Day: January 11, 2022
How Garry manages to survive in a remote village
By LULU MARK AFTER four days of walking through jungles, over mountains and across rivers, Garry Dabuai finally arrives at the Yoya Mountain in the Gumine district of Chimbu. He […]
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Sugar sweet A COLLEAGUE trying to do research on You Tube on sugar-free recipes suddenly received a notification from the platform suggesting that he should try watching “How to get […]
Address delays with teachers’ benefits
I WRITE in reference to yesterday’s front page “Teachers in strife”. I am an officer with similar issues with concerns regarding unpaid salaries, increments, higher duty allowances and other entitlements […]
Address root causes of crime
THE year 2021 saw the death of many prominent citizens. We also witnessed a sharp surge in crime and lawlessness. The year ended with the death of Papua New Guinea’s […]
Schools need more help
SCHOOL project fees are not compulsory for this year – it is optional. This means, no school that receives tuition fee free (TFF) funding is to collect any form of […]
Plans for K15/kg levy
By DALE LUMA THE PNG Spice Industry Board plans to collect a K15 per kilogramme levy from vanilla exporters as part of a review of the PNG Spice Industry Act […]
Exec urges farmers be paid global market price
PNG Spice Industry Board chief executive officer Nelson Simbiken says spice farmers must be paid close to global market price for various products. Simbiken told The National that the world […]
Lae market notes drop in revenue
By BRADLEY MARIORI THE Lae Market management, under Lae City Authority, has been generating about K200,000 a month since taking over from the Lae City Council but this has dropped, […]
Firms, residents urge State to stop eviction
By DALE LUMA TAX paying businesses and residents of the Saiwara community at the ATS (Air Transport Wing) area of Eight-Mile in Port Moresby want the State to intervene and […]
District, loan society partner to train women in business
THE Kavieng development authority (DDA) has aligned its training of women in business with the New Ireland Savings and Loan Society (NISLS), local MP Ian Ling-Stuckey says. “K1 million has […]