This Video Shows Beating of a Melanesian in West Papua by Malay Indonesian Army

Menom A Barok - WHITEMAN TOLD ME

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Whiteman told me, that I am 46 years old; I told him I'm 50 000 years old.

Whiteman told me he taught me better agriculture techniques; I told him I invented agriculture. 

Whiteman told me that he brought modern education system; I told him that in my indigenous educational system, there is no such thing as unemployment.

Whiteman told me that he introduced money; I told him in our barter economics, we trade value for value, not valueless paper money for debt.

Whiteman told me that he brought time; I told him we understand seasons & tides better than his digital watch.

Whiteman told me that he gave me books to understand the world; I told him my oral history from my forefathers is my priceless library that is timless, that my memory give birth to my bio-cosmic conscience.

Whiteman told me that he made my life easier when he introduced cars; I told him I never heard of my own people bumping each other to death while walking.

White man told me he introduced medicine; I told him I never spent expensive bills on my herbal medicine.

Whiteman told me I was naked & he gave his clothes; I told him in my society there was no such thing as nakedness before he came.

Whiteman told me to speak his English language as a sign of success; I told him my ancestors spoke me into being through their native language & now I'm here as a refined man. 

Whiteman told me that I had food security issues; I told him if that was the case then he would have starved to death already in my country.

Whiteman told me to adopt his name so that I can sound modern; I told him my traditional names are pathways that connect me to my people, land, ancestors' creed, & Divine Self.

Whiteman told me that he introduced phone to connect us all; I told him untill you are in a place where there is not network coverage, my Kundu Drum will do the talking.

Whiteman told me he introduced satellite communications to help me find my way around; I told him I still use star-gazing & wave-reading skills taught to me by my ancestors to navigate around the high seas of the Pacific.

Whiteman told me he gave me his Constitution; I told him I'm the living Constitution carved out from my ancestors' moral code, that I already knew right from wrong before you came with your indoctrinations. 

Whiteman told me that he brought God; I told him he's wrong, that God was already in Melanesia before he came, for God is Omnipresent.

IF WE CANNOT DEFINE OURSELVES, THE FOREIGNERS WILL.

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Central bank to investigate BSP

BPNG has been working with BSP continuously, to help them deal with the issues that unfolded as the upgrading process progressed. For example, at the initial stage BPNG staff were deployed to the provinces to monitor and report on the local situations as the upgrade commenced.

BPNG conducted regular meetings with BSP senior management throughout the upgrading process and intervened to raise concerns and offer potential solutions. BPNG’s interventions dealt with constructive recommendations for BSP to resolve issues, such as:
– Inform the public on the actions undertaken;
– Attend to individual clients;
– Meet with firms with payment issues;
– Develop a customer expectation strategy and program; and
– Focus on firms with international transactions to encourage goods and services suppliers to maintain services.

To assist with processing, BPNG extended trading of the Kina Automated Transfer Systems (KATS) beyond normal trading hours

Facing adversity with positivity

 March 21, 2023 BY Edwina Williams

Peaceful place: Anne Tudor regularly walks the Dementia Friendly Forest and Sensory Trail with her service dog,

 

Melvin. Photo: EDWINA WILLIAMS

Melvin. Photo: EDWINA WILLIAMS

ANNE Tudor was still a teenager when her 24-year-old brother was killed in a car accident.Life already “felt serious,” and subsequently her caring, social justice-centred attitude emerged.Moving from Gordon to Rabaul in Papua New Guinea for three years, she worked as a teacher.

“I’d had this idealistic idea, which was truly false, that people in Papua New Guinea were less advantaged than us,” Ms Tudor said.

“They have this wonderful Wantok system where communities support each other. They lived in villages, and if one person had a job, the money went to the family in the village.“I learnt a great deal from people, and it was really helpful for me to live in an environment that had a very different cultural background. 

I grew up a lot.”Although offered a scholarship to study psychology, by 1973 Ms Tudor was instead working at a boys’ school in Altona.Fifty-six different nationalities made up the community, which she said enriched her life.“I really enjoyed that, but psychology never went away in my mind,” she said.

“I’d been working as a student counsellor before I became deputy principal, and that’s where my natural inclination was.

”Ms Tudor shifted her career to clinical psychology, and at that time, her mother was showing signs of dementia.Moving to Ballarat to support her “wonderful” parents, she wanted to learn as much about the disease as possible.But by 2010, Ms Tudor’s partner Edie Mayhew received her own early-onset dementia diagnosis at age 59, and showed signs by 2015.“I loved the work that I was doing, but I loved Edie more, so I retired in 2016,” Ms Tudor said.

“Dementia advocacy work was a way for us to have enjoyable experiences, meeting people and travelling, while dealing with a difficult situation.”The couple co-founded Bigger Hearts Dementia Friendly Ballarat, and its alliance; a call to arms for people to grow their hearts in support of anyone experiencing discrimination.

In 2021, Woowookarung Regional Park’s award-winning Dementia Friendly Forest and Sensory Trail opened; a project the pair sparked before Ms Mayhew died in 2020.

“I was numb for 12 months, but I was able to go on, because this has been the most satisfying and rewarding thing I’ve done, working with other likeminded people on something that has a positive effect on the general community,” Ms Tudor said.

“No matter how small an act is, if it’s done for the right reasons, genuinely and authentically for others, then you get so much satisfaction.“It’s a wonderful feeling to be involved in something that meets a need for others; people with dementia, carers, children and adults with disabilities, and the general population.

“Twenty-seven thousand people have visited the park, and it’s my joy to come here too.

”A member of the LGBTIQA+ community, Ms Tudor said she’s always been hyper-aware of discrimination of minorities and cultural groups.“My interest has always been in responding positively to adversity as a way of feeling less helpless, knowing it can make a difference,” she said.

“I’ve been able to do that both as a carer, and partner, of someone with dementia. It’s the small acts of kindness that make a real difference.”In 2021, Ms Tudor was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia and named Victorian Senior of the Year.This month, her name’s been added to the Zonta Club of Ballarat’s Great Women honour roll.

Source: https://timesnewsgroup.com.au/