Day: January 2, 2019
WITNESS
While we end one year and start another, many people have gone home for holidays. Eriku route 100 main bus stop was empty on Monday with few PMV buses calling […]
Recruiting non-school leavers into teachers’ colleges raises concerns for quality education
I HAVE read many fascinating graduation speeches from various primary school teachers’ college principals in the two dailies, leading to the closure of 2018 academic year. One that captured my […]
Letters in brief
Don’t ban alcohol: With due respect, I wish to express my utmost dissatisfaction to Madang Governor Peter Yama’s unanalytical blanket decision on the four-year alcohol ban in Madang. The governor’s […]
Prisons becoming holiday camps
HOW does one feels when our law breakers are being fed three balanced meals a day, while the average ordinary Papua New Guineans struggle to have their meal balanced using […]
United we must stand
PAPUA New Guinea belongs to the eight million-plus people. No specific group of people owns the resources and other habitats in PNG. Complexities of this nation have been handled by […]
Manage resource properly
THE report ‘Nine hurt, properties damaged in fight over water’ in The National on Dec 18 is an issue of mismanagement and misappropriation of resources in ward five of Wampar […]
Invest more in agriculture
THE Prime Minister said that the economy “has turned a corner” as the nation prepares for 2019, in The National on Dec 31, 2018. Is this true? I would like […]
BNBM Hardware donates 10 water tanks to Kokopo
By JUNIOR UKAHA A HARDWARE company in Kokopo has donated 10 9000-litre water tanks worth K45,000 to the Kokopo district last Saturday. BNBM Hardware presented the tanks to the district […]
Kevin wins K6000 cow in Christmas promotion
Derrick Kevin is the winner of Paradise Food Ltd’s live cow Christmas promotion draw worth K6000. Brand manager Ben George said this was a wholesale channel promotion exclusive only to […]
Enga bulb onion farmers closer to securing market
By JAMES GUMUNO A farming group cultivating bulb onions in Enga is one step closer to securing markets. Farmers in the Lagaip/Porgera district of Enga will soon benefit from cultivating […]