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Incumbent Governor for West New Britain Province and PANGU Pati candidate Sasindran Muthuvel has been re-elected as the Regional Member. This will be his third term in Parliament. Mr. Muthuvel was declared member-elect by Provincial Returning Officer Emily Kelton at 6:25pm today. He polled 47,878 votes, surpassing the absolute majority of 46,499. In second place place was former Police Commissioner and People’s National Congress Party candidate Gari Baki with 45,118 votes. Mr. Muthuvel is the second PANGU Pati candidate to be declared in the province, after Nakanai Open member Francis Galia Maneke yesterday. Member for Talasea Freddie Reu Kumai is a Peoples Party candidate, while Kandrian Gloucester member-elect Joseph Lelang is a People’s National Congress Party candidate. NBC News / PNG Today Next :  National Alliance Party leader Patrick Pruaitch unseated

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 investigations in PNG

 More Pacific Island leaders arrived in Port Moresby last night for the third summit of the Forum for India Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC), jointly hosted by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Honourable James Marape. Commissioner of Police David Manning said that security will be of its highest because four major high profile world leaders, including the US Secretary of State, Anthony John Blinken, Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Chris Hipkins, Prime Minister of Fiji, Sitiveni Rabuka, and other Pacific Island leaders, will be in attendance. Niue Premier Dalton Tagelagi being escorted out of the Jackson’s International Airport, Port Moresby, to his waiting vehicle, by NCD Governor Powes Parkop (right) and Motu Koitabu Chairman and NCD Deputy Governor Dadi Toka Jnr (left) yesterday evening. [Photo by Police Media] The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, was scheduled to attend the

If you happen to be strolling on Puri’s golden beach and come across a sand castle that is a work of beauty, you might have just stumbled across the work of India’s master sand artist and one of the best in the world. He is none other than Puri’s local boy, Sudarsan Pattnaik, who has been honoured with the Padma Shri and many other domestic and international awards and achievements. His work is so special that in itself it becomes a tourist attraction in Puri and one that you should experience on your Odisha holiday. Sudarsan Pattnaik builds such sand castles and art work on important festival dates and/or to celebrate an important person, landmark or event. The one in this article was built to highlight the rich culture of Odisha, an important campaign being run by Odisha tourism at that time. If you happen to in Puri on these days, you might be lucky to see the magic unfold up close and in real. And if you happen to be in Puri on other days, you could head to the open air Sudarsan S

The ‘Recharge’ suffix used by Volvo cars can be somewhat confusing, writes Brian Byrne. Initially used for any version of one of its models that had an electric drive component, it could mean petrol-hybrid, plug-in petrol hybrid, or a fully electric car. The C40 Recharge is that last, and unique so far in the Volvo range in that the model is only available with battery-electric power. I’ve reviewed the C40 Recharge before, earlier this year. And also the XC40 Recharge, the electric version of the company’s compact SUV, as well as the related Polestar 2. They share powertrains, interiors to a great degree, and infotainment interfaces. So my recent stint with the C40 Recharge brought very familiar impressions. The reason for my revisiting the particular model was its powertrain, this time a single RWD electric motor instead of the AWD dual motors of my C40 of earlier this year. The C40 Recharge is essentially an XC40 with a coupe rear end, a format that has become an almost de rigeur var