Day: February 22, 2019
Bulolo and Rigo forge ties
By MALUM NALU Evening in Kwikila, district headquarters of Rigo, Central. It’s Saturday, Feb 9, and the place is looking picture-perfect after the rains. The sun is setting over the […]
On screen love sours
By Port Moresby freelance satirist Biga Lebasi “WHAT is satire and humour….you chuave or natin?” Shpik said, addressing her computer screen. Shpik is aka Jinnie Kero, as in kerosene. Her […]
Evening at PNGDF headquarters
By ALEXANDER NARA Defence Media It was a wet and murky evening. The hour hand under the cracked glass of my old ‘palang’ phone was sniffing 6pm as I stepped […]
Learning a local PNG dialect
By THOMAS HUKAHU IN last week’s article, I offered you some tips on learning a foreign language. In this week’s article, I will offer you a few tips on learning […]
Tough city life forces kids to labour
By REBECCA KUKU The increasing prices of goods and services in Port Moresby has hit some families hard with many children dropping out of school to help their parents make […]
New security firm pays super
Sheer determination to achieve one’s dream is an accomplishment to speak proudly about. Such is the case for Luther Makelyo from the Lanekep Clan of Yanarin in the Enga. Luther […]
Cop wants others to be happy
By PAUL MINGA A WHILE back I came across someone I would not be ashamed to call a “model citizen”, someone who is happy with life and wants others to […]
Show reflects face of changing nation
By PETER S KINJAP Since the beginning of mankind, events and festivals have provided a means for people to relax, enjoy and escape from their reality, often by embracing and […]
Govt team sees region’s challenges
By GYNNIE KERO Due to the country’s geography, people living in remote areas of the country still lack vital government services. They walk for days through rugged mountains, bush tracks, […]
Sex worker’s tale of love
By REBECCA KUKU I was walking into a shop to buy my son’s school stationeries when I bumped into a woman I had met a couple of years back when […]