Day: June 2, 2017
A tale of two towns
Story and pictures by ELLEN TIAMU EAST New Britain is the largest island in the New Guinea Islands and is a leader in terms of tourism in the country. Rabaul […]
Winning hearts for PNG
By JOHN RUBEIA A SUCCESSFUL exhibition of contemporary Papua New Guinea artworks has drawn to a close at the Royal Queensland Art Society’s Petrie Terrace gallery in Brisbane. Tropical foliage […]
Tabacco: The risks we face
ACTION to stamp out tobacco use can help countries prevent millions of people falling ill and dying from tobacco-related disease, combat poverty and, according to a first-ever WHO report, reduce […]
Many coffee farmers in the lowlands of Papua New Guinea do not get as much attention as their arabika-coffee-farming brothers and sisters in the highlands and the hinterlands of some […]
Easter came with a mercy chopper ride
By PISAI GUMAR THIS will be a journey that Rose Andy will remember for the rest of her life. It goes for her little triplets as well; while they may […]
Children making books
By STEVEN WINDUO IT is possible for PNG children to write and illustrate their own books. It is exciting seeing the children engage with the artistic and expressive sense of […]
A star up in the mountains
RAYMOND Singamis, 29, stands tall and proud among his Baktaman people in Western. Compared to those that stand around him, he is a whole foot taller, and is physically bigger. […]
Coffee gains a Woman
By LARRY ANDREW PESERVERANCE and a passion to learn has opened up a whole new world for a young woman of Manus and Morobe parentage. Lovelynn Pewi Kunoko, 33, is […]
Compensation and shifting thoughts
Words and pictures By JAMES GUMUNO THE payment of compensation to settle disputes and wrongdoings has been a culture in some Melanesian communities for a long time. In the Papua […]
Projects strengthen conservation agreement in Manus
By ELAINE VAINA NINE communities in Central Manus have been proud recipients of new classrooms and community resource centres in a project managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and […]