Today, we are launching a national appeal the Halivim Wantok Disaster Appeal (the Appeal) to raise funds from corporate sector and the public at large for the Halivim Wantok Disaster Fund (the Fund) that will support disaster relief and restoration activities in Oro province and other affected areas in the wake of the catastrophic floods.
The [...]
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http://www.thenational.com.pg/112107/Nation%201.htm
By ISAAC NICHOLAS
THE majority of workers in the country will find more money to spend in their pay packets after the Government announced tax relief in the 2008 Budget.
Treasury and Finance Minister Patrick Pruaitch yesterday unveiled a record K8.9 billion money plan for 2008, which included tax relief for both workers and businesses.
Handing down the [...]
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The Government announced a whooping increase of K3 billion to the National Budget to around K8.4 billion. This is a record breaking budget ever since impendence and it brings a smile to all ministers and members of the Parliament.
Each district has been allocated K10 million which was raised from K1.5 million to K3 million earlier [...]
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On the morning of September 19, 1994, two volcanic cones – Vulcan and Tavurvur – began erupting on the opposite side of the harbour from the town. This was a powerful eruption!
Ash fell all over the town and was first reported to be 20-25 cm (8-10 inches) deep, and it later was as much as [...]
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What is competition?
Yesterday, I was walking downtown and I came across two street vendors selling top-up cards. One was selling prepaid cards for b’mobile and the other flex card for digicel. They both sat together and was doing their business without even an argument and it just prompt me to write something about competition.
Competition (according [...]
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without inveive, and impart information and ideas through many media regardless of frontiers”
It applies not just to a single person’s right to publish ideas, but also to the right of [...]
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