Month: September 2020
Remembering Nahau Rooney
Pioneering woman in politics, Nahau Rooney, was one of the only three female elected to PNG’s first post-Independence election in 1977 to the then 109-member national parliament; SADHANA SEN & […]
Dr Kitur a big bonus to health department
DOCTOR Urarang Kitur is happy to share the skills and training he has on health planning and policy, data quality and data analysis. Dr Kitur, 50, from Toma in East […]
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Campaign for women Missionary Anton Lutz’s suggestion that there should be a Women’s Lives Matter campaign in districts where belief in sorcery remains strong should be taken seriously. We need […]
WITNESS
CHILDREN, especially boys are usually seen directing vehicles in Downtown, Port Moresby. This practice is common in some parts of the city. Pictured are some of these boys at work […]
Tvet is the solution, don’t lose hope
ALMOST 80 percent of Grade 12 school leavers do not make it to tertiary institutions. Technical vocational education training institutions (Tvet) in some provinces and districts in Papua New Guinea […]
Issues in lower Porgera ignored
LIVES have been lost in a war between two neighbouring clans of Eno and Anga in Porgera, Enga, since the fight started in March this year. Eno and Anga are […]
Health plan should be realistic, specific
I COMMEND editors of both daily newspapers for continuing to highlight the urgent need for the Government to address issues with cancer in the country, especially the plight of childhood […]
Traffic officers not helping
THE Road Transport Authority has employed incompetent officers who are charging motorists recklessly and unnecessarily for their own benefit. I travelled from 8-Mile towards Gordon and I was stopped for […]
Sorcery is real, address it
INSTEAD of just condemning sorcery accusation-related violence, let’s identify the root causes and address them. Church leaders and human rights advocates have been condemning it but they have failed to […]
Allow Marape to work
THE Opposition Leader Belden Namah and former prime minister Peter O’Neill should stop their political attacks on our Prime Minister James Marape and his Cabinet’s decisions on development issues, especially […]