Day: February 7, 2022
Take teachers’ wellbeing seriously
WHILE the prices of goods and services are increasing every four to five months, teachers are still struggling to keep going every year around with the same old lousy salary […]
Smooth start to classes in province
CLASSES for the 2022 academic year for all schools in East New Britain (ENB) got off smoothly recently with student registrations and enrolments. The National visited one of the biggest […]
Stop allowing open transfers
WHAT kind of education system is Papua New Guinea using? Allowing students to transfer from school to school or from home to another school is rubbish. Continuing students are influenced […]
Standards based curriculum will fail us
WHEN the outcome based education (OBE) system was introduced, two officers from Waigani came to conduct the training for Enga teachers at Samuel Tei Abal Secondary School in 2006. The […]
Govt should increase teachers’ salaries too
IF the Government can pay for students’ fees, why not increase teachers’ salaries as well? Teachers are the engine room, the implementers to fulfill the vision of the Education minister […]
Aust miner halts work on project
By GYNNIE KERO AUSTRALIAN miner Geopacific Resources has suspended construction works on its Woodlark gold and silver project in Milne Bay as it continues to review costs estimates and schedules. […]
Govt to do business with tax compliant firms
INTERNAL Revenue Commission (IRC) commissioner-general Sam Koim says only tax compliant companies should receive business from the Government. Koim said this during the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) […]
K1bil mine expansion
By PETER ESILA THE K92 Mining Ltd will be investing about K1 billion in capital to expand the mine and increase production this year, chief executive officer and director John […]
IRC aims to collect K9.3bil in tax revenue this year: Koim
By DALE LUMA THE Internal Revenue Commission (IRC) is looking to collect about K9.3 billion in tax revenue for this year, says commissioner-general Sam Koim. Responding to a question from […]
Govt aims to create 10,000 jobs: Treasurer
THE Government has a clear target to create 10,000 jobs in a year, says Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey. Ling-Stuckey told The National when responding to queries that the Government had a […]