PNG Sorcery Act 1971
last night I was perusing the PNG Sorcery Act 1971 and found no reference, legislation or act that gives community leaders, clergymen, local magistrates nor any other person – the right to kill anybody that is accused of witchcraft or sanguma. How are these folks then able to justify their actions?…
The Inquisition a la Highlands style
It would appear that the Inquisition is alive and very active in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. If today’s story (see below) in The National is true and folks are able to use the Bible and the name of God to justify this type atrocity then something very sick has happened to Christianity in this country…
RSS feeds changed back to full text
to all newsreader subscribers: Stuff it!! after telling you the other day that RSS would now show excerpts – I have had a change of mind – all RSS feeds have been changed back to full text posts.…
A big thank you to all plugin developers
Ma.tt (from Wordpress.org) has declared January 28th the official “Thank a Wordpress Plugin Developer” day. Cool!! The guys that develop these plugins do so in their own time and expect little in return. Excellent work and a big thanks all the way from Papua New Guinea!! Click here for a list of plugins that are currently active on Trupela Tok (it also includes the author names)…
Tribal fighting in the heart of Goroka Town
It was reported in yesterday’s Post Courier that two tribal groups recently had a skirmish right in the middle of town. Stones, sticks, knives and anything else the “warriors” could get their hands on were allegedly used as weapons. Goroka, once a peaceful place, is now beginning to experience its fair share of violence…
RSS Feeds will now show excerpt only
to all newsreader subscribers: RSS feeds will now only show an excerpt of the post – full text of the post has been disabled. If you subscribe to my blog via an RSS feed you will need to visit Trupela Tok to read the full story. If you are a regular and have an issue with this change then please drop me a line…
The Village Elders
The elders from the village fascinate me and we get on really well. Some people might refer to them as seniors or oldies – I like to think of them as elders – the term elder implies wisdom, love and respect. The almost four years I have lived and worked in Papua New Guinea I have managed to collect quite a number of photos of these precious folks and in this post I would like to share some of these with you…
The Best of News Feeds #12
The latest and the best from my personal newsreader…
Taking PingPressFM for a test run
I’m taking PingPressFM for a bit of a test run. A Wordpress Plugin that will automatically publish my posts to various Social Networks – eg: Twitter and Facebook. If you are reading this then the scheduled feature is working OK. Why would I want to do this? I hear you ask !!…
10 Things I thought about on Australia Day 2009
I look up at the Akubra hat hanging up on the lounge room wall and reflect on Australia Day and what it means to be an Australian. As an aussie living and working in another country I reflect on all that is fair dinkum and those people, places and things that I left behind four years ago to come and work as a volunteer in the Land of the Unexpected – Papua New Guinea…
