Day: August 25, 2017
15 natural ways to lower yourblood pressure
By KERRI-ANN JENNINGS, MS, RD HIGH blood pressure is a dangerous condition that can damage your heart. It affects one billion people worldwide. If left uncontrolled, it raises your risk […]
Coffee workers unite into one small melting pot
By LEO WAFIWA EXTENSION officers and field assistants working for three coffee rehabilitation partnerships in Eastern Highlands were brought together to set up a large scale nursery in the Asaro […]
Super deal gets Barry her dream home
By STELLA BITA BUILDING a home for life in retirement doesn’t come easy for the majority of employed people in Papua New Guinea. For many it is a dream that’s […]
PNG among worst place in the world to find a toilet
THE hardest place in the world to find a toilet and the developed nations which are among the surprising offenders are all revealed in WaterAid’s first It’s No Joke – […]
From graduate trainees to master’s degree
By PATRICK WUNDAI THIS is a story of how two young Papua New Guineans attained master’s degrees after seven months of study in Madrid, Spain. The two returned to the […]
Tribe wants to turn an old site into new gold
By TONY PALME THE Kawelka tribe, the traditional landowners of the Kuk World Heritage Site in Western Highlands, has mobilised itself to turn the site into a tourism centre. A […]
Preparing for the big flood
By ELLEN TIAMUTHE landowners of the Bintip Dampi Indigenous Land Group (ILG) in Morobe are hoping to meet with ILG groups in Kainantu and Obura Wonenara in Eastern Highlands to […]
Language at risk as we speak something else
By STEVEN WINDUO PAPUA New Guinea needs an Institute of PNG languages and folklore. I am concerned that many of our languages are dying and many of us are moving […]
What you speak is who you are
By CRAIG ALAN VOLKER In this monthly discussion we answer one question about language in Papua New Guinea and beyond. This month we are looking at how to find out […]
Sailing into uncharted waters
By JINA AMBA THE Kula Spirit, a private boat clinic, and family planning organisation Spacim Pikinini-PNG have been conducting a medical outreach programme in parts of Milne Bay: Normanby, Esa’ala […]