Toksave: information, news or announcement. Tingting: opinion or thoughts. Here you will find a collection of local stories, topics of current interest, Papua New Guinea news, happenings and general clippings. Note that I have been known to share my personal views and opinions on “things” from time to time.
Subscribe to posts in "Toksave na Tingting"With a little help from my friend Malum Nalu – I was fortunate to have a story published in the Weekender section of yesterday’s issue of The National.…
With exactly one month to go before I leave Papua New Guinea and return to Sydney I am reminded of the catch phrase made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger: “I’ll be back”.…
Retributive justice or an eye for an eye as they call it is considered to be somewhat of a barbaric and uncivilised option for those that become unfortunate victims of a serious wrong-doing.…
No one takes their politics as seriously as the Highlander of Papua New Guinea. The current by-election for the Kandep District in the Enga Province is proving once again that clansmen will go to any lengths…
Contrary to what is often assumed, Papua New Guinea’s coffee industry is not based upon large, corporately-owned plantations, but on tens of thousands of small, village coffee gardens…
The South Pacific Rim has certainly been getting a hammering over the past week. The good folks from Vanuatu, Santa Cruz and Samoa Islands in particular, have been experiencing a series of earthquakes way above average…
Planning a cultural, sporting or community event next year? PNG Public Holidays for 2010 have been gazetted and are listed below for viewing and download…
In addition to the national flag of Papua New Guinea, each of the 20 Provinces also has it’s own individual flag – these are shown below…
I couldn’t help but notice a story in the local press a few days ago about UNITECH administration adopting a Zero Tolerance policy towards alcohol on the Lae campus…
Things have been pretty hectic the past 24 hours with the local Health Authorities and Goroka General Hospital starting to mobilise after confirmation that Cholera has finally worked its way into the Highlands…