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A writer's journey: From secret jottings to first published book
Iso YawiISO YAWIGod, My Country and Me by Iso Yawi, paperback, JDT Publications, May 2019. ISBN-10: 1071009486. Amazon Books, US$6.50 plus postageLAE - I started penning short stories in small...
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Kramer writes of threats, false arrests & intimations of mortality
Police minister Bryan Kramer on cleaning up the force - "No question of doubt that I will eventually get killed for what I do"BRYAN KRAMER | Kramer ReportPORT MORESBY – Over the last few days I have...
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An extraordinary book that goes beyond the headlines
SUSAN FRANCIS | Good ReadsMy Walk to Equality: Essays, Stories and Poetry by Papua New Guinean Women, edited by Rashmii Amoah Bell, Pukpuk Publications 2017, paperback, 278 pages. ISBN-10: 1542429242....
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Informal rural courts were an important part of the kiap’s role
An informal village court (Graham Forster)ROBERT FORSTERNORTHUMBRIA – Back in colonial times, informal bush courts were taken seriously by Papua New Guinea’s village people and also by patrolling...
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Marape government to rule soon on K47 billion gas deal
Kerenga Kua - wants to create fairness for both resource investors and Papua New GuineansLISA MURRAY & ANGUS GRIGG | The Australian Financial ReviewSYDNEY - Papua New Guinea's new government will...
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Plot by officers: Minister Kramer calls out PNG police mutiny
Bryan Kramer and Gary Baki - never easy going when the man you were trying to shut down becomes your bossNEWS DESK | The Australian | AFP | ExtractSYDNEY -Papua New Guinea’s new reformist police...
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We Pacific islanders need to make a pledge for unity
BUSA JEREMIAH WENOGO I PNG Informal EconomistPORT MORESBY - The Pacific Islands region has long been highly regarded for its hospitality and spectacular scenery. The friendly smiles and the necklaces...
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Life with Foxcy: death, warfare & great misfortune
Foxcy (far left) and fellow students bear Governor Sir Peter Ipatas at Laigam in 2006 DANIEL KUMBONWABAG - The young boy thought his mother was sound asleep and tried to lie down beside her as he had...
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Shocking massacre of women & children in Highlands
MONICA SAGER | The WeekPORT MORESBY - At least 24 people, including pregnant women and children, have been killed in Papua New Guinea in one of the country’s worst outbreaks of tribal violence for...
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Bougainville public servants sacked after funeral expenses fraud
Joseph Nobetau - hot on the heels of thieves and fraudstersANTHONY KAYBINGBUKA - Efforts by the Bougainville government to curb systematic corruption in the Bougainville Public Service continue to gain...
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The escapees from drudgery who helped build PNG
PHIL FITZPATRICKPlantation Papua: A true tale of trials and tribulations in Papua between 1962 and 1982 by Denis Longhurst, Vivid Publishing, 2017, paperback 329 pages, ISBN: 978-1-925590-17-3. Cost...
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Power elites behind brutal Highlands slayings must be targeted
The cocooned remains of the women and children who were victims of the Hela massacre - beyond the foot soldiers are the elitesBUSA JEREMIAH WENOGOPORT MORESBY – Sixteen children and women slashed to...
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Women who died in Karida massacre were community anchors
Charred remains of a Karida village hut where the atrocity took place (Scott Waide)SCOTT WAIDE | Asia Pacific ReportKARIDA, HELA - On Wednesday, some of the bodies of 18 Papua New Guinean women and...
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Australia should help end tribal violence in PNG
MITCHELL THOMAS | Organisation for World Peace | EditedHOUSTON, USA - The remote highlands regions of Papua New Guinea has recently been the subject of international attention in the wake of a brutal...
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Airways Hotel
"dark and cool / spreading out under / an old DC3"SIMON JACKSONLyrics of a tribute to one of Port Moresby’s favourite hotels, along with another great six new Simon Jackson songs you can listen to in...
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Focus on PNG culture as writers’ petition moves to final stage
Emil Tammur - "“When the oil and gas and minerals dry up, it is our cultures that can sustain us”KEITH JACKSONPORT MORESBY - Two prominent Papua New Guineans have called for a cultural revival in Papua...
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Rant Supporting Scott Waide & PNG's Journalists
DIANE MANDUI MIRIO | An entry in the 2019 Crocodile Prize Award for PoetryI took my camera, my notepad and my biroSo I could write about today's newsI took my camera, my notepad and my biroSo I could...
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There’s a new look at the top of the PNG police force
KEITH JACKSON | NBC News/PNG TodayPORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s acting police commissioner Francis Tokura says he will provide the leadership required to address law and order issues in the...
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The events of 29 May 2019 inside & outside parliament
"For two months, I woke up seeing these people already out in the fields working the land"ELVANSEN BOAS | An entry in the 2019 Crocodile Prize Award for EssaysPORT MORESBY - It’s been about six weeks...
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New police minister acts to respond to devastating tribal war
Bryan Kramer at Karita villageBRYAN KRAMER MPPORT MORESBY - Yesterday, I returned from Tari Electorate in Hela Province following a one day trip to assess the situation following the horrific killing...
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