Day: August 30, 2017
Bank provides coffee workers chance to save
By TONY PALME TWO plantation workers from the Bunum Wo WR Carpenters Estate in Jiwaka are thankful to Bank South Pacific and the PNG Agriculture Sector Labourers’ Association (PNGASLA) for […]
Komal to use past shortfalls as guide for development plans
NIPA-Kutubu MP Jeffery Komal will be conducting a post-mortem of his service delivery efforts from 2012 to 2017 under the district’s five-year development plan. This is to establish which projects […]
K50,000 for youths to start businesses
THE Nipa-Kutubu district development authority (DDA) will provide seed capital to assist youths in small businesses. Nipa-Kutubu MP and DDA chairman Jeffery Komal said as part of his election promise, […]
Hospital gets machine to support diabetes fight
THE Chimbu administration has donated a diabetic determiner to the Joseph Nombri Memorial Hospital in Kundiawa last Friday. Principal health adviser Margaret Kaile, on behalf of the administration and provincial […]
Empowering B’ville youth to contribute to peace plan
THE empowerment of youth in the social and economic sectors in Bougainville is important for a positive post-conflict development, an official says. Director for Veterans Arrais in the Bougainville administration […]
Uni students’ association turning theory into reality
Students of a private Port Moresby university formed an association that provides an avenue for them to put their theory lessons into practice Students of School of Business and Economics […]
Public service officers to undergo training
More than 100 public service offices will undergo a three-week training following induction by the Education Department. The 172 officers are divided into four groups with their facilitators from the […]
UNDP backs organisation to develop staffing capacity
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is funding 12 new graduate positions in the public service to support the Conservation and Protection Environment Protection Authority (Cepa). To build capacity within […]
Women complete management training in United States
Two Papua New Guinea women have completed a four-week Global Women in Management training programme in Washington DC, United States. Julie Alo and Bala Kerapa were awarded the programme which […]
WITNESS
This is the usual scene at Goroka’s famous Suave buai (betel nut) market everyday. Seven healthy piglets were seen roaming the market beside the highlands highway and were entering the […]