Tag: Tributes
Nick Rockel: ‘Over and out from me’ – Dr Ashley Bloomfield
COMMENTARY: By Nick Rockel
On Friday I watched Ashley Bloomfield’s last afternoon health update. After all we’ve been through over the past couple of years,...
PNG statesman Sir Peter Barter a strong supporter of the free...
OBITUARY: A personal reflection by Scott Waide in Lae
Australian-born former PNG cabinet minister and Madang businessman Sir Sir Peter Leslie Charles Barter, 82 --...
Health chief’s resignation: ‘He felt the pressure along with the rest...
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent
Health workers in Aotearoa New Zealand are thanking Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield for his work stopping...
Scott Waide: Grand Chief Somare and the wisdom he left for...
COMMENT: By Scott Waide in Wewak
I have not written anything on my blog My Land, My Country since our arrival in Wewak the Sunday...
A moment with Grand Chief Somare on his last journey home
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Teenager Edward William Kaile captured the mood of a grieving nation when he ran, carrying a Papua New Guinea...
‘Bittersweet day for my family’, says Dulciana at Somare funeral
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
The youngest daughter of the Somare family Dulciana Somare-Brash told mourners the state funeral for Papua New Guinea's Grand...
