Day: December 7, 2021
PNG’s plan to balance the budget
In recent years, PNG has been running record deficits. In 2019, even before the Coronavirus (Covid-19), the budget deficit was already 5 per cent of GDP. The Covid-19 has understandably […]
WITNESS
PLANTS on this flower bed near a roundabout at Erima, Port Moresby, are too high and obstruct motorists. They should be trimmed or the flower bed removed.
Etep Rural Hospital still closed, needs help
ETEP Rural Hospital – the referral health facility for Kabwum and Tewae-Siassi in Morobe is still closed. There are no special cases for the critically ill. It costs K500 one […]
Thanks for the stories
AS we are winding down the year and the new year is drawing closer, I would like to thank all the authors of the Weekender of The National for sharing […]
Morobe people have a duty to reshape Pangu
PANGU Pati is synonymous with Morobe people. It is our political party. Our fathers help founded it and have supported it to its current tenure in Government. The party ceased […]
Develop other cities in the country too
THE controversial Central City at Bautama can be realised because there is consistency in budgetary cash flow as a result of this legislative amendment to National Capital District Commission (NCDC) […]
New drug laws good for country
THE passing of the Controlled Substance Bill 2021 aimed at addressing issues with drugs and illegal substances was collectively supported by MPs from the Government and Opposition. This shows that […]
New tax not good for us
THE dominant concept in economics is an issue of competition, which the Independent Consumer and Competition Commission is responsible for. The prudential requirements of the Bank of Papua New Guinea […]
Housing still unaffordable
ANYONE who works hard to earn a living deserves to have a place to call home. Housing is an important human need in all of Papua New Guinea’s urban centres […]
Mining lease not land title: MRA
By JIMMY KALEBE MINING leases are not land titles and it is wrong to consider them as such in the Mining Act (1992), an official says. Small scale mining development […]