Day: June 17, 2022
Laiagam’s Sangai Festival – One man’s dream to keep Enga culture alive
COVER STORY By DANIEL KUMBON TRADITIONAL society is fast breaking down in almost all parts of the country but more so in the highlands region. One young man from Laiagam […]
Bilum headlines policy launch
CULTURE By PETER ESILA FLORENCE Jaukae is a name synonymous with culture in Papua New Guinea. Known famously as the bilum meri, Jaukae who is the managing director of Jaukae […]
Bart Philemon’s deformed baby
NATION By FRANK SENGE KOLMA BART Philemon, 77, is the man responsible for the various service improvement programmes – District Service Improvement Programme (DSIP), Provincial Service Improvement Programme (PSIP) and […]
It all started with dates on a bike
ANNIVERSARY By HELEN TARAWA ROY and Helen Aihi had a unique courtship. Roy, who owned a motorbike, would often take Helen on a date riding the rugged Woitape mountains in […]
ENVIRONMENT
A precious coral ecosystem By JINA AMBA THE World Oceans Day and the Coral Triangle Day are commemorated on June 8 and 9 respectively ever year. The United Nations marks […]
Under-19 women’s team to depart for Australia on Sunday
THE national Under-19 women’s cricket squad are scheduled to depart on Sunday for an eight-day camp in Darwin, Australia, before next month’s World Cup East Asia-Pacific qualifiers in Bali, Indonesia. […]
The Basel Convention
ENVIRONMENT By GODFRIED ANGI THIS is the first of the environment articles that to be published under the banner of Yeyeu Environmental Services (Yes) for the next few Fridays. The […]
HIV/Aids: Hope for the future
HEALTH By GELINDE NAREKINE FIRST reported in 1981, HIV/Aids infection reached its height as a health crisis by the end of that decade and the beginning of the 1990s. It […]
Science of the human body
SCIENCE IN ACTION By MICHAEL JOHN UGLO OUR fifth lecture today is on the sciences of our body as an organism. Our body is very important and therefore understanding how […]
Mum would have been very proud
EDUCATION By JAMIE HARO Airi Pegi cherishes the faith his departed mother had in him to earn a university degree one day ONE day, when you graduate from university, I […]