL DOYLEVICTORIA POINT, QLD - Phil Fitzpatrick asked in PNG Attitude recently, ‘Education is the key: does anyone know what happened to it?’The prime minister of Papua New Guinea recently...
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John Neitz, respected senior educator in colonial PNG, dies at 84
John Neitz spent 16 years as an educator in PNG, rising to the rank of superintendentKEITH JACKSON | From Jason NitzSOUTHPORT, QLD - John Desmond Neitz was born on 22 June 1934 at Torwood in Brisbane...
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Porgera, brutality & the theft of PNG's resources
Porgera gold mine - removal of gold has left the Porgerans very poor and very angryVIJAY PRASHADNEW DELHI - Few people outside Papua New Guinea know about Porgera. Those who do know about it know that...
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Outcome of challenge to O’Neill’s leadership too close to call
Peter O'Neill's opponents say it's "time to stop the current leadership for the good of the nation"KEITH JACKSONNOOSA – At the weekend, even as Papua New Guinea’s deputy prime minister Charles Abel...
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