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 The Ipswich Jets have played out a strong Round 13 on home soil to defeat the SP PNG Hunters 36-18 at North Ipswich Reserve on Saturday, 2nd July.  Despite their position on the ladder the Jets came out firing from the kick off, charging upfield with their first set to attack the Hunters’ line. The visitors’ defence held but it was a sign of things to come, with Ipswich dominating field position and yardage early on to score tries through Ricci Falaniko and Denzel Burns inside the first 10 minutes.  SP PNG Hunters players [Photo by SP PNG Hunters Media]  Having been beaten out of the gates, the PNG side mustered to drag themselves back in the contest thanks to the silky attacking skills of Judah Rimbu at fullback.  Rimbu first worked himself into space on the left edge and looked to have scored when he chased his own well-weighted grubber into the in goal but couldn’t ground the ball. Not to be dissuaded, Rimbu got involved again a few minutes later and on the right edge this time, th

The Papua New Guinea Kumul Consolidated Holdings (KCH) has paid dividends to the State after 7- years.  The country’s Minister for State Enterprise William Duma officially handed over a dummy cheque of K80 Million Kina to Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey and Prime Minister James Marape this week.  The dividend amount from all state-owned companies bypasses the executive government projected estimates by K60 million.     The conference room at the Manasupe Building was packed with board and executive management of State Owned Companies, to witness, long overdue dividend payments to the state.  The last combined dividend payment by Kumul Consolidated Holdings was in 2015.  State Enterprise Minister William Duma before handing over a dummy cheque worth K80 million praised Prime Minister James Marape for reforms introduced when taking office in 2019.  Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey praised the state business arm for exceeding the government’s projected estimates of K20 Million. NBC News / PNG Today