Category: Editorial
Is the United Nations slipping?
THE United Nations General Assembly sat in silence last Friday as the Israeli Ambassador, Gilad Erdan, delivered a strongly-worded speech denouncing it for supporting the Palestinian Authority to become a […]
Critical importance of electricity
WE have often, in this space, tried to convey to the public and, especially to our Government, the State Enterprises ministry and the PNG Power board and management the singular […]
Population growing out of control
PAPUA New Guinea’s population is growing at an uncontrollable rate, that is an undeniable fact. Professor Glen Mola, one of the country’s leading health experts, recently described the increasing population […]
They will be known by their fruits
KARL Marx, the German philosopher and economist, famously called religion the “opium of the masses”. In Marx’s dream of a communist revolution, religion would be abolished, and the workers would […]
Make hard decision to tax everybody
THERE is an unfair condition that operates in plain sight and, with the support of the Government, it is stifling savings growth and economic growth. It is that the Government […]
Restore simple service to humanity
SOMEONE had to stare down the active volcanic crater to get a job done. The introductory line could best sum up what the late professor, Hugh Davis of the University […]
Revive army cadet programme
PRIME Minister James Marape’s recent announcement of a potential recruitment programme for Papua New Guineans to join the Australian army is welcoming news. The military capacity of the country needs […]
Our place in history is assured
World Press Freedom Day was declared by the United Nations in 1993. On May 3, 1994, the day was celebrated around the world. The theme for this year’s World Media […]
The SEZ success drought
As International Trade and Investment Minister Richard Maru promotes the concept of Special Economic Zones throughout the country, we ask the question: Has one worked for PNG yet? We ask […]
Development has no land to stand on
A PATROL officer, or “kiap” as his kind were known in the days of the Australian administration, was heard to remark once when he was fed up to his ears […]