Day: October 22, 2019
Is B’ville referendum ready?
We continue Ben Bohane’s feature on Bougainville continuing our section on peace and how referendum ready the region is. They are unlikely to be a threat to the peace process […]
Enjoying a thriving carving business across the sea from home
By ROSELYN ELLISON MICHAEL Konnie from East Sepik is making a living from selling his carvings in Rabaul, East New Britain. Two worlds apart it seems but it matters less […]
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Not my fault A man reported to police by a furious mother after she caught him red-handed with her daughter having sex in the girl’s bedroom has been acquitted by […]
WITNESS
IT is rare to see a banana sucker bearing fruit at an infant stage. Joseph Maya from Menyamya, Morobe, who resides at Lae’s Speedway settlement said he planted the banana […]
Encourage local manufacturing
OUR population who smoke tobacco products is a matter of personal choice. But the amount they spend is staggering into billions of kina. That kind of money is enough to […]
Letters in brief
Review parole board: CAN the government look into the current Parole Board and the legal framework regulating its function? It relates to a prisoner’s sentencing and serving of time in […]
Process wood products locally
I ENCOURAGE the Marape Government to stand firm on the call to ban the export of round logs by 2020 onwards and allow all forms of downstream processing of wood […]
Prioritise to serve
PAPUA New Guinea is rich in terms of natural resources as indicated by the constantly increasing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), among countless other economic indicators in the extractive industry. However […]
Churches should applaud move
PRIME Minister James Marape’s recent announcement for State owned enterprises to return tithes to churches should be applauded by all church leaders and members of the Christian denomination in PNG. […]
Development starts with your vote
HONESTY, transparency and accountability are well articulated political propaganda integrated by candidates to establish political affiliation, advancing their self-interest agenda. It’s quite obvious that our people regard their vote as […]