Category: Focus
Update on Australian aid
By STEPHEN HOWES AUSTRALIAN foreign aid was increased by 4 per cent over what had been projected last year to bring the 2024-25 aid budget to A$4.961 billion (K12.68 billion), […]
Provinces poorly controlling TB
By GIGIL MARME, JERZY KUZMA and SHANNON RUTHERFORD LEADERSHIP, governance, and accountability are among the World Health Organization’s core building blocks of the health system. They are foundational to strengthening […]
Oddities in the proposed gold law
By FRANK SENGE KOLMA [email protected] THE Great Gold Debate, as we call it, is coming to a head today with a much-anticipated public consultation by the Government. It is appropriate, […]
Hela’s load of family violence
By MICHAEL MAIN THE second time I met Sgt Alice Arigo of the Tari Family and Sexual Violence Unit (FSVU), who is known in the community as Alice, she was […]
Public service reform rollercoaster
In the key area of senior appointments, the PSC is even more powerful today than it was at Independence By NEMATULLAH BIZHAN and STEPHEN HOWES AT Independence, the Papua New […]
Winners and losers
By STEPHEN HOWES AT the weekend, the Australian government announced the first country quotas for its new Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV). We already knew that there would be 3,000 PEV […]
No stopping in rising cocoa prices, interest extremely high
THE prices of fermented cocoa at buying depots around the country have continued rising, reportedly ending the week at K2,260 a bag of 64kg. This all started in March and […]
Protect press, save planet: Upholding media freedom
Today, May 3, marks World Press Freedom Day, and this year it is dedicated to the importance of journalism and freedom of expression in the current global environmental crisis, writes […]
Access to information seen as basis of democracy
The climate crisis is the most pressing issue of our times, impacting our lives and entire ecosystems. It threatens progress on gender equality, human rights, and sustainable development. By 2050, […]
Gold policy: Making the case
By FRANK SENGE KOLMA [email protected] PART 5 THE National Gold Bullion Policy in its goal, its objectives and its principles makes it abundantly clear, it is there to support domestic […]