Day: November 6, 2018
WITNESS
Huon Gulf district development authority members and administration officers accompanying MP Ross Seymour to Tsiletsile, Lower Watut, were left stranded on Friday when the locals did not turn up to […]
Port Moresby city getting expensive
THE continuing increase in the land and garbage rates charged on Port Moresby residents by the National Capital District Commission (NCDC) is unjustified. The development of NCD and Port Moresby […]
Old cars and good cars
THE decision to limit the age of imported used Japanese cars to five years or less by the Consultative Implementation and Monitoring Council (CIMC) and the Transport Department is flawed. […]
Bougainville referendum
DURING the referendum, the people of Bougainville or people of that origin (the Bougainvillians) will be asked to decide on: Separation from Papua New Guinea and gain independence; or Seek […]
Nambawan Super housing loans
I WRITE in reference to Frustrated Contributor #1 from Lae whose letter was published on March 13 in The National. Our friend’s concern regarding housing advances at Nasfund represents the […]
Problems at Gerehu Hospital
Gerehu Hospital, in Port Moresby, is not usually as you described it in The Weekender report in Friday’s newspaper,. Every hospital should be run well to protect the safety of […]
Deal with Philippines eyed for rice commercialisation
By JEFFREY ELAPA The signing of a memorandum-of-agreement (MoA) between Papua New Guinea and Philippines on Nov 16 will herald the beginning of rice commercialisation in PNG, both countries say. […]
Business offers cash rebates to customers
BY JEFFREY ELAPA A secondhand clothing company is giving cash rebates to its loyal customers Premium Fashion International has designed a rebate programme that gives its customers cash to invest […]
Yucatan can win it, says McDonald
MELBOURNE: James McDonald has rebounded from an 18-month disqualification in the style that first brought him to the attention of the racing public in his native New Zealand. McDonald was […]
Punter lays down K117,000
MELBOURNE: One very confident punter might not have slept too well last night after placing a mammoth bet more than 24 hours before today’s Melbourne Cup. Amid controversy over a […]