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The Papua New Guinea government will carry out the National Census for the country will commence in 2023. The country’s Prime Minister James Marape announced this in Parliament yesterday. He said this to prepare for the upcoming elections, as well as having an identification system for the country. The last national census was held in PNG in 2011. It was supposed to be carried out in 2021 but never eventuated. “We will do a deep census next year and on into 2024 so that by 2025, our nation is totally certain on our population. You are a real person living in our country, and ID system whether it’s a physical ID or a biometric based ID.” “These are things we are looking at. Not only for voting but for law and order, for business registration, for SME programs. These are matters that we as government are proposing, especially relating to the voting process,” said Mr. Marape. NBC News / PNG Today  next :  Boost for Asset recovery and Corruption investiga...

A County Cork machinery salesman has recently found what happens when the odometer on his 16-year-old Kia Sportage reached 999,999.9 kilometres, writes Brian Byrne. No, it didn’t start at zero again, it just stopped at that figure and doesn’t record any more. At this writing, Ben O’Connor of Colemans of Millstreet has driven his trusty blue Sportage more than 10,000k further, but he relies on the trip computer to track the mileage. Ben is the Sales Manager of Colemans for the company’s New Holland division, right beside their Kia dealership. He says he’s known as ‘the man in the blue car who sells the Blue Tractors’. He has no plans to change his 4×4 any time soon, saying it has become part of his identity. Besides, it has been totally reliable over those million-plus kilometres, only needing a new clutch apart from normal servicing during its time. Even though his driving to see customers in Cork, Kerry and Limerick counties often takes hi...

You tend to see the same ten ornamental trees wherever you go in the UK. This is because they are tried, tested, have an element of ornamental value and generally easy to grow. However if you are seeing the same trees time and time again then eventually they end up fading into the background, no longer drawing your attention. This doesn’t need to be the case as they can be adorned and upgraded simply by mimicking the tree environments found in the tropics where a single tree can be home to a dozen other plant species, greatly enhancing the look of a tree and adding multiple layers of ornamental interest! There are a range of hardy plants that can be employed to give you this look that is created by tropical epiphytic plants such as bromeliads and orchids and even Spanish moss! So with English Horticulturists Lorna and Simon first attempt at upgrading their boring trees how did they get on? And what do they have in store for next season?