Day: January 28, 2022
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Fare increase FUNNY how taxi and bus operators who have been crying for fare increases for years suddenly went quiet when the Eye Triple See announced an increase recently. Isn’t […]
WITNESS
ROAD construction from Central’s Koitaki to Itiki. This road, once completed, will help farmers in Koiari reach the main road.
Subsidise cost of travelling to B’ville
CAN the National Government and the Autonomous Bougainville Government intervene by subsidising the cost of travel? It costs K1,680 for a passenger to travel to Buka one way. For students […]
Children should be in school, not on streets
CHILDREN today are doing what they are supposed to do when they are adults. Children are doing street vending, selling betel nuts, cigarettes, and other things. Some children become bag […]
Restore stability in public service
I URGE the Government to restore the much-needed stability in the public service machinery by making permanent appointments to all recently advertised vacant positions of departmental heads and provincial administrators […]
Vote for parties and strong leadership
PAPUA New Guineans should vote for political parties and strong leadership along policy lines and not political party lines if we are to change this nation. For many years, our […]
Association still waiting for action
CORRUPTION is real and people can be paid to deny its full impact. If agencies and the department heads are turning a blind eye, who do you see containing it? […]
Stop land-grabbing around airport
IT baffles me that many shortsighted individuals serving in various offices of authority are turning a blind eye on land-grabbing around Jackson International Airport in Port Moresby. By 2050, there […]
Time for Parkop to go, get someone else
NATIONAL Capital District (NCD) Governor Powes Parkop has been vocal about having a million ideas to transform Port Moresby. I believe a human cannot think of a million ideas in […]
Education board stressing parents
I AM disappointed with the Morobe provincial education board (PEB) chairman Bob Aaron’s statement on school fees. He seems to defy the Education minister’s policy statement that parents must not […]