by Jasper Tumamac, as told to Fred PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (Mindanews / 29 June) — Once there was… Actually, there were many times, when kids in our village in Bislig, Surigao del Sur would gather in the late
By Wilson Turkai, as told to Fred Lubang PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (MindaNews / 22 June) — In East New Britain, shells are more than ornaments or souvenirs. They are currency. They are memory. We call them Tabu, strings of sea shells
Wilson Turkai, As Told to Fred Lubang PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (MindaNews/ 8 June) — Let’s crack a story on areca nuts. In other parts of the Philippines, you told me that people still chew betel nut, or nga nga or mama,
By Ware Aulakua, as told to Fred Lubang PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (MindaNews 01 June) — They say the game rugby in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is like a second religion. Some days, it feels like the first. From the Highlands to the
By Wilson Turkai*, as told to Fred Lubang PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (MindaNews / 25 May) — In the 1980s, rice was a luxury in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Kaukau (sweet potatoes) was our daily meal, mostly boiled. Rice?
Wilson Turkai, As Told to Fred Lubang PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (MindaNews / 18 May) — We walk to school barefoot most days. If you could walk over gravel, sharp sticks, and hot surfaces just to reach school—you weren’t
