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The National, Wednesday 12th June 2013
THE K50,000 bounty for information leading to the capture of escaped prisoner William Kapris has got several people thinking along the lines of doing private investigation work. It is a lot of money.
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WHEN will Papua New Guineans in authority realise that it is not alcohol per se but rather the people who drink it that are the cause of the problems leading to bans? Come on people, have some sense and drink responsibly. Some people trying to make a living from alcohol sales are affected badly by these bans. Wonder how many other people out there are thinking of drinking sensibly.
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THERE is a section along the Hubert Murray Highway that has spike fencing installed to discourage the public from crossing at that area because it dangerous. Regardless, some pedestrians still choose to cross there. Who do we charge if one of them is hit by a speeding vehicle?
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IT obviously cannot be the driver because traffic laws say that section of the road is for vehicle use, not pedestrians.
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TRAFFIC or road signs are those erected at the side of or above roads to provide information to road users. The earliest signs were simple wooden or stone milestones. Later, signs with directional arms were introduced, for example, the fingerpost in the United Kingdom and their wooden counterparts in Saxony.
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THE issue of a poor transport system in PNG is a never-ending story. Everyday someone experiences something that leaves them begging for a change.
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AUTHORITIES are turning a blind eye to minor safety defects on vehicles on PNG’s roads. One commuter could not believe his eyes when he saw a PMV driver using a handheld mirror in place of his damaged wing mirror.
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THE handheld mirror is not a convex mirror so how could it properly play the part that a wing mirror does? Quite dangerous, isn’t it?
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RESPONSIBLE authorities should stop laughing it off and start insisting that rules and laws be followed and enforced or else standards will stay low and the quality of life will never really get better.
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AN integrated land use project will soon solve a Motuan village’s drinking water woes. Rearea village which has been without clean drinking water for over 10 years will now produce their own clean drinking water thanks to DOME KRB, a PNG-based American company whose new solar-powered technology will be launched at the village next month.
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