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Land Rover, the prince of vehicles
New chalkies hit the road near Wewak, November 1963. Yes, there were 10 of us aboard the Series 2 Land Rover. That was fortunate. It took all of us to get it out of a bog later in our journey (Keith...
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Yama’s vaccine case is ‘idiotic, laughable’
Governor Peter Yama - off to the supreme court to try to stop people who want to receive Covid vaccines from getting themBRYAN KRAMER MP| Kramer ReportMADANG - Last week, Madang governor Peter Yama...
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The unfortunate Lucy Maino controversy
Lucy Maino - An innocent victim of deep-seated misogyny or offended Christianity? Or perhaps bothAVDOH D MEKIPORT MORESBY - Lucy Maino is best known as a Papua New Guinean footballer and recently Miss...
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Patrolling not all mountains: Messing about in boats
MV Aveta ready for patrol, c 1970CHRIS OVERLANDADELAIDE – As a newly minted Assistant Patrol Officer in 1969, I was assigned to Kerema in Gulf Province, seen by new kiaps as a fate worse than death -...
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The Old Man readies for the next chapter
DANIEL KUMBONFICTION - The Old Man was glad, the nursing college graduation was only two weeks away and the three new houses had been completed in record time.The house built for Japheth had three...
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Covid: urgent business for Australia - & China
BRENDAN CRABB & MIKE TOOLE| The Canberra TimesMELBOURNE - The surge of new COVID-19 cases in Papua New Guinea is deeply worrying.At the end of January, this country of nine million had reported...
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Now listen up, you bullies & misogynists
Lucy Maino and all Papua New Guinean women need to be treated with respect, decency and morality. Papua New Guinean men have much to be ashamed ofKARA WEISENSTEIN| MicNEW YORK - Lucy Maino was an...
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The image that knocked out our readers
Marina Amaral in her studio. An exceptional artist, 70,000 viewers can't be wrong https://marinamaral.comKEITH JACKSONNOOSA - On Monday, PNG Attitude published a famous World War II photograph, newly...
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PNG not alone in struggling with Covid
ROBERT FORSTERNORTHUMBRIA - Here in the United Kingdom, one the world’s top ten economic powers, our government was wickedly slow to close our borders against incoming infection.It then imposed public...
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Covid road for PNG bumpy & vicious
BINOY KAMPMARK| CounterpunchMELBOURNE - There was a time when it seemed Papua New Guinea had managed to dodge a bullet. Instances of coronavirus were minimal, along with its disease, Covid-19. Through...
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I’ve got the Anzac Day blues
WILLIAM DE MARIA| Pearls & IrritationsBRISBANE - Australia has never been the maker of its own history. So said the legendary Manning Clark, who spent a life mapping the heart of our nation. From...
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Leaders: what do they think their job is?
The Morrison government’s approach to the Covid pandemic has too often opted for spin over substance and politics over scienceCHRIS OVERLANDADELAIDE - Across the democratic world denial, blundering...
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Foreign land grab disaster in Pomio
Paul Pavol warned his people of what would happen, but they did not listenPAUL PAVOLPOMIO - The people of West Pomio in East New Britain Province lost most of their land and forest under the...
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The Anzac myth & our ignored frontier wars
This map shows more than 500 locations where colonial forces or individuals massacred Australia's Indigenous people. Australia has never come to terms with the Frontier Wars than continued for about...
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Anzac must honour values of peace, not war
PHILIP FITZPATRICKTUMBY BAY – For the past month or so, the Returned Services League (RSL) has saturated us with television commercials drumming up interest in today’s Anzac Day celebrations (now...
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A day to remember that 'war is hell'
CHRIS OVERLANDADELAIDE - Dr De Maria has certainly unleashed some caustic criticism of the Anzac tradition, much of it well deserved.I would argue, for example, that Paul Keating was right to say that...
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Funding quirks make it hard to put smiles on faces
Western Province is the largest and most remote in PNGTABOI AWI YOTODARU – You may be aware of a Papua New Guinea government policy that every province and district should expect to receive K10 million...
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The meeting of the tribes
DANIEL KUMBONFICTION – When Delisa read the text message from The Old Man, she was stunned.‘I have to come to your graduation as this is the fruit of my efforts and your own commitment to your...
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Time to empathise with our Earth
Gary Juffa - "We have used our superior intelligence to pursue selfish gain in a shortsighted manner detrimental to our very existence"GOVERNOR GARY JUFFAORO - Empathy is a great teacher. Only when you...
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The Old Man and the graduate
DANIEL KUMBONFICTION - Early on the morning of the graduation, The Old Man drove from Lae International Hotel to Bumbu village to finalise arrangements for the festivities. He had asked Japheth to call...
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