Day: December 2, 2019
Second batch graduate
DIVINE Word University St Benedict’s campus in Wewak witnessed its second batch of Bachelor in Education (primary teaching) students graduate on Nov 20. The programme unfolded with the Missioning Mass […]
Start planning for school fees, Maru says
YANGORU-Saussia MP Richard Maru has urged parents to start planning to pay for their children’s school fees next year. His advice followed last week’s Budget presentation by Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey […]
WITNESS
THE drain from Lae Abattoir Bridge and Papindo Birdwing housing area to AOG Okari campus in Lae, Morobe, is always filled with rubbish. During rainy days this drain gets flooded […]
Fund cut will cause burden
IT saddens me when I saw the front pages of our two dailies regarding slashing of free education funds from our good government. This is bad news for parents who […]
Bougainville should change name
MOST people in PNG mistakenly think that any dark skin person from the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB) is a Buka or can be called a Buka. As a Bougainvillean, […]
Get rid of rotten apples
ABOUT 95 per cent of PPL employees over the last three decades are liabilities and less than five per cent are productive. Mark my word, PPL HR department is stiffed […]
Investigate allegations
I AM shocked to read John Turi’s letter to the editor in The National (Nov 28). The allegations against Ialibu-Pangia district officials are serious in nature and require further investigations. […]
Budget allocation reflects govt goals
THE Government has shifted in the Education policy by redistributing lower education funds to higher education and skills development. Budgets are necessary to ensure allocation of resources or funds to […]
TFF fund cut a good move
THE Marape/Steven Government has abolished 100 per cent funding to the Tuition Fee Free (TFF) policy. It is a ‘good decision’ and a ‘long time waiting to come’. What will […]
Revised policy should solve issues
FREE education for children in the lower education sector was a great relief to parents through the Tuition Fee Free (TFF) policy but it came with its share of issues […]