Day: January 22, 2019
WITNESS
This is the Moru health centre in Iokea village, Gulf. This building used to have wards but due to lack of maintenance, it started to wear away. It has been […]
Drug shortage in hospitals is a huge concern
THE only place where we get help from when we are sick is a hospital. This generation will soon be dying out because of no medicine in hospitals, clinics and […]
LETTERS IN BRIEF
Assist students: DURING the national election, many intending candidates put up their policies. Free education was in almost all candidates’ policies. All those policies were fakes and not real. Shame […]
Temai commended for bold move
THE bold decision by newly-appointed Simbu administrator Michael Temai to suspend the principal adviser for health and engage of auditors to investigate financial expenditure for the last three years is […]
Remove ban on teachers’ loans
THERE are currently instructions from the Education Department stopping teachers from acquiring personal loans from finance companies. This has been effective since Oct 2018. It is now Jan 2019. Many […]
Follow step by step
DEVELOPMENT is a growth process. Going digital ahead of base level improvement in rural lifestyle is a bad choice in the context of public policy. With limited funds, any government […]
Kapana made right move
IT is so good to read about the move by the highly-talented Gairo Kapana to switch codes from rugby union to rugby league. I first saw him play on TV […]
Real landowners are hidden
THERE are many issues that are drawing people’s attention. One of them is the case of Wafi-Golpu. We the people of Morobe are very concerned about our land because we […]
Vote right, save PNG
THE looming vote-of-no-confidence (VONC) is drawing near. At such junctures, it calls for sound judgment and reasoning from our elected MPs. Money, position and power must all be cast aside. […]
Bougainville in suspense
I was recently in Buka. Public knowledge is that Bougainvilleans are preparing for the worst. Yes, arms buildup is true and one of these preparations undertaken. Biggest fear is about […]