Day: August 10, 2018
No ordinary job for an engineer
By Patric Marco What would a graduate mining engineer be doing at the PNG LNG plant site outside Port Moresby when she should be in a surface or underground mining […]
Hope returns for coffee farmers
By CORA MOABI OUR day starts off with freshly boiled water and taro cooked over an open fire. We hear nearby laughter and chattering among villagers as they prepare to […]
WITNESS
Students at a primary school in Lae are now at home because the school does not have proper water and sanitation facilities. The students had been using this pit toilet […]
Wrong sign, wrong place
This sign, and another one facing John Guise Drive, in front of the City Hall, Port Moresby, has been there for some time. What’s wrong with it? It should not […]
Broken roads, broken lights
Unitech Bumayong Road, I thank Lae MP John Rosso and the Government for the 3km road maintenance work done on the stretch from Unitech Main Gate to Bumayong. The MP, […]
More on Lae airport land
FOLLOWING my previous article on the old Lae airport land last week, and obviously unknown to myself, new information has now surfaced that the trunk road has been amended. The […]
Children’s behaviour
HAVE you noticed that where children gather on the street, you see a lot of unusual behaviour? The behaviour of children nowadays is getting worse when compared to the behaviour […]
Police brutality
This is another story of police brutality. We were at Gaire village, in Central, at 12.30am on July 21 when we were assaulted by members of the PNG Royal Constablary […]
UPNG course a concern
I AM worried about the Applied Finite Mathematics course being delivered by University of Papua New Guinea through its Open Campus this year. There are so many mistakes and some […]
Make city charges fair
I REFER to Frustrated City Resident’s letter about Port Moresby city rates (The National July 31). Good issue. NCDC should explain to the registered property owners why some people in […]