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Donating medicines? What you should know
BARBARA ANGORO| Duresi's Odyssey | EditedAUCKLAND - We all know that Papua New Guinea, with its diverse environment, is prone to disasters, both natural and manmade. At times of disaster, we as a...
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Essay competition: 10 days to go
MICHAEL DOM| The National Weekender | EditedPORT MORESBY - Engan author Daniel Kumbon launched Victory Song of Pingeta’s Daughter, a 400-page book which attempts to trace the history of the Wabag...
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How a janitor helped me become a soldier
BERLDON TIMAHGraun Blong Mi - My Land | EditedLAE – Many years ago, I was working as a cleaner at a power plant at Ok Tedi mine in Papua New Guinea’s Western Province when I saw an advertisement for...
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Toroama takes government to the people
President Toroama speaking at the first Bougainville cabinet meeting held in a rural areaANTHONY KAYBING| Office of the ABG PresidentTONSU – In a first-time initiative yesterday, the Bougainville...
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Mi tu Kumul blong Morobe
Lae back in Henry's youth - a safe and pleasant town, unlike todayHENRY MOKONOGraun Blong Mi (My Land)PORT MORESBY - I am originally a highlander from Simbu who, like many others from the New Guinea...
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Kerenga Kua & lip ti no swit
Kerenga Kua - spoke about an embarrassing experience with a cup of tea during his high school daysDUNCAN GABILAE - Kerenga Kua, Papua New Guinea’s petroleum and energy minister, has occupied senior...
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Young poet astounds at US inauguration
Amanda Gorman - "I want my words to be a point of unity...."KEITH JACKSONNOOSA – Papua New Guinea is not only a nation of mountains and minerals, it's a place of music and poetry.Those of PNG’s many...
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The indispensable manki masta
Manki masta Kure Whan at Balimo, 1972PHILIP FITZPATRICKTUMBY BAY - When writing about their experiences in Papua New Guinea, many old kiaps mention the special relationship they enjoyed with members of...
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Huawei’s vital role in digital rise
Under the watchful eye of Huawei, PNG DataCo lays the Kumul submarine cable off VanimoBERNARD YEGIORA| The Yegiora Files | EditedMADANG - Technology is increasingly becoming an important part of human...
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Buying medicine off the street can kill you
You may buy something that looks like real medicine on the street. It might look genuine but there is no way you can really knowBEE DURESI| Duresi's OdysseyAUCKLAND - There’s no other ways to put it...
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Australia, not China, initiated trade conflict
The Global Times depicts Australia as a United States puppet in its conflict with ChinaPERCY ALLAN| Pearls and IrritationsSYDNEY - Post Covid, it will be hard for Australia to grow quickly without...
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Mt Lamington: Remembering the 4,000
At the time heavily forested. Mt Lamington was not believed to be a volcano until shortly before it explodedSCOTT WAIDE| My Land, My CountryPOPONDETTA - It’s early morning at Hohorita village, a few...
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Covid creating ‘new PNG poor’: World Bank
DAVID JAMES | Business Advantage PNG | ExtractsPORT MORESBY - A World Bank report on the economic and employment impact of Covid-19 on Pacific island countries has shown that harm to Papua New Guinea’s...
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Calamity of the mountain in the mist
A small group of government officers approach Mt Lamington after the 1951 eruption (Fred Kleckham - PNGAA)FRED KLECKHAM & MARJORIE KLECKHAM| Library of the PNG Association of AustraliaFred Kleckham...
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Toroama reaches out to ‘King’ Noah
The historic first meeting between U-Vistract's Noah Musingku and Bougainville's President Toroama (Anthony Kaybing)KEITH JACKSONNOOSA – The Bougainville government continues to make headway in...
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The Lae police footbeat unit
SYLVESTER GAWI| Graun Bilong Mi (My Land)LAE - Being a law enforcement officer is no easy task. Being a fully-fledged police officer is even tougher.You can become an enemy of evil while you try to...
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Living with crime & violence in PNG
Crime constrains investment and growth and the costs ripple throughout society (World Bank)LAURA KEENAN| World Bank Blogs | EditedSYDNEY -Last month I was interviewing participants in the World Bank’s...
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No degree – so police commissioner removed
David Manning at work. So what's better - a person you know can do the job effectively or an unknown quantity with a university degree?BRYAN KRAMER MP| The Kramer ReportPORT MORESBY – On Friday...
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How Papua's Lani people view the world
YAMIN KOGOYACANBERRA – The word Kunume derives from the language of the Lani people in the highlands of Indonesian Papua.It refers to the Lani people’s sacred men’s house, a place where political,...
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Covid dilemma: Australia’s vaccine vacillation
KEITH JACKSONNOOSA - Sometime this year - nobody seems to know exactly when - Australians will be asked to roll up their sleeves and receive a vaccine to fight the dreaded Covid-19.We don't know which...
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