Wild-West Media

24/01/2025

Being a teacher is a noble calling. It's a matter of fact that when one first starts his or her academic career, he or she would spend more time of his or her life in the classroom with a teacher than at home with parents and family.

The story featured a female teacher Helen George, later known as Helen Nou who left her home in Chimbu to serve Central and NCD for more than 20 years. The region and place has become part of her life.

A true epitome of dedication and service to others.

A noble Calling.

Check Today's Post Courier and read more.

22/01/2025

22/01/2025

If you are dating a photographer, here are some things you should know.

Don't touch my Camera, lenses, laptop or any of my equipment, because the problems that come with them are way bigger than any argument or quarrel we've ever had. In fact, even if we are married and you temper with my equipment, that will be a ground of divorce.

An expensive wrist watch as a gift is cool, but a new 256GB Extreme Pro SD card or a 2TB external SSD is way cooler and much appreciated, if you have plenty money, you can decide to buy either a lens or a Camera😊, but you will have to ask us which of them we need and the exact type.

95% of the female contacts on our phones are clients, the rest are family members 😅, and yes clients can start calling from 5pm to 11pm to demand we send their pictures so they can post by 12am for their birthdays.

JPEGS and RAW are two different things, and I prefer shooting RAW.

I will not bring my camera along to the hangout or to your friend's birthday party unless with pay.

I will occasionally snub you so I can focus on my editing workload, so step up your distraction game when you come around, walk around like you are wearing the emperor's new cloak.

You have a good afternoon 😄

22/01/2025

HANUABADA

Many Papua New Guineans may never visit the place but are familiar with its name, "Hanuabada."

Some time ago, I wondered why this group of people chose to live on the water instead of the land. On a few occasions, I asked young people from there, but I couldn't get a definite answer. All they told me was that their forefathers had decided to live on the water.

Unlike other coastal villages on the mainland of Papua New Guinea, which still practice gardening today, Hanuabada is an exception.

Curious to understand why, I decided to research the history of Hanuabada.

According to Papua New Guinea’s history, many Hanuabada people were among the first to interact with Europeans in the early 20th century. Their ability to speak English allowed them to work as clerks, storekeepers, and in other roles within the government.

During World War II, the Japanese movement in the Pacific forced the natives of Port Moresby to flee westward to areas like Manumanu, abandoning their homes, gardens, and traditional subsistence farming lifestyle.

After the war, they returned to find widespread destruction. They were relocated, and their way of life fundamentally changed. Instead of re-establishing large gardens, they transitioned from being subsistence farmers to wage earners, supplementing their income with small-scale fishing and gardening.

I am open to anyone intending to add information or object to any facts in this post.

PC: Amazing Port Moresby

20/01/2025

By Armstrong Sayama - Sunday Chronicles Journalist.

The Voice Needs Voice In Disguise.

When will the PNG MEDIA COUNCIL advocate about the human rights and labor rights of the journalists and other media workers in the mainstream media in PNG? Journalists in the mainstream media are the lowest paid employees compared to lawyers, economists, teachers, and doctors.

No matter your diplomas, degrees, or great work experiences, journalists are still lowly paid in this country.

We have been advocating, writing, and reporting on other workers' issues in PNG. But seriously, we need to have a critical and clinical look at the working conditions of journalists in PNG.

I suggest the government commission a public inquiry into all the media outlets in PNG. Hence summon all the editors, managers, or owners of these media companies to provide information regarding the journalists and other media workers' wages and salaries, risks insurances, allowances, superfund contributions, and other company benefits. Journalists can also testify at this public inquiry.

For journalists out there, we need to start the PAPUA NEW GUINEA JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION for all the journalists, photographers, broadcasters, television presenters, camera operators, freelancers, graphic artists, public relations officers, and online content creators.

PNGJA could be our lobby group to fight and advocate for the human rights and labour rights for all media workers in PNG. Journalism is a poor man' practice in PNG unless we can organise and mobilise ourselves to change the status quo. We have former broadcasters Timothy Masiu and Francesco Semoso in Parliament, and we can lobby with them for our human rights and our labour rights.

Without journalists and other media workers in PNG, there will be confusion, chaos, and crises in this nation.

We connect, educate, inform, enlighten, entertain, inspire, and unite Papua New Guineans every day. It's 50 years now. Hence, the government needs to investigate the PNG media companies now!

17/01/2025

The bond between the twin sisters ❤️💔.

Such a beautiful feature piece written by DWU Journalism Student Wedfine Dai, to remember her late twin sister Lulu 🕊

Grab today's Post Courier and read about it.

15/01/2025

Doing what you love to do 🙏

13/01/2025

Police force in Lae has acted on the instruction given by the Lae City Authority and burnt down makeshift houses at the Lae’s old airport which harbored people who do illegal activities in and around the city.

11/01/2025

Gideon Giyovadulu is someone many may come across and testify that liturgical music has been part and parcel of his entire life which led him to lead the choir group during Pope Francis’ visit last year September in Papua New Guinea with more than 30,000 catholic faithful attended.

Leading the choir group in one of the historic and prestigious events of Catholic church and PNG as a whole is one of the moments of achievement Mr. Giyovadulu found to be worthy and memorable for his lifetime.

It is an experience of the lifetime that one may not experience again for a decade or decades.

Read more about his story here:

https://www.postcourier.com.pg/giyovadulu-a-name-resonates-with-liturgical-music/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHunMlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdREFz5EmYREUImM7H-8OAPvhsJZtA_iM91K-ZaqI5zCs6lrVxcd92Jj1Q_aem_eD3IsQglTYfFuf58439m0w

09/01/2025

Beautiful New Ireland Province.

📷 NIPS 🙏

31/12/2024

Thank you 2024 for everything, both good and bad. Every step we take is a lesson.

The journey may have started well for some and may have an unhappy ending for some. We thank the Creator the life this year 2024.

We lose some, we win some but all in all, there's always some.

Good bye 2024 in 12 hrs from now.

18/12/2024

The heartbeat of PNG 💜💜💜

Post Courier

05/12/2024

Key Figure in Moana 2

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This is Millcent Barty. We met earlier this year in Auckland and this picture was taken in Brisbane.

She is the key figure in the Moana 2 production and she is the founder of Kastom Keepers from the Solomon Islands, who made her debut in the movie.

As part of the Oceania Cultural Trust, Barty brought a unique cultural perspective to the film, especially in the portrayal of Melanesian heritage. She worked on representing Solomon Islands' traditions, including the Tepuke voyaging canoe from Temotu province, and ensured the cultural symbols and stories of the Pacific Islands were accurately depicted.

Barty stressed the unity of Pacific Islanders and the shared history of resilience, beauty, and ingenuity. She celebrated the impact of Moana 2 in connecting the Pacific community, urging viewers to appreciate their shared heritage and not focus on divisions.

26/11/2024

The younger daughter of the Late Iambakey Okuk, an iconic figure in the political history of Papua New Guinea Niglmoro Okuk most times referred to as Niki has called out to the citizens who had crossed paths with her late dad to share the pieces of memories of her father.

“We would also like to find more interviews with people who knew my father personally, who worked with him, whose lives were impacted by his work because those interviews will make a big part of the documentary story and the film that we are putting together.” Miss Okuk stated.

The information and old media files that are targeted to be retrieved from old archives and citizens will undergo production of a documentary.

Read more here: ( https://www.postcourier.com.pg/miss-okuk-on-expedition-to-collect-her-fathers-legacy-stories/ )