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 Former Papua New Guinea  Kumul Coach and Independent Candidate Michael Marum has now been declared as the Governor elect for  Papua New Guinea’s East New Britain Province. Mr. Marum was officially declared by the Provincial Returning Officer Joap Voivoi at 4:30 pm this afternoon (Wednesday). After exclusion 21, Mr. Marum polled 33, 285 votes, while his runner up and United Labour Party Candidate Cosmas Bauk managed to poll 25, 433 votes. The Absolute Majority was 29, 359 votes. Mr. Marum was invited by the Provincial Returning Officer Joap Voivoi to sign the instrument as the Official Governor elect, and this was witnessed by the members of the East New Britain Provincial Election Steering Committee. In his maiden speech, Marum thanked the outgoing MPs Dr Allan Marat, Emil Tammur and Nakikus Konga for their service to the people of East New Britain Province, and further invites them to be part of his working team for a better East New Britain. Mr. Marum thanked the people of East New

Readers, please join me welcoming Pamela Samuels Young , author of Buying Time , who’s guest blogging here today! Evoking John Grisham with a dash of Terry McMillan, Buying Time is a scandalous tale of blackmail, murder and betrayal. Waverly Sloan is a down-on-his-luck lawyer.  But just when he’s about to hit rock bottom, he stumbles upon a business with the potential to solve all of his problems. The stakes get higher when Waverly brokers the policy of the cancer-stricken wife of Lawrence Erickson, a high-powered lawyer who’s bucking to become the next U.S. Attorney General.  When Waverly’s clients start dying sooner than they should, both Waverly and Erickson—who has some skeletons of his own to hide—are unwittingly drawn into a perilous web of greed, blackmail and murder. You can hardly believe it! The new year is already here and last year’s resolutions are still undone. Don’t fret. Today is a new day, which means you have a fresh opportunity to pursue your passion. Have you be