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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...

Nothing wrong in Dreaming Big We all have dreamt of becoming someone when we were growing up. A Doctor was a pretty common choice as well as a Carpenter, Teacher, Police Officer, Soldier, Firefighter, Nurse or a super star in sports or acting. I wanted to be a pilot and I told my best female friend Lydia Gagau that I would become the youngest pilot in PNG. Well that didn't happen maybe because I didn't like Mathematics, but it was not wrong for me to dream big. I was never interested in Mathematics and most people who know me would agree that I loved English or Language and Literature. But I wanted to be a pilot! Things would have been different if I paid more attention in Maths classes. But no regrets at all in my choices. " Nelo's Corner " - My first publication My passion growing up was writing, I loved it. I never liked reading but I was into writing and when I did start writing at a young age, the dream of being a pilot slowly faded away. However, back th...