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The National, Wednesday 29th May 2013
THE St John Blood Service is desperately in need of blood and is appealing to the public to donate. They have enough blood in the bank for a day but if there is a major disaster and 100 people need blood, the bank will not be able to supply them. Those intending to donate blood can visit the blood service centre at 3-Mile.
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BLOOD transfusion saves lives and improves health, but many patients requiring transfusions do not have timely access to safe blood. The need for blood transfusions may arise at any time in both urban and rural areas. The unavailability of blood has led to deaths and many patients suffering from ill-health.
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JUST look at all the roads covered with flattened drinks cans even though the National Capital District Commission has appealed through the newspapers for those responsible to stop. It appears there are very few responsible people on the streets. What is the follow-up strategy for NCDC on this?
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WE wonder if the Government has any plan to assist PNG Power address the issue of persistent blackouts that have been going on for decades? In the nation’s capital, the number of users far exceeds the capacity of the power currently being generated in Port Moresby and we hear the hydropower plant has outlived its use-by date. It cannot be expanded to create more power. Maybe someone at PNG Power can reveal the outcome of the trials on turbine and diesel power stations at Moitaka and Baruni.
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THE standard of dressing for some schools in the National Capital District has gone from bad to worse. Students should be neatly attired when they walk out of their homes in full uniform with black shoes and white socks. Whether they have 100% support at home for their education, only they know.
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ALTHOUGH in uniform (most times just the trousers), many students are chewing buai and even smoking. A very filthy habit for young people. Other children the same age in rural areas would give anything to have access to the education they enjoy.
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PARENTS, are you sure your child went to school? You see them leave the house but are you sure they are in school? For some, one can observe the no-care attitude in the way they conduct themselves. They attend schools at Gerehu; yet they are laughing and taking their own sweet time at the Boroko and Waigani bus stops at 7.30am.
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THERE is just no sense of urgency on their part. If they are not interested in school, they should stay home so teachers have more time to spend on other students who are keen on getting an education to secure their futures.
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