More blackouts Yesterday, the issuing of writs for the Sohe and Maprik by-elections at Government House had to be delayed by about two hours because of – yes, you guessed […]

Long walk Kudos to PMs Marape and Albanese for conquering the challenging Kokoda Track as art of ANZAC Day celebrations. PNG 1, Australia 1. Top visit The top honchos of […]

Giant’ footsteps Anthony Albanese has become the first Australian PM to walk the Kokoda Track, which he describes as like following in the “footsteps of giants”. Dress code A local […]

Dolphins’ weekend Two rugby league teams calling themselves the Dolphins caused “upsets” last weekend: One beat the favoured Parramatta Eels while the other from Redcliffe beat the PNG Hunters in […]

All equal We will feel safer and more secure if we all agree and firmly believe that everyone is equal under the law – from the Governor-General, to the top […]

So fake Colleague instantly knew he had been pranked when he received a text massage yesterday saying, in part: @happy Easter-congratulation! Your sim#has been WON(sic). K100,000,00 (sic) from [TRU KAI,roots […]

National census With the PNG Games being deferred to next year, we should not hold our breath that another state project, the 2024 national population census, will go ahead as […]

Disaster agencies With our News pages currently inundated with reports and pictures of natural disasters, we expect state agencies monitoring them to be active, including our own volcano observatory. Hey, […]

Not fooled Someone posted on Monday that the South African Springboks had been stripped of their 2023 World Cup victory. A footnote at the end read: “This is an April […]

Don’t be fooled Monday is a public holiday, but be on the alert. A friend or family member may spring a prank on you. It’s April the Fool, if you […]