Day: February 14, 2020
She now ‘runs’ for her kids
COVER STORY Former athlete Mae Koime shares her trials and joys of motherhood By REBECCA KUKU BORN and raised in Port Moresby’s notorious Kaugere suburb, one young woman from Baimuru, […]
A Simbu marriage in capital
MARRIAGE By PAUL MAIMA MARRIAGE is a sacred initiation that binds a couple to a lifetime relationship. It is a moment of joy for the man’s family as a new […]
Singing dog named Iceman
ANIMALS By NATHAN LATI EVERY myth and legend in PNG has a connection to a tribe, the environment or flora and fauna. Rarely seen wild dogs or the New Guinea […]
Schooled to add value to others
EDUCATION THE second class of 35 students who attended the Human Development Institute’s Personal Viability training was a family thing. There was sets of siblings and parents and their children […]
Memorial a tourist attraction
TOURISM By MICHAEL WARTOVO TOMATARA is the traditional name of the site where the historical mission memorial Tung-Naparau is situated in the Raluana Local Level Government (LLG) in Kokopo District […]
STARTUPS
Free learning resources online A PAPUA New Guinean startup has set its sights on greatly improving the academic achievements of students who access its resources and materials. The company, Niunet […]
Adelaide Land of the free
PLACE By THOMAS HUKAHU IT is likely that most Papua New Guineans who enter Port Moresby from Australia, after a long stay in the continent Down Under, would be coming […]
Walking by the Sea of Galilee
FAITH Why water baptism is an important Christian sacrament By Rev SEIK PITOI THE road was long and winding. It would take us at least two hours to reach our […]
Parasite: What the Oscar means
ENTERTAINMENT By LAURA BICKER BBC News, Seoul “A MIRACLE has happened,” said South Korean film critic Ha Sung-tea. “I’m overwhelmed. In tears,” tweeted Korean cinema expert Jason Bechervaise, who was […]
Digital literacy in 21st century education
LITERACY By BETTY GABRIEL WAKIA IN THE digital age of the 21st century, the development of technology has greatly changed the global economic situation and the structure of the labour […]