Day: September 24, 2018
The battle to beat AIDS
FOR the past 10years, the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has been working tirelessly through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to strengthen Papua New […]
Moresby South teachers get ICT training
TWENTY-FIVE primary school teachers from Moresby South have done an advanced training course in information and communications technology at the IT Job Training Centre. Moresby South MP Justin Tkatchenko who […]
Parents told to motivate children to read
An official has urged parents to help motivate children to read more books. Speaking during a recent visit to children at Porebada, Boera, Papa and Lealea villages in Central, Jazz […]
Education leaders learn new skills
THE PNG Education Institute presented 50 leaders of technical and vocational institutions with leadership and financial management certificates. Regional and provincial coordinators, inspectors, institution managers and received the certificates worth […]
Youths invited to join Aust-PNG event
YOUNG Papua New Guinean professionals are being encouraged to join an annual event that aims to ensure longstanding ties between PNG and Australia. The annual Australia-Papua New Guinea Emerging Leaders’ […]
School app helps data get across faster
THE education department’s “my school app” has an in-built global positioning system which can help inspectors vet and upload schools census data at the school. The software was created by […]
Primary school plans to enrol grade 9 students
THE Hohola Demonstration Primary School in the National Capital District will start enrolling grade 9 students from next year, according to principal Rotona Girana. Girana said the enrolment of grade […]
WITNESS
You may be forginven to think that this is a bridge to nowhere – because it does not really get you to the other side. But that is the Kiari […]
Help women, cut taxes
IT is time for the Government to review the tax on sanitary items for women. The Australian Federal Government recently announced the removal of tax from women’s sanitary items like […]
Getting children to love reading
I APPRECIATE the generosity and effort of young University of PNG tutor Nathaniel John for helping to drive and remind us of the importance of books. The government should find […]