Day: February 19, 2018
High fees
BUMAYONG Lutheran Secondary School in Lae has defied directives from National Education Department and Morobe provincial education board pertaining to school-fee payments for secondary schools. This particular school is charging […]
Approach life positively
LIFE will not always be fair. Sometimes you will be so happy. Sometimes things happen the way you did not expect. All in all, never forget this:You are what you […]
Youths in PNG
PAPUA New Guinea’s youths can become agents of change or they can become a very destructive force in our society. You just have to walk the streets of our overcrowded […]
Still on Unesco
I AM writing in response to PNG Tauna’s ‘Government questioned’. Thank you for your sentiments shared in light of the matter. With regards to the PNG National Commission for Unesco, […]
Call for school investigation
Many headmasters of schools around the country complain about the Government’s failure to disburse free education funds in a timely manner. A few schools in remote Erave, Southern Highlands, have […]
User pay system
IN January1996 The National published an article with my views regarding the user-pay system. In that article I stated that the user-pay system would push many students out of tertiary […]
Improve online selection system
WHILE the introduction of the electronic selection of grade 12 leavers into Government-funded tertiary institutions is good news, it seems there is still more room for improvement. The developments should […]
Bank South Pacific joins life insurance industry
LIFE insurance will now be offered by Bank South Pacific Life PNG after being issued a licence by the Bank of PNG last week. BPNG deputy governor Gae Kauzi said […]
Team to look over Frieda River project lease, permits
THE overall approval and permitting process for the special mining lease application and other permits and approvals for the Frieda River copper/gold project in West Sepik is now being coordinated […]
Lahanis win 9s
By JACK AMI THE Goroka Lahanis claimed the inaugural Under-23 National Super Nines cup after a convincing 42-20 win over the Simbu Warriors yesterday. Lahanis’ Jar Hogan (2) and Zebedee […]