Day: January 8, 2021
Sir Mekere’s legacy lives on
WE were junior bank officers with the then PNG Banking Corporation’s (now Bank South Pacific) Port Moresby branch when late Sir Mekere Morauta was the managing director. We bought a […]
Discipline, teach children good values
EVERY year, thousands of students drop out of the formal education system in Papua New Guinea. Some of them tend to engage in criminal activities for survival. This behaviour caused […]
Treat people according to law
LAW enforcers continue to use violence and extort money from street vendors who sell betel nut and cigarettes. We have witnessed cases of street vendors losing lives. While the National […]
Don’t let criticisms bring you down
IN life, we cannot do anything great without some level of criticism. Leaders from the public and private sector would agree with me on this. Successful people often say that […]
Improve project negotiations
DEVELOPMENT brings joy and happiness to people, but it comes with expenses, pain, sorrow and regret. These are challenges we are facing today and we will still continue to face […]
Control alcohol abuse in country
THE media report on crimes about behaviour influenced by alcohol consumption almost every day. Reports from the criminal justice system of arrests for alcohol-fueled domestic violence and driving while intoxicated […]
Sir Mekere was a great leader
AS one of the implementers of Sir Mekere’s reform programme, I would like to pay my tribute to this great statesman and role model. Apart from his reforms in the […]
Rest in eternal peace Sir Mekere
HE is Sir Mekere Morauta, a former prime minister of Papua New Guinea and current Moresby North West MP but to his family, he is a husband, father, uncle, grandfather […]
Kaupa: Project to be completed by March
ABOUT 11 mini markets will be built in Moresby North East this year, says local MP John Kaupa. Kaupa said this following a site visit to the 9-Mile market this […]
Kokopo first to try white copra production
KOKOPO, East New Britain, is first district in Papua New Guinea to host and trial white copra production. This was revealed by Kokonas Indastri Korporesen (KIK) programme manager for the […]