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National Alliance Candidate and sitting Angoram MP, Salio Waipo has retained his Angoram Open Seat in the East Sepik Province. Mr. Waipo managed to poll 18, 774 votes, to surpass the absolute majority of 16, 747 votes to be declared duly elected after the 28th exclusion. Returning Officer John Kambak, declared Mr. Waipo in front of incumbent East Sepik Governor and another National Alliance candidate, Allan Bird this afternoon. Mr. Waipo when thanking the people of Angoram for returning him for a third term in office, also appealed to his supporters to remain calm and maintain peace in the District. Mr. Bird also thanked the people of Angoram for returning Mr. Waipo, and trusting the National Alliance Party in East Sepik. The declaration of Mr. Waipo now brings the total number of National Alliance MP’s to two, after the declaration of Walter Schnaubelt for the Namatanai Open seat.  NBC / PNG Today Next :  Police in Southern Highlands arrest armed Men

Five members of a criminal gang responsible for hurling a grenade that killed two men in Goilala, PNG’s central province were ambushed and killed in a retaliatory attack in December, PNG Police say.  Acting Provincal Police Commander of Central Province Senior Inspector Patterson Birigi said the five suspects were slain by angry relatives of the bomb victims, who went after and found them holed up in a remote village in Fane LLG. Members of the PNG Police in Goilala [Photo supplied] The gang led by a renowned criminal identified as Awa Pilot were responsible for various other crimes around the Tolokuma area until they met their fate, acting PPC Birigi said. He said since the closure of the Tolokuma mine in 2017,  the neighbouring communities lived in fear because of the menace and terror imposed on them by the Pilot gang. The acting PPC said when reports of the bomb attack reached Port Moresby, a composite team comprised of Central Police, the SSD and CID personnel were deployed i...

Papua New Guiena Prime Minister James Marape, MP officially opened the East Sepik Provincial Specialist Hospital today in WewaK, East Sepik Province. Prime Minister Marape said in 2022, the National Government made a decision to build provincial hospitals around the country in the 22 Provinces and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. “We made that decision after COVID-19 shutdown the country and revealed to us that we had only 44 beds with inbuilt oxygen valves in the whole country,” he said. “Another thing was that Health and the economy go hand in hand. Therefore in 2022, we gave more funding to the health sector.” Prime Minister Marape said in the 2022 Budget, his government also increased funding for education  infrastructure and roads that will contribute towards reducing the time people use to travel to their nearest health facilities. “Today we have more than 300 contractors working in road construction, Health infrastructure development and educat...

Range Rover have revised their Velar model, a mid-size in the luxury brand’s range, writes Brian Byrne. Externally there’s a new grille, and newly-styled LED headlights, and there have been detail changes to the rear including a new bumper. Inside the car gets a new single centre console-located touchscreen in curved glass. Powertrains continue to be options from petrol and diesel, with mild hybrid technology and a plug-in hybrid that is rated to have a greater EV range of up to 64km. That version has a combined power output of 404hp. The revised car is now available to order in Ireland priced from €91,680.