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Driving to save a life: Koibuga's unsung hero

07/10/2012 01:05
William Tonal, the Koibuga health center officer in charge, who drives to save lives.         By Hilda Wayne THE ambulance siren sends out its usual signals yet again and for this trip a fragile old man from the nearby Paralga tribe needs to get help...

Sea ambulance saving lives in remote Papua New Guinea

08/08/2012 16:32
Marida Kaduwesaki and baby Isaac at the Alotau general hospital. Picture and story courtesy of AusAID.     Marida Kaduwesaki could have easily been one of about 1500 women who die in childbirth each year in Papua New Guinea (PNG). However after hours of travel in rough...

UPNG students become defenders of the PNG Constitution - IN PICTURES

11/04/2012 11:53
Thousands of Papua New Guineans led by students from the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) protested against the O'Neill/Namah government's controversial Judicial Conduct Act and the decision by the PNG Parliament last week to defer the 2012 general election by 6 months. Below are...

Saving Papua New Guinea's gentle giants

29/03/2012 15:54
Karkum beach rangers carrying out tagging and monitoring of leatherback turtles in Papua New Guinea. Picture courtesy of Wenceslaus Magun.    By Wenceslaus Magun Doing what I like best and getting the best out of it is what pleases me most.  I do not want to be seen as...

Sita Kini an inspiration to Kalo women

08/03/2012 13:02
Sita Kini using the "big book" to teach mothers in Kalo village. Picture courtesy of Maggi Guria/National Literature and Awareness Secretariat   Sita Kini is a volunteer teacher at Kalo Adult Literacy School in Papua New Guinea's Central province. A mother of four, she...

Doctor: I have seen pregnant women kicked with safety boots

12/02/2012 12:01
MSF's Dr Nina Rajani and a Papua New Guinean colleague look at a patient at the MSF Family Support Centre at the Angau Memorial Hospital in Lae, Morobe province. Picture courtesy of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)   Global humanitarian medical aid organisation Medecins Sans...

Woman magistrate retires after 37 years of service

30/01/2012 22:27
Principal magistrate Thomas Morabang presenting a gift to retiring magistrate Christine Kowor Anawe. Picture and story courtesy of NBC News.   The East Sepik province in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has bid farewell to its longest serving female district court...

The favourite son of Asaro, Sir Sinake Giregire

29/01/2012 23:49
Former Papua New Guinea politician, the late Sir Sinake Giregire. Picture courtesy of NRI   By Dr Henry Okole I drove into the car park of the Shady Rest Motel at about 10 am. It was 28 of December 2011, the third last day of the year. The rain that morning was not going to keep me...