Day: September 7, 2017
Okapa finally sees change
THE perception that Okapa, in Eastern Highlands, needs an educated and highly qualified person to lead it should not be entertained by Okapians. Okapa needs a change in leadership and […]
Sepik’s deprived people suffering
SEPIK needs change after over 40 years of independence. Basic services like health, education, roads and transport networks, communications systems and economic developments have not reached the remote and isolated […]
A slap in the face
IT is unfair and a slap in the face for teachers who have worked very hard all year round only to find at the end of 2016 that their leave […]
Lands Dept challenged
STAFF members at the Department of Lands in Port Moresby are not allowed to have members of their family visit them at work. The department faces many problems and has […]
Kutubu SPA enquiry sought
I want to express my greatest dissatisfaction with the manner in which the Kutubu Special Purposes Authority (KSPA) is being administered. When the decentralisation policy of the government was introduced […]
Salute for IRC Lae
I WENT up to the Internal Revenue Commission in Lae to apply for my taxation identification number (TIN) and Certificate of Compliance (COC). I was very impressed with the customer […]
Gerehu hospital’s unhappy customer
I WENT to seek medication at Gerehu General Hospital last week and found that the hospital has changed over time. It wasn’t like it used to be in the past […]
Security free university
SECURITY – the state of being free from danger or threat – should be available to everyone. Not so at the University of Goroka. The university has four gates. The […]
No substitution for hard work
HAVE you ever questioned your existence? Were you some kind of mistake, you think? As a citizen of this country, never forget this: You were born for a reason. And […]
Medical symposium shows our shortcomings
IF one were to condense the large volume of information presented at the 53rd medical symposium underway in Port Moresby this week, it would all point to serious existing health […]