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A soft launching was done today for the new BSP Branch at Eriku in Lae. The launching was done by BSP Financial Group CEO, Robin Fleming who says the new branch will help people make their banking easier. Fleming says the new branch will  ease the burden of long queues at their branches in Lae adding the retail branches in Lae to three. Fleming says there are plans to build more branches around the country including the Lending Branches. He says a second BSP Branch for Mount Hagen will be built at Kagamuga which will be opened around the second quarter of next year including sub branches around the country. He says the new branch in Lae Lae has added new jobs and they have recruited new staff, trained them and they are ready to serve.  The Lae Eriku BSP Branch will officially receive customers starting next Monday.  Caption: The new BSP Eriku Branch – Photo Credit Bradley Mariori FM100 / PNG Today Next :  PNG Orchids 70 beat Brazil 00 : Gwasamun grabs semi-final spot for Orchids

A new Chinese electric car brand has now arrived in Ireland to join the growing number of EVs from that country targeting European markets, writes Brian Byrne. The BYD Atto 3 is being distributed here by Motor Distributors Limited, and is the first of three models to be introduced from the brand over the coming months. The Atto 3 is priced from €37,128 and is pitched at the compact family crossover segment. It is on sale in three dealerships in Dublin and Cork, with more locations to follow. BYD began as a rechargeable battery manufacturer, and bought a car company from the Chinese government two decades ago to progress an ambition to become an EV carmaker. Last year they knocked Tesla off their perch to become the biggest passenger electric car maker in the world. The company have their own proprietary battery technology, and also make their own motors and key electronic components.  BYD is also one of the biggest makers of electric buses, with substantial fleet business on several co