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Let’s not lose our humanity: A message for 2016.

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By PNG Echo As Christmas celebrations draw to a close and many of us spend some well-earned R & R before gearing up for welcoming in the new year, I have been humbled by all the messages of goodwill and seasons greetings sent to me and to PNG Echo. PNGeans have kind and generous hearts and I am blessed to call many of you friend and I’m looking forward to making many more in 2016. However, life is not as easy for many of you as it is for me – you struggle while I coast, I know that.  Yet Continue reading Let’s not lose our humanity: A message for 2016.→

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Lest we forget: The Tumbi Landslide of 2012

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By PNG Echo On January 24, 2012, almost two years ago to the day, 3 million cubic metres of earth, estimated to be 30 metres high, and 150 metres wide covering an area the size of 14 rugby fields, fell 560 metres from the escarpment to the toe in Tumbi in the Komo sub district of the Hela Province The death toll In the debris’ pathway were 25 people who were either killed instantly or, worse, were buried alive. (Official

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