Day: August 13, 2020
Santee fighting for workers’ rights
By HELEN TARAWA THE name Santee Margis is synonymous with the trade union movement in PNG. Santee, 60, is from Mussau Island in New Ireland. He has four brothers and […]
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No rules Colleague travelling by bus to Gordon in Port Moresby yesterday morning counted more than 15 passengers inside with less than 10 wearing masks. And no hand sanitizer was […]
WITNESS
No social distancing, no face masks, no worries. It’s business as usual for these betel nut sellers near a drain along the Taurama Road in Port Moresby. Interestingly, there is […]
University not safe anymore
THE University of Goroka campus is fast becoming a high risk location for staff and students to live in. Parents and relatives of students attending UOG should advise your children […]
Select educators on merit
IT is surprising to see head teachers from Nawaeb roaming around in Lae leaving the unfortunate children deprived of education. Who is really responsible for such acts? If the district […]
Prioritise funding
IS the National Broadcasting Corporation’s question and answer team part of the National Operating Covid-19 Centre (NOCC) media or are they contracted to carry out programmes for the NOCC? If […]
Stop the blame game
PRIME Minister James Marape and his social media propaganda team center their defence on blame. The blame game! Blaming the past government’s failures is okay but being responsible is to […]
Stop colleges from doing selections
THE education system has been compromised by teachers colleges nationwide. The highest education level in Papua New Guinea is grade 12 after being filtered through grade 8 and 10. Students […]
PM Marape doing well
JAMES Marape rose to be Prime Minister at the back of popular demand that after eight years at helm, Peter O’Neill was leading the country into the wrong direction where […]
Expose any hidden motives
SOCIAL media platforms have propagated advance conspiracy theories to challenge medical science than never before. This is done by even ordinary persons to qualified scientists in the field of virology […]