Month: December 2017
The choice that we make should count for something
By Steven Winduo Early in the morning I had a week ago I had a visitor from my good “brother”and friend,Wangi Giwi who lives in Morata 1.Wangi is from Buang […]
Sailing into history
By ELLEN TIAMU M ILNE BAY brothers, Justin and Sanakoli John are among a three men team that has braved the sea to try to make world history by being […]
Bridging the gap
STIGMA is a dirty word when it comes to people with disability. It paints them into a corner and sets them apart from the rest. In Morobe, they are trying […]
Human Rights Day 2017 Message from AUDREY AZOULAY- Director-General of UNESCO
IN the wake of the Second World War, humanity, together, resolved to uphold human dignity everywhere and always. In this spirit, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human […]
Human Rights begin at home
By LEMACH LAVARI UNITED Nations Human Rights Day falls on Sunday, Dec 10 annually. To mark the day this year, a dear friend who I was blessed to have met […]
Trio sailing around New Guinea
By DAPHNE WANI IMAGINE living at a time when there were no compasses, mobile phones, satellites, maps and other navigational tools and you were sailing against the high ocean swifts […]
Tupira,Wonderful cultural
By COLIN TAIMBARI ITS two months since the PNG Kumul World Surf League world long board championships in Madang’s picturesque Uligan Bay down Bogia way, but those i n the […]
Catching a wave
By HENRY MORABANG MAYBE you surf,maybe you don’t. It doesn’t matter but people who have been to the beach or live along the coastline are influenced by surf culture in […]
PNG has highest child mortality rate in the Pacific
By GRACE MARIBU BY now, many will haveheard of the horrific torture of a little six-year-old girl in Enga two weeks ago – how a group of men, accusing the […]
All forms of violence against women must stop
By MALUM NALU And with this cry, Mary Albaniel, wearing an orange t-shirt w ith the words, ‘No to violence against women’, pays a moving and emotional tribute to her […]