Day: August 3, 2016
Coastal PNG uncloaked
By Sarah Marshall of the AAP Squealing children crowd a log jetty festooned with scrap fabric bunting, as our skiff boat, flanked by dugout canoes with fluttering palm fronds for […]
Bank managers off to Philippines for training
THREE senior managers in Bank South Pacific (BSP) are off to the Philippines to participate in a three-month secondment with the Bank of Philippine Islands (BPI). Ravindra Singh from BSP […]
Foundation helps school with building
THE 114 students of Aekeiko Elementary School at Irugl in the Kundiawa-Gembogl District, Chimbu, have a new double classroom funded by Digicel Foundation. Aekeiko may be the only boarding elementary […]
DBTI celebrates culture
By TABITHA NERO THE Don Bosco Technological Institute (DBTI) at Taurama in Port Moresby, hosted a colourful, bi-annual cultural show last Saturday. Guest speaker and director general of the Office […]
Physics tutor to represent PNG in arts
UNIVERSITY of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) Physics tutor and band member of Barefoot music group, Kasek Galgal left Port Moresby last Sunday to represent PNG at the Youth Excellence on […]
W Australia’s youngest pilot is PNG boy
GOSNELLS resident Shane Tido is too young to drive a car, but on his 15th birthday he became Western Australia’s youngest solo pilot. The Cannington Community College student took advantage […]
Trauma at Unitech needs time to heal
I REFER to the news article, “Unitech classes may begin next month” (The National, July 22). The University of Technology management while strategising for the classes to start in August […]
Higher education needs proper foundation
IT is the foundation that determines the height and the weight of buildings. If the foundation is not laid properly or if the materials used are of poor quality, the […]
Students victims of political games
ALLOW me to air my views on the demise of teaching and learning activities at the University Papua New Guinea (UPNG), the consequences of the decision made and inaction by […]
Country needs strong leaders
GIVEN the political shenanigans of late, Frexie Maneh put forward quite a plausible and pertinent argument that the Prime Minister should be chosen by the people (The National, July 25). […]