PNG stories with context.
Culture, policy, and lived experience — beyond headlines.
PNG stories with context.
Culture, policy, and lived experience — beyond headlines.
Community advocacy organisation Act Now is calling on the Prime Minister and regulatory agencies to take urgent action to address the huge discrepancies in log export values revealed in a recent report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and […]
The story of Maoro Food Distributors and Maoro Honey began in 2019, when my father, Mr. Russell Tato, founded the business with a simple yet powerful vision: to champion healthy, locally produced foods across Papua New Guinea. We started, quite […]
A quarterly report issued by the National Cancer Registry at Angau Hospital in Lae says the combination of betelnut chewing, smoking and alcohol remains the biggest cause for cancers in Papua New Guinea. The report, covering September to December 2024, […]
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is once again grappling with a polio outbreak, a significant public health concern that has prompted an urgent response from national authorities and international partners. The World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared an outbreak on May […]
What do you do with food science knowledge gathered over many years that eventually culminated in a PhD? You turn it into a business! That’s what Dr. Joel Waramboi did a little over 10 years ago when he started a […]
On the 20th of May, Google sent ripples of excitement and a fair share of apprehension through the creative and technological landscapes with the official unveiling of “Flow” at Google I/O 2025. Google says this AI-powered filmmaking tool promises to […]
With just five months left until an October 2025 deadline, PNG faces a critical challenge: significantly strengthen its anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) systems, or risk being placed on the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) dreaded “greylist.” This […]
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Papua New Guinea’s national airline, Air Niugini, is preparing to mark a significant milestone, with its first brand new Airbus A220 aircraft entering the final assembly stage in Mirabel, Canada. The aircraft, aptly dubbed the “People’s Balus” , is scheduled […]
For many young people growing up in the beautiful Nebiliyer Valley of Western Highlands Province, a good life, filled with peace and opportunity, often felt like a faraway dream. For nearly 45 long years, their home was caught in the […]
