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As it really was: Straightening the record
Chris Warrillow on the radio transceiver at Mainoki in Bougainville, 1967CHRIS WARRILLOWWANTIRNA, VIC - I am grateful to Bill Brown (A Kiap’s Chronicle, Chapter 29) for attempting to set straight the...
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An ancient machine with 6 former lives
SCOTT WAIDE| My Land, My CountryLAE - “It’s 100 percent unreliable!” they told me about the machine. An old utility parked at Simeon’s block at the edge of Popondetta town.‘They’ is my sister in Port...
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The people who put food on PNG’s table
John Conroy - writes on the neglected part of PNG's economy without which the country would probably not functionJOHN D CONROYCANBERRA - In my recently-published book, The Informal Economy in...
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Governor: Oz talks on Chinese fishery fail
Governor Taboi Awi Yoto meets in Daru with Australian High Commission officials. "Australians working behind my back," he saysTABOI AWI YOTO| Governor, Western Province | EditedDARU - As expected,...
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President or poet, what’s best?
Poet and PresidentPHILIP FITZPATRICKTUMBY BAY - Like a lot of people I was mesmerised watching the young poet, Amanda Gorman, reading her poem, ‘The Hill We Climb’, at the inauguration of Joe Biden as...
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A different kind of funeral
A haus krai at Divine Word University in MadangGRAHAM KINGYUNGABURRA, QLD - As I get older the frequency of funerals for close friends unerringly increases.On Tuesday another friend from my early days...
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PNG social media & the Covid vaccination
BEE DURESI| Duresi's OdysseyAUCKLAND - Last week I saw many social media commentaries by fellow Papua New Guineans regarding a newspaper article on the supply of Covid-19 vaccines to PNG and other...
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Pacific turns to China as economies sink
JONATHAN BARRETT & PRAVEEN MENON| Reuters | ExtractLink here for the complete articleSYDNEY & WELLINGTON - Pacific island nations are turning to China-led agencies to plug funding gaps in their...
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PNG’s mercenary funerary rituals
Wife of deceased sits atop his body at Wapenamanda mourning , late 1960s (Barry Taverner)DANIEL KUMBONWABAG – One of the many rare photographs in my new book, 'Victory Song of Pingeta's Daughter', is...
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Toroama whacks mining companies & compradors
Ishmael Toroama - has already begun to show his strength as a leader of BougainvilleKEITH JACKSONNOOSA – Bougainville’s new president, Ishmail Toroama, who has impressed people during his first three...
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Western Province - resource rich & deeply poor
Fly River at Kiunga (OTML)STEPHEN CHARTERISBANGKOK – The recent visit by an Australian diplomatic team to meet the Western Province governor in Daru resulted in another flare-up in the a chronic,...
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Western Province seeks Chinese aid
Governor Yoto and Ambassador Xue - Australia looking like a wallflower as the PNG-China bromance flourishesKEITH JACKSONNOOSA – As covered in PNG Attitude on Wednesday, a fruitless Australian...
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Fat cat probe saluted, with a warning
Entrance to Bomana prison - Act Now! hopes that corrupt public servants will be passing through these gatesEDDIE TANAGOPORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea community advocacy group Act Now! has cautiously...
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Fear is a toxin
SAMUEL LUCAS KAFUGILIFear is a toxin, A venom that infests, shutting out enrichment,Causing huge illFear is a toxin,Like Halloween witchescompromising courage, Shutting out lightFear is a toxin,...
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Chimbu peoples uneven & constant rise
Chimbu Valley - 24,000 years of settlementMATHIAS KIN| Republished in an edited form from ‘Not always easy, not always nice, but look where we are’, PNG Attitude, July 2018KUNDIAWA - From the north...
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What does it take to be a police chief?
Police Commissioner David Manning - what's more important, a degree or a track record as an effective police officer?BRYAN KRAMER MP| The Kramer Report | EditedPORT MORESBY – I wrote a week or so ago...
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Old leaders must encourage young leaders
ROBERT IKI LESO| North-West By-Election 2021 | EditedFrom Thomson Honga's Facebook page, which he describes as a “media platform designed to provide critical North-West by-election information and...
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The beauty of the haus krai
Simulation of an Enga mourning ritual (Daniel Kumbon)JOE HERMANSEATTLE, USA – Over the years, the haus krai [mourning rituals] concept has evolved and changed its spiritual framing.Growing up in Enga,...
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Aaah, that highlands coffee....
Jerry Kapka and a pensive Scott Waide at the Kongo coffee factory near ChuaveSCOTT WAIDE| My Land,My CountryLAE - Two years ago, we were passing through from Western Highlands and stopped by at Jerry...
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Walking on two legs
SAMUEL LUCAS KAFUGILIWalking on two legs, human legs,Legs that are legs, not robot legsWalking on two legs, poised on two legs,Two feet have consumed a thousand milesLegs, not machines, no engine oil...
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