Day: September 6, 2018
Telefomin campaign
We need an awareness programme in Telefomin to promote issues like education and health and the government policies that cover them. There have not been any such awareness programmes in […]
Where are the doctors?
IT is sad to read the news from the medical symposium which reveals that many rural areas do not have doctors. Having worked in a rural outstation some years ago […]
Warhorse Russ Kaupa
I looked through your edition of Aug 14 and there he was in your sports pages, the old warhorse Russ Kaupa, of Lae rugby league fame. The old fellow had […]
Western audit
THE National on Monday (Sept 3) reported that the fraud squad will look into the Western audit report. Firstly, let me start by saying this – the leader is mandated […]
Repentance and the Bible
I WOULD like to share my views about National Repentance Day and an opinion shared by Rev Seik Pitoi in last week’s Weekender (Aug 31). Any date or day that […]
Christian principles
OUR forefathers worked hard under a harsh colonial system to attain independence for this country. Under a spirit of nationalism they united and despite our cultural differences won independence for […]
Expensive exercise
IT is a disgrace when we read and hear of landlords in Port Moresby shutting the doors to their buildings and locking government workers out. The refurbished Manasupe Haus and […]
Police brutality
I was having a few drinks with my brothers at Konedobu at the weekend when two police vehicles loaded with officers approached us. One of them swore at us and […]
Nothing changes if nothing changes
WE can have dreams and goals in life but if we don’t change our mindset, we will never change for the better. Papua New Guinea is still developing and it […]
Working in remote areas a challenge
IT is troubling to know public servants are reluctant to live and work in remote areas. And most times officers do not want to take their families to live in […]