Day: September 29, 2017
Hiri Moale festival starts today
By ELLEN TIAMU HENRY Koragai is one of the last men alive in Tatana village who knows how to make a ‘real’ lakatoi. In fact, he has just completed a […]
Around New Guinea trip wasn’t all smooth sailing
By ELLEN TIAMU THOR Jensen and brothers Sanakoli John and Justin John are now slowly making their way back to Tawali in Milne Bay from Port Moresby, surely on their […]
Sanguma, an escalating scourge in Enga
By MALUM NALU LAST Saturday, Sept 23, a second woman dies from horrific injuries sustained during an Independence Day torture at Wapenamenda in Enga after allegations of sanguma (sorcery). The […]
A coffee farmer’s testimony
By LEO WAFIWA JOSEPH Laka doesn’t know his date of birth. His estimation is that he is between 59 and 65 years old. He originates from Central Wabag in Enga […]
Is Kuk really the Garden of Eden?
By TONY PALME KUK Swampland enlisted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unicef) in 2008 as a World Heritage Site because of archaeological evidence pointing to practise […]
‘Australians in PNG’ exhibition
By STEVEN WINDUO THE frames of reference we use to view the world are always problematic. If you are the one framing, obviously your view of the world is one […]
Caution: Driverless cars ahead
Mention “driverless car” in Port Moresby and folks will think you are talking about a PMV rolling backwards down a hill due to a mechanical failure of epic proportions, as […]
Starting, improving your own business
By ISAAC LIRI UNDER the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Small Medium Enterprise Corporation (SMEC) is one of the agencies that focuses on building up the capacity of trainers […]
Saipan campaigns for controversial Earhart statue
A CONTROVERSIAL campaign is under way in the US Northern Mariana Islands to commemorate the pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart, who vanished over the Pacific 80 years ago while trying to […]
WITNESS
A man selling his pig for K250 in front of a stationary shop in the heart of Mt Hagen yesterday morning. This is not the first time that people have […]