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When orthodoxy seeks to strangle dissent
Brian Cooper - Uttered a n opinion that the Australian government of the time was determined to suppressCHRIS OVERLANDADELAIDE – The story of Brian Leonard Cooper is a very sad story indeed.The early...
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An important lesson from Sir Michael
BEE DURESI| Duresi’s OdysseyAUCKLAND - It has been almost a week since our country’s founding father, ‘Papa’, Sir Michael Thomas Somare departed for the spiritual world. Papua New Guineans in country...
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Sing me a sad song
ISO YAWI| Poetry and ProseSing me a sad songWith a slow and soft kundu beatLet no bird fly across the skyLet no dog barkLet no wind blowLet no sun shineI want only rain in dayAnd clouds at nightLet the...
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A monument to the Grand Chief
Jordan Dean says PNG should honour Sir Michael Somare with a monument and memorial parkJORDAN DEANSYRACUSE, USA - Winter in upstate New York can sometimes be unforgiving. Last month, the temperatures...
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Relax – the normal insanity will soon resume
PHILIP FITZPATRICKTUMBY BAY - Life on our planet is made up of complex synergies and symbiotic relationships built up over countless millennia. Removing particular species or environmental elements...
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The trials of Brian Leonard Cooper
Sir Alan Mann, then PNG chief justice, conceded that the words attributed to Cooper were highly improbableMICHAEL HEAD| University of Western Sydney | ExtractSYDNEY - In January 1961, when [Brian...
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Brian Cooper’s conviction was a fit-up
Brian Cooper at Mascor after his release from prisonCHRIS OVERLAND"[Brian] Cooper wasn't the only one espousing such messages in Papua New Guinea before independence, especially after the UPNG was...
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How the bilum reached Rangiora
Bilum-weaving at the Palmerston North - part of the Melanesian worldview (Laurens Ikinia)LAURENS IKINIA| Asia Pacific Report | ExtractsAUCKLAND - Papua New Guinean academics and community leaders in...
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Grand-daughter's story of a pioneering pastor
Early mission patrol in the Enga region (Harold Freund)PHILIP FITZPATRICKMugang Mugarewec Bitengere- A Pioneer Missionary to the Highlands of New Guinea by Gabby Mugang, Marapa Publications, Waigani,...
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Thoughts on nominating for election
Jackson Kiakari, his son Kyle and supporters - on the way to nominate Jackson for electionJACKSON KIAKARIPORT MORESBY - It rained intermittently in Port Moresby on Thursday.No music played, no horns...
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W Papua leader pays tribute to Sir Michael
Standing side by side - the Morning Star and the KumulBENNY WENDA| Facebook | ExtractsOXFORD, UK – Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare fought for the dignity of indigenous Papuans. It was an 84 year...
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Sir Michael & the secret of the Colours
The Regimental Colours return to 2RPIR, Wewak 2013 (Anara Private Archives)ALEXANDER NARAPORT MORESBY - From among the countless stories about Sir Michael Somare comes this one, about a secret.It...
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Sir Michael: The loss of a giant
Territories Minister Bill Morrison, Michael Somare and Gough Whitlam at a press conference at Parliament House, Canberra January 1973BEN JACKSONNOOSA - English scientist Isaac Newton admission that, if...
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Verifying information on social media
BEE DURESI| Duresi’s OdysseyAUCKLAND - Hands up if you’ve read something on the internet and wondered if it was true or not?Many times we find ourselves reading information that is not within our line...
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Sand mining proposal defeated
NEWS DESK| Act Now!PORT MORESBY - A controversial plan by the Singapore based Powerplus Group to mine sand along a 38 kilometre stretch of coastline in Madang has been defeated.The government...
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The hair-trigger path to independence
Papua Besena membership card - the Papuan separatist group under the strong leadership of Josephine Abaijah was a destabilising influence leading to independencePHILIP FITZPATRICKTUMBY BAY - In the...
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ASPI, sycophancy & deepening strategic corruption
MICHAEL McKINLEY| John Menadue’s Pearls & Irritations | EditedCANBERRA - Last month, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) announced that its executive director, Peter Jennings, had...
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PNG logs wash ashore in Philippines
Logs believed to be from PNG wash ashore in coastal towns of Aurora ProvinceTONETTE OREJAS| Philippine Daily InquirerCITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Fishermen in Aurora Province have retrieved more logs...
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Oz denies vaccine OK to poor countries
Port Moresby general hospital says Covid patient numbers will rise ‘beyond our capacity’ Read more here (Image: ChildFund) DAVID LEGGE & SUN KIM| John Menadue’s Pearls & IrritationsAs Papua...
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Australia, PNG and the Covid vaccine
CHRIS OVERLANDAs Papua New Guinea readies to receive its first 588,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine at the end of March, provided through the global Gavi philanthropic consortium, Australia...
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