Day: January 29, 2018
Special workshop helps teacher trainers learn more about literacy
WORLD Vision and Child Fund recently ran a one-week training of trainers (ToT) workshop on early literacy teaching techniques, mentoring and coaching skills for teacher trainers and provincial and district […]
Proving life is what you make it
By CHARLES MOI HAVE you ever wondered where children who grow up in the settlements of Port Moresby end up? Some of us might say they usually turn to crime, […]
Hela announces launch of website for scholarships
By REBECCA KUKU A HELA scholarships’ website was launched on Friday for students to apply for sponsorship, says Governor Philip Undialu. Undialu, told The National that the website – Hela […]
Parents, students breathe sigh of relief after university settles fee issue
UNIVERSITY of Papua New Guinea students and their parents and guardians are grateful to the university council for changing its mind on a proposed increase in tuition fees. The university […]
WITNESS
This man is regularly seen cleaning this drain at the Goroka Main Market, Eastern Highlands. No one knows if he is getting paid to do it.
Kumung challenged
It is a very deceptive tactic employed by Michael Kumung and his cohorts to convince Minister Maru, the O’Neill government and the public into believing that the acting registrar-general had […]
Welfare Office denies claim
This is in response to a Letter to the Editor section over the NCD Welfare Office closure. The NCD Child and Family Services Office was having electricity problems in October […]
Why tax incentive package?
Daily subsistence allowance (DSA) is an entitlement for teachers teaching in remote registered schools in a province. It is an incentive package created by the National Education Department (NDOE) and […]
Call to respect treaty villagers
On Nov 24, 2017, my family members and I travelled to Saibai Island in the Torres Strait of Australia. We were there to attend a wedding of a family member […]
Let’s stop the carnage on our roads
THE time for pussyfooting around the road safety issue is over. Ten more people died in two separate road accidents over the weekend. Ten too many. One thing we can […]