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Counting for the Moresby North East Open seat heads into the third day of eliminations this morning. After Exclusion 38, progressive tally as of 10:30am this morning sees independent candidate Andapanga Baliawe maintaining the top spot with 10,654 votes followed closely by sitting MP and PANGU Pati candidate, John Kaupa with 10,290 votes.  In third place is Advance Party candidate Peter Dominic with 6,713 votes and in the fourth spot is former MP and Nation Action Party candidate, Labi Kamiak Amaiu with  6,170 votes. People’s Labor Party candidate Joe Tintin Saraga is on in fifth place with 5,861 votes.  Meantime, Exclusion 39 is in progress.  NBC / PNG Today Next :  PNG Politics : Governor General Invites Pangu Pati to Form Government

Prime Minister James Marape says Papua New Guinea needs men at all levels to take leadership – starting at home – for the good of the country. He said this in his address at the Digicel Men-of-Honour Awards at APEC Haus in Port Moresby on Wednesday (May 3, 2023) night.  The Prime Minister thanked Digicel Foundation for telling the positive stories about PNG men to inspire change right around the country. “This country needs men in all sectors to take leadership,” PM Marape told a fullhouse crowd, adding that he had been inspired by the stories of all participants. “If you want your country to be better, it starts with you, it starts with me. “The real man you are is the person in your house, in your home, in front of your wife, in front of your daughter, in front of your son. That is the man you are. “I appeal to all men throughout the length and breadth of our country: ‘Check yourself at the altar of your home’. “Who are you and what is your real self is the character you put on ...