Day: September 15, 2017
PNG the worse for wear after 42 yrs
By MALUM NALU MONDAY this week, on the night before I left for Kavieng, the lights went out in our house. My children, who were doing their homework, tried in […]
Is Gulf paying for past sins?
By MALUM NALU A PLAQUE outside the Beth Brown Memorial Church in Iokea, Gulf, commemorates the arrival of missionary James “Tamate” Chalmers on Oct 8, 1833. It is a special […]
Koreans giving villagers new hope
By ZACHERY PER FOUR villages in Eastern Highlands piloting the Saemaul Undong (SMU) – the South Korean community development approach – are seeing improvements in the living standards of people […]
Nipa-Kutubu education a priority for Komal
By PETER WARI Nipa-Kutubu MP Jeffery Komal has cast his eyes on education as the key factor in developing Nipa Kutubu. Komal, who is also Deputy Speaker of Parliament, said […]
Time to listen
By STEVEN WINDUO IN the Melbourne Writers’ Festival I participated in three sessions. The first session featured indigenous authors Bruce Pascoe, Eugenia Flynn and myself. Eugenia moderated it. Pascoe, an […]
Life’s a beach
By KEVIN PAMBA I REMEMBER that Port Moresby’s Ela Beach was once known for its allure as a common meeting place for residents and sojourners on Sundays. All manner of […]
Peace at last
By WALLY HIAMBOHN PEACE, security and government services are returning to the Kompiam district of Enga following the peaceful resolution of an eight-month-old tribal conflict that caused multiple deaths and […]
Where we fit into the smart city space
IMAGINE living in a city that could use the information available within it to make life easier for its inhabitants. The city becomes a living organism, feeding off a central […]
Building a nation
By PHOEBE GWANGILO AS YOU enter the Institute of Business Studies University (IBSU) campus just outside Port Moresby, your gaze is automatically drawn to eight Greek columns that stand at […]
A hardworking servant and a fighter till the end
By ELIZABETH VUVU PAPUA New Guinea recently lost another one of its national court judges when the late Justice Salatiel Lenalia passed away. By the time of his death, Justice […]