Day: March 13, 2020
Artist wants old painting returned
ART By ALPHONSE BARIASI TABAH Silau, one of Madang’s well known artists, was in the capital last week to retrieve a “stolen painting” he had done while a student at […]
Backbreaking dirt ride to Mt Wilhelm
TOURISM By LARRY ANDREW ADVENTURE tourism is growing increasingly popular among the young and youthful at heart. There’s much excitement in stepping outside their comfort zones for exploration or travel […]
Building coastal resilience
CLIMATE CHANGE By PETER SOLO KINJAP PAPUA New Guinea is identified as one of the most vulnerable countries in the wake of global climate crisis. Lack of basic government services […]
Women appreciate miner’s input
WOMEN By JAMES G. KILA FOUR rural women’s groups from Uya Village in ward 13 of Astrolabe Bay LLG in Rai Coast district, Madang displayed their appreciation and gratitude to […]
Blessed Friday the 13th!
FAITH By Rev SEIK PITOI TODAY is Friday the 13th – a day of bad luck! In western superstition, this is a day to be on one’s guard. Like walking […]
My first trip down south
TRAVEL By PAUL MINGA IT is a dream for almost every young Papua New Guinean to travel overseas. I was no exception when I was younger. Australia, our former colonial […]
TECHNOLOGY
Huawei finds 5G heaven in Switzerland A QUIET Huawei Technologies Co-led 5G revolution is unfolding at the heart of Europe – in the bucolic Swiss hamlet of Taenikon. Far from […]
HEALTH
Why are Covid-19 death rates hard to calculate? IN a press briefing on March 3, 2020, the Director-General of the World Health OrganiSation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, reported a […]
Rachael a woman among men at sea
By GYNNIE KERO RACHAEL Luru’s job as a fisheries observer means being away at sea for weeks on end – living and working among an all-men crew. She is the […]
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NBA crisis Rudy Gobert’s Utah Jazz faced the Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons, and Toronto Raptors in five days before testing positive for coronavirus. Now, 20 per cent of NBA players […]