Day: May 26, 2017
The cane swallowing ritual of the Bena people
By SHIRLEY KOMOGI TITLED, the Last Real Man, a local documentary film exposes a sacred cane swallowing ritual. Set in the Eastern Highlands, this film took six years to complete. […]
Romance, romans and zombies
By GREG CLOUGH ROMAN soldiers in short skirts, zombies in full gore and other weird phenomenon will take control of the Moresby Arts Theatre (MAT) for the next two weeks. […]
Coffee borer fight needs more help
By DR REUBEN SENGERE & CORAH MOABI AS continued efforts are being made into the 14th week of the coffee berry borer operations, National Agriculture, Quarantine and Inspection Authority (NAQIA) […]
Gold of the Sea
Words and pictures by HELEN TARAWA BECHE-DE-MER, or sea cucumber as it is commonly known, is expected to earn the country a cool K50 million this year. For fishermen and […]
Boy with huge eye needs urgent help
By VINCENT KUMURA ON Thursday, May 18th, I checked into the Bird of Paradise Hotel in Goroka for the night. As I flipped through my list of ‘things to do’ […]
The natural wonders of Tufi’s fantastic fjords
By STEVEN WINDUO TUFI had a sense of enchantment to it. I loved the early morning walks I made for the three days I was there. The undisturbed natural eco-system […]
Ceremonies point to lasting peace
By ISSAC LIRI “UNITED we stand, divided we still stood.” These were the words of former Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) Chief of Defence Ismael Toroama during a reconciliation ceremony at […]
How emigration is killing a language
By CRAIG ALAN VOLKER WHICH Papua New Guinea language is becoming extinct through emigration? IN this monthly discussion we answer questions about language in PNG and beyond. This month we […]
Pacific tourism growing strong
By COLIN TAIMBARI THE nations of the Pacific have been urged to cooperate and promote the image of the region as a desired tourism destination.Tourism Promotion Authority chief executive Jerry […]
38 million pieces of plastic on Pacific Island
WHEN researchers travelled to a tiny, uninhabited island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, they were astonished to find an estimated 38 million pieces of trash washed up on […]