November 22, 2024
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Crime  / Development  / Editor's pick  / Housing
Editorial: If police chose to sit idle for a day, life would chaotic
Editor Posted On March 17, 2024


Police officers have often been scrutinised by the public for their conduct when handling general police business. The lack of effectiveness and efficiency often gets blamed on the lack of manpower and resources to carry out their tasks. While there […]


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Development  / Editor's pick
Fixing the police housing shortage is solving one part of a bigger problem in Papua New Guinea
Editor Posted On March 9, 2024

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Flavia Marian and Roselyn Kolmal, are both wives of policemen who don’t have the benefit of police housing. They, and their husbands, are living in rundown dormitories of an old college owned by the Department of Agriculture and Livestock (DAL) […]


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Food  / Science
Eight key questions about lab-grown meat
Editor Posted On August 5, 2023


By: Paul Wood, Monash University It’s been around for a decade now — but cultured meat still faces some huge hurdles. On 5 August, it will be ten years since the world was introduced to the first lab-grown burger.A decade […]


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Environment
Debunking deep sea mining myths
Editor Posted On August 5, 2023


An often overlooked element of our global energy transition is that all low-carbon energy technologies need a range of minerals and metals that can only be sourced through mining.Some of these — cobalt, copper, manganese and nickel — are found […]


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Music
Great minds think reggae music
Editor Posted On June 26, 2023


By Jivahnnah Thavala, Radio host and reggae ambassador One of my all time favorite quotes about reggae music is from Ziggy Marley who said: “Reggae has a philosophy… It’s not just entertainment. There’s an idea behind it. A way of […]


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Health  / Special report
Special report: Living with Cancer, Bertha’s Battle
Editor Posted On June 25, 2023


Part 3: Cancer affects everyone This  is the final part of a three part special report on the plight of a PNG woman living with cancer and having to contend with a dysfunctional health system and high costs of drugs […]


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Health  / Special report
Special report: Bertha’s battle with breast cancer
Editor Posted On June 22, 2023


Part 2: Conflicting advice from doctors and high cost of drugs Bertha’s battle with breast cancer is part 2 of three part special report on the plight of a PNG woman having to contend with a dysfunctional health system and high […]


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Environment  / Region
Palau President Whipps supports Japan’s plan to release treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean
Editor Posted On June 21, 2023


Palau’s President Surangel Whipps Jr is the first Pacific Island country leader to publicly express support for Japan’s plan to release treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific After meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last week, President Whipps said […]


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Health  / Special report
Special report: Bertha’s battle with breast cancer
Editor Posted On June 21, 2023


Part 1: The news Bertha’s battle with breast cancer is a three part special report on the plight of a PNG woman having to contend with a dysfunctional health system and high costs of drugs in Papua New Guinea. How […]


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International
Long after the devastating tsunami destroyed lives, the waves are still felt
Editor Posted On June 20, 2023


By Ashok Gladston Xavier, Loyola College Nearly two decades after the tsunami in 2004 devastated the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, trauma from the disaster remains. On 26 December 2004 an earthquake off the coast of northern Sumatra in Indonesia […]


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