Day: November 19, 2021
SHP health staff still awaiting payment
The 370 Southern Highlands health staff who have missed out four consecutive pay periods are querying how and why this has happened. Their calls are mainly targeted to the Finance […]
Employees being taxed too much
In a story yesterday Business section titled “Reduce tax so that people have spending power” (The National, Thursday, Nov 18 – Pg26), according to the Papua New Guinea Manufacturer’s Council, […]
Nupiri potential leader for SHP
From time to time, I submit an article on the kind of leadership we had in the past and the challenges we have been through as a province. And I […]
Landowners have no standing
This refers to article “Govt decision upsets locals”. The presidents of the Hengambu, Babuaf and Yanta landowner associations were reportedly not happy with National Planning and Monitoring Minister Renbo Paita’s […]
Stop cooking, selling food in public
While the country is bracing for more positive Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases as well as an increase in Delta variant cases and deaths, in Port Moresby, people continue to ignore the […]
Where has all the Covid money gone?
I HAVE now come to believe that the money borrowed in the name of fighting the Coronavirus (Covid-19) in PNG has been misused. I have been checking daily updates on […]
Senseless attacks on community assets
PEOPLE driven either by drugs and alcohol or some kind of religious fanaticism are attacking Christians of denominations different from theirs and burning down their church buildings. And that is […]
No money to start PMIZ: Tom
By CLARISSA MOI THE Government lacks funding to begin work on the multibillion kina Pacific Marine Industrial Zone (PMIZ) project in Madang, according to Fisheries Minister Dr Lino Tom. “We […]
Chamber says gold refinery will have implications on industry
THE PNG Chamber of Mines and Petroleum is concerned that there has not been any consultation with the resource industry regarding the establishment of a gold refinery and mint facility […]
Govt to cut log exports by 50pc
FORESTRY Minister Walter Schnaubelt says the Government plans to introduce downstream processing with the focus on developing reforestation and plantation. Speaking in West New Britain recently, Schnaubelt said as part […]