Day: February 1, 2019
A bride is handed over
By SAMSON JOHN HIROWA PNG is a country that is blessed to have 800-plus languages, diverse traditional cultures and customs. Our 22 provinces in the Southern, Momase, Highlands and the […]
City firm extends goodwill
By MICHAEL BOEO The various Chinese communities in Papua New Guinea are involved in all kinds of businesses in agriculture, fisheries, forestry, mining and the wholesale/retail business. Chinese businesses have […]
All in the name of charity
By PETER KORUGL It takes someone with a good heart to go out into the community to look after those that are suffering in various ways through these hard times. […]
WITNESS
THIS laundary room at the Dame Mary Kekedo Hall at the University of Papua New Guinea is missing its benchtop, apart from the facility being generally in a poor state. […]
Questions raised about work of National Statistical Office
DEPUTY Prime Minister Charles Abel recently raised concerns about National Statistical Office (NSO) and its inability to perform its function in producing development statistics to measure our progress. Abel had […]
Letters in brief
K23mil missing: IN 2007, the National Executive Council approved K50mil for the maintenance of State university facilities. From that approved allocation, K23 million was earmarked for the maintenance of the […]
Sackings slammed
I MAKE an observation on what seems to be an unfair action by Government to terminate non-performing departmental heads. This was as announced by Public Service Minister Elias Kapavore last […]
Teachers need to rotate
ONE of the contributing factors to the falling education standard is the posting of teachers. Teachers are posted to one school for too long that they do not have the […]
PMV service provider cruel
ON Jan 6 (Page 12), The National published a story ‘Bus driver Yawa loves his job’ which prompted me to write this sad story. In that article and I quote: […]
Recruitment news upsets association
IN the last couple of days, there has been a lot hype and discussions on all fronts, including the Government, on the recruitment of Cuban doctors. The Government of the […]