Day: October 19, 2018
WITNESS
On Thursday last week, during the swearing-in of the Lae City Authority members – in the presence of Prime Minister Peter O’Neill – it was announced that these street lights […]
Autonomy status needs clarification
WHILE it is interesting to know the prime minister’s intention to decentralise and devolve powers and functions of the national government, it is also equally important that the subject is […]
Port Moresby not safe
When analysing the true state of PNG’s capital city, Port Moresby, we find that it is now very worrying, unsafe and densely populated. This is as a result of the […]
Apec relevant to PNG
ALLOW me to comment on the positive side of Papua New Guinea’s membership to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec). First and foremost, PNG is fortunate to be in a club […]
Apec good and bad
PAPUA New Guinea is four weeks away from hosting the biggest event in the country’s history. Preparations cost the country a great deal, with the Government aiming to use the […]
Teachers’ pay cuts
THE 400 teachers who have had their pay cut fraudulently as indicated by the PNG Teachers’ Association general secretary Ugwalubu Mowana are only those who have come out to report […]
Wewak Fode centre shock
THE Flexible Open Distant Education (Fode) headquarters and Education Department inspectors should check all provincial centres. Almost every year our dropout students from grades 8, 10 and 12 go to […]
Worried for PNG
I am alarmed and the nation must be also because there is something going on and rising, that is showing in adults who are losing their sense of being a […]
Mental illness needs serious attention
MANY people find it hard to cope with the pressures of modern living. They say every day, a quarter of a million people miss work because of stress, with 75 […]
There’s a platinum lining in every loan
Teachers Savings and Loans Society celebrated the 70th International Credit Union (ICU) Day in Port Moresby yesterday. Acting chief executive Igumu Momo said that with the challenges the country was […]