By HELEN TARAWA in Wewak Ludwig Somare Sana, the father of Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare had three wives. Two of them were from East Sepik and the third was […]

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 […]

By MIRIAM ZARRIGA FAITH and love is what drives Patricia Sui from Chambri Lakes in East Sepik to provide for her children. Patricia, 58, is a single mother of four […]

By MIRIAM ZARRIGA IN his later years, his walking stick was Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare’s constant companion in public. It accompanied him on many journeys he took in his […]

By SHIRLEY MAULUDU DR JOHN Momis, one of the close associates of Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare in the initial mapping of the pathway to self-government for the country, will […]

By DALE LUMA YOU will not miss his picture on the wall when you walk into the Royal Port Moresby Golf Club, a place he used to frequent with his […]

NURSE Charity Kiap describes Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare as an amazing man who has touched many hearts. Charity, 27, from Western Highlands, recalls the time she met Sir Michael […]

By MIRIAM ZARRIGA THE final Independence Day celebration which Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare attended was last year in Kavieng, New Ireland. As I stood on the stage at the […]

PM, Rabuka send condolence messages GRAND Chief Sir Michael Somare was a great friend of Fiji and the Pacific and had been one of the region’s prominent political leaders for […]

By MIRIAM ZARRIGA IN 1998, the portrait of Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare appeared on the reverse side of the K50 bank note to honour his role in attaining independence […]