PNG stories with context.
Culture, policy, and lived experience — beyond headlines.
PNG stories with context.
Culture, policy, and lived experience — beyond headlines.
I woke up this morning to a random thought that came to my mind. Although, if you are spiritual in a sense, then you will argue that no thought is random. What popped into my mind was the image of […]
All the systems we put in place must serve the people. We can pull our people out from the quagmire of poor health and low literacy. We can educate more women, reduce violence, build great infrastructure, strengthen our internal and […]
For many Papua New Guineans, Sir Mekere Morauta will be remembered as the straight shooting politician and the reformist Prime Minister, whose work came to be appreciated more than a decade later. Up until the 1990s, Mekere Morauta’s public life […]
In 2015, a film collection called Pawa Meri documenting the lives of exceptional Papua New Guineans women working in their communities gained international attention when it won three awards at the International Film festival for Peace, Inspiration and Equality. The […]
In 1973, the Constitutional Planning Committee presented a report to the House of Assembly. They also wrote Papua New Guinea’s National Goals and Directive Principles. It remains a blueprint of how our country should be run. Below is a summarized […]
On September 16th, Lae based TV journalist, Julie Badui Owa, was awarded the second prize of the Russell Hunter Award for outstanding journalism. Among her colleagues and the Lae community, Julie is best known for her feisty, character and tenacious journalism. […]
Before the internet, mobile phones, and mp3 downloads, Papindo in Lae sold cassette tapes for K2.50. It was a fortune we were willing to part with at least every month when we had enough cash left over from lunch money. Music […]
In February 2021, when Sir Michael Somare passed on, the person I thought about a lot was Sir Pita Lus. The old knight was and has always been there. His life and stories intertwined with that of Sir Michael. As […]
This is our experience dealing with covid-19. It’s not a textbook approach. I am sharing this in the hope that others may take away the lessons we learned. It is not a perfect method of caring for elderly patients. We […]
Sam Basil chose a difficult path.He was an outspoken critic of the Somare and later the O’Neill Government. A government he helped form before moving to the opposition in protest. In the five years in opposition, he spent most of […]
