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 Santos PNG Orchids coach Ben Jeffries confirms his 20-player PNG Prime Minister’s XIII Women’s squad will face the Australian Prime Minister’s XIII Women in this Sunday’s clash at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. The match will be played with unlimited interchange and all 20 players are expected to feature. Elsie Albert is unavailable for the match, due to NRLW semi-final commitments with St George Illawarra Dragons, but Orchid number 20, Gloria Kaupa, will captain the side. Jeffries says this is a valuable opportunity for the Santos PNG Orchids, who have not played a match since November 2019, and recently named a 23-player squad for the upcoming Rugby League World Cup (RLWC), featuring many new faces. Nine players will be making their first international appearance in PNG colours on Sunday, so they are seeing a new era of Orchids come through.  Coach Jefferies says this will be their toughest career test to date, playing against stars of State of Origin, the Australian Jillaroos and other

Bank South Pacific has recently installed 120 automated teller machines (ATMs) as part of its continued efforts in improving its services. Twenty-seven (27) have so far been replaced in the nation’s capital with another ninety-three (93) more to be installed by the end of March in Port Moresby and Lae respectively. BSP Retail Group General Manager, Daniel Faunt says ATM outages are not related to cash availability, as all BSP ATMs carry sufficient levels of cash and there is more than enough liquidity in the banking system.  Although BSP does a significant amount of work to ensure ATM quality cash is available, often times the poor quality of bank notes impacts ATM hardware.  BSP encourages customers to contact its Call Center when encountering issues with a particular ATM machine so its teams can attend to them in a more immediate and possible manner.  NBC News / PNG Today next :  PNG Trade Minister Maru Welcomes Australia’s Support for Special Economic Zones in PNG

During our last visit to RHS Wisley UK, we were fortunate to be there as they were setting up the large light displays for their ‘Wisley Glow’ season. Although not quite dark enough for the full effect (which we may well have not been unable to film on our camera), conditions were suitable to get at least a hint of it while inside the arid glasshouse. Hopefully we will be popping back to watch the whole display at the end of the year and maybe have some suitable footage to share with you. If you think that the glow even is just in the arid glasshouse then you may be surprised to learn that is is in fact almost across the entire gardens – including fire and fountain displays.  Wisley Glow opening times for 2022 are from 17 November – 8 January from 4pm – 9pm. Just be aware that there is no Glow event 24–26 December.