Day: March 9, 2021
WITNESS
THE Papua New Guinea flag at Independence Hill, Port Moresby, is flown at half mast in honour of Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare.
Block access to porn sites
PAPUA New Guinea is a Christian country and we have a strong cultural taboo on obscenity and explicit content. Obscenity in our societies is becoming a norm. As a result, […]
Allow women to prosper
IT is unimaginable and disturbing that the space for women to thrive is still shrinking despite the evangelical zeal for equal opportunities, justice and fairness. The progress that has been […]
Ensure buses 4, 11 complete their routes
I CALL on the National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop and the Royal PNG Constabulary, especially traffic police, to assign officers to man bus stops to ensure that buses complete […]
Let’s help our police maintain law, order
I REFER the article in yesterday’s The National. It is with great regret that this police officer overdid his job. It was a gesture of total commitment and zero tolerance […]
Sir Michael did it for us
INITIALLY, the Western imperialists rejected the notion of independence for their overseas colonies despite clear directives from the United Nations after WWII. For Papua New Guinea, because we possessed both […]
Rename airport after Sir Michael
JUST as everyone in the country, I am saddened about the passing of our great chief and the principal architect of our beloved Papua New Guinea, Sir Michael Sana Somare. […]
Share more stories of Sir Michael
WE appreciate the messages shared by many in Papua New Guinea and the world during this time of Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare’s passing. However, for someone who was privileged […]
Learn from Sir Michael, change
THE father of the nation, Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare united people of almost a thousand languages and tribes and created Papua New Guinea. He did not intend for PNG […]
Tough measures needed for Covid-19
LET us be realistic, with the current surge in reported Covid-19 cases in the country, the Government really has no choice but to enforce some draconian tactics to control the […]