Toksave na Tingting

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?…

Is the following a classic example of how logic works slightly differently around these parts or perhaps proof that I have little to no understanding of economics?…

This is a question that many Papua New Guineans would automatically assume that they know the answer to. Let’s investigate this question a little further. The issues in this country are very complex and finding effective solutions to these problems, in my humble opinion, will never be as simple as just saying this country needs more god or religion. In fact, I would go so far to say that if religion was the answer to PNG’s woes then Papua New Guinea would already have reached a status of Super Power…

Trust is one of those qualities of human relationship and interaction that is essential for families, communities and ultimately nations to not only prosper but also to survive. In any civil society and at some level, somewhere-somehow trust and confidence in the people that one interacts with must exist or else the social fabric starts to self destruct…

It is easy to take things for granted when one lives in a place such Sydney or any other largish town for that matter. One has access to the full gamut of goods and services and in most cases these can all be found within minutes from home or work…