Day: April 20, 2018
The queue hopping syndrome
By REV SEIK PITOI I sat in my car at the traffic lights, having stopped just as the lights were turning red. The car in the next lane had also […]
Physics – exciting and for the bold
By THOMAS HUKAHUFOR the past few weeks, I have been sharing stuff on astronomy and structures in space, as well as a bit on the passing of a great cosmologist, […]
WHO continues to serve quake-hit communities
By RENAGI TAUKARAI 16 April 2018, Port Moresby: Fifty days after the 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit PNG, limited delivery of essential health services has resumed in earthquake-affected provinces. However, thousands […]
Building a house of worship
By ALPHONSE BARIASI A PARTICULARLY pious seminarian, so the story goes, routinely prayed at the chapel long after his colleagues would stop in time for dinner. On one such occasion, […]
Manus islanders profit from bech-de-mer
By RUTH KONIA Wuroh! wuroh! wuroh! echoed through the packed community hall as tribal leaders representing a tribal network covering approximately a third of Manus Province embraced the successful outcome […]
A rice grower’s biggest, and smallest, enemy
Of all the challenges Trukai faces growing local rainfed rice in Papua New Guinea, our potentially biggest problem is our smallest – roughly the size of your fingernail. Insects, you […]
What are artificially planned languages?
By CRAIG ALAN VOLKER If you are a science fiction fan, you may have heard fictional aliens speaking what the films want to portray as non-human languages. One recent example […]
Charles Lwanga parish greets Catholic bishops
By HARLYNE JOKU A blend of Catholic faith and PNG culture and hospitality made the day a success for visiting Bishops from Oceania at Gerehu’s St Charles Lwanga Parish on […]
A day with the bishops
By ABIGAIL SETA BISHOPS and cardinals from the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania (FCBCO) visited and spent time with students at the La Salle Technical College, Hohola, Port […]
Naru brews a heady Wain wine
By LARRY ANDREW HARDWORK is rewarded when one puts his hand to the soil and sweats to appreciate abundance in talent, wisdom and the blessings from the Creator. Former Morobe […]