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 After exclusion 52 for the Eastern Highlands Regional seat, 11 candidates now remain in race to be declared at Governor elect for the province. Peoples National Congress Party candidate Simon Sia currently leads the race with 127, 974 votes followed by former Governor and leader of PNG One National Party Peter Numu with 113, 828 votes. On third place is United Labour Party candidate Livingstone Fontenu with 57 478 votes while PNG Party candidate James Pupune trails on fourth spot with 39, 596 votes and rounding off the top five sees independent candidate Pius Kasampi with 31, 697 votes on fifth spot. Eliminations continue today. FM 100 / PNG Today Next :  Teams Named for Santos PNG Orchids Trial Match

The Papua New Guinea Kumuls take on host nation England in the quarter final of the Rugby League World Cup match. Below is the livestream of the game that starts at 12:30 am tonight. Full-Time :  England 46  PNG 06  Half-Time :  England 38  PNG 00  LIVESTREAM ENDED          Next :  PNG Kumuls Team lineup to play England : Rugby League World Cup

Chronicle Books, ages 5-10, 40p Hardcover, ISBN 9780811864794 The creators of the award-winning An Egg Is Quiet and A Seed Is Sleepy have teamed up again to create this gorgeous and informative introduction to the world of butterflies. From iridescent blue swallowtails and brilliant orange monarchs to the worlds tiniest butterfly (Western Pygmy Blue) and the largest (Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing), an incredible variety of butterflies are celebrated here in all of their beauty and wonder. My kids love nothing more than to play outdoors and this inevitably leads to them asking me many many questions. Some like, “what butterfly is this?” I’m now better able to answer thanks to this book which I received for review recently from Chronicle Books. Read more »