Day: January 13, 2020
Focus on service delivery leaders
I READ with great interest how our MPs still cannot differentiate between leadership and their mandated task. Our Melanesian culture and customs are deeply embedded in all of us. We […]
Suggestion for joint venture
THE Government should get the Kumul Agriculture Ltd to form a joint venture with landowner companies to set up oil palm mills for every 10,000 hectares. This is after the […]
No new inventions seen from trips
SO often we hear and see in the media news of PNG politicians, departmental heads and chief executive officers taking overseas trips to develop this nation. To date, there are […]
Hospital service inefficient
HAVING the heart to serve is of supreme importance in the public service. The services rendered by the male and female nurses in Lae’s Angau Memorial General Hospital are way […]
Replace PNGDF commander
AFTER six years in command, Gilbert Toropo has failed to progress the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF). I have read the PNG Defence White Paper in 2013 and Toropo […]
Allocate funds transparently
IT was reported that the Finance and Rural Development Minister and Member for Finschhafen (Rainbo Paita) is giving out money to groups and individuals in Burum Kuat and Finschhafen. This […]
Department confident in regulatory framework
THE Department of Mineral Policy and Geohazard Management envisages that by 2022 and beyond, Papua New Guinea will have a robust regulatory framework for the mining sector, an official says. […]
Sector lacks investments
PAPUA New Guinea Fishing Industry Association president and chairman Sylvester Pokajam says there has been lack of investment in the fisheries sector over the last six years. Pokajam said this […]
Initiatives to bear fruit this year: Executive
NATIONAL Superannuation Fund (Nasfund) chief executive officer Ian Tarutia says several initiatives that the fund has initiated to improve processing times into member accounts will come to fruition this year. […]
Superannuation fund anticipating better results for 2019
THE National Superannuation Fund (Nasfund) will announce its 2019 end of year results in March, chief executive Ian Tarutia says. Tarutia said this when The National asked him to give […]