Day: October 20, 2020
Life with Covid-19 in PNG
As of Oct 2, Papua New Guinea has registered 539 cases of the Covid-19. 519 of those have recovered and seven have died. There were lockdowns in March and August, […]
Veterinarian Tania makes history
T ANIA Areori is the first woman from PNG to graduate with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science degree. She graduated after spending six years at the Charles Sturt University in New […]
Responding to Covid-19: Time to refocus on Pacific governance
There have been many proposals made to deal with the fallout of the Covid-19 on the Pacific Islands and for how ‘big brothers’ Australia and New Zealand could assist in […]
WITNESS
THE crowd at the Digicel Cup grand final on Sunday at Sir John Guise Stadium showed no regard for social distancing and other Covid-19 measures in place to prevent a […]
Check for expiry dates on goods
MANY overdue products are still found on store shelves. Most often stores either allegedly reduce prices for expired products or scratch off the expiry dates and deceive people who don’t […]
Restore water to communities
WE appeal to the good management of Eda Ranu to be sympathetic towards the residents of Taikone and Vabukori and allow us to drink water and bath. We are totally […]
IRC Lae team praised
FOR once I should use this space to say something positive for a Government organisation that is providing very good customer service to the public in Lae, Morobe. The Internal […]
Not all men are perpetrators
WHEN advocating for gender equality in Papua New Guinea, the teaching by Consultative Implementation & Monitoring Council facilitators that a boy child versus a girl child is not promoted by […]
Election disputes waste of time
I AM just thinking of the time and resources the two political opponents Henry Ame and Bire Kimisopa have put into the court of disputed election results for Goroka for […]
Regret campaigning for governor Juffa
DURING the 2017 national election I supported and campaigned for Gary Juffa and Robert Ralewa for the Northern governor’s seat. I asked the people to give Juffa another chance as […]