Month: November 2018
Fatima TVET centre embraces change
By MICHELLE AMBA FATIMA Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) Community College as it is known today came into being before Independence. It is one of the many educational institutions set […]
School builds its own truck
By PETER WARI A SCHOOL truck built from metal scraps was driven around Mendi town on Wednesday, Nov 14 as students and staff smiled with glee. It had taken the […]
Helping Maoreen thrive
One-year-old Moreen bounced gleefully on her mother’s lap as she absorbed her surrounding with alert eyes. She stopped and screamed excitedly as she fixed her gaze upon a passing brown […]
Orokolo pride rotting away
By LARRY ANDREW What was known as Orokolo Hospital in the Ihu Local Level Government of Gulf has lost the beauty of the services it used to provide to the […]
WITNESS
This old administration building at Dregerhafen Secondary School in Morobe is looking pretty bad. The school was built before Independence and is still being used today. Dregerhafen was the first […]
Reader: If you believe in solar power, stand firm for a better environment for our children
I THANK FM100 for giving me airtime to discuss renewable solar energy systems, green technology and smart technology with Minister for Energy Sam Basil, his secretary and the CEO of […]
LETTERS IN BRIEF
Bus stop market: An area at the Somare Foundation bus stop has become a commonplace for selling fruits and vegetables. I understand the reason for such businesses. It brings in […]
Toropo’s promotion criticised
I WRITE in response to David Lepi’s letter yesterday in The National. Promoting Toropo to major general is a shame. As David Lepi points out, a major general commands a […]
High taxes, poor miners
MINING workers in the country are highly taxed. People work and work but at the end of the day they still live in rented accommodation and cannot improve their standard […]
Splitting an electorate
THIS is open letter to Jiwaka Governor Dr William Tongamp, Anglimp South Waghi MP Joe Kuli and those who have apolitical association to support the call to split Anglimp South […]