Day: March 5, 2019
WITNESS
This pile of market rubbish has become an eyesore and a bad smell at the foot of a raintree next to Western Bus Stop in Goroka, Eastern Highlands. As a […]
Good community development helps everybody
COMMUNITY development is important to rural socio-economic development in Papua New Guinea. Almost all rural socio-economic activities occur at the community level. Community development encourages volunteering and self-development, which contribute […]
Letters in brief
Training call: When will the names of the people accepted for the Independence Fellowship Scheme (IFS) be published. The scheme is provided under the Department of Labour and Industrial Relations. […]
State land rot costing too much
THE government has been losing millions of kina through the illegal and speculative sales of vacant State land, either by individuals or commercial entities who heavily profit at the expense […]
Evicting settlers right thing to do
I refer to last week’s report about settlers being evicted. Those settlers put up all sorts of placards saying it was their land and all that rubbish. Are they trying […]
Kagua-Erave too big for one MP
A LOT has been said recently about the electoral boundaries in provinces throughout PNG, including parts of the Highlands. The remote Kagua-Erave electorate should be on that list, resulting in […]
Who runs the public service?
SOME provincial administrators and departmental heads continue to defy the Public Service Commission, especially with the reinstatements and payment of legal dues as stipulated under the law governing the public […]
Corrupt SHP system hurting education
Southern Highlands’ education system is corrupt with district education advisers accepting bribes to appoint inexperienced junior teachers, fresh out of new and substandard teachers’ colleges, to take up senior positions. […]
Island dwellers missing out
It seems that the Government’s development aspirations today are focusing too much on developing our cities, towns, mainland and hinterlands while giving little attention, if any, to those living on […]
PMIZ funding checks needed
THE Madang governor needs a factual briefing on the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone (PMIZ) project in Madang and should issue a cessation notice to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry […]