Day: March 19, 2021
40-year-old
BY AITAPE ON Sept 15, 1975, I was a pride-swollen citizen, amongst many others, who witnessed the respectful, dignified and most importantly, the bloodless lowering of the Australian flag on […]
On the campaign trail with Sir
Former senior broadcast journalist MULAI ROBBY recalls a campaign run with Sir Michael Somare PEOPLE from Northern (Oro), Milne Bay and Western filled up the indoor complex of the Sir […]
Reflecting childhood memories of a visit
By PAUL MINGA THE buzzing helicopter took my childhood attention unexpectedly by storm in offloading PNG’s first PM Michael Thomas Somare was at where the now Kerowil Singirok PNGDF Engineering […]
Tributes fitting for a people’s champion
MIRIAM ZARRIGA recounts personal connections and the mourning of a beloved chief AS we buried Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare on Tuesday March 16 a sea of PNG and provincial […]
Church prepares for diamond jubilee
FAITH By Rev SEIK PITOI BOROKO United Church (BUC) is one of the oldest in Port Moresby. Built in 1958, it was dedicated and opened on July 22, 1961 by […]
Buai, gems and solar lights
LIFESTYLE Musings of a native returning home like a newcomer By ALPHONSE BARIASI KEROSENE lamps to 10-year-olds are antiquities here. It was only a few years ago that a kerosene […]
Not quite a love triangle
LITERATURE The old man, his departed wife and the young girl By DANIEL KUMBON I HAVE published many books based on facts and actual events. But I haven’t yet attempted […]
Stricter standards needed for sand mining
ENVIRONMENT By WENCESLAUS MAGUN and DUNCAN GABI THE insatiable demand for sand around the world against supply for construction, minerals, land building, and beach nourishment amidst both legal and illegal […]
How do we know Covid vaccines are safe?
HEALTH SEVERAL countries have paused use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after reports that a small number of people who were recently given the shot also developed blood clots. Regulators say […]
Ex-soldier remembers Sir Michael
By KELVIN JOE RETIRED Sergeant-Major Aibo Medo George, the soldier who raised the PNG flag for the first time on Independence Hill, still remembers the words Grand Chief Sir Michael […]