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As the casket of the late Great Grand Chief Sir Michael Thomas Somare was laid to rest and the 'Last Post' echoed on televisions around Papua New Guinea, on social media platforms (LIVE stream) like Facebook, it showed the media especially the television networks coming together in the last two weeks to give everyone who would have attended but could not attend events leading up to Sir Michael's burial, a front row seat to the events. Led by the National Broadcasting Corporation Television (NBCTV) which Sir Michael as Prime Minister, gifted to the people of PNG back in 2008 (formerly Kundu2 TV), who teamed up with the longest serving television station EMTV and the newest, TV Wan owned by Digicel Company. I don't know how they all reached an agreement but what I know is they did a darn good job with the LIVE coverage. BUSINESS AGENDAS ASIDE When it comes to broadcast rights these heavy weights flex their muscles and money. From Rugby League's Digicel Cup to

Friday February 26, 2021 Friday February 26, 2021 will forever be remembered in Papua New Guinea's history as the country woke up to the sad news of the passing of the 'Father of a Nation' , Grand Chief Right Honorable Sir Michael Thomas Somare. As we all were coming to grips with a huge hole in PNG's short history, many of us contemplated of what PNG would become now that the man that led us to where we are, has died at the age of 84 in Port Moresby from pancreatic cancer. A Nation was now in mourning as word reached the most remote parts of a country built on 800 plus languages scatted on terrain which was at most times impossible to access. But Sir Michael did conquer all that was impossible and pushed hard from the Australian's to gain independence for PNG on September 16, 1975. Many people will write and share how Sir Michael lived his life and the great man he was in his village, district, province, PNG, Pacific and the rest of the world. He was an icon in his