PNG stories with context.
Culture, policy, and lived experience — beyond headlines.
PNG stories with context.
Culture, policy, and lived experience — beyond headlines.
One of our biggest failures, as a people, is that we give OUR power to someone else and expect them to do use it for OUR good. We vote in politicians and expect them to speak for us and solve […]
Discussions are underway between the government and a Singaporean registered company called Niugini Sands Limited. I have not been able to speak to the Mineral Resources Authority (MRA) about the details of the proposal. I intend to soon. I sent […]
[DISCLAIMER: I am not a chef. Nor do I claim to be one. Proceed with caution. It could turn out delicious and wonderfully addictive.]———————————————————————————In July when I took leave, me and the partner in crime, were standing at one corner […]
[This is written for secondary school students and others who asked about it.] The Westminster system of Government we adopted in 1975, adheres to the principle of the separation of powers. This means the three arms of government – Parliament, […]
To the west of Telefomin District of the Sandaun Province, is Oksapmin sub-district, as the colonials called it. It used to be well connected with an old limestone track built by the kiaps. But this trek has deteriorated over the […]
Merut Kilamu being given the last bottles of Amoxycillin suspension for her baby. In Lae City, there are seven urban clinics each serving between 100 and 150 patients a day. They get their medical supplies form the Government Area Medical […]
Many Papua New Guineans don’t know about the cost of cancer treatment until one member gets sick. The diagnosis alone is problematic. In rural districts and outstations, many community health workers are not equipped with the awareness which would trigger […]
Bearded men with streaks of white and wide eyes children sit amongst the crowd that has gathered on a chilly late Friday afternoon at the Mt. Hagen City Market. A young man in a hoodie glances towards the lens of […]
These two kids are the definition of determination and hard CONSISTENT work. One day, four years ago, Michael Tamty Pais showed up at the office asking if he couldwork during the holidays. I didn’t know him then. He talked very […]
When Michael Somare and his peers decided they wanted to run their own country,much of the land was still unconnected by road. It was just a little over 20 years since the first outsider made contact with people in the highlandsIn […]
