Day: February 26, 2020
Stanley plans to carve famous figures
BY OLIVE SUKUN STANLEY Emmanuel loves to carve figures of important people. “I have been inspired by our country’s traditional carvings such as of houses and crocodiles. But I want […]
Form 3 dropout Wokmanok awarded Queen’s medal
By LULU MARK HIS biggest regret in life is running away from school after Form Three. After receiving the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal last Friday in Kiunga from Governor-General Sir […]
Column 1
Ash day You may notice some people today with a cross on their forehead painted in ash. Don’t panic. It’s not a cult movement. It is Ash Wednesday – a […]
Fode starts workshop to prepare for 2020 academic year
THE flexible open distance education (Fode) started their one-week provincial coordinators workshop in Port Moresby yesterday to prepare for 2020 academic year. Fode principal Anthony Rayappan said the workshop was […]
Districts will have Fode centres
By BERRY DINGHAN Education Department deputy secretary for schools and education standards Walipe Wingi says the flexible, open and distance Education (FODE) will establish centres in all 89 districts in […]
Call to be proud of international recognition
THE Institute of Business Studies University (IBSU) Chancellor Gabriel Pepson says Papua New Guinea needs to be proud of their achievement in attaining international recognition and certification by International Organisation […]
University raises concern on Facebook, social media issues
SPENDING too much time on Facebook and other social media does nothing to develop face-to-face communication skills in young people, University of Goroka (UoG) Chancellor Joseph Sukwianomb says. “Face-to-face communication […]
WITNESS
Pictured is the billboard that is still blocking the CCTV cameras along the Sir John Guise road in Port Moresby. This section is also notorious for people, mainly children, begging […]
Reamend policies
I EXPRESS my concern on what is not right for PNG, especially for landowners when formalising mining laws. PNG will not receive the full benefits of its gold/copper mining wealth […]
Letter in brief
Why have CCTV at traffic? THE CCTV cameras installed by a Chinese company for Apec meeting in 2018 has been raising concerns.One would wonder if someone is monitoring these cameras […]