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Covid is a test I believe we'll pass
Gianluca Rampolla receives the Covid vaccine (Rachel Donovan)GIANLUCA RAMPOLLAGianluca Rampolla is resident coordinator of the United Nations in Papua New Guinea and says public health communications...
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A left wing view of the Somare legacy
Michael Somare and his wife Veronica (Wikipedia)PATRICK O’CONNOR| International Committee of the Fourth International | ExtractLink here to the complete articleSYDNEY - The first years of Papua New...
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An old relationship re-ignites
DANIEL KUMBONFICTION - Japheth remembered that morning when The Old Man and his wantok from Bumbu Oil Palm Plantation breakfasted in her new house.Japheth had welcomed the wantok and served him...
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Slow boats, banana boats & stopped buses
MV Ialibu - a slow boat to Lae now being replaced by an even slower boatHAZEL KUTKUE| Sipikriva Girl | EditedFINSCHHAFEN - I live in Finschhafen, Morobe, where the only way to reach Lae is to travel...
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Is Melanesian liberal democracy doomed?
CHRIS OVERLANDADELAIDE - It is a guilty pleasure to read a Marxist analysis of Michael Somare's contribution to Papua New Guinea’s history.The pleasure lies in its character as a useful antidote to the...
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Bougainville independence by 2025, declares Toroama
Ishmael Toroama - “Our position on the future political status of Bougainville is clear, and that is independence”KEITH JACKSONNOOSA – In a statement that will send shock waves through Papua New...
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The bonds that become stronger
DANIEL KUMBONFICTION - Delisa broke the news of her pregnancy to Japheth, sounding anxious as she spoke to her mother about her duties in the maternity ward of the over-stretched general...
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Does PNG need a ‘Christian country’ declaration?
"The government has to recognise that declaring PNG a Christian country can prove detrimental to national unity"SCOTT WAIDE| My Land, My CountryLAE - The Papua New Guinea government has begun a survey...
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PNG’s blind eye to K21 billion log steal
Logging ship at Vanimo, West SepikEDDIE TANAGO| ACT NOW!PORT MOREBY - The Forest Authority must stop aiding and abetting logging companies identified by the Internal Revenue Commission as defrauding...
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Marape to Toroama: ‘My job is to preserve the union’
Ishmael Toroama has a quiet word with James Marape at the Kokopo summit. Talks conclude with two firm positions espoused. Are they reconcilable?KEITH JACKSONNOOSA – Bougainville president Ishmael...
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Winners grin, losers do as they please
PHILIP FITZPATRICKTUMBY BAY - One of the consistent jibes that Donald Trump liked to make about people who disagreed with him during his presidency was that they were losers.The inference being, of...
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More than one way to defeat corruption
David Kitchnoge - "Hold our leaders accountable by all means, but don’t unfairly bash the good guys"DAVID KITCHNOGE| My Land, My CountryPORT MORESBY - I am concerned about increasingly loud, twisted,...
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Too much conspiracy; go get vaccinated
Monday's scene at the Rita Flynn vaccination centre (Joel Hamari The National)MICHAEL KABUNI| Academia NomadPORT MORESBY - This photo from The National newspaper confirms what I saw last Monday at the...
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Patrolling with kiaps in remote PNG
PHILIP FITZPATRICKStethoscopes, Kiaps and the Law of the Jungle by Dr Malcolm Dunjey, Ark House Press, 2021, 162 pages, ISBN 9780645103168, US$22.99 from Ark House PressTUMBY BAY - This short book...
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Christian constitution: what a bad idea
CHRIS OVERLANDADELAIDE - The long and appalling history of religious influence on politics is so well documented that it is startling that prime minister James Marape should even contemplate writing a...
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There is no law and order here
MICHELLE AUAMOROMORO| Mim's DiaryPOPONDETTA – On Sunday, I was admitted (again) to hospital, this time at Popondetta General Hospital. I was down with malaria in pregnancy, so to save myself and my...
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Mending the hurts of the past
DANIEL KUMBONFICTION – It was a few days after The Old Man returned from Japheth and Nathan’s wedding in Lae that a strange number appeared on his mobile phone. Unknown callers worried The Old Man. Too...
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Bishops oppose Christian nation move
KEITH JACKSON| Catholic Bishops Conference of PNG & Solomon IslandsNOOSA - The Catholic Bishops Conference has expressed dissatisfaction at the Marape government’s lack of consultation with...
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The story of a shot of vaccine
A G SATORIPORT MORESBY – After a long while trying to convince other people that it was safe, I could not bring myself around to it. Jimminy the black grasshopper was there in the back of my brain...
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Don’t make history a fairy tale
Beach at Henry Reid BayGREGORY BABLIS| Edited extractsTOL, EAST NEW BRITAIN - Cultures around the world have different concepts of history and of time. The historicity of a people or place crystallizes...
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