Day: January 7, 2022
Ban sale of cheap alcohol
THE call to regulate and ban cheap high alcohol content products should be seriously considered by relevant authorities. The negative effects of these products are creating many social problems everywhere […]
Manam people still suffering
IT is almost 20 years now since the Manam people in Bogia, Madang, have been resettled on the mainland. I wonder if the authorities care about their lives. We have […]
Pay ward councillors
WARD councillors from the Dreikikier Rural local level government (LLF) in East Sepik want a fair and prompt response from their LLG mangers regarding their next salaries. Several ward councillors […]
Thank you Marape, Manning and Wong
HEALTH Minister Jelta Wong, Prime Minister James Marape and National Pandemic Response Controller David Manning should be commended for managing the Cornavirus (Covid-19) pandemic so well. I would like to […]
Appoint people based on merit
PAPUA New Guinea is filled with brilliant thinkers and strategists. It is filled with planners and developers. Political cronyism, bribery, nepotism and other forms of corruption are killing this country. […]
Marape needs people who think like him
I BELIEVE in God-fearing professionals who do not consume alcohol, play pokies, womanise and abuse public funds. I believe in those who can point out corrupt practices. Papua New Guinea […]
Time to address abuse of alcohol
WE support the call by National Capital District (NCD) and Central police commander Assistant Police Commissioner Anthony Wagambie Jr, to regulate the production and sale of cheap and high percentage […]
Improve supply, distribution of drugs
THE Health Department, instead of using middlemen to order medical drugs and medicines, has been given the green light to order directly from World Health Organisation (WHO)-sanctioned manufacturers. This arrangement […]
ICCC to give Telstra clearance
TELSTRA’S planned acquisition of Digicel PNG is likely to go ahead after the Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) concluded that it would not reduce competition in the telecommunication market. […]
Miner thanks Govt for increasing tax credit ceiling
OK Tedi Mining Ltd (OTML) has commended the Government for the increase in the tax credit scheme ceiling from 0.75 per cent to 2 per cent as announced in the […]