By Matthew Casey Published: Monday, May 29, 2023 – 10:02am he Biden administration recently awarded nearly $100 million in competitive community development grants to tribal nations. But only about $7.7 million is coming to local areas. Housing authorities for the Tohono O’odham Nation and the White Mountain Apache Tribe plan to use their share of the…
Year: 2023
Tribal leaders are working to modernize their economies and infrastructure
By Al Macias Published: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 – 4:55am Updated: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 – 9:25am Native American communities have long utilized traditional natural resources such as water, lumber, minerals and crops. As they are taking greater roles in the management and preservation of these precious and sometimes finite resources, many are seeking to diversify…
Corruption holding PNG back, says academic
The National Business CORRUPTION and maladministration has held back both the country’s public and private sectors stifling economic development, a researcher says. Visiting economics lecturer from Australia National University, Andrew Mako, says there is a “toxic mix of bad governance” and the “Melanesian” way of doing things around allocation of resources, especially through the “big…
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, 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…