COVER STORY A REMOTE community has embarked on a mangrove-replanting programme to replace the degraded parts of their mangrove environment. The coastal community of Poukama in the Kairuku-Hiri district of […]

HISTORY THE United States Defence POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced on Oct 20 that US Army Air Forces pilot 2nd Lt Earl W Smith, 22, of Oakland, California, killed during World […]

By PAUL MINGA A TRIP to the city by a man from Jimi in Jiwaka after more than 30 years since his last visit in1986 is quite a story. I […]

TRAVEL By THOMAS HUKAHU and WESLIE RAMBAIO SOMETIMES we see photos or paintings of some faraway place in South America or Northern Europe and those stir up a longing in […]

By KEVIN PAMBA THE Department of Works used to engage small to medium enterprises (SMEs), often small family businesses, to patch potholes, clean up drainage and cut down scrubs along […]

LANGUAGE In these monthly discussions we answer one question about language in Melanesia and beyond. This month we are looking at the future of e-books as vehicles for literature in […]

MUSIC By JERRY TSINABI HER beautiful voice and lyrics have touched many fans across Papua New Guinea and she has now been etched in the history of the local music […]

Competitive markets good for innovation By MICHAEL JOHN UGLO MAN has taken leaps from hunter-gatherer societies to today’s contemporary world. Guess what has been the driving force behind this change? […]

EDUCATION THE Tufi community in the large ATS settlement in the Moresby North East electorate now has a small Christian school that trains phonics teachers. The first graduation of phonics […]