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The stage is set for the Hela Province to declare its second PANGU Member elect for the eleventh National Parliament tomorrow.  Magarima Open election counting is on cue for declaration, exactly seven days after Prime Minister James Marape was declared as M-P elect for Tari Pori.  Returning Officer Simon Olaiva, suspended counting into the elimination exercise, before 5 PM this afternoon, after the 15th exclusion of Peter Pipon. After the 15th exclusion, PANGU Party candidate and incumbent M-P Manasseh Makiba still maintain his lead with 14, 301 votes.  This is followed by Independent candidates, Wakinda Benson on 8, 330, followed by Paul Agiru on 7, 823 votes, and Tony Panda with 6, 901 votes.  The second and third preference votes for candidate Peter Pipon, will be shared among the remaining four candidates tomorrow when counting resumes.  Mr. Olaiva said that he is confident that a declaration will be made by then.  Meanwhile, Counting for the Komo Hulia Open seat is also into elimi

Policewomen in Papua New Guinea have been encouraged to “embrace equity” as part of their future to contribute to developing a world that is diverse, equitable and inclusive. The encouragement was made by the Acting Commander of the Papua New Guinea Australia Policing Partnership (PNGAPP) Superintendent Brett Kidner in his opening remarks at the International Women’s Day (IWD) observation last week. IWD is a global event celebrated for social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. It started in the early 1900’s stemming from the fights for equal rights by women in the United States. Policewomen in PNG Encouraged to rise, Overcome and embrace equity [Photo by Police Media] Since the first official IWD in 1911, the movement has grown to be truly a global event with focused themes every year to complement the ongoing global battles to achieve equal pay, equal economic opportunities, equal legal rights, reproductive rights, subsidised childcare and prevention of violence

Readers, please join me welcoming Julia Gelardi, author of In Triumph’s Wake: Royal Mothers, Tragic Daughters, and the Price They Paid for Glory ,who’s guest blogging here today! Exhaustively researched and utterly compelling, In Triumph’s Wake is the powerful and moving story of three royal mothers whose quest for power led to the downfall of their equally extraordinary daughters. While the mothers ruled in their own right, each daughter was married to a foreign ruler for political reasons.  And each endured her share of sadness and suffering in her adopted country.  It’s the courage and dignity with which they faced those challenges that made them daughters their mothers could be proud of and earned them their true place in history.  IN TRIUMPH’S WAKE is a compelling narrative history, filled with riveting stories that span continents, centuries, and incredible shifts in history. Hello everyone, thanks for taking the time to read a little something about my work. I have been fortuna