Day: April 15, 2021
WITNESS
A CONTRACTOR patching potholes at 4-Mile, Port Moresby, recently. The recent downpours and wet weather has caused cracks in many roads in the nation’s capital.
Pay outstanding allowances
I SUPPORT the call by “Disheartened Lister” of Vanimo urban local level government regarding outstanding allowances. The National Statistical Office needs to pay us our outstanding allowances. It’s taken them […]
Are those in power more special than us?
IT has always has been the case where those in authority regard themselves as first-class citizens and utilise resources and services to their advantage without considering the majority of Papua […]
Help Inland Baining out
I AM concerned about ward development committees in East New Britain not receiving their allowances. Since the 2019 election and the formation of ward development committees, some have not received […]
Coffee industry not receiving help
THE Smallholders Coffee Growers Association Inc has raised concerns that the much-talked-about Government’s K50 million price stabilisation funding to the coffee industry. The small coffee growers are still waiting for […]
Time to control internet usage
I THINK communicating on social media platforms such as Facebook doesn’t mean sending messages to people we don’t know. It is for the ones we know well. I find social […]
Pick up a book, read
FROM my observation, I have realised that the essence of our development, growth and prosperity lies so much on how much we know. The aphorism “knowledge is power” is very […]
Economy going backwards
THE country’s economic management by the Government on the back of its slogan “Take back PNG” is a disaster and will take a long time for the country to recover. […]
Improve police recruitment
IT is becoming a norm to read about magistrates and judges throwing out cases. Most times, it points back to police inefficiency. Police officers either delay, failed to investigate, produce […]
Exec: Delays will affect economy
By PETER ESILA NASFUND chief executive officer Ian Tarutia says the economy will remain sluggish if the Wafi-Golpu project in Morobe and P’nyang in Western are further delayed. Tarutia said, […]