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The tragic flight of Mary Madsen
The Cessna 180 Skywagon was a common aircraft in 1960s PNGED BRUMBYMELBOURNE - In the mid-1960s, Mary and her partner, ‘Mads’ Madsen – no-one used his given forename, ran a small trade store at the top...
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Crack down on international flights
Papua New Guinea joins the global aviation shut downNEWS DESK| NBC NewsPORT MORESBY - Papua New Guinea is shutting down international flights amid Coronavirus fears.Flights in and out of Hong Kong, the...
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Expats flee PNG as Australia shuts borders
KEITH JACKSONPORT MORESBY – Even as Papua New Guinea's airline, Air Niugini, announced it will cease carrying inbound international passengers from midnight tomorrow, expatriate workers and their...
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How much aid ‘leaks’ into corruption?
The double talk of aid and corruption (C Gado)ROLAND RAJAH & ALEXANDRE DAYANT| DevPolicy BlogCANBERRA - Is development aid an effective solution to lifting countries out of poverty? Some argue that...
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Coronavirus: A warning from history
Indian pangolin. Some people believe coronavirus entered the human domain because the pangolin (found in Africa and Asia) is considered a delicacy in ChinaCHRIS OVERLANDADELAIDE - I spent 32 years...
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Sepik boosts border virus surveillance
Wutung entry point at the border between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (RNZ - Johnny Blades)NEWS DESK| Radio New Zealand | Edited extractAUCKLAND –Members of parliament in Papua New Guinea's Sepik...
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Coronavirus & the ignorance of privilege
Simon Jackson; Will coronavirus forge a new realisation of the world as it is, or reinforce the bastions of privilege?SIMON JACKSONAUCKLAND - Like many people who have lived deeply in developing...
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The old priest & the young councillor
DANIEL KUMBONWABAG - Alois Alapyala Yolape often thanks Fr George Schubbe publicly, even though the priest is dead, for playing an important role in getting him elected for the Monokam council ward in...
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Death of Val Murphy, educator & sports administrator
Val MurphyKEITH JACKSONNOOSA – The sad new has arrived from fellow ex-chalkie Leo Carroll that the indomitable Val Murphy died in Perth on Friday.Val was a bear of a man whose appearance told you all...
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Marape declares state of emergency
James Marape and health minister Jelta WongKEITH JACKSONPORT MORESBY – Following the detection of the first coronavirus case in Papua New Guinea late last week, in an emergency meeting yesterday the...
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The weird story of sanguma
A G SATORIPORT MORESBY - Belief in the supernatural is real for a Papua New Guinean - a belief that runs in parallel with other introduced beliefs, be they Christianity or another religion, even...
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Now we learn they can’t handle a crisis
PHIL FITZPATRICKTUMBY BAY - One thing is becoming abundantly clear as the coronavirus epidemic rapidly escalates.And this is that any government based on an ideology of neo-liberalism is the worst...
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Cry me a river – The Rabaul Queen disaster
Rabaul Queen survivors await rescue - 246 were picked up; as many as 500 diedBERNARD CORDENExtract from ‘You’ll Never Work Again – The Great Safety Charade’ by Bernard Paul Corden, self published,...
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'The patient Earth is sick....'
PHIL FITZPATRICKTUMBY BAY - While a number of conspiracy theorists, alarmists, doomsayers and social media terrorists have tried to insinuate that there is a link between the coronavirus epidemic and...
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Learning important coronavirus lessons
PNG Defence Force personnel have been assigned to assist in the fight against coronavirus (Alexander Nara)SCOTT WAIDE| My Land, My CountryLAE - So it’s a global pandemic with well over 16,000 dead...
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Planning for resilient island communities
Consultant Wendy Lee and participants at the climate resilience development planning workshop (Peter Kinjap)PETER SOLO KINJAPPORT MORESBY - Papua New Guinea's Climate Change and Development Authority...
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Remote business never easy in PNG
Map of the Sepik region by Bill BrownROB PARERBRISBANE - In 1970 we sold our Vanimo stores and bulk fuel depot to Steamships Trading Company.Mr Lee, the manager of Steamships Madang, had approached us...
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After the crisis – more of the same?
Australian businessman Gerry Harvey - bragging about doing well out of coronavirus panic and exulting in other people's distressPHIL FITZPATRICKTUMBY BAY - There is an interesting and still underlying...
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Am I A Whore Now
WARDLEY D I BARRYMany young women are becoming victims of revenge porn. In Papua New Guinea, one nude photo is enough to turn you into a whore or porn star. The stigma sticks and it can be a...
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Informal economy needs virus protection
Street market - a large part of Papua New Guinea's daily trade and commerce relies on the informal economyBUSA JEREMIAH WENOGOPORT MORESBY - As the spread of coronavirus claims thousands of lives...
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