Ruining a small business today in PNG

By Mathew Minape

"10t FACE, SAIKO BLO MONEY, YU LAIK KAMAP ELON MUSK OH" ARE INSULTS DRESSED IN SARCASM: STAY AWAY FROM FAMILY OR FRIENDS WHO HAVE MONEY PROBLEMS WHEN RUNNING A SMALL BUSINESS

These phrases—"10t face," "saiko blo money," and "yu laik kamap Elon Musk oh"—are sharp Tok Pisin insults often used in Papua New Guinea to cut down someone's ambitions, appearance, or financial status.When you are trying to build or run a small business, navigating financial relationships with close family and friends can be incredibly risky.

Awalat Village doing maintenance work on Water Supply Project (14/09/2026)

51st Independence PNG

Sandis Taska Enga Provincial Administrator

A village boy whom Mr Kiponge assisted in an hardware is now working in top Accounting firm in Cairns

By Rex Kiponge

Four years ago, I walked into a hardware store in Port Moresby and noticed a young boy standing quietly by the building materials, counting coins in his palm that clearly weren't enough. I didn't know him. I had never seen him before in my life. But something about the way he stood there determined, a little embarrassed, but not giving up made me stop and ask him what he was trying to buy. He told me he wanted to build a chicken house. He had left school because his family could not keep up with his school fees at the University, and rather than sit idle, he had decided to raise and sell chickens to pay his own way back into school. No one sent him to that hardware store. He came by himself out of his determination. I helped him with the little he was short fall. He bought his materials, and before we parted ways, we exchanged phone numbers, as normally the way strangers sometimes do when a moment feels like it shouldn't simply end.

At Kopeng celebrating health events 2025

Happy 5th Birthday to McRyan Wasia. The Birthday was celebrated with his schoolmates and teachers at the school.

Greetings from the Councilor elect for Waimin Kwia Ward 17 Tsak LLG, Cr Andrew Wasia//

Greetings from the Councilor elect for Waimin Kwia Ward 17 Tsak LLG, Cr Andrew Wasia//

Each year, K2M is given to the Health Sector through DSIP

Apostle Solomon Usukuni at NG Unitech 2025