Day: May 6, 2020
After a long wait, teacher Lonnie gets what she wants
By MICHELLE AUAMOROMORO FROM her experience of being unemployed for three years after graduating from the University of PNG in 2003, Lonnie Hames Naura had learnt that “one gets a […]
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Cash transfer It is the seventh week of being unemployed and the family breadwinner has used up all his savings. He is now spending endless hours figuring out how to […]
WITNESS
BOROKO Police station Public Safety policemen and non commissioned officer Snr Sgt Henry Map (without uniform) were seen fixing a police vehicle themselves. Snr Sgt Map said the vehicles had […]
Utilise media, tech properly
IN the midst of information and advancing technology, how can young people effectively and consciously utilise the power of mainstream and social media? Today’s World Press Freedom Day (May 3) […]
Bad decisions costing millions
THE State and the Education Department have been ordered by the National Court last Tuesday to pay K19 million in damages to Finance Corporation Ltd (Fincorp). This follows a decision […]
Embrace being who you are
I KNOW at this moment this topic doesn’t seem that important, but nonetheless I feel that it has to be addressed. There are generally two types of people; extroverts and […]
Authority not funded
THE Erave local level government (LLG) Special Purpose Authority mysteriously remains unfunded 13 years after its establishment by the Government and subsequent proclamation by the governor-general on April 16, 2007. […]
Turn to Jesus
THE novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is causing so much tragedy, suffering, pain, sorrow, poverty, hunger, and the list goes on. Unfortunately, the world at large is looking for solutions using […]
Upgrade country’s health system
A LOT of systemic inequality has been exposed as the realities of the coronavirus pandemic response sets in. It is easier for some people to deal with the crisis than […]
Defend media’s independence
IT is important to help developing countries to achieve freedom of press which is basically the principle that communication and expression through various media, including printed and electronic media should […]