Day: October 21, 2016
Let the commission do its job
ELECTORAL Commissioner Patilias Gamato is determined to successfully deliver the 2017 general elections despite the lack of funds and other pertinent issues. With eight months remaining before Papua New Guineans […]
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THERE are markets and there are markets in Port Moresby city. Those markets, road side or in properly designated places, where garden produce is sold are special. They bring to […]
Buai chewing becoming an unhygienic habit
Papua New Guinea probably holds the record in unhealthy living in the Pacific. This is evident in our habitual unhealthy living, poor sanitation standards, littering and poor rubbish disposal practices. […]
Lack of jobs linked to rise in crime rate
UNEMPLOYMENT in this country is growing and crime is more frequent. The police force has no new solutions but more excuses and reasons why they cannot win the fight against […]
Residents must embrace living in a city like POM
PEOPLE who choose to live, work and do businesses in Port Moresby have to embrace certain facts. Facts such as: We live in a rapidly changing city; that people from […]
Public libraries are more important than we think
THE public library is an important institution that our country is lacking. We have that mentality that library has nothing to do for us without realising that it has the […]
Western needs a new admin
WESTERN is constantly changing its provincial administrator and the district administrators every three months and it is confusing the public servants and service providers in the province. There are currently […]
Most valuable resource is people
ECONOMIC growth or GDP expansions are not an end in itself. It is a means to achieve certain ends and the ends are: poverty reduction, reduction in unemployment and inequality, […]
Teachers deserve better recognition
TEACHERS are the hard working employees in the government but they are regarded as if they are an ordinary people working for the Government. Many teachers throughout the country have […]
Tisa staff celebrate day
STAFF of the Teachers Savings and Loan Society celebrated the annual International Credit Union Day yesterday. Chief executive officer Michael Koisen told them: “We do not need to be greedy […]