Day: June 29, 2018
Sparrows, Rebels set for tough match
By JACK AMI THE Port Moresby Netball Association premier division third round main fixture sees big guns Credit Corporation Sparrows and City Pharmacy Rebels clash tomorrow. Both sides have their […]
Road to safety
SWEEPING changes will soon be enforced on roads with increased fines as the Road Transport Authority introduces its new Road Traffic Act. While a lot of the laws have not […]
Union opposes move to disarm Madang police
POLICE in Madang have been disarmed in a move to control the abuse of police issue guns with the ban to be eased later to allow only some officers to […]
Police need awareness on Act
POLICE in Port Moresby are yet to enforce fines under the new RoadTraffic Act, Boroko traffic headquarters officer in-charge Joseph Salle says. Salle told The National that the Act was […]
Don’t blame OBE: Kombra
The outcome-based education (OBE) cannot be the reason for the high number of school dropouts each year, according to Education Secretary Dr Uke Kombra. Kombra was responding to a query […]
Understanding of juvenile law needed, says justice officer
TEACHERS in schools need to understand the juvenile justice system when dealing with students that are in conflict with the law, says senior juvenile justice officer Marie Balil. During the […]
All schools receive 85 per cent of TTF funding, Kombra says
Education Department Secretary Dr Uke Kombra says all schools in the country receive 85 per cent of the total tuition fee free allocation of K602 million each year. He said […]
Elementary schools moving out
Education Secretary Dr Uke Kombra says by 2020, elementary schools will be phased out of primary school campuses. Kombra said once the standard-based education curriculum was fully implemented by 2020, […]
Association condemns absence of dept officials
THE PNG Teachers’ Association general secretary Ugwailubu Mowana has criticised the absence of top officers from the Education Department at the national in-service training of secondary teachers in NCD. Mowana […]
Polio alarm gets province into gear
By EREBIRI ZURENUOC WORK is already under way to contain and create awareness on the polio outbreak in Morobe, provincial health programme adviser Micah Yawing says. He said the division […]