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 […]
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. […]
