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WONDER what you will say about a proposal for the Health and Police ministers to take up – introduce a law which makes it mandatory for all doctors to file a report to the nearest police station for all cases of domestic violence or child abuse. We need a formal process to force authorities to act if we have any chance of addressing these issues.
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MORE parliamentarians are placing emphasis on human resource development more than ever before in the last decade by paying tuition for students in tertiary institutions. And all universities have received their share of visits by several Members of Parliament in the first quarter of this year to deliver tuition fee subsidies for students from their electorates studying here.
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IN Port Moresby we are not sure if the traffic congestion and queues will ever end. It is becoming a norm and a nightmare during peak hours which is morning, school runs and evening runs for home.
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CANCER is now becoming more and more common among Papua New Guineans because of the change in lifestyle. And also it is a pity that the great majority of Papua New Guineans present very late with advanced cancers because screening facilities are few, expensive and limited to a very few centres.
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MANY patients wait months for radiation treatment at the cancer unit in Lae is always congested and there is lack of beds. For most when they are finally booked for treatment, it is difficult to get them in on time because of geographical and logistical issues. This issue usually leaves those who have lost their loved ones through cancer very upset.
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ACCORDING to Zoroastrian tradition, a dead body is unclean and must be disposed of in a safe manner. To prevent the pollution of earth or fire, dead bodies are placed atop a tower, where they are exposed to the sun and birds of prey. The towers are circular raised structures with nearly flat roofs that are divided into three concentric rings; one ring is designated for the bodies of men, one for women, and one for children.
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REACHING 27,890 ft (8,501 m), Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain on Earth. Tibetan for “south peak,” it is located in the Himalayas on the Nepal-Tibet border and is connected to Mount Everest by a 25,000-ft (7,620-m) ridge. The first ascent of the mountain was made by Swiss climbers Fritz Luchsinger and Ernest Reiss in 1956.
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QUOTE of the day: To teach is to learn twice. – Joseph Joubert
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