Day: December 3, 2019
Joachim returning home after 37 years in public service
By ROSELYN ELLISON THE crisis on Bougainville three decades ago prevented Joachim Pitala from attending the funerals of his parents. Today, the 63-year-old father of five from Rorovana village in […]
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Fat cats Many democratic nations look to their public accounts committees to expose the fat cats and dirty dealers who use public funds illegally. The committee complements the work of […]
WITNESS
THE Bishop Leo Secondary School in East Sepik has started maintenance on its school grounds before students go for Christmas vacation. Seen on the left are young men from Meni […]
Well done Prime Minister
DESPITE views to the contrary, I commend the Prime Minister James Marape for tailoring the 2020 National Budget to his call to “Take Back PNG”. Apart from the normal technical […]
Are execs waking from a slumber?
COMMENT with reference to your article on page 11 in The National on Dec 2 with the headline “Sector needs regulation: Official”. It is amazing for the acting managing director […]
Call to grow economy
I MADE a call to the Marape led government three weeks ago to factor the 2020 Budget at K20 billion. But my estimate was over by K1.3 billion to bail […]
Review recruitment process
I WOULD like to share my observations regarding a certain national government department’s recruitment drive published widely recently. This particular department is a large state agency with offices around the […]
Establish safety regulatory body
THIS is in response to comments made by the managing director of Mineral Resource Authority Jerry Garry in The National on Nov 20 “Safety performing well”. We anticipate higher expectation […]
TFF cut is a big mistake
THE honey moon is over as the Marape led government has used the wrong recipe to cook up something that I believe many people, especially parents, will find hard to […]
Rural children will suffer
THE government has done great injustice to 95 per cent of Papua New Guinea’s children in primary and secondary schools, who live in rural areas, by cutting the tuition free […]