Day: February 2, 2022
Steven is best state agency head
By PETER ESILA WHEN he was named the best performing Government agency head for 2021, Steven Enomb Kilanda knew that his mission is on the right track. His mission, as […]
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Teenage mums PNG has the third highest teenage birth rate in the Pacific – behind the Solomon Islands and Marshall Islands. According to the World Bank, the Solomon Islands recorded […]
WITNESS
PASSENGERS walking across this damaged section of the road in Dawi, towards Wutung in West Sepik. It has been almost a year since it was damaged and nothing has been […]
Support needed to complete health post
NEED support from Jiwaka Governor Dr William Tongamp and North Waghi MP Dr Fabian Pok assist complete the Kulamp community health post. I started the project with my own money. […]
Do not wait for govt handouts
MANY times, Papua New Guineans complain about MPs not doing anything for their districts. Every day, I read comments in the newspapers about development not reaching districts. It is obvious […]
Police reservists recruitment biased
THE police reservists recruitment programme is biased, especially for Morobe. This was witnessed by selected candidates in Morobe. There was a national selection list published in the newspapers with the […]
Prioritise affordable housing for citizens
THE recent eviction of settlers at Garden Hills settlement in the National Capital District has sparked debate. The Morata 1 settlement on portion 273 was supposed to be the next […]
Housing should be affordable
HOUSING is an important human need in all Papua New Guinea urban centres and despite the rapidly expanding economy, chances of most urban families acquiring homes of their own remain […]
Tarutia explains rise in prices
By DALE LUMA THE increase in the cost of store goods is because of Papua New Guinea’s heavy dependence on imports, National Superannuation Fund (nasfund) chief executive officer Ian Tarutia […]
NSL appoints independent trustee directors
MICHEAL Uiari and Dr Thomas Webster have been appointed as the newest independent trustee directors of the Nambawan Super Ltd (NSL) board. NSL chairman Rex Monagi said their (Uiari and […]