Day: November 3, 2021
Beni deserved to be knighted
THE death of Papua New Guinean boxer Martin Beni is sad news. It would not have hurt to award him a knighthood for his immense contribution to boxing and services […]
Another deficit budget on the way
THE Budget Strategic Paper released indicates the Marape Government is expected to hand down a K6 billion deficit budget in the November sitting. This is prompted by, again, an increasing […]
Give credit where credit is due
OUR people are full of negative comments and no praise for our tireless and hardworking State professionals. We focus too much on the bad. Examples like rape, cult and tribal […]
Retry graft cases
MOST of us ordinary citizens who hate to hear corrupt and unscrupulous deals and theft of public funds by politicians and top bureaucrats are still not satisfied and want the […]
ENB lockdown was unnecessary
WHILE we are going through this pandemic with our economic being affected badly, nobody is in their right mind to demand for a lockdown unnecessarily. East New Britain was given […]
Air Niugini must explain
I AM greatly concerned that it seems that our national flag carrier is robbing citizens in broad daylight in regards to transporting deceased loved ones. Normally, Air Niugini charges 200 […]
Mismanagement is killing people, not Covid
IT is the mismanagement of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) that is killing Papua New Guineans and not the virus or its variant. Mismanagement of the deadly pandemic is endangering lives as […]
Bad attitudes, corruption holding us back
PAPUA New Guinea is easily, by way of size, resources, population and potential, the largest of the Pacific Island nations. That is an undeniable and undisputed fact and, yet, we […]
Exports surpass K1.5bil
THE country’s export of fish and fishery products surpassed K1.5 billion last year, according to the National Fisheries Authority (NFA). Managing director John Kasu said this during the opening of […]
Project financially robust: Firm
THE Orokolo Bay iron sands project in Gulf is simple, low-capital expenditure (capex) and financially robust, with multiple product revenue streams, says Mayur Resources Ltd. Mayur Resources’ iron and industrial […]