Author Archives: Academia Nomad

There were many tributes written about Sam Basil, including one by Sam Koim, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue Commission, which was re-published here. In this article, I will talk about the impact of Sam Basil’s passing on the political party he formed in 2020 and was leading into the 2022 elections before the tragic accidentContinue reading “Bel Sore (Sympathy) votes and Sam Basil’s United Labour Party”

This article was first posted by Sam Koim on his Facebook post. By Sam Koim TRIBUTE TO late SAM BASIL, MY BROTHER. We met on the battlefield, not against each other, but against an invisible enemy that still threatens the wellbeing of our nation today. I was a rookie State Lawyer and he was aContinue reading “Sam Koim’s Tribute for Sam Basil”

If I had an option of creating my own village, I would be happy to have all the University graduates without jobs as members of the village. Our chief would be someone with a degree in psychology from UPNG. Our church treasurer would be an accountant graduate from Unitech. Our marriage counsellor from the churchContinue reading “We need an educated population”

By Betani Ruhup I graduated with Bachelor of Arts on 26 April 2022 from the University of Papua New Guinea. But before that, I had interesting careers as subsistence farmer, boiler at a mine, security guard, cleaner, secondary school teacher, and then as a student at UPNG worked as cleaner at night. It’s been aContinue reading “Student by day, cleaner by night, security guard over the holidays”

Among the thousands who graduated from the University of Papua New Guinea from 25 – 27 April 2022, a small number, about 40, were from the UPNG Political Science Department. A graduate of Political Science received the Dean’s Award for attaining the highest GPA. Due to limited quota, politics department only selects students with GPAContinue reading “Rebuilding of the UPNG Political Science Department”