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The Internal Revenue Commission (IRC) received an award from the Papua New Guinea Human Resource Institute (PNGHRI) as one of the Best Performing Public Sector Organizations for 2022. The Governor-General, His Excellency Grand Chief Sir Bob Dadae, presented the Award at the Crown Hotel, Port Moresby, today. In accepting the Award, Commissioner General Sam Koim thanked the Chairman and Council of PNGHRI for recognizing the progress made by IRC so far. He said, “I dedicate this Award to all the hardworking staff and management of the IRC who know more about tax than I do. I am just a figurehead of the organization of dynamic people.” “Unfortunately, there is no benchmarking in the public sector to measure our performances; maturity model where we will measure our progress towards it, so every agency is doing its own thing. But I accept PNHRI’s assessment of us because it is a non-government organization recognizing our efforts and encouraging us to be competitive....

Who doesn’t love a trip to the amusement park? The thrill of the rides, the smell of the candy floss, popcorn and hotdogs…screams of delighted kids and the cheers from the game stands. It’s a great day out for everyone, of all ages. Sadly, not every trip to the amusement park ends with the kids falling asleep in the backseat with happy memories of a day well spent. Believe it or not, thousands of accidents and injuries occur in theme parks in the US every year, leaving many victims counting the cost of a tragic day out. If you’re left with life-changing injuries, steep medical bills, you’re unable to work or your children are injured due to an accident at the park, then you shouldn’t just accept it and move on. It’s difficult to know your rights, but if you believe that the amusement park was negligent, and their actions (or lack of) were the cause of your injuries, then it is your right to do something about it. Click the link to speak to a Myrtle Beach personal injur...

This is the promised plug-in hybrid version of Mazda’s electric car, the MX-30 E-Skyactiv R-EV, writes Brian Byrne. A mouthful of a name, the car is revealed at the Brussels Motor Show today and features a rated 85km electric range, with a new rotary engine extended range petrol engine to enable longer journeys. The electric motor will power the car all the time, the rotary engine kicking in only to recharge the battery or to give additional power during sudden acceleration. The petrol tank for the engine is 50 litres, providing a potential combined range competitive to a standard petrol car. The Mazda rotary engine is based on the concept developed by German engineer Felix Wankel in the 1950s. The Japanese company produced it for a range of RX sports cars until 2012, after which it was only used in a racing championship up to 2017. A prototype rotary engine used as an EV range extender was shown in a Mazda2 in 2013.