Day: April 13, 2017
Morobe coast gets policemen and boats
By PISAI GUMAR PNG’s first-ever maritime surveillance centre in the country was opened last Saturday in the Huon Gulf district in Morobe. To be based at Morobe station, about 45 […]
The ‘Bestest’ lamb
By REV SEIK PITOI SHMUEL looked up at his father quizzically. “What are you doing, dad?” The four year old boy lay sprawled on the grass outside the house playing […]
Why can’ t the date of Easter be fixed?
EASTER is early this year for those in the Western churches on March 27 and late for those in the Eastern churches on May 1. But why is there still […]
How Kavieng having got its ‘overseas’ wharf in 1917
By JIM RIDGES PRIOR to the Australian military occupation of German Neuguinea in September 1914, Kawieng in Neu Mecklenburg (as the Germans called New Ireland) was just a small, but […]
Sir Henry’s love of ships
By LARRY ANDREW SIXTY years ago a love for ships drove late Sir Henry Chow to start Toboi Shipbuilding Company Limited. This is his story as shared by his son […]
Wasu’s education woes
By VICKY BAUNKE WASU Secondary School located in the Wasu LLG of the Tewai Siassi District in Morobe initially began as the Wasu High School in 1991. Six years ago […]
Eec’s precious water
By EHEYUC SESERU A RURAL community in Morobe has celebrated 11 years of constant water supply to their village through community initiative and wise water management skills. Water is a […]
Rex makes his mark
By REBECCA KUKU UP in the mountains of Southern Highlands is a small town called Ialibu, with big ice-cold rivers, green mountains and friendly people that always have a smile […]
Paralympic torch graces museum
By DEMAS TIEN THE 2008 Beijing Paralympics Torch is in the country and is being kept at the National Museum and Art Gallery in the National Capital District. The Contemporary […]
Witness
Terrible condition of a government road known as the Raikos highway in Madang. A popular pmv on the route (inset) was bogged in a huge pothole recently. This pothole was […]