Day: December 6, 2017
Bad roads keeping Okapa pupils from reaching their goals
Services in the Okapa district of Eastern Highlandsd are being hampered by the deteriorating state of roads, a school principal says. Okapa Secondary School pricipal Simeon Kibeto says his school […]
Water aid eyed in sewerage deal
THE K96 million funding by China to improve the Goroka town water supply will also be used to fix the sewerage problem in town, an official says. Goroka Urban Local […]
Chimbu govt plans to focus on developing rural districts
ACTING Chimbu provincial administrator Joe Kunda says the provincial government under the leadership of Governor Michael Dua will focus more on its “going rural” policies. Kunda told The National last […]
Christian college honours students at graduation
THE Christian Leaders Training College of Papua New Guinea held its 50th graduation on Saturday at its Banz campus for its doctorate, masters, diploma and certificate programmes. Kirine Yandit was […]
Tambul-Nebilyer launches council of women for district
TAMBUL-Nebilyer is the first electorate in Western Highlands to launch a council of women. Women groups from various areas in the electorate gathered last month at Paiakona in Tambul and […]
School fair looks at sustainability
AN eighth grader at the Port Moresby International School wants to grow nutritious plants and breed fish together using water management. David Kuk was one of the students who participated […]
New course attracting tech students
By JIMMY KALEBE GARMENT-making, a new course at a technical school in Morobe, is attracting a lot of interest from school leavers. Last Friday, 14 students, among them two boys, […]
Meeting focuses on skills training for Morobe youths
The Urban Youth Employment Programme (Uyep) scoping exercise for Morobe has started with a meeting of key stakeholders in Lae. Morobe Governor Ginson Saonu in officiating the meeting and welcoming […]
Vocational centres share successes, challenges
A TECHNICAL vocational (Tvet) workshop was held recently to share some of the challenges and successes experienced by 10 vocational centres throughout Papua New Guinea. The Tvet programme, under the […]
WITNESS
Handy Mart service station in Madang has become the new highlands highway bus stop and the place is always crowded with people, especially buai sellers, and vehicles going in and […]