By Sarva Mangala Praveena in Selangor, Malaysia Whether microplastic particles cause long-term damage is uncertain but reducing our exposure to them will be wise. Taking a swig from your plastic water bottle will do more than slake your thirst — you will […]
By Thoo Yin Yin, Monash University Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia wants to get rid of single-use plastic by 2030. Bioplastics may help it get there. Goodbye, single-use wrap; hello, bioplastics. Malaysia’s ambitious roadmap to phase out single-use plastics by 2030 faces challenges such […]
Paul Titus was born in Simbu. His father, Yol, died of prostate cancer when he was eight. His young widowed mother suffered abuse at the hands of his uncles wives who distrusted her. When he was 10, his mother abandoned […]
Anyone living in Port Moresby without institutional housing or support from relatives or parents, know that it is an absolute nightmare. Port Moresby is the most expensive city in the Pacific. The rental price structures are like those in Australia […]
Couple of things but I’d like to talk about. First, the kind of food we are giving our babies and second, the implications of being an underweight baby.Foods we are giving our babies We all can be advocates for our […]
The recent blog post by Scott Waide on Josephstaal and church health worker Patrick’s struggles to transport medicines got me thinking a lot about access to medicines to aid posts, the primary level health facility throughout rural Papua New Guinea (PNG). As […]
“Self-sidelined” foreign minister Justin Tkachenko’s inappropriate description of individuals who criticised his daughter’s Tik Tok video (flaunting tax-payer funded travel to the United Kingdom for King Charles III’s coronation) as “primitive animals”, should not overshadow the selfless contributions of naturalised […]
For the majority of Papua New Guineans living in Port Moresby, providing a home for their families is only a dream as housing has become a luxury that only the rich can afford. Many families are forced to rent out […]
We all know that our country, Papua New Guinea (PNG), with its diverse environment has been prone to disasters, both natural and man-made. In times of disaster, we as a nation have joined forces to help as best as we […]
For nearly two decades, senior journalists who covered the work of foreign cartels in Papua New Guinea have continually warned successive governments of the impending threat of organized crime. It is no longer, just a threat anymore. In 2003, a […]
