Women, Youths and Children wins!

Posted on July 30, 2007 by Rex

With the returning of the Writs being deferred to next week and almost all except 6 of the 109 seats yet to be declared, many of the people are in celebration mode of their candidates either retaining thier seats or wining their respective electorates seat. The saddest results of all is that Papua New Guinea [...]

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Helen’s Story - “Use a Condom”

Posted on July 22, 2007 by Rex

Helen’s Story is a documentary that has been aired on Emtv about an extra-ordinary woman who defies stigmatation and discrimination to “speak-out” and advocate on HIV/AIDS. This story airs tonight also on Emtv and while I have not seen the documentary, I have decided to interview Helen and do my own “Helen’s Story” for 3 [...]

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Thankyou, Sir Rabbie Namaliu!

Posted on July 18, 2007 by Rex

FORMER prime minister Rabbie Namaliu is the first high profile MP to lose his seat in the national elections.Sir Rabbie, who is leader of the country’s oldest political party, Pangu Pati, was beaten for the Kokopo Open seat which he has represented in Parliament since 1982. He was defeated by Patrick Tammur, the son [...]

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PNG National Election

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Rex

Election in Papua New Guinea has gone down to the counting stages. While most of the electorates have started counting, there are a few that have yet to count. There are a few minor hiccups thats delaying the counting. Reports also has been the the Hela electorate do not want to part with their ballot [...]

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Free Education - OpenCourseWare

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Rex

Free Education. That should be the battle cry of voters now that they have chosen their leaders over the next few days. But you can actually get a free education online. This is due to major and prestigious universities offering their courses for free – over the internet!
It’s called opencourseware or intellectual philanthropy. You can [...]

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Youth Coalitions

Posted on July 3, 2007 by Rex

There are alot of youth organizations around the world that is taking up the challenge of airing out youth issues and fighting for their voice to be heard. Some of these youth organizations specificly target certain social issues while others are broad in nature. Some of these youth organizations are donor fundered while others [...]

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