Day: August 7, 2019
Boatman Lamsing plies his trade
By HELEN TARAWA M ATTHEW Lamsing from Malie Island, Lihir, New Ireland is an experienced dinghy operator and entrepreneur who owns four boats. Growing up on an island community of Lihir […]
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Lot sixty goods Vendors at the Boroko market are greeted every morning by a gentleman speaking through a hailer. In laying down the ground rules he said only vegetables, and […]
Lawyer gets award for documenting local language
GERTRUDE Tamade Elai hails from Taemigidu village, Nawaeb, in Morobe. A lawyer by profession, she completed a masters in law at the University of Melbourne in 2015 together with her […]
Fruit picking launched
By JAMES GUMUNO CHIMBU’s first seasonal workers programme has been launched to give a chance to its people, especially school dropouts, to earn money from fruit picking in Australia and […]
Students told to pursue opportunities
STUDENTS taking up various studies at Career Flexible Open Distant Education (Fode) Centre at Paragon, outside Goroka, Eastern Highlands, were told to believe in themselves to advance further. During an […]
Inter-school comp ends
THE 2019 Institute of Business Studies College of Tvet Math/IT Inter-School Competition hosted its final for grade 12s with six students given awards last Friday. The three-round competition, which started […]
Training facility provides opportunity to upgrade qualifications
By ELIAS LARI THE Pacific Leadership Training Institute (PLTI) now has a new training facility at the Holy Trinity Teachers College in Mt Hagen, Western Highlands. College principal Michael Miamel […]
WITNESS
On Aug 2, contractors at the Red Sea Barracks in Bomana, Port Moresby, began work to address the back up of sewerage. During FM100’s Talk Back Show last Friday, Police […]
Support for Lahanis
CONGRATULATIONS to the coaching staff, players, management and sponsor of the Bintangor Goroka Lahanis for being in the final four for the 2019 Digicel Cup competition. You have shown yet […]
Letters in brief
Aust relationship: The Australian government’s current Pacific pivot is not out of altruistic concern for development of the Pacific island countries and their people. It’s doing what is politically expedient […]