Day: March 18, 2020
Review deals
WE learn from the letter by Luwi James of Port Moresby that Indigenous people of Madang to sue China for environment damage from mining (The Southeast Asian Times 17/3 ). […]
Regulate music industry
THE local music industry in Papua New Guinea has been influential and the fastest growing industry domestically. Music has both positive and negative implications. Unlike any other industry, music seems […]
Clarify roles
PRIME Minister James Marape’s Government need to tell the people of Morobe and Papua New Guinea who is politically in charge of Lae city’s affairs. The people of Morobe are […]
Coronavirus is ‘foreign’
I WISH to reiterate President Donald Trump’s statement to say coronavirus is “foreign”. In Papua New Guinea, my blessed country, coronavirus is truly foreign. In our way of thinking, why […]
Name change queried
LAST week Bougainville and PNG leaders agreed to change the name of the Joint Supervisory Body (JSB) to Joint Consultative Body (JCB). The body known as JSB is currently used […]
Prepare health workers
CORONAVIRUS is the enemy. It surrounds us. It is active in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines and in the Pacific Islands of French Polynesia and Guam. It is in […]
We should be on alert for virus
THE impact on the national economy of the coronavirus pandemic is going to be wide-ranging and painful. Everyone agrees on that. And everyone still has the opportunity to do everything […]
Benefits not taxed, says Koim
BENEFITS paid out to members of superfunds are not taxed, according to the Internal Revenue Commission (IRC). Commissioner-general Sam Koim was responding to superannuation contributions by employees to Nasfund and […]
Tisa invests K82mil in new building
THE Teachers Savings and Loans Society (Tisa) is investing K82 million in a nine-storey property called Tisa Rua to be built in Port Moresby. Chairman Gabriel Tai said it would […]
Sir Bob, Lady Emeline visit food company, tour factories
GOVERNOR-General Sir Bob Dadae recently toured one of the country’s oldest and largest foods manufacturing companies, Paradise Foods Ltd, at its headquarters in Port Moresby. Sir Bob and Lady Emeline […]