Day: July 15, 2020
Two-hat Tiri a man for all seasons
By AILEEN KWAGARU TIRI Kuimbakul wears two big hats – as an economist who graduated from the University of PNG, and a pastor in the Assembly of God church. Add […]
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No pay Health workers in church-run facilities are still waiting to be paid for the months of April, May, June, and the first fortnight of July. It’s excruciating. Just to […]
PNG sides with China on HK
The United Nations Human Rights Council recently voted on a resolution supporting China’s draconian national security law that has effectively crushed free speech and freedom of assembly in Hong Kong. […]
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Work has began on a level three hospital to be built at the Koroba Lake Kopiago district in Hela. Pictured is an excavator clearing the project site.
Dept failing womenfolk
GENDER-based violence (GBV) has taken a high time toll. The office of Development for Women is defunct. The National Council of Women is defunct. The Government had allocated K2 million […]
Control settlers
I CALL on the Eastern Highlands governor and other relevant authorities to see if there are ways to control the entrance of trouble-makers from other provinces into Goroka. There are […]
Strengthen three-tier government system
PAPUA New Guinea’s three-tier system of government should be adaptable in order to strengthen our political system. The government and parliamentary democracy systems should connect with the provincial and local […]
Eradicate hunger, malnutrition
THE global objective of achieving zero hunger by 2030 will not be achieved at the current progress particularly that more people are going hungry and malnutrition persists. Tens of millions […]
Build road into Rigo Inland
SINCE 1975, there has been no proper government services into Rigo Inland in Rigo, Central. Our sons elected into parliament have forgotten us and built their own wealth in PNG […]
Many still under poverty line
POVERTY line is the global standard set by the World Bank required for human survival. The poverty line is initially used by the United States by comparing a person’s or […]