Day: June 25, 2018
Students told to stay away from alcohol, betel nut
A call has been made to students to celebrate the country’s diverse cultures without alcohol and betel nut. Unity in diversity have to be held high through celebrations without taking […]
Special centre gets soundproof room
STUDENTS with hearing impairment studying at Mt Sion Special Education Centre in Goroka, Eastern Highlands, have a new sound-proof testing room. Mt Sion Hearing Impairment specialist teacher Don Waipe said […]
Kwikila Secondary gets solar lights
BOARDING students at Kwikila Secondary School in Central will now have access to better lights after the completion of Bank South Pacific’s solar lighting community project. The deputy principal of […]
Gas makes cooking easier for cooks at Markham Secondary
Origin Energy is supplying gas to the Markham Valley Secondary School kitchen for cooking. The gas company is filling up two large cylinders at the students’ dinning hall. The company […]
WITNESS
Passengers pulling a coaster bus up a slippery road between Taikaepus and Yalis council ward in Wapenamanda Distirct, Enga. They were on their way to Wapenamanda, Wabag and Hagen when […]
Issue of affordability
CONSTRUCTIVE discussions on social, economic and political issues are being generated via social media nowadays but these discussions happen beyond the reach of the bulk of the country’s citizens. There […]
Managing school funds
THERE was an article regarding tuition-fee free fees recently. This government policy is meant to ease the financial burden of parents, especially those with no formal source of income. On […]
Praise for PNG Air
I COMMEND PNG Air’s engineering personnel for their sense of responsibility. On the evening of Tuesday June 19, I was on an Air Niugini flight back to Port Moresby. As […]
Nipa Secondary needs looking into
AT least there is light at the tunnel for the people of Southern Highlands after the national Government saw fit to see for itself the real problems Southern Highlands has […]
Public servants’ pay increase
THE economic indicators have encouraged the Government to increase the pay of public servants because not doing so would possibly have negative impacts on the living standards of the workers. […]