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Consider impact on readers
WHY is it absolutely necessary to
publish a close-up photograph of a young man lying dead on the
road?
His involvement in a robbery does not make this excusable.
Does it ever occur to you that this young man has a mother and
father along with other family members?
Recently, The National had on the cover close-ups of the
self-proclaimed “Black Jesus” all torn and beaten. It is okay to
do this to one another?
Please show some tact and think about the impact you have on your
readers, especially children.
I am certainly for supporting the police in the honourable work
they undertake but how you get off selling papers is a pathetic
attempt of sensationalising the loss of life. -Raquel
Harvey-Hall, Lae
Revoke powers given to Vele
I TOTALLY agree that we should revoke
the wide powers given to Wari Vele as governor of the National
Capital District to run the city’s affairs. The amendment to the
NCDC Act makes a mockery of the taxes paid by the people and the
investments made by business houses and entrepreneurs. I believe
the K36 million he wants for a 1.8km road in Waigani is linked to
his campaign for the coming general election. It is too much money
to spend on a short road. Vele has totally lost the plot with the
foolish and irresponsible decision. I support Deputy Prime
Minister Don Polye’s call to cancel the project and hope all the
other MPs think like him. – NCDC Tax Payer, Port Moresby
Awesa desperate
FOR Francis Awesa to call the Deputy
Prime Minister “a puppet” shows that the Global Construction
managing director is a desperate man, wanting to get the K36
million Waigani road project by all possible means. There is
obviously something fishy behind the awarding of the contract. Was
the K36 million bid the lowest among all the tenders? I also fail
to understand how Awesa could compare the K600 million award to
East Sepik with Polye’s comments on the road project. The East
Sepik decision was made by the National Executive Council, not
Polye. – Mendi Songo, Port Moresby
Wrong to beat Tari
THE villagers of Transgogol and the
Madang Police did well to capture Steven Tari. It was a good
example of community work. However, it is wrong to beat up the
man. He should be charged and allowed to face the legal process.
But it is probably due to the hardship faced by the people in the
remote village. They are frustrated with the non-delivery of
government services such as roads, schools and health centres. I
have been to the area and found that the people have never been to
school. They have not even seen Madang town. The politicians,
including the current MP, are to be blamed for this. – Mr B,
Madang
Send cook to market
IT has been the norm for boarding
students of Goroka Secondary School in Eastern Highlands to walk
to a mini-market nearby every afternoon to buy vegetables for
dinner. Initially, it was thought that they were doing it on their
own to supplement their meals but that is not the case. The Goroka
main market is conveniently located for the school to send a cook
in a van to pick up the vegetables. It is inappropriate to send
the students and the school administration should stop this before
anything untoward happens. – Konsen Votuse, Goroka
Receipts for payments
LIKE “Livingstone”, my bank card was
also retained by a BSP ATM at Douglas Street in Port Moresby but I
got it back without having to pay any fee. Perhaps the writer was
misled into paying the K20. My advice to him is to always ask for
a receipt for any suspicious payment. I do not know about other
places, but I think the staff at the BSP Douglas Street branch are
the best. Regardless of the number of customers, they are always
efficient and friendly. – BSP die-hard customer, Port Moresby
Victim of border guards
LIKE Tony Sulupin, I was also
assaulted at the border checkpoint in Wabag near Western
Highlands. I was travelling from Madang to Wabag to see my
brother. At the checkpoint, I asked a security guard where I could
relieve myself and was taken to a spot. After doing so, two guards
came up to me and demanded K100. When I replied that I did not
have the money, they took me into a container and assaulted me. I
finally had to give them K50. – Local tourist, Madang
Probe boxers’ selection
GOBOLI Rickson Yamo has proved that
he is the best in his division and I am surprised that he was not
selected by the PNG Amateur Boxing Union for the SP Games in Samoa
this year. Why were the Kora brothers selected instead when they
both lost their trial fights? I demand that the PNG Sports
Federation look into the matter. – Kerickertz-1, Port Moresby
 
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