| Tuna fishery stink in Wewak is ‘gross’
Despite the risk of being physically attacked, I intend to start publicly querying certain negative changes continuing to take place in Wewak and offer, when possible, practical solutions. I am mainly doing this out of concern for future generations.
Leading Kreer landowner Francis Kuru'fher recently advised the people of Papua New Guinea through the media about the "unbearable" and "stinky smell" emanating from the South Seas Tuna Corporation factory in Wewak town; which "pollutes Wewak's air zone daily".
"How long should this continue?" Kuruf'her, a businessman and former political candidate, was reported as asking.
Kuru'fher's concern is no exaggeration.
The truth is that the smell is so gross that it has made me want to throw up and become angry every time I have had to breathe it in.
GOP RESULTS: Romney's legwork in state pays off Paul edges McCain for ...
"Landslide" is not a strong enough word for Mitt Romney's victory in Nevada's Republican caucuses Saturday. The former Massachusetts governor, who was the only Republican to mount a serious campaign in the state, took 52 percent of the vote, defeating his nearest rival by nearly 40 percentage points in a field of seven candidates. "It feels great," Matt Romney, the second-oldest of the candidate's five sons, said in an interview as the final results came in Saturday afternoon. "To me, it sends a signal that the people of Nevada, just like Michigan and Wyoming, have said that his message is resonating." More than 40,000 Republicans turned out for their first-ever caucuses, even though the attention paid to their side and the effort put into it was a fraction of the Democrats'.
Mets' Martinez proud of domination during PED era
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Pedro Martinez knows his place in the Steroids Era. "I dominated that era and I did it clean," he said. "I can stand by my numbers and I can be proud of them." No longer the No. 1 pitcher on his staff, Martinez reported to spring training Thursday with the New York Mets and soon was asked about baseball's doping scandal. The three-time Cy Young Award winner said he hasn't paid much attention to the fallout from the Mitchell report, and he didn't watch Roger Clemens testify before Congress on Wednesday. But Martinez said he'll probably get caught up on his computer now that he's in camp. Martinez did have some pointed words, however, for the reporter who once called him a prima donna. "I have a small frame and when I hurt all I could do was take a couple of Aleve or Advil, a cup of coffee and a little mango and an egg -- and let it go!" he said.
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