Day: January 25, 2017
More police abuse
By DAPHNE WANI THE National Court has ordered the State to pay more than K116,000 in damages to a taxi driver who was beaten by police officers. Nathan Kandakasi lost […]
Festival becomes annual
By ZACHERY PER THE annual Ganigle River Festival will become an annual event on the Tourism and Culture Department calendar, says Culture, Arts and Tourism Minister Tobias Kulang. Kulang told […]
Polly plans to unite singers
By CHARLES MOI First-runner up in the popular singing competition Vocal Fusion Season 4, McSteve Polly is using his experience from the show to take fellow Enga artists on a […]
Taera participates in leadership programme
Jasmine Taera is one of the participants for the International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP), says the United States embassy in Port Moresby. Taera is a project officer with the Climate […]
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CORRUPTION and police abuse will only end in Papua New Guinea when officials are held accountable for their actions, according to Human Rights Watch, accusing the government of failing to […]
Good progress on referendum
THE people of Bougainville will join the rest of Papua New Guinea in voting for a new Parliament in the general elections in June this year. And as they cast […]
Road safety drive in curriculum not a solution
A Road Safety Awareness to be used in the education curriculum by students is not a solution to minimising the increasing number of road accidents in the country. The Minister […]
Scrutinise illegal use of National Crest
The business index sections of the two daily newspapers are usually full of advertisements relating to training offered by private training institutes. These entities offer a range of courses leading […]
Ownership of guns earns wealth, respect
THE ownership of sophisticated firearms is one way of gaining wealth and respect and the National government’s proposal to disarm firearms in Hela province will not completely eradicate the trouble […]
Goroka market toilet in shambles
THE public toilet at the Goroka main market is in shambles and I call on the provincial administrator to intervene for the sake of market goers and local producers of […]