Day: December 19, 2019
Column 1
Letter to Santa A father saw a letter from his six-year-old son addressed to Santa. It reads: “Dear Santa Claus, I want a drone this Christmas.” The school year has […]
Bryan, 33, already planning for retirement
By BRADLEY MARIORI PUBLIC servant Bryan Waffi, 33, is already planning for his retirement. He does not know when that will be but he is making sure he has something […]
Congress draws in thousands
A SEVENTH-DAY Adventist Youth Congress has drawn masses of people from across the country into Port Moresby this week. Rows and rows of tents of different shape, size and colour […]
Women do poorly after first election
IN 1997 Julie Soso stood for the first time as a candidate in the Eastern Highlands provincial seat in Papua New Guinea. She finished fourth, with just 5 per cent […]
WITNESS
THE people of Erave have finally come to an agreement to set aside their differences and to participate meaningfully towards the construction of the 12km road project connecting Gulf and […]
Put people first
THE Government has budgeted some millions of kina on school fee loans for next year and beyond. This was not expected by the eight million people of Papua New Guinea. […]
Public servants deserves xmas cheer
ALL public servants in the country should be given a little Christmas Festive Season treatment by the Government. After having gone through all kinds of experiences with the different kinds […]
Enact alcohol, drug laws
THE announcement made by the Southern Highland Police Commander yesterday in the The National newspaper to punish people who drink alcohol and smoke marijuana in public places, is commendable. The […]
Time to switch to solar energy
WITH the change of management in PNG Power Ltd, services have gone from bad to worse. Under the previous management, workers responded at least within three hours. Now it has […]
TFF policy used to lure votes
THE Tuition Fee Free (TFF) policy was a political tool used by the previous government to lure in votes during national election. It has entrapped, stimulated and manipulated peoples’ conscious […]