Day: September 14, 2021
Mum Doreen’s story of perseverance
By PHOEBE GWANGILO MOTHER-of-three Doreen Ruben has been living in Port Moresby for more than 20 years, providing for her family by selling vegetables she grows in her garden at […]
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Sea of colour A sea of colour everywhere you travel around Port Moresby and other urban centers, with PNG-colour dresses, caps and merchandise on sale in anticipation of the 46th […]
WITNESS
A MAN taking a bath using water through a building’s wall in Port Moresby’s Gordon. Some people in the city struggle to access water everyday.
Raise only PNG flag
RAISING provincial flags during independence is shameful. I do not know why some Papua New Guineans are so ignorant. Please, find a way to understand the importance of raising your […]
PNG needs to change
I COULD not agree more with the letter “Chaos in city” by City Resident that appeared in Friday’s The National. It is frustrating to see the streets turn into market […]
Stop borrowing, let’s live within our means
LEADERSHIP in politics is about lawmaking and policy-making. Any country runs it’s budgets annually based on government policies. No government runs its development plans on an ad hoc basis, except […]
Support IRC’s move
IN light of the proposal by the Internal Revenue Commission (IRC) to redistribute and map-out goods and services tax (GST) in the country, I think similar emphasis should be given […]
Are we ready for new electorates?
THE Electoral Boundaries Commission has recently announced that all but two provinces want an additional open electorates created for fairer representation in parliament. This would be done by splitting present […]
ICCC rejects Kina’s bid
By SHIRLEY MAULUDU THE Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) has rejected an application by Kina Securities Ltd to acquire the Westpac PNG Ltd (Westpac). ICCC commissioner and chief executive […]
‘Set conditions for investors’
By DALE LUMA LISTING on the PNG Stock Exchange (PNGX) for the benefit of PNG investors should be a condition for operating in the country, says PNGX chairman David Lawrence. […]