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The National, Monday July 1st, 2013
SOME schools today have really lost control and discipline of their students. There is no sense of fear in all the students attending schools throughout PNG; they get involved in illicit actives at a very tender age.
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NO wonder we have trouble when they make it to the secondary schools, then colleges or universities. Really a waste of time and resources.
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PAY attention to the scene in front of you when you hear the siren from a fire truck responding to an emergency. You will notice that it will be blocked off and is not able to get through the traffic with ease. Vehicles will simply just not move aside to let the emergency service through.
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EVEN when the green lights come on, instead of giving way, everyone will be racing to get through the green light. One wonders if these drivers get their drivers’ licences through the proper process? It’s like taking two steps backwards with each step forward.
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THE National Capital District should really work on its own bus services. Residents of NCD deserve to access a quality bus service with professional conducts from the drivers and crew.
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MANY vehicles should be pulled off the road, and they include those with broken or non-functioning head and tail-lights, plastered windscreen, bald tyres and so forth. Very simply, these vehicles are hazardous to other road users. The authorities know this but they are not doing anything about it. Road checks provide the opportunity for them to act correctly and fix the problems, but the officers seem more interested in trying to nail an expat in the hope of getting some pocket money.
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YOU would think the National Capital District Commission by now would have constructed parking lots in locations close to major office complexes to assist with traffic flow and with congestion. But it’s ok, we can all park wherever it’s appropriate even if it means blocking others for your own convenience.
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NELSON Mandela became an international figure while enduring 27 years in prison for fighting apartheid, South Africa’s system of racial segregation. But while the world may know him as Mandela, the man considered to be the founder of South Africa’s democracy is known by a number of others names in his country. Some of the monikers date from his childhood, while others reflect the respect felt for an anti-apartheid hero and the country’s first black president.
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AT birth he was given the name Rolihlahla Mandela by his father, Nkosi Mphakanyiswa Gadla Henry, according to the Nelson Mandela Foundation. In Xhosa, one of the official languages of South Africa, “Rolihlahla” means “pulling the branch of a tree.” More commonly, it’s said to mean “troublemaker.