Day: November 1, 2016
Government needs to focus on border security
THE O’Neill Government is focused on hosting the Apec (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) 2018 Summit and is concentrating its efforts on national security. However, the Government should also look into other […]
Give deals to worthy contractors
IS the Apec Haus contractor the same contractor building the Taurama Road? If so, then one wonders what criteria they have used to select this particular contractor as the job […]
PNG needs to raise standard of teachers
ALLOW me to comment on an article titled, Trainee teachers face expulsion, which appeared in the daily newspapers recently. The article revealed that 40 students from seven registered teachers colleges […]
Farewell, Andrew Alphonse
I HAVE just learned with great sadness of the untimely death of Andrew Alphonse, an award-winning journalist from Pangia, Southern Highlands. Alphonse travelled to the remote parts of the Highlands, […]
United front needed to fight rise in poverty
POVERTY is a cancer eating slowly into the fabric of our society. We must work together to eradicate poverty and this can be achieved by empowering our people economically. The […]
Provincial leaders must work together
I WOULD like to thank former Gulf governor Chris Havieta for bringing infrastructural development to the people of Mekeo and Gulf (Trans-island highway). To the current Governor, Havila Kavo, thank […]
Feed the spirit as much as the body
I SUPPORT a letter by an Anointed Christian of Port Moresby titled The answer to our social issues lies within us (The National, Oct 31). From what I see, our […]
Domestic services not profitable: Sir Frederick
AIR Niugini board chairman Sir Frederick Reiher says more than half of its domestic services are not profitable. He said the services were in operation through the “subsidising” of other […]
Govt satisfied with law
THE Government is satisfied with the capacity of the 1998 Oil and Gas Act to regulate landowners’ welfare in relation to the mining industry and the wealth distribution derived from […]
Qantas starts PNG, Brisbane flights
By OGIA MIAMEL QANTAS Airways Limited launched its daily flight service between Port Moresby and Brisbane yesterday. Qantas senior vice-president in Asia and PNG Benjamin Tan said the service would […]